What happens next for Wales as they look to book a place at Euro 2024?
Wales’ fate will be decided by the play-offs for the second successive major tournament (Joe Giddens/PA)
Wales must navigate the play-offs in March to reach the European Championship finals next summer.
If they do so, it will be Wales’ fourth major tournament out of the last five.
Here, the PA news agency looks at their Euro 2024 story so far and what happens next.
Harry Wilson (right) scores in the 2-1 home win over Croatia, the high point of Wales’ Euro 2024 qualifying campaign (Tim Goode/PA)
It has been a campaign of transition without talismanic captain Gareth Bale following his retirement in January and the loss of other key players such as midfielder Joe Allen.
Wales began well with a bonus point away to World Cup semi-finalists Croatia – courtesy of Nathan Broadhead’s stoppage-time equaliser – and a narrow home win over Latvia.
But a sour summer – back-to-beat defeats against Armenia and Turkey – would cost them dear, despite bouncing back with a 2-0 success in Latvia and a sensational 2-1 home victory over Croatia.
Wales had automatic qualification in their hands heading into the final two games, but ultimately fell short with closing 1-1 draws against Armenia and Turkey. Croatia and Turkey qualified as the top two in Group D.
Wales manager Rob Page will attend the Euro 2024 play-off draw on Thursday (Joe Giddens/PA)
Wales will discover at 11am on Thursday morning who their semi-final opponents will be on March 21.
Manager Rob Page will attend the draw in Switzerland to get a flavour of what stands in his side’s way.
It is a case of one from three countries as Finland, Iceland or Ukraine will be paired with Wales in Path A.
The winners of that tie will play Poland or Estonia in the play-off final on March 26 for
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