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The team's sights are firmly on Thursday's World Cup play-off draw as they prepare for discovering their semi-final and possible final opponents.

Having finished as runners-up in their qualifying pool following a commanding 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their biggest win since 1978 – the side will play the semi-final match on their own turf.

They will play against either Albania, Bosnia, the Kosovan team or Ireland in that match on 26 March.

Former Wales striker Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will welcome a tie against any team following their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mentality is 'bring on whoever, we're ready'," Earnshaw said.

"A lot of people were wondering recently, 'do we really want Ireland as it's that derby feel?'. In my view a number of supporters didn't. But for me, that could be incredible.

"So it's that type of situation, yes, we're ready for the Kosovans or Bosnia and the Albanians are not bad and Republic of Ireland, naturally, they are a strong team so they'll be challenging.

"However the sense is that we're prepared for anybody right now and we're confident, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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Wales sit thirty-fourth in the world rankings, with the Albanian team sixty-first, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia-Herzegovina seventy-fifth and the Kosovan side 84th.

The Albanian national team had a strong qualification run, with their sole losses coming at the hands of Group K winners England, who secured full points without conceding a single goal.

Burnley's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's recognizable names, though it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who led their scoring chart in the qualifiers with three goals.

Importantly, the Albanians have never qualified for a World Cup, although they featured at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, failing to advance to the knockout stages on both times.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured torrid runs, with each not managing to win a qualifying match, their group was a straight shootout between Switzerland and Kosovo.

The Swiss finished the six-game qualifiers three points clear of Kosovo, whose one defeat was at the hands of the group winners.

The Kosovan squad feature ex- Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic top scorer – in a squad targeting a maiden major tournament appearance.

They have not yet faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia lost just once in the qualifiers, and earned a points more than Wales managed in their eight games, but still ended two points adrift of Group H winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from clinching a place at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians ensured the pair tied in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the pool.

The Welsh have failed to defeat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but did have a memorable loss against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman despite losing.

Being his nation's historic top goalscorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia-Herzegovina's standout player.

The 39-year-old was his squad's leading goalscorer in qualifying with 5 goals.

Lastly, we have Ireland.

After secured just one point from their opening three qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the play-offs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the final goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Irish stunned Hungary to secure second spot in Group F in thrilling style.

Key player Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his team's resurgence while Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting jersey his own.

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past four encounters with Wales, defeated in 3 of those, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.