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Denmark went into their final Group C qualifying match only needing a draw at Hampden Park against Scotland to secure a World Cup place.

But Scott McTominay scored a sensational overhead kick to give the hosts an early lead, although into injury-time it was level at 2-2 with extra-time on the cards.

However, Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean scored in stoppage time to send the Scots through 4-2 and Denmark into the play-offs, with them cruising past North Macedonia 4-0 on Thursday to set up the tie with the Czech Republic.

The Danes have reached the finals in five of the past seven tournaments, making the last eight in 1998 and the last 16 in 2002 and 2018.

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To be one game away from the World Cup must have felt impossible for Sweden after they finished bottom of their group during the qualifying campaign.

That poor form led to Jon Dahl Tomasson becoming the first men's head coach to be sacked as Sweden boss.

Their fortunes have improved under ex-Brighton boss Graham Potter and Viktor Gyokeres scored a hat-trick as Sweden beat Ukraine in their play-off semi-final.

"It just feels like an amazing opportunity," Potter said.

"We have the opportunity because what the team did in the Nations League. So we are where we are, and now we've got one game to play to get to the World Cup, which is a dream."

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Ten years ago, Kosovo had never played a World Cup qualifier - now they are 90 minutes away from qualifying for this summer's finals.

The Balkan nation, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and was officially recognised by Fifa and Uefa in 2016, hosts Turkey in tonight's play-off.

Win and Kosovo, 78th in the world rankings, will reach the 48-nation World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The game will take place at a packed Fadil Vokrri Stadium in the capital city Pristina - although most people will be left watching on television.

"We have a stadium only for 13,000 spectators, but if it were possible, there would be 100,000," said Kosovo coach Franco Foda after Thursday's 4-3 away win against Slovakia in the play-off semi-finals.

"On Tuesday we will have a historic game. We are in euphoria, but we need to play the last game with calm. In that case everything is possible.

"We have emotional fans, but we must be careful and not allow ourselves to make mistakes."

Northern Ireland's hopes of reaching the 2026 World Cup are brought to an end, as they're beaten 2-0 by Italy in their World Cup play-off semi-final in Bergamo, as the home side close in on qualifying for their first World Cup in 12 years.

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Four-time World Cup winners Italy had to settle for a place in the play-offs after finishing behind Norway in Group I.

The Azzurri have failed to make it to the past two World Cup finals and won 2-0 in their home semi-final against Northern Ireland to set up the away winner-takes-all tie against Bosnia-Herzegovina,

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Group A: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Czech Republic or Denmark.

Group B: Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina or Italy, Qatar, Switzerland.

Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland.

Group D: United States, Paraguay, Australia, Kosovo or Turkey.

Group E: Germany, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador.

Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Sweden or Poland, Tunisia.

Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand.

Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay.

Group I: France, Senegal, Iraq or Bolivia, Norway.

Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan.

Group K: Portugal, DR Congo or Jamaica, Uzbekistan, Colombia.

Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama.

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Forty-two out of the 48 World Cup places have been decided, and these are the nations that have qualified and the qualifying campaign they have advanced from.

Canada, Mexico and the United States qualified automatically as co-hosts.

Africa (9): Algeria, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.

Asia (8): Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Uzbekistan.

Europe (12): Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland.

North / Central America (6): Canada, Curacao, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, United States.

Oceania (1): New Zealand.

South America (6): Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay Uruguay.

Patrick Schick and Ladislav Krejci are both in the Czech Republic team this evening after scoring the goals to make it 2-2 against the Republic of Ireland before they beat them on penalties last week.

Czech Republic XI: Kovar, Chaloupek, Hranac, Krejci, Coufal, Darida, Provod, Zeleny, Soucek, Schick.

Subs: Hornicek, Jedlicka, Holes, Vitik, Jurasek, Karabec, Cerv, Sadilek, Visinsky, Kliment, Chytil, Chory.

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Rasmus Hojlund, who is on loan at Napoli from Manchester United, leads the line for Denmark tonight.

He has scored the most goals of any Denmark player in qualifying, having netted five so far.

Denmark XI: Hermansen, Andersen, Nelsson, Maehle, Bah, Froholdt, Hjulmand, Hojbjerg, Isaksen, Hojlund, Damsgaard.

Subs: Jungdaal, Ronnow, Hoegsberg, Provstgaard, Nartey, Jensen, Eriksen, Norgaard, Nartey, Dreyer, Osula, Hogh.

Fisnik Asllani of Hoffenheim starts up front for Kosovo. He's scored in three of Kosovo's past four matches.

Arijanet Muric starts in goal for the hosts. He's formerly of Burnley and is currently at Italian club Sassuolo, on loan from Ipswich.

