Overview
- UEFA’s final qualifying features 16 teams split into four single-leg paths, with two wins needed to claim one of four World Cup places.
- Most European semifinals kick off on Thursday, March 26 at 7:45 p.m. GMT, with Türkiye vs Romania at 5 p.m., and all four path finals set for Tuesday, March 31 at 7:45 p.m. GMT.
- Confirmed UK broadcasts include Wales vs Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy vs Northern Ireland on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website, with S4C offering Welsh-language coverage.
- Broadcast details for the other UEFA play-off ties in the UK remain unconfirmed, while Republic of Ireland games are available on RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland.
- Six teams contest two inter-confederation berths on FIFA+, with semifinals Bolivia vs Suriname (March 26, 10 p.m. GMT) and New Caledonia vs Jamaica (March 27, 3 a.m. GMT), before DR Congo and Iraq enter the March 31–April 1 finals as seeded teams.