Scotland's World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine set for June 1, with winner facing Wales on June 5

The World Cup play-off semi-final between Scotland and Ukraine will be played on Wednesday June 1, with the winner facing Wales on Sunday June 5.

The fixture was due to take place in Scotland on March 24 but was put off due to the invasion of Ukraine.

The winner of that tie was due to face Wales, who beat Austria in the semi-finals.

The Wales World Cup play-off final will be held at the Cardiff City Stadium, while the fixture on June 1 will be at Hampden Park.

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Scotland will play the loser of the Wales-Austria game on March 29. The side drew 2-2 in Vienna.

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Russia was thrown out of the World Cup play-offs because of its actions in Ukraine.

Poland got a bye into the path B final, where they beat Sweden to get into the World Cup.

'Still huge concern fixture won't happen'

Sky Sports senior reporter Rob Dorsett.

The circumstances of the rescheduling of this match, when you consider all that Ukraine is dealing with right now, with its very sovereignty and security of the nation being tested to the extreme and people dying in the country on a daily basis, is pretty extraordinary. It must be very difficult for these athletes, but it is also fraught with difficulty.

Ukraine passed a martial law that said all men between the ages of 18 and 60 had to stay in the country to be part of the military effort.

Special permission has been given to the Ukrainian football team so they can leave and play these matches, and they are trying to organize a training camp and friendly against France and North Macedonia to prepare for this game.

There is a lot of hope that this game can go ahead, but behind the scenes there is a lot of concern that it might not happen because of the difficulties in Ukraine. Between now and June 1, there could be an awful lot of events. There are still questions about whether this could happen.

All domestic football in Ukraine has been suspended. Nine members of the Ukraine squad play for the same team. What kind of state are they going to be in?

Nations League fixtures impacted

Scotland, Ukraine and Wales are involved in the play-off path, so the schedule of the A4 and B1 groups has been rearranged.

June 1st

June 4th

• B1 - Armenia vs Republic of Ireland

June 8

• A4 - Belgium vs Poland
• A4 - Wales vs Netherlands
• B1 - Scotland vs Armenia
• B1 - Republic of Ireland vs Ukraine

June 11

• A4 - Netherlands vs Poland
• A4 - Wales vs Belgium

June 14

• A4 - Netherlands vs Wales
• A4 - Poland vs Belgium

September 21

September 24

• B1 - Scotland vs Republic of Ireland
• B1 - Armenia vs Ukraine

September 27

• B1 - Republic of Ireland vs Armenia
• B1 - Ukraine vs Scotland