Overview
- UEFA set four playoff paths of one-off semi-finals on March 26 and finals on March 31, with higher seeds hosting the semis and pre-drawn hosts for each final.
- Path A pits Italy against Northern Ireland and Wales against Bosnia & Herzegovina, with the final to be hosted by the Wales–Bosnia winner.
- Path D sends the Republic of Ireland to Czechia while Denmark face North Macedonia, and the final will be hosted by the Czechia–Ireland winner.
- Path B features Ukraine vs Sweden and Poland vs Albania, with the final hosted by the Ukraine–Sweden winner; Path C pairs Turkey vs Romania and Slovakia vs Kosovo.
- The inter-confederation playoff in Mexico pairs New Caledonia vs Jamaica and Bolivia vs Suriname, with winners meeting seeded DR Congo and Iraq in Monterrey and Guadalajara from March 23–31.