All we need to know about Tuesday’s European play-off draw

• Eight European teams competing for 4 Russia 2018 places
• Draw takes place in Zurich during 14:00 CET on Tuesday 17 October
• Matches to be played between 9 and 14 November

When gift kicked off on 4 Sep 2016, there were 13 European places adult for grabs during a 2018 FIFA World Cup Russiaâ„¢. So far, a 9 organisation winners, France, Portugal, Germany, Serbia, Poland, England, Spain, Belgium and Iceland have competent directly, while a 8 best second-placed teams will now quarrel it out for a 4 remaining spots.

Who’s in a draw?
The 8 teams to make it by to a play-offs are Sweden, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Italy, Greece and Croatia. Slovakia, as a worst-ranked second-placed team, skip out.

Draw procedure
The 8 teams competent for a play-offs are will be divided into dual pots. The initial will enclose a 4 seeded teams, with a remaining countries going in a second pot. The seeded teams have been motionless by October’s FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, published today. Based on these rankings, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Denmark will be in Pot 1, while Northern Ireland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Greece will be in Pot 2.

The sequence of a home and divided legs will also be motionless by a draw. This is dynamic as follows:

1. One round is taken from Pot 1 and one from Pot 2 and are placed in a executive pot.
2. The balls are afterwards churned and drawn one-by-one.
3. The initial round drawn determines that group plays a initial leg during home, and a second one decides who’ll horde a lapse leg.

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— #WCQ ⚽️ (@FIFAWorldCup) October 16, 2017

When and where does a pull take place?
The pull will take place during a Home of FIFA in Zurich on Tuesday 17 Oct during 14:00 (local time) and will be live streamed on FIFA.com and FIFA’s YouTube channel. The coaches of a 8 teams are approaching to be in attendance, while Mexican presenter Vanessa Huppenkothen will horde a event, with Fernando Hierro carrying out a pull itself.

How are a play-offs decided?
Four two-legged ties will be played, with a initial leg holding place between 9 and 11 Nov and a lapse between 12 and 14 of a same month.

The group that scores a larger series of goals in both matches qualifies for Russia 2018. In a eventuality of a teams being turn on aggregate, a divided goals order will come into play. If a leader is still not motionless during a finish of normal time in a second leg, a compare will go to additional time with dual durations of 15 mins and a divided goals order still applied. If a scores are still turn during a finish of additional time, a tie will go to penalties.

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