Kosovo XI: Muric; Dellova, Hajrizi, Hajdari, Gallapeni; Vojvoda, Hodza, Rexhbecaj, Muslija; Asllani, Muriqi.

Subs: Aliti, Bekaj, Berisha, Emerllahu, Hadergjonaj, E. Krasniqi, I. Krasniqi, Rashica, Albion Rrahmani, Saipi, Zabergja, Zhegrova.

Brighton defender Ferdi Kadıoglu, who scored the only goal of Turkey's 1-0 win over Romania in their semi-final starts.

In midfield Turkey boast Hakan Calhanoglu of Inter Milan, Arda Guler of Real Madrid and Juventus' Kenan Yildiz.

Kerem Aktürkoglu of Fenerbahce is their loan striker.

Turkey XI: Cakir; Celik, Kadioglu, Bardakci, Kabak; Yuksek, Calhanoglu; Kokcu, Guler, Yildiz; Aktukoglu.

Subs: Akaydin, Akgun, Ayhan, Bayindir, Elmali, Gul, Gunok, Kahveci, Karazor, Muldur, Yilmaz, Ozcan.

Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres leads the line for Sweden tonight after his hat-trick helped Graham Potter's side to a 3-1 win over Ukraine in their play-off semi-final.

With Alexander Isak and Dejan Kulusevski still out injured, Anthony Elanga and Benjamin Nygren will join Gyokeres in the front three.

Sweden XI: Nordfeldt, Svensson, Lagerbielke, Starfelt, Lindelof, Gudmundsson, Elanga, Ayari, Karlstrom, Nygren, Gyokeres.

Subs: Tornqvist, Eriksson, Swedberg, Bergvall, Nilsson, Ellborg, Stroud, Lundgren, Svanberg, Larsson, Ali, Zeneli.

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Poland came from behind to beat Albania and keep their World Cup dreams alive in the semi-final.

There'll be looking to the evergreen Robert Lewandowski for goals with Inter Milan's Piotr Zielinski pulling the strings in midfield.

Poland XI: Grabara, Cash, Bednarek, Wisniewski, Kiwior, Kaminski, Zalewski, Zielinski, Szymanski, Swiderski, Lewandowski.

Subs: Kedziora, Slisz, Moder, Grosicki, Kochalski, Pietuszewski, Ziolkowski, Rozga, Bereszynski, Skoras, Dragowski, Piatek.

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Atalanta defender Sead Kolasinac has shrugged off a knock to feature for Bosnia-Herzegovina in Zenica.

Kerim Alajbegovic, 18, impressed after coming off the bench in the win over Wales but he has not made the starting line-up with the only change being Benjamin Tahirovic dropping out for Ivan Basic in midfield.

Bosnia-Herzegovina XI: Vasilj; Dedic, Muharemovic, Katic, Kolasinac; Bajraktarevic, Sunjic, Basic, Memic; Demirovic, Dzeko.

Subs: Hadzikic, Zlomislic, Mujakic, Celik, Tahirovic, Gigovic, Bazdar, Hadziahmetovic, Burnic, Alajbegovic, Radeljic, Tabakovic.

Italy boss Gennaro Gattuso has kept the same team from their win over Northern Ireland for tonight’s crunch play-off Path A decider.

Italy XI: Donnarumma; Mancini, Bastoni, Calafiori; Politano, Barella, Locatelli, Tonali, Dimarco; Kean, Retegui.

Subs: Carnesecchi, Meret, Palestra, Spinazzola, Buongiorno, Raspadori, Pisilli, Pio Esposito, Cristante, Frattesi, Gatti, Cambiaso.

We have four European play-off finals that this page will be focusing on (all 19:45 BST). The winners qualify for this summer's finals.

• Bosnia-Herzegovina v Italy
• Czech Republic v Denmark
• Kosovo v Turkey
• Sweden v Poland

After those matches have finished, there will be two more places to be filled and by Wednesday morning we will know who has taken them.

Intercontinental play-off finals

• DR Congo v Jamaica (22:00 BST)
• Iraq v Bolivia (Wednesday, 04:00 BST

Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the four European play-off finals as eight countries look to earn their place at the 2026 World Cup.

There will be heartbreak for four of them and delight for the other four.

If you want to follow England v Japan then head here.

To keep up with the Scotland v Ivory Coast friendly click here.

Wales versus Northern Ireland is here.

Republic of Ireland against North Macedonia is here.

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By the end of today we will know which four nations have advanced through the European play-offs and will be heading off to the summer's World Cup finals in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Everything has to be sorted out tonight, with extra-time and penalties a possibility.

It is going to be a dramatic few hours.