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Sweden World Cup history

Sweden have appeared in 12 men's World Cup tournaments from 1934 to 2018.

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Overall record

Titles0
Finals1
Appearances12
Best finishRunners-up

2026 qualification

How did they qualify?

Route
UEFA play-offs Path B winners
Qualified
31 March 2026
Goals for per game
1.25
Goals against per game
1.88

Source: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Record

Tournament match record

Matches

51

W-D-L

20-12-19

Goals

80-73Goal difference 7

Goals per game

1.57

Timeline

Tournament-by-tournament performance

YearHostPerformanceMatchesGoalsGPG
2018RussiaQuarter-finals56-41.2
2006GermanyRound of 1643-40.75
2002Korea,JapanRound of 1645-51.25
1994United StatesThird place715-82.14
1990ItalyGroup stage33-61
1978ArgentinaGroup stage31-30.33
1974West GermanySecond group stage67-61.17
1970MexicoGroup stage32-20.67
1958SwedenRunner up612-72
1950BrazilThird place511-152.2
1938FranceFourth place311-93.67
1934ItalyQuarter-finals24-42
Historical data source

Summary statistics generated from the Fjelstul World Cup Database by Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Summary statistics generated from the original CSV dataset. Women's tournaments are excluded from this first release.

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