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When are the Euro 2020 play-offs and which teams are playing?


EURO 2020 is set to take the continent by storm next summer.

But before the fun of the tournament proper can start, there are still four more places up for grabs after a hard-fought qualifying campaign.

 Euro 2020 edges ever closer with 20 teams already ensured of their place in next year's tournament

Euro 2020 edges ever closer with 20 teams already ensured of their place in next year’s tournamentCredit: Getty – Contributor

Twenty other nations can put their feet up safe in the knowledge that they will be on the plane – including England and Wales.

When are the Euro 2020 play-offs?

SIXTEEN teams are still dreaming of making it to Euro 2020 as they head into qualifying.

Their seeding has been influence by their performance in the 2019 Nations League, with four sides eventually making it through to the finals.

All the sides will play a single-legged semi final, before heading through to a single-leg final.

The winners of those four finals will head through to Euro 2020.

The semi-finals are all set for Thursday, March 26 2020, before the final follows on Tuesday, March 31.

Which teams are playing?

BOTH England and Wales have safely booked their place in Euro 2020 after negotiating the qualifying group.

But Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are all heading into the lottery of the playoffs.

The sixteen teams featuring in the play-offs are:

  • Iceland
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Slovakia
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Norway
  • Serbia
  • Bulgaria
  • Israel
  • Hungary
  • Romania
  • Georgia
  • North Macedonia
  • Kosovo
  • Belarus


Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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