Playoff Games

As we draw closer to December 4th, the day of the World Cup group drawings, the soccer universe's ever-present eye awaits the six impending playoff competitions, four which will come from the Union of European Football Associations, one coming from the winner of a South American-Concacaf battle, and the last coming in a Asian-Oceania face-off.

These matches, consisting of two legs, will take place on November 14th and 18th. In Europe, we will witness the match-ups between Russia and Slovenia, Ireland and France, Greece and Ukraine, and Portugal and Bosnia/Herzegovina. In the Western hemisphere, Costa Rica and Uruguay will fight for their own dreams, as they try to fill that one remaining World Cup spot.

Bahrain and New Zealand, in the Asia-Oceania playoff, have already played their first leg and came out with 0-0 tie. Their final leg will take place on November 14th in Wellington, New Zealand.