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The team's sights are firmly on the upcoming World Cup play-off draw as they await discovering their semi-final and potential final opponents.

After ended as runners-up in their qualifying group following a decisive 7-1 triumph over North Macedonia – their largest success since 1978 – Wales will host the semi-final encounter on home soil.

They will face either the Albanian side, Bosnia, Kosovo or Ireland in that match on 26 March.

Ex- Wales striker Rob Earnshaw thinks the Welsh squad will welcome a match against any opponent following their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his approach is 'give us whoever, we're ready'," Earnshaw stated.

"Many fans were wondering last night, 'do we really want Ireland as it's that derby feel?'. I think many supporters didn't. But for me, that would be amazing.

"It's that type of situation, indeed, we'll take Kosovo or the Bosnians and the Albanians are decent and Republic of Ireland, naturally, they are a strong team so they'll be tough.

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

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Wales are placed thirty-fourth in the world rankings, with Albania sixty-first, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia 75th and Kosovo 84th.

The Albanian national team had a strong qualification run, with their only defeats suffered at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed maximum points without conceding a solitary goal.

Burnley's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Red and Blacks's prominent players, though it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who led their scoring chart in the qualifiers with three goals.

It is worth noting, the Albanians have not yet earned a spot for a World Cup, although they featured at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, not managing to advance to the knockout stages on each occasions.

As Slovenia and Sweden had torrid runs, with each failing to win a qualifying match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Swiss finished the six-game qualifiers 3 points clear of Kosovo, whose one defeat came at the hands of the group winners.

Kosovo feature former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's historic top scorer – in a squad targeting a first international competition appearance.

They have never faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia were defeated only one time in the qualifiers, and claimed a point more than the Welsh achieved in their eight games, but nonetheless ended two points adrift of their group winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a place at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians meant the teams drew in the last game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team won the pool.

Wales have not managed to defeat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but did have a unforgettable loss against the Dragons as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite losing.

As his nation's historic top goalscorer and most-capped player, ex- Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia-Herzegovina's star player.

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

And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.

After secured only a single point from their opening three qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side surged into the playoffs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott scored both goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the final goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland surprised Hungary to take runner-up spot in Group F in dramatic fashion.

Key player Seamus Coleman played a vital role in his side's resurgence while Premier League goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting position his to keep.

Ireland are without a win in their past four meetings with Wales, defeated in 3 of those, though James McClean shattered the hopes of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's team won a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.