Euro 2016 Qualifying Play-off Draw: Date, Time, Live Stream and TV Info
Four places remain up for grabs at the 2016 European Championship in France with 19 teams having already joined the hosts after sealing automatic qualification.
Eight remaining nations are in with a chance of making the Euro 2016 finals via two-legged play-offs, with the draw set to take place on Sunday in Nyon, Switzerland.
The highest-profile casualty from qualifying was the Netherlands, but the likes of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Denmark are still in with a chance of qualifying having finished third in their respective groups.
Read on for full details for the draw, including scheduling and live streaming information, as well as a closer look at the eight teams involved.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
| Ukraine | Republic of Ireland |
| Sweden | Denmark |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Norway |
| Hungary | Slovenia |
Date: Sunday, October 18
Time: 10:20 a.m. BST, 5:20 a.m. ET
TV Info: Watch live on Sky Sports News HQ (UK)
Play-off Preview
Turkey sneaked through as automatic qualifiers from Group A as the best third-placed team, joining hosts France and the winners and runners-up from the nine groups in the confirmed pool for next summer's finals.
The eight other third-placed finishers, though, are left with high-tension play-offs to navigate, with the matches set to be played between November 12 and November 17.
The four winners on aggregate from each tie will advance to the finals, with the away-goals rule coming into play if teams are tied after both legs—extra-time and penalties will be used if the teams still can't be separated.
Bosnia, Sweden, Hungary and Ukraine have the luxury of being seeded and thus will avoid each other when the draw is made.
However, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Slovenia will be no pushovers.
Per FIFA, Sweden are the lowest ranked of the four seeds. Conversely, they may be the team to avoid in the play-offs due to one Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker is a Swedish footballing legend. But with Ibrahimovic at 34 years old, Euro 2016 could be his international swansong, and he and his teammates will be desperate to make it through, per Bleacher Report's Andy Brassell:
Ireland have known devastating disappointment before in international play-offs—they were robbed of a place at the 2010 World Cup by Thierry Henry's infamous handball.
Manager Martin O'Neill will hope they avoid such misfortune this time around.
Despite squandering the opportunity to qualify automatically by losing to Poland in their last group match, the Ireland boss is still high on confidence, per Paul Doyle in the Guardian: "I’m disappointed by the Poland defeat but we’re still here, still fighting. We’re not out of this, not by a long shot."
Denmark find themselves in the play-offs after being pipped to second place in Group I by minnows Albania, while Ukraine and Hungary were unfortunate to miss out on automatic qualification as the best third-placed team, per UEFA:
Roma duo Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko will be vital for Bosnia as they look to make another major tournament having disappointed at last year's World Cup.
The quality in the play-offs is immense, with all eight sides worthy of their place at the finals. But only four can advance.
After one of the most exciting and competitive qualifying campaigns in memory, more of the same will be expected across the eight high-tension play-off matches.
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