Wales Women will host Bosnia and Herzegovina in October in a home World Cup play-off as they continue their bid to reach a first-ever major tournament.
After creating history against Slovenia in their final qualifier to reach the play-offs for the first time, Gemma Grainger's Wales side will now go again in the first round of the UEFA play-offs on Thursday, October 6 (7.15pm kick-off).
Elsewhere, Scotland play Austria, while Portugal take on Belgium. To get the latest Wales football news sign up to our newsletter here.
Wales secured their place in the hat by cementing second spot in group I with a 0-0 draw at home to Slovenia, which was played out in front of a record crowd of more than 12,000 at Cardiff City Stadium.
Should they emerge victorious over the Bosnians at Cardiff City Stadium, Grainger's side will then travel to Switzerland for the second-round play-offs five days later, but even victory there won't necessarily guarantee their spot at the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
While the two best play-off winners from the UEFA play-offs will head straight to next year's finals, the remaining play-off winner will face an "inter-confederation play-off".
The three victorious play-off winners will be ranked by their results in their respective groups, combined with their results in the second round of the play-offs.
As some qualifying groups had five teams and others had six, any group matches against teams who finish sixth are discounted.
Should Wales find themselves as the third-ranked side, the path will be see them play at least one more game.
Taiwan, Thailand, Cameroon, Senegal, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay, Chile and Papua New Guinea have already booked their place in the inter-continental play-offs, which will take place in February.
The 10 teams will then be split into two groups of three (A and B) and a group of four. Seeded teams in groups A and B will head straight through to a final, while the other two battle it out in a semi-final.
The winner will then go to the World Cup. Teams in group C will contest a straight semi-final and final. You can read more about how the play-offs work here.
Reacting to the draw, Wales boss Grainger said: "I think the home draw is the best possible we could have had in terms of that round one game. We always want to play at home. That was something we wanted, especially after the Slovenia game, and we want to make sure we build on that.
"I think Bosnia being the lowest-ranked team brings its own challenges. I can see externally why drawing the lowest-ranked team can be seen as a competitive advantage, but they'll provide us with a difficult opposition for different reasons. As a group we focus on playing against higher-ranked opposition in our international friendlies.
"We want to make sure that whoever we play against we have the same standards, so against Bosnia it will be exactly the same."
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