World Cup play-offs explained: How Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland can still qualify for tournament

Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have chance to qualify for the 2026 World Cup through play-offs in March; ...
Sporting News on MSN

How do World Cup playoffs work? Explaining format, pathway for teams and more for UEFA, intercontinental versions

As countries all around the world hope to be amongst the 48 nations participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the final spots ...

Five nations step forward: Format explained and full list of teams heading to Europe’s 2026 playoff round

Second-place finishers across multiple groups book their place in UEFA’s high stakes playoff routeFive nations step forward: ...
World Soccer Talk on MSN

CONMEBOL reportedly weighing on the ‘UEFA Nations League format’ ahead of 2030 World Cup

With Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay already qualified to the 2030 World Cup, CONMEBOL is reportedly weighing on the ...
Sporting News on MSN

How does UEFA World Cup qualifying work? Draw, format explained as teams bid to reach 2026 finals

Although UEFA was late in starting its cycle compared with some other confederations, the basic European qualifying section ...
World Soccer Talk on MSN

Lewandowski’s Poland, Donnarumma’s Italy and more: Which UEFA nations have qualified for the World Cup playoffs?

With the UEFA 2026 World Cup qualifying group stage concluded, Robert Lewandowski’s Poland and Gianluigi Donnarumma’s Italy ...

World Cup play-off draw explained: Date, start time, TV info, and how it will work

The draw takes place on Thursday (12pm Irish time) when both Irish sides will begin to find out their opponents in the next ...

World Cup qualifying play-offs, draw and dates explained

The draw for these UEFA play-offs is set for Thursday 20 November, with the semi-finals on 26 March 2026 and finals on 31 ...
RTÉ Ireland

Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off draw explained

The draw for the World Cup play-off is on Thursday at 12pm in Switzerland. It will be live on RTÉ platforms. More details ...

Can England be in the same group as Scotland? World Cup draw explained

England and Scotland have secured their places at next years World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada and now the ...
UEFA

Women's European Qualifiers for 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup: League stage draw

The seven best-ranked round 2 play-off winners according to the 2026 Women’s European Qualifiers overall league rankings qualify directly for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The one remaining round 2 ...