Which teams can Wales draw in World Cup play-offs? | OneFootball

Wales are through to the World Cup play-offs are thrashing North Macedonia at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Belgium beat Liechtenstein to ensure they topped the group and seized the automatic qualifying place, but Wales’ 7-1 victory, featuring a Harry Wilson hat-trick, put them through to the March’s play-offs where the final four Uefa places await.

Here is everything you need to know about Wales’ play-offs campagin.

Wales are one of 16 teams in the play-offs, made up of the 12 group runners-up in qualifying and four teams added due to their performance in the most recent Nations League.

The draw is seeded, with four pots of four nations. The first three pots are the 12 runners-up from qualifying ranked by world ranking; the fourth pot contains the four Nations League sides.

Teams from pot 1 will play teams for pot 4 in the semi-finals, and teams from pot 2 will play teams from pot 3. Crucially, those nations in pots 1 and 2 will be at home for the one-off match, so Wales will be the home team.

Wales are in pot 2, which means they will be drawn against either Republic of Ireland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Kosovo. The eight semi-finals will be paired to create four finals, from which four winners will qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

The home team in the finals will be decided by random during the draw.

When is the World Cup 2026 play-off draw?

The Uefa play-off draw will take place on Thursday 20 November at 12pm GMT.

When do the World Cup 2026 play-offs take place?

The matches will be held in March 2026, with the semi-finals on 26 March and the finals on 31 March.