{"id":70394,"date":"2025-11-20T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=70394"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:39:43","slug":"world-cup-play-off-draw-confirmed-as-home-nations-learn-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/world-cup-play-off-draw-confirmed-as-home-nations-learn-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Play-Off Draw Confirmed As Home Nations Learn Opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The World Cup play-off draw has been made, with Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland learning who they will face.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the countdown continues towards next summer&#8217;s FIFA men&#8217;s World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, anticipation is building.<\/p>\n<p>England and Scotland have already booked their places at the tournament after winning their qualifying groups.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s Three Lions won all eight of their qualifiers, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/when-did-jordan-pickford-last-concede-a-goal-for-england\/\"><strong>Jordan Pickford yet to concede a goal<\/strong><\/a> on international duty this year as England topped Group K.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland, meanwhile, recorded a stunning, stoppage-time victory over Denmark in their final qualifier to finish top of Group C, taking Steve Clarke&#8217;s side to their first World Cup since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>But for Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the job is not yet complete.<\/p>\n<p>All three teams remain in with a chance of qualifying, but they must do so via the play-offs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70400\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/England-vs-scotland-560x420.avif\" alt=\"England vs scotland world cup play-offs\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/England-vs-scotland-560x420.avif 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/England-vs-scotland-924x693.avif 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/England-vs-scotland-350x263.avif 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/England-vs-scotland-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/England-vs-scotland-1536x1153.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/England-vs-scotland-2048x1537.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">England and Scotland have already reached the World Cup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>World Cup Play-Off Draw Confirmed<\/h2>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s World Cup play-off draw is now confirmed, with 16 teams fighting it out for the final four places at next summer&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>There are four seeded pathways, with teams drawn from four different pots based on how they made it to the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>The play-off semi-finals will see teams from pot one face teams from pot four, and those in pots two and three face each other.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pot 1 &#8211; Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>Pot 2 &#8211; Poland, Wales, Czechia, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Pot 3 &#8211; Republic of Ireland, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo<\/li>\n<li>Pot 4 &#8211; Romania, Sweden, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>European Play-off Draw<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Path 1 &#8211; Italy\/Northern Ireland Vs Wales\/Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>Path 2 &#8211; Ukraine\/Sweden Vs Poland\/Albania<\/li>\n<li>Path 3 &#8211; Turkey\/Romania Vs Slovakia\/Kosovo<\/li>\n<li>Path 4 &#8211; Denmark\/North Macedonia Vs Czech Republic\/Republic of Ireland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wales and Northern Ireland have both been drawn in path one.<\/p>\n<p>This means that only one of the two can reach the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland face a tough trip to Italy, while Wales host Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p>The draw also means that if Wales win their semi-final, they will be at home for the play-off final against the winner of Italy Vs Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>For the Republic of Ireland, it&#8217;s a trip to Czech Republic, with a favourable home draw if they make it to the final.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0b:  The draw for the European World Cup playoffs \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mrCR16zY4J\">pic.twitter.com\/mrCR16zY4J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 433 (@433) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/433\/status\/1991487686952251597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Intercontinental World Cup Play-off Draw<\/h2>\n<p>As well as the European draw, there are still two other play-off spots up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Six teams have entered the intercontinental play-off draw.<\/p>\n<p>The top two ranked sides, based on FIFA rankings, received a bye to the final of each path.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PATH 1 &#8211; New Caledonia\/Jamaica Vs Congo DR<\/li>\n<li>PATH 2 &#8211; Bolivia\/Suriname Vs Iraq<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These ties are then to be played during the March international window in Mexico.<\/p>\n<h2>When Will The 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage Draw Take Place?<\/h2>\n<p>As for the tournament itself, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/projected-2026-world-cup-pots-group-stage-draw\/\"><strong>World Cup group stage draw<\/strong><\/a> will be on Friday, 5 December from 5pm GMT.<\/p>\n<p>It will be held at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, with US President Donald Trump expected to be in attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup play-off draw has been made, with Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland learning who they will face. 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Now at SportsCasting, James provides expert analysis and detailed research features, as well as covering breaking news stories.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/JChittickjourno"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/jameschittick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70403,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70394\/revisions\/70403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}