by Compiled from Wire Services
Oct 19, 2015 12:00 am
The Republic of Ireland will need to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina to reach the Euro 2016 finals in France next summer following Sunday's draw. Martin O'Neill's side took third place in the Group D qualifier behind world champions Germany and Poland, and that was enough to earn them a spot in one of the four playoff ties to decide the final qualifiers for the 24 team tournament. Bosnia were the next-best team after Belgium and Wales qualified from Group B. Ireland have met Bosnia just once before, with the Irish winning 1-0 courtesy of a Shane Long header in May 2012 under previous manager Giovanni Trapattoni, having reached Euro 2012 via a play-off win over Estonia. In the other ties, Zlatan İbrahimovic's Sweden will face Denmark in a Nordic derby in the Euro 2016 playoffs. Norway, another Nordic nation chasing one of the remaining four spots at the expanded 24-team tournament, was drawn Sunday to play Hungary in the two-legged playoffs next month. In a repeat of a Euro 2000 playoff, Ukraine and Slovenia were paired together again. Slovenia won back in 1999.
Alongside host nation France, the other finalists so far are: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, England, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Wales.
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