World Cup qualifying: Wales and Scotland discover play-off opponents

Scotland will host Austria while Wales will host Bosnia-Herzegovina in the World Cup play-offs.

Wales and Scotland have to win their one-legged matches to get to the finals.

If Wales wins, they will face Switzerland in the play-off finals.

Scotland will play the Republic of Ireland in the final.

The winner of the play-offs will get to play in the World Cup, while the loser will play in an inter-Confederation play-off.

Wales will play in the World Cup finals for the first time after securing second place in their group.

Scotland finished second to Spain in the group.

The Faroe Islands were thrashed by six goals in their final qualification match.

There are seven other teams in the European play-offs.

The play-off finals for the best three teams will be held on 11 October.

The winner of the Portugal and Belgium semi-finals will play in the final.

The two best-ranked final winners will head to the World Cup, with the other two going into the inter-Confederation play-offs in New Zealand.

Three World Cup spots will be up for grabs in the play-offs.

The winner of the European play-off will face one of the other teams in a one-off final.

Scotland missed out on the European Championship after finishing third in their group in the World Cup.

Belgium are 19th in the world rankings and are the weakest team in the European play-offs.

Switzerland and Austria are ranked 21st and 20th respectively. The Republic of Ireland is ranked 26th, with Portugal 27th and Wales 30th.

The nine teams which finished in second place in their qualifying groups are given a play-off spot.
The play-offs consist of a semi-final and final, both single-legged ties.
The matches will be played on Thursday, 6 October and Tuesday, 11 October.
Based on performances in qualifying, the three top seeded teams - Iceland, Republic of Ireland and Switzerland - are given a bye to the final, while the remaining six teams will be entered into the semi-final draw.
The three winning semi-finalists will play one of Iceland, Republic of Ireland or Switzerland in the final.
From the three final winners, the two highest seeded teams will qualify for the 2023 Women's World Cup.
The third seeded side will be entered into an Inter-Confederation Play-Off, which will take place in New Zealand in February 2023.