Wales World Cup 2022 qualifiers: Full fixtures and schedule revealed

Wales will meet Belgium again with fond memories from their famous win at Euro 2016

Jack Rathborn
Tuesday 08 December 2020 18:28 GMT
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Wales forward Gareth Bale
Wales forward Gareth Bale (Getty Images)

Wales will face Belgium once again in World Cup qualification for Qatar 2022, with caretaker manager Robert Page adamant the No 1 side in the world will have "more respect" for the Dragons after recent meetings between the sides.

Wales received a tough draw against Roberto Martinez’s side, while also being joined by the Czech Republic, Belarus and Estonia in Group E, but there is optimism entering next year’s qualifiers having gone unbeaten in the last four games against the Red Devils since October 2013.

Page hopes happy memories from the 3-1 win in Lille in the quarter-final stage of Euro 2016 can motivate Wales against world class players such as Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois.

"Belgium are the stand-out team straight away, but if you look at the last four games we've got a good record against them," said Page, who continues to stand in for absent boss Ryan Giggs. I'd like to think they'll be looking at us as a nation moving forward.

"They'll be fully aware of our results and will be looking at us with a little bit more respect maybe. Belgium speaks for itself. They've got an array of talented footballers and the manager (Roberto Martinez) is well known to Wales fans.

"It was from him that Swansea got an identity of developing players and a philosophy of how the club wanted to play, whatever manager came in. He's gone on to be an international manager and his record is very good. But we've got a young group of players who are only going to get better from our winning culture and mentality."

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Here are the fixtures for Wales’ World Cup 2022 qualifiers next year:

Wales’ Group E fixtures

Belgium vs Wales - Wednesday 24 March - 7:45pm

Wales vs Czech Republic - Tuesday 30 March - 7:45pm

Belarus vs Wales - Sunday 5 September - 2pm

Wales vs Estonia - Friday 8 September - 7:45pm

Czech Republic vs Wales - Friday 8 October - 7:45pm

Estonia vs Wales - Monday 11 October - 7:45pm

Wales vs Belarus - Saturday 13 October - 7:45pm

Wales vs Belgium - Tuesday 16 November - 7:45pm

Groups in full

A Portugal, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan

B Spain, Sweden, Greece, Georgia, Kosovo

C Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania

D France, Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan

E Belgium, Wales, Czech Republic, Belarus, Estonia

F Denmark, Austria, Scotland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Moldova

G Netherlands, Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia, Gibraltar

H Croatia, Slovakia, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta

I England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino

J Germany, Romania, Iceland, North Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein

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