Top flight league football in Europe is paused as national teams test out their tactics and improve on their understanding of what team chemistry they can build with the quad at hand.

Apart from the international friendlies, we will have the Euro Qualifier Playoff round to know the complete list of nations that will play in the 2024 Euro. We will also get to know the winners of the CONCACAF Nations League, and see how things stand out in the AFC World Cup qualifiers after four matches of the second round.

EURO QUALIFIER PLAYOFF ROUND:

Thursday, March 21, 2024

🇵🇱 Poland vs. 🇪🇪 Estonia
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales vs. 🇫🇮 Finland
🇮🇱 Israel vs. 🇮🇸 Iceland
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇬🇪 Georgia vs. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
🇬🇷 Greece vs. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

There are 12 nations in groups of four, contesting for three tickets to complete the list of 24 needed for the 2024 UEFA European Championship.

Estonia, Finland, Poland, and Wales.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Israel, and Ukraine.
Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, and Luxembourg.

Half of the nations (6) in the playoff have never qualified for the UEFA European Championship tournament : Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, and Luxembourg.

**We will know the 6 nations who will contest for the three tickets on March 21st, and we will know the three teams going to the UEFA Euro 2024 on March 26th, 2024. **

Estonia, Finland, Poland, or Wales will qualify for a spot in Group D (consisting of Netherland, Austria, and France).
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Israel, or Ukraine will qualify for a spot in Group E (consisting of Belgium, Slovakia, and Romania).
Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, or Luxembourg will qualify for a spot in Group F (consisting of Turkey, Portugal, and Czech Republic)

NATIONS LOOKING FOR A RETURN TO THE EURO TOURNAMENT.

🇬🇷 Greece is the only title winner on the list. Champions in 2004 against Portugal in Lisbon but haven’t contested a tournament since the 2012 edition.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales broke a World Cup drought of 64 years in 2022, and can make the Euros for the third time in four editions, since making their debut in 2016.
🇵🇱 Poland made their debut in 2008 and haven’t missed a tournament since.
🇺🇦 Ukraine made their debut as a co-host with Poland in 2012 and has featured in every tournament since then.
🇮🇸 Iceland made their debut in 2016 but haven’t made a return since. That generation of players also qualified for the World Cup in 2018, another debut.
🇫🇮 Finland has qualified once, in 2020, where they had a group stage finish.

THE NATIONS LOOKING TO QUALIFY FOR THEIR FIRST EURO TOURNAMENT

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇬🇪 Georgia
🇮🇱 Israel
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇱🇺 Luxembourg

AFC WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

The AFC World Cup qualifiers as we head into matchday three of the second round of AFC World Cup qualification.

Thirteen nations have recorded no wins, with six of them (Afghanistan, Chinese Taipei, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Singapore) yet to earn a point. Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jordan, Palestine, Philippines, and Turkmenistan are winless but have recorded a point.

Lebanon remains unbeaten despite not securing a win.

There are 12 unbeaten teams, 9 have started the qualifiers with a perfect winning record: Australia, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, while the other three (Iran, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan)have dropped points in draws.

Two more rounds of the AFC World Cup qualifier will be played this international break.

Thursday, March 21, 2024

🇦🇫 Afghanistan vs. 🇮🇳 India
🇶🇦 Qatar vs. 🇰🇼 Kuwait

🇲🇲 Myanmar vs. 🇸🇾 Syria
🇯🇵 Japan vs. 🇰🇵 North Korea

🇸🇬 Singapore vs. 🇨🇳 China
🇰🇷 South Korea vs. 🇹🇭 Thailand

🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei vs. 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
🇴🇲 Oman vs. 🇲🇾 Malaysia

🇭🇰 Hong Kong vs. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇮🇷 Iran vs. 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan

🇮🇩 Indonesia vs. 🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇮🇶 Iraq vs. 🇵🇭 Philippines

🇵🇰 Pakistan vs. 🇯🇴 Jordan
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia vs. 🇹🇯 Tajikistan

🇳🇵 Nepal vs. 🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates vs. 🇾🇪 Yemen

🇵🇸 Palestine vs. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇦🇺 Australia vs. 🇱🇧 Lebanon

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

🇮🇳 India vs. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇰🇼 Kuwait vs. 🇶🇦 Qatar

🇸🇾 Syria vs. 🇲🇲 Myanmar
🇰🇵 North Korea vs. 🇯🇵 Japan

🇨🇳 China vs. 🇸🇬 Singapore
🇹🇭 Thailand vs. 🇰🇷 South Korea

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan vs. 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
🇲🇾 Malaysia vs. 🇴🇲 Oman

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan vs. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan vs. 🇮🇷 Iran

🇻🇳 Vietnam vs. 🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇵🇭 Philippines vs. 🇮🇶 Iraq

🇯🇴 Jordan vs. 🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇹🇯 Tajikistan vs. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

🇧🇭 Bahrain vs. 🇳🇵 Nepal
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates vs. 🇾🇪 Yemen

🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs. 🇵🇸 Palestine
🇱🇧 Lebanon vs. 🇦🇺 Australia

CONCACAF NATIONS LEAGUE

This is the third edition, and the United States has won the previous two and is still on the hunt to make it three in a row. Firstly, the United States will have to get past Jamaica in the semifinals.

The other semifinal matchup is between Panama and Mexico, two teams that played in a third-place playoff fixture in the previous tournament after losing in the semifinal. Finishing fourth in the previous tournament was Panama’s best result. Mexico’s best finish was runner-up against the United States in 2020.

📅 Thursday, March 21, 2024

Semifinals:
🇺🇸 United States vs. 🇯🇲 Jamaica
🇵🇦 Panama vs. 🇲🇽 Mexico

📅 Sunday, March 24, 2024

THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF for the semi final losers.
CONCACAF NATIONS LEAGUE FINAL for the semi final winners.

SOME HIGH-PROFILE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCHES

Your football watchlist for this weekend:

📅 Thursday, March 21, 2024

🇵🇹 Portugal vs. 🇸🇪 Sweden
🇮🇹 Italy vs. 🇻🇪 Venezuela

📅 Friday, March 22, 2024

🇳🇬 Nigeria vs. 🇬🇭 Ghana
🇸🇻 El Salvador vs. 🇦🇷 Argentina
🇦🇱 Albania vs. 🇨🇱 Chile
🇲🇦 Morocco vs. 🇦🇴 Angola
🇳🇿 New Zealand vs. 🇪🇬 Egypt
🇸🇳 Senegal vs. 🇬🇦 Gabon
🇳🇴 Norway vs. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇳🇱 Netherlands vs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
🇪🇸 Spain vs. 🇨🇴 Colombia

📅 Saturday, March 23, 2024

🇮🇪 Ireland vs. 🇧🇪 Belgium
🇩🇰 Denmark vs. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England vs. 🇧🇷 Brazil
🇫🇷 France vs. 🇩🇪 Germany
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast vs. 🇧🇯 Benin

📅Sunday, March 24, 2024

🇮🇹 Italy vs. 🇪🇨 Ecuador

📅Tuesday, March 26, 2024

🇦🇷 Argentina vs. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast vs. 🇺🇾 Uruguay
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England vs. 🇧🇪 Belgium
🇫🇷 France vs. 🇨🇱 Chile
🇪🇸 Spain vs. 🇧🇷 Brazil
🇩🇪 Germany vs. 🇳🇱 Netherlands