The last stage of the World Cup qualifiers starts today Thursday, March 26, with key matches for Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, and Turkey. In total, 16 teams play tonight, and 8 will be eliminated. On March 31, only 4 will remain, taking the last four available spots for World Cup in June.
From the 16 teams participating, 12 came from being the runners-up in the previous qualifying process: Slovakia, Kosovo, Denmark, Ukraine, Türkiye, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Wales, Albania, and Czechia. Four were added because of their best results in the previous edition of the UEFA Nations League: Romania, Sweden, North Macedonia, and Northern Ireland.
Italy vs. Northern Ireland: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT
Wales vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT
Ukraine vs. Sweden: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT
Poland vs. Albania: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT
Turkey vs. Romania:18:00 CET, 17:00 GMT
Slovakia vs. Kosovo: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT
Denmark vs. North Macedonia: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT
Czech Republic vs. Ireland: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT
At the same time, the Inter-confederation play-offs will decided the other two remaining spots in the FIFA competition this summer, also played on March 26 and 31:
Bolivia vs. Suriname: 23:00 CET, 22:00 GMT
New Caledonia vs. Jamaica: 04:00 CET, 03:00 GMT (of Friday)
How to watch the European qualifiers March 26-31
UEFA will broadcast all of those matches in a variety of broadcasters around the continent. Not every match may be available in all of the countries, but you will find a selection of matches via premium subscription on UEFA.TV.
In addition, these are the broadcasters in Europe that will broadcast the World Cup qualifiers in Europe:
Belgium: VTM GO, DAZN, RTBF Auvio
Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT, Arena Sport
Bulgaria: BNT, gong.bg
Croatia: gol
Cyprus: CyBC, Cytavision
Czechia: CT Sport, Sport1 TV
Denmark: TV2 PLAY
Estonia: ERR
Finland: MTV Katsomo, Yle Areena
France: lequipe.fr, TF1+
Georgia: Channel1, Silk TV (Silknet)
Germany: ARD Sportschau, DAZN, RTL+, ZDF sportstudio live
Greece: alphatv, NOVA Greece
Hungary: M4 Sport Online, TV2 Play, NET4+
Iceland: Viaplay, Vefsjónvarp Stöd 2
Italy: RAI PLAY, Sky Sport
Netherlands: NOS, Ziggo Sport
Norway: TV 2 Play
Poland: Polsat Box Go, TVP Sport
Portugal: RTP Portugal, Sport TV Portugal
Republic of Ireland: RTÉ, Virgin Media Ireland
Romania: Antena 1, CLEVER MEDIA ROMANIA, Digi Sport
Serbia: Arena Sport, RTS Serbia
Slovakia: STVR Sport, Sport1 TV
Slovenia: Sportklub
Spain: RTVE PLAY, UEFA.tv
Sweden: Viaplay
Switzerland: RSI, RTS, SRF, DAZN
Türkiye: EXXEN, S Sport TV
Ukraine: Megogo
United Kingdom: BBC iPlayer, ITV1, S4C Clic, Prime Video UK