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Sveriges Emil Forsberg och Frankrikes Antoine Griezmann. Arkivbild (Jonas Ekströmer/TT / TT NYHETSBYRÅN)

Seedningsgrupper till VM klara – Sverige i grupp två

Sverige hamnar i den andra seedningsgruppen inför kvalet till fotbolls-VM 2022, Det står klart efter att herrlandslaget tappat en placering på världsrankingen och nu ligger på 20:e plats.

Den nya Fifa-rankingen bestämmer seedningsgrupperna inför kvalet, som ska lottas den 7 december.

Därmed skulle Sverige åter kunna få möta regerande världsmästaren Frankrike – som man i Nations League nyligen föll mot på bortaplan.

De tre högsta seedningsgrupperna

Grupp 1: Belgien, Frankrike, England, Portugal, Spanien, Italien, Kroatien, Danmark, Tyskland, Nederländerna.

Grupp 2: Schweiz, Wales, Polen, Sverige, Österrike, Ukraina, Serbien, Turkiet, Slovakien, Rumänien.

Grupp 3: Ryssland, Ungern, Irland, Tjeckien, Norge, Nordirland, Island, Skottland, Grekland, Finland.

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Fotbolls-VM i Qatar 2022
Wikipedia (en)
The 2022 FIFA World Cup (Arabic: 2022 كأس العالم لكرة القدم‎, Kaʾs al-ʿālam li-kurat al-qadam 2022) is scheduled to be the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's association football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world and the first in a Muslim-majority country. This will be the second World Cup held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan. In addition, the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams, with an increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The reigning World Cup champions are France.Due to Qatar's intense summer heat, this World Cup will be held from late-November to mid-December, making it the first to not be held in May, June, or July. It is to be played in a reduced timeframe of around 28 days.Accusations of corruption have been made relating to how Qatar won the right to host the event. A FIFA internal investigation and report cleared Qatar of any wrongdoing, but chief investigator Michael J. Garcia has since described FIFA's report on his enquiry as "materially incomplete and erroneous". On 27 May 2015, Swiss federal prosecutors opened an investigation into corruption and money laundering related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. On 6 August 2018, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter claimed that Qatar had used "black ops", suggesting that the bid committee had cheated to win the hosting rights.Additionally, Qatar has faced strong criticism due to the treatment of foreign workers involved in preparation for the World Cup, with Amnesty International referring to "forced labour" and stating that hundreds or thousands of migrant workers have died as a result of human rights abuses, and careless and inhumane work conditions, despite worker welfare standards being drafted in 2014.
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