Portugal V Italy: One Of These Teams Won't Be Heading To Qatar 2022

How do the play-offs work? The play-offs take place from March 24 to 29, 2022 with 10 group runners-up joined by the two best group winners from the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League overall ranking that have neither qualified directly as group winners, nor entered the play-offs already as group runners-up. These 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths for one-off semi-finals and a final. The three path winners qualify for the World Cup. Who is seeded in the Play-offs? Portugal Scotland Italy Russia Sweden Wales Who is unseeded in the play-offs? Austria North Macedonia Turkey Poland Ukraine Czech Republic The Draws: The 2022 World Cup World Cup European Play-Off draw: ◉ Path A Scotland vs. Ukraine Wales vs. Austria (The winner of Wales v Austria will be at home for the final leg against the winner of Scotland/Ukraine) ◉ Path B Russia vs. Poland Sweden vs. Czech Republic (The winner of Russia/Poland will be at home for the final leg against the winner of Sweden/Czech Republic) ◉ Path C Italy vs. North Macedonia Portugal vs. Turkey (The winner of Portugal/Turkey will be at home for the final leg against the winner of Italy/Macedonia). European Qualifiers