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The team's focus are firmly on the upcoming World Cup playoff fixture as they await discovering their semifinal and potential final rivals.

After ended as runners-up in their qualification pool thanks to a commanding 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their largest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semifinal match on home soil.

They will face either the Albanian side, Bosnia, the Kosovan team or Republic of Ireland in that match on 26 March.

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will welcome a match against whichever opponent after their latest performance at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his approach is 'give us whoever, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw said.

"A lot of supporters were saying recently, 'do we really want Republic of Ireland because of that derby feel?'. In my view many supporters didn't. But personally, that could be amazing.

"So it's one of those, indeed, we'll take the Kosovans or Bosnia and the Albanians are competitive and Republic of Ireland, of course, they are a capable team so they'll be difficult.

"But you just feel that we'll take anyone at the moment and we're confident, and a lot of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

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Wales are placed 34th in the FIFA rankings, with the Albanian team 61st, Republic of Ireland 62nd, Bosnia 75th and the Kosovan side 84th.

Albania had a strong qualification run, with their only defeats coming at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed maximum points without conceding a solitary goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's prominent names, though it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who led their goal tally in qualifying with 3 goals.

Importantly, Albania have never earned a spot for a FIFA World Cup, though they participated at the 2016 European Championship and the 2024 Euros, not managing to advance to the last 16 on both times.

While Slovenia and Sweden endured difficult runs, with each not managing to win a qualification match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Swiss finished the six-match campaign three points ahead of the Kosovans, whose one defeat came at the hands of the pool winners.

The Kosovan squad include ex- Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his country's all-time leading goalscorer – in a squad aiming for a maiden international competition appearance.

They have not yet played Wales.

Bosnia lost just once in qualifying, and earned a points more than Wales managed in their 8 games, but still ended two points adrift of their group winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from securing a spot at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians ensured the teams tied in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the pool.

Wales have failed to defeat the Bosnian side in 4 attempts but did have a unforgettable defeat against Zmajevi as they qualified for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.

As his country's historic leading scorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia's standout player.

The 39-year-old was his squad's leading goalscorer in qualifying with five goals.

Lastly, we have Ireland.

After secured just one point from their first 3 qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side surged into the playoffs with successive wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted the two goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before scoring a hat-trick – with the final goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Irish stunned Hungary to take second place in their group in dramatic style.

Talisman Seamus Coleman played a crucial role in his team's resurgence while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting position his to keep.

The Republic of Ireland are without a win in their past 4 encounters with the Welsh, defeated in 3 of those, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's men won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.