Scotland and England now know who they will face in the group stage of the next year's world cup.

But the fates of Northern Ireland , the Republic of Ireland and Wales won't be determined until they competed in pre tournament play-off matches in March.

England are in Group L along with Croatia, Panama and Ghana. Their first match will be against Croatia, who beat them in the semi-finals of the 2018 world cup in Russia.

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Scotland's first match will be against Haiti, in Group C.

Brazil and Morocco are the other Group C teams - both countries were also in the same opening group as Scotland in the 1998 world cup in France.

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