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Join us to follow the 2026 World Cup play-off draw in which Italy will learn their opponents.

It begins at 13:00 CET (12:00 GMT) at the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Azzurri finished as runners-up in Group I behind Norway, losing two games from two against the Scandinavians.

Italy are in pot 1 in today’s draw, so they’ll play the one-legged semifinal at home. Their opponents will be picked from pot 4 with Sweden, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland and Romania.

The winner will face one of the teams that advance from the matchups involving pots 2 and 3, and today’s draw will also decide the venue for the final.

North Macedonia already eliminated the Azzurri from the World Cup qualifiers in 2022, and so did Sweden in 2018, and even Northern Ireland in 1958.

Both the play-off final and the final will be played in March 2026.

Below, you can follow live updates from the draw in Zurich.