Following the draw, a dramatic conclusion to the 2022 FIFA World Cup preliminary competition looms with the two intercontinental play-off matches to take place over a single leg on June 13/14, 2022.
The playoffs were originally scheduled to take place in March 2022 but were rescheduled to June 2022 as a result of the unprecedented disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the scheduling of FIFA World Cup qualifiers globally.
Four years ago, Australia and Peru secured passage to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia via the intercontinental play-offs with wins over Honduras and New Zealand respectively.