2010 FIFA World Cup UEFA Qualifying Play-off Draw. France to face Ireland.

[digg=http://digg.com/soccer/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_UEFA_Qualifying_Play_off_Draw]Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina got the toughest opponents in today’s 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Play-off Draw after being matched up against footballing powers France and Portugal.

The draw consisted of the  top eight runners-up from the nine UEFA European qualifying groups.  The top four nations in the draw were seeded according to the latest edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. France (ranked number 9), Portugal (10), Russia (12) and Greece (16) were placed in Pot 1 and were drawn with the teams in Pot 2 –  Ukraine (22), Republic of Ireland (34), Bosnia Herzegovina (42) and Slovenia (49).

The Republic of Ireland, Portugal, Russia and Greece will host the first leg of the home and away ties.

Matches 14 & 18 November 2009
– Republic of Ireland v France
– Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina
– Greece v Ukraine
– Russia v Slovenia