The Swedish team achieved a tense victory over Poland in the final of the 2026 emergency election cycle with a score of 3:2.
The match ended midway through the first half thanks to the efforts of Anthony Elanga, after which, on the 33rd, the Poles equaled Nikola Zalewski’s goal.. Just before the break, the Swedes took the lead again - Gustaf Lagerbilke became the scorer.
On the 55th century, the Poles again celebrated the goal of Karol Swiderski and it seemed that the match would go to half-time, but on the 88th century, Victor Jokeres brought victory to Graham Potter's team.
With this rank, Sweden qualified for the world championship, which was the 13th time for it in the history of the national team.
In the group stage of Emergency 2026, Sweden will play against the Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia.
Sweden — Poland 3:2.
Goals: Elanga, 19, Lagerbilke, 44, Yokeres, 88 - Zalewski, 33, Swiderski, 55.
Sweden: Nordfeldt - Lindelof, Starfelt, Lagerbilke - Gudmundsson, Carlstrom (Zeneli, 69), Ajari (Svanberg, 90+2), Svensson - Nygren (Lundgren, 81), Elanga (Bergvall, 69) - Jokeres.
Poland: Grabara - Kivor, Bednarek, Wisniewski - Zalewski (Piontek, 90+2), Zelinski, Szymanski, Kesh (Grosicki, 90+1) - Kaminski, Swiderski (Petushevski, 63) -.
Next: Carlstrom, Bergwall - Kiwior, Puteshevski, Piontek.