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Football Jun 23, 2026

Women's World Cup play-off draw: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland learn opponents

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Women's World Cup play-off draw: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland learn opponents

England will face Greece in the first round of the World Cup qualification play-offs as Sarina Wiegman's side look to book their place at the 2027 World Cup.

The first leg of their tie will take place in Greece on October 9, before the home leg on October 13. Should the Lionesses progress, they will take on either Slovakia or Ukraine in the final round to book their place to Brazil.

Holders Spain topped the Lionesses' group earlier in qualifying to book their place directly in next year's tournament in Brazil alongside Denmark, France and Germany.

Republic of Ireland will take on Kazakhstan, who are ranked 100th in the world. The winners of that tie will face the tough task of either Belgium or Poland.

Wales take on Albania, and then they hope to take on the winner of Romania or Norway. Norway are coached by ex-Wales coach Gemma Grainger.

Scotland have been drawn against the Czech Republic. If they are successful, they play Lithuania or Sweden. Northern Ireland will play Portugal. The winners of that play Croatia or Iceland.

Play-off round one will take place between October 7 and 13. Round two will be from November 26 to December 5, 2026.

The play-offs for the Women's European qualifiers include 32 teams playing in two rounds of home-and-away ties.

Teams have been split into two paths for round one, while also being divided into seeded and unseeded groups. England and the Republic of Ireland were both seeded in path 1, while Scotland and Wales are seeded in path 2. Northern Ireland are unseeded in path 2.

The eight winners of their respective round one ties progress to round two. Teams that were seeded in round one have been given more favourable ties in round two.

The seven best-ranked winners from round two qualify for next year's finals, while the remaining winner will still need to win the inter-confederation play-off.

Round one: Path 1

Round one: Path 2

Round two:

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