Sweden's World Cup hopes were dealt a crushing blow as they suffered a 1-0 home loss to Kosovo on Monday that all but ends their chances of reaching the finals, with a third qualifying defeat piling more pressure on coach Jon Dahl Tomasson.

The result leaves Sweden bottom of Group B with one point from four matches and only a slim mathematical chance of reaching the playoffs after next month's final two rounds of matches.

"I have a contract with the Swedish federation and we are in the middle of qualifying," Tomasson told Viaplay when asked if he planned to resign.

"Of course, it's not good enough tonight and it's a terrible result."

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