Euro 2024 play-off draw: Wales to face home semi-final against Finland in bid to qualify for tournament
Thursday's Euro 2024 play-off draw in Nyon also revealed that the winners of Wales vs Finland will then face Poland/Estonia at home in the final in bid to reach next summer's tournament in Germany
Thursday 23 November 2023 12:41, UK
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Wales will host Finland in the European Championship play-off semi-finals in a bid to reach their fourth major tournament out of the last five.
Rob Page's side must navigate the play-offs in March to reach the tournament in Germany next summer, with the semi-final taking place on March 21 in Cardiff following the announcement of the draw in Nyon, Switzerland.
The winners of the tie will play Poland or Estonia at home in the play-off final on March 26 for the right to play at Euro 2024.
In Path B, Israel face a semi-final against Iceland following Thursday's draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, while Bosnia and Herzegovina will host Ukraine.
Georgia take on fellow potential tournament debutants Luxembourg in Path C, while Kazakhstan travel to 2004 European champions Greece in the other semi-final of that route.
Ukraine are 22nd in the FIFA rankings, six places above Wales, and would have presented the toughest test on paper.
They were third in England's qualifying group and might already be preparing for Germany had they been awarded what appeared a certain stoppage-time penalty against Italy on Monday.
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Finland won six of their 10 qualifiers and finished four points behind Denmark and Slovenia, while Iceland won only three times in 10 games and were a distant fourth to Portugal, Slovakia and Luxembourg.
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