Scotland confirmed their place in the play-offs for the 2022 World Cup with Portugal also joining them, so who else can is in line and how does it work? How do the play-offs work? The winners of each group automatically qualify for the World Cup finals, which run from November 21 to December 18 2022, and three more teams will seal their place at the end of the playoffs in March. The play-offs take place from March 24 to 29 2022 , with 10 group runners-up joined by the two best group winners from the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League overall ranking that have neither qualified directly as group winners nor entered the playoffs already as group runners up. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the World Cup European qualifying group F match between Moldova and Scotland. During a play-off draw on November 26 2021 , those 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths for one-off semi-finals and a final, with the three path winners then quali...