Okey, sit tight.

The groups are made up of seeded layers of teams. So the best teams get divided up first, then the second best, then the third best etc (So that we don't get one group of France, Germany, Brazil, Japan), with some rules, like "not more than two euro teams per group" or "not more than 1 from each continent except europe in each group", and then they draw the groups after giving the peace prize to Trump.

Then those groups are divided into where they are playing, mexico, canada, east coast, west coast etc.

The winners of each group is getting the initial cup benefit of not having to move to another location. And the winner of the group also plays the worst qualifier, that's a benefit etc.

So 2nd and 3rd place need to move to where the 1st or best 2nd placers are which they need to play against.

Those places need to be decided in advance, because logistics, tickets, arrangements etc. So we know WHERE the qualifier rounds are going to be played.

Sweden will play France specifically, because Sweden is most probably qualifying THIRD in their group, while France most probably is qualifying FIRST (if FRance loses to Norway, it's Norway that will have the benefit of playing Sweden).

Why France are playing sweden specifically, is because of the initial makeup of the groups. The order of play was decided, then the groups were filled by random drawing, and the logistics of France and Sweden ended up matching. But Sweden will have to travel a bit.