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The team's attention are squarely on the upcoming World Cup playoff draw as they prepare for discovering their semifinal and possible final rivals.

Having finished second in their qualifying group thanks to a decisive 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their largest win since 1978 – Wales will host the semi-final match on their own turf.

They will meet either the Albanian side, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Kosovan team or Republic of Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.

Former Wales forward Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will welcome a tie against whichever team following their most recent result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mentality is 'give us anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw commented.

"A lot of people were saying last night, 'do we really want Ireland because of that derby feel?'. In my view many people were hesitant. But personally, that could be fantastic.

"So it's that type of situation, indeed, we're ready for Kosovo or Bosnia and the Albanians are competitive and Ireland, naturally, they're a very good team so it will be difficult.

"But the sense is that we'll take anyone at the moment and it doesn't matter, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

Possible Playoff Semifinal Rivals Assessed

The Welsh squad are placed 34th in the FIFA rankings, with Albania 61st, Republic of Ireland 62nd, Bosnia-Herzegovina seventy-fifth and the Kosovan side eighty-fourth.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a strong qualification run, with their sole defeats coming at the hands of Group K winners England, who claimed full points without allowing a single goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's recognizable names, although it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who led their goal tally in the qualifiers with 3 goals.

Importantly, Albania have not yet earned a spot for a FIFA World Cup, though they featured at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, not managing to advance to the last 16 on each occasions.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured poor runs, with both failing to win a qualification match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Switzerland ended the six-match campaign three points clear of Kosovo, whose one loss came at the hands of the pool winners.

Kosovo include ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's historic leading goalscorer – in a squad targeting a maiden international competition appearance.

They have never played the Welsh team.

Bosnia-Herzegovina were defeated just once in qualifying, and earned a points additional than Wales achieved in their 8 games, but still finished two points behind of Group H winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from clinching a spot at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians ensured the pair drew in the final game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the pool.

Wales have failed to beat the Bosnian side in 4 attempts but did have a memorable loss against the Dragons as they earned qualification for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.

Being his nation's all-time top goalscorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's key player.

The veteran was his squad's top scorer in the qualifiers with five goals.

And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.

Having taken just one point from their first three qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side surged into the playoffs with successive wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott scored both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a hat-trick – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland stunned Hungary to take runner-up spot in Group F in dramatic fashion.

Talisman Seamus Coleman played a vital role in his side's resurgence while Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the starting jersey his own.

The Republic of Ireland are without a win in their last 4 meetings with the Welsh, defeated in three of these, although James McClean broke the hearts of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's men won a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.