{"id":222298,"date":"2026-03-27T00:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222298\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T00:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:41:08","slug":"sweden-poland-bout-will-determine-final-world-cup-qualifying-team-to-play-in-arlington-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222298\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden-Poland bout will determine final World Cup qualifying team to play in Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re one step closer to learning which team will fill the final spot in Group F for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/a> Either Sweden or Poland will soon punch their ticket to the competition, setting themselves up to take the field at Arlington\u2019s AT&T Stadium in June.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sweden picked up a victory over Ukraine in a UEFA World Cup qualifying semifinal on Thursday, while Poland defeated Albania. Sweden and Poland will meet on Tuesday to decide who goes to the World Cup.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sweden\/Poland winner is scheduled to face Japan in a World Cup group stage match on June 25 at AT&T Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Viktor Gy\u00f6keres hit a hat trick to send Sweden past Ukraine 3-1 despite not having scored for his country since 2024. Until Thursday, Gy\u00f6keres was scoreless and Sweden winless in a miserable qualifying group campaign.<\/p>\n

The game was played in Spain because Ukraine hasn\u2019t hosted international games since the Russian invasion of 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cViktor Gy\u00f6keres made the difference tonight,\u201d Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov said. \u201cHe showed his quality and proved he\u2019s one of the best strikers in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweden will face Poland after 37-year-old Robert Lewandowski scored a crucial header in a 2-1 win over Albania, keeping alive the Barcelona striker\u2019s bid to reach a third World Cup.<\/p>\n

Albania took the lead through Arber Hoxha just before halftime after a defensive blunder by Poland. Lewandowski\u2019s header at a corner got his team back into the game before Piotr Zielinski\u2019s goal put Poland in front.<\/p>\n

Find more World Cup coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re one step closer to learning which team will fill the final spot in Group F for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,732,8079,2124,154,3692,29003],"class_list":["post-222298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-article","tag-att-stadium","tag-fc-dallas","tag-sports","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}