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Thursday 25 Feb 2021
Northern Ireland senior women's potential play-off contenders confirmed

Northern Ireland senior women’s team now know who they could be paired against in the play-offs for a place at the UEFA Women’s Euro finals.

With all the qualifying groups now having reached a conclusion, Kenny Shiels’ squad could be facing one of five teams. They are: Switzerland, Russia, Portugal, Ukraine and Czech Republic. 

The draw for the play-offs takes place on Friday 5 March and will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 11am. 

The games themselves will be played over two legs from 7 to 13 April.

Northern Ireland finished as runners-up in Group C in December thanks to home and away wins over Faroe Islands and Belarus as well as two draws with Wales.

England is set to host the 16-team finals from 6 to 31 July 2022.