2018 World Cup
Wales drawn in Group D, alongside Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova and Georgia.

Wales fixtures:

Monday, 5 September 2016
Wales v Moldova
Kick off: 7.45pm

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Austria v Wales
Kick off: 7.45pm

Sunday, 9 October 2016
Wales v Georgia
Kick off: 5.00pm

Saturday, 12 November 2016
Wales v Serbia
Kick off: 7.45pm

Friday, 24 March 2017
Republic of Ireland v Wales
Kick off: 7.45pm

Sunday, 11 June 2017
Serbia v Wales
Kick off: 7.45pm

Saturday, 2 September 2017
Wales v Austria
Kick off: 7.45pm

Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Moldova v Wales
Kick off: 7.45pm

Friday, 6 October 2017
Georgia v Wales
Kick off: 5.00pm

Monday, 9 October 2017
Wales v Republic of Ireland
Kick off: 7.45pm

Matchday dates:
Matchday 1: 4–6 September 2016
Matchday 2: 6–8 October 2016
Matchday 3: 9–11 October 2016
Matchday 4: 11–13 November 2016
Matchday 5: 24–26 March 2017
Matchday 6: 9–11 June 2017
Matchday 7: 31 August–2 September 2017
Matchday 8: 3–5 September 2017
Matchday 9: 5–7 October 2017
Matchday 10: 8–10 October 2017

52 of Europe's 53 teams will be involved in the Preliminary Draw, with the only exception being Russia who qualify automatically as hosts. They will be put into seven groups of six teams and two groups of five teams according to the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of July 2015, with each team playing each other home and away between 4 September 2016 and 10 October 2017. It should also be noted that UEFA have requested that England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands must be drawn into a group containing six teams. The nine group winners will qualify for Russia 2018, while the eight best group-runners up will take part in a play-off in November 2017.