UEFA World Cup play-offs: fixtures, dates, draw & everything you need to know

The likes of the Republic of Ireland, Croatia and Italy are looking to qualify for next summer's finals in Russia through a one-off, do-or-die tie

Sweden will take on Italy and the Republic of Ireland are set to clash with Denmark in the European second-place World Cup play-offs.

Northern Ireland's meet Switzerland and Croatia play against Greece in the other two ties to finalise the UEFA representatives at next summer's tournament.

The eight clubs competing finished second in their groups in the first round of qualifying and will now play over two legs for a place at the finals.

Goal has your complete guide to UEFA's upcoming final qualification fixtures.

PLAY-OFFS FIXTURES & RESULTS

The draw for the European play-offs took place on October 17.

It was a seeded draw, with Switzerland, Croatia, Denmark and Italy placed in one pot based on their position in the FIFA world rankings and Northern Ireland, Greece, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden going in the other.

Northern Ireland, Croatia, Denmark and Sweden will play at home first, with the exact dates of the matches to be confirmed soon.

WHAT ARE THE SECOND-PLACE PLAY-OFFS?

The second-place play-offs - known officially as UEFA's second round of World Cup qualifying - are used to allocate the last four of Europe's 13 places at the finals.

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