Sweden has lost a place in the world rankings, is in 20th place, and is placed in the second seeding group.

It can mean really tough resistance, regardless of which group Sweden ends up in.

And it is, of course, in the first seeding group that commentator Chris Härenstam picks up the worst case scenario:

- The nightmare is definitely Spain and Portugal.

Those laws do not suit us well.

France and England, on the other hand, have a chance against.

55 countries World Cup qualifiers, the teams are divided into ten groups.

The winners of each group are ready for the World Cup in Qatar, which will be played from November 21 to December 18, 2022. The ten group runners-up qualify against two teams from the Nations League for the last three World Cup places from Europe.

This is how Chris Härenstam sees the draw:

Group 1

Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands.

- As I said, as long as we avoid Spain or Portugal.

Germany and Croatia have not impressed.

France and England we have a chance against.

Group 2

SWEDEN, Wales, Ukraine, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia, Romania.

- All teams get to play many World Cup qualifiers in a short time.

It is important to have broad troops and no damage to key players.

Sweden is careful in its preparations and stood up well against some of the best countries in the world in the Nations League.

To possibly have Zlatan Ibrahimovic back again would be a dream because he is wiser and calmer now than he was before.

He is harmonious and motivated and is a goal scorer Sweden lacked.

And imagine the interest…

Group 3

Russia, Hungary, Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Finland.

- The dream here is without a doubt Finland, even though they beat France recently, but also Iceland because I think they have reached their peak.

The nightmare in this group would be games against the Czech Republic or Hungary, who are both on their way up and won their groups in the Nations League and thus went up in the A-group.

Group 4

Slovenia, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Georgia, Israel, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg.

- Here we want to meet Luxembourg or Belarus.

We will defeat them, even if both surprised in the Nations League.

The nightmare is, without a doubt, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Slovenia.

These are not easy matches.

Group 5

The Faroe Islands, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Andorra, Armenia, Cyprus.

Group 6

Malta, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, San Marino, Groups 5 and 6.

- Of course we will defeat the teams in the last two groups, but it is not fun to play against Kosovo, especially not away.

Otherwise we should have no problems.

Härenstam's dream and nightmare draw

Dream group

Croatia

Sweden

Finland

Luxembourg

Estonia

San Marino

Nightmare group

Spain

Sweden

Czech Republic

Bosnia

Kosovo

Moldova

You can see the draw in the player above or in SVT2 / Play starting at 18.00.