Sweden
Sweden return after missing 2022, ending a four-year exile fueled by a transformed attack. Jon Dahl Tomasson, the Danish coach who took over in 2024, gambled on bringing Zlatan Ibrahimović back as a mentor figure rather than a player and rebuilt around Alexander Isak (Liverpool) and Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal) — arguably the most lethal striker pair in Europe. Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham) supplies the creative link; Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham) anchors the future midfield. Sweden's defensive identity remains compact and disciplined under Tomasson, but the goal-threat is finally elite again. Group F with the Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia is winnable; reaching the round of 16 — last achieved in 2018 — is the minimum, and the quarter-final is no longer fanciful.
Upcoming matches
Group F standings
| # | Teams | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |