
Seeing that some big teams were struggling in qualification, FIFA decided that the 2nd place finishers would play each other according to their rank and not by random draw. As a result France, Portugal and Russia will not be playing each other.
The final playoff round is set for November 14th and 18th. The matches are as follows:
| Republic of Ireland v France |
| Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Greece v Ukraine |
| Russia v Slovenia |
What do you think about the changes that FIFA has made?