Wolves will have to put themselves through the nerve-shredding process of the play-offs after they were held by Sheffield Wednesday.

West Brom's win made Wolves' result academic, while the Owls guaranteed their First Division survival.

After looking certainties for automatic promotion weeks ago, Wolves boss Dave Jones will now have to repair his side's shattered morale for the play-offs.

Wolves' afternoon got off to the perfect start with a goal after just 44 seconds.

Alex Rae's raking pass found Nathan Blake raiding down the left and he cut inside the Sheffield penalty area to square the ball back for Colin Cameron to side-foot home from close range.

On the stroke of half-time, Wednesday deservedly equalised, albeit fortuitously.

Matthew Hamshaw curled a deep free-kick to the far-post where Oakes lost the flight of the ball and Simon Donnelly scored his fourth goal of the season off his thigh.

Wednesday almost made the kind of rapid-fire start to the second half as Wolves had done to the first, only for Oakes to turn aside Gerald Sibon's curling drive.

The game then turned inside the space of 60 seconds as Wolves were denied the lead for a second time by the woodwork when Pressman was beaten by Shaun Newton's angled 15-yard drive.

Wednesday countered almost immediately, and to devastating effect as Kuqi first sent Hamshaw clear to round Oakes.

The angle was tight as Hamshaw sliced his shot, but Kuqi was on hand to apply the finish from barely two yards and for his sixth goal in 17 appearances since his recent £1million move from Stockport.

Sheff Wed: Pressman, Haslam, Bromby, Broomes, Burrows, Hamshaw, McLaren, Quinn, Sibon, Donnelly, Kuqi. Subs: Siddall, Morrison, Westwood, Gallacher, McCarthy.

Wolves: Oakes, Halle, Lescott, Pollet, Camara, Newton, Cameron, Rae, Kennedy, Sturridge, Blake. Subs: Murray, Naylor, Andrews, Cooper, Miller.

Referee: P Durkin (Dorset)