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Tartan Army face World Cup travel chaos as Scotland away days up in the air with one a no go zone
Scotland will face either Denmark or Portugal, Greece and Belarus for a place at the World Cup in 2026.
After almost three decades of hurt, Steve Clarke's men have it all to do to book their place on a flight to Canada, Mexico or the USA in 18 months, but members of the Tartan Army already looking to sort their travel to the crunch qualifying clashes face challenges of their own - with none of the away venues yet set in stone. Fans will have to wait until March to know whether it will be Denmark of Portugal who complete the group, with the losing side in a two-legged Nations League showdown joining the group - and the winner joining Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, Armenia in group F.
However, the two other away trips also pose travelling fans an issue. Due to their support of Russia in its war with Ukraine, Belarus are banned from playing games at home by governing body UEFA. That goes for both club and national sides - and saw Hearts' victory against Dinamo Minsk in the Conference League earlier this season held in Azerbaijan, with the national side playing their most recent matches in Hungary. Greece meanwhile is a less complex story, games should be played at the newly built Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens - but their Nations League matches have been played on the opposite side of the city.
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Here's what we know so far.
When will the games take place?
Confirmed fixture dates and kick-off times are still to be announced, but what we do know is that the group stages will begin during the international break between September 4-9 next year, with further international breaks between October 9-14 and November 13-18, 2025. Play-off matches for the second place teams will then take place between March 26-31 2026.
When will Scotland's World Cup qualifying group be finalised?
This is an easy one to answer, the losing team of the two legged tie between Portugal and Denmark will join group C. The first leg is on March 20 in Copenhagen, before Portugal have home advantage three days later. So we'll know by March 23 what the final group looks like.
Will the Tartan Army be locked out of the Belarus game?
As things stand, it looks like there will be no fans (and no home team) when Scotland's away match with Belarus takes place. Although it will all depend on matters off the field, with the Belarussians currently banned from playing home games by UEFA due to the country's involvement with Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
A UEFA statement from 2023 said: "The UEFA Executive Committee met decided that all Belarusian clubs and national teams competing in UEFA competitions will be required to play their home matches at neutral venues with immediate effect. Furthermore, no spectators shall attend matches in which the teams from Belarus feature as host. The UEFA Executive Committee will convene further extraordinary meetings, on a regular ongoing basis where required, to reassess the legal and factual situation as it evolves and adopt further decisions as necessary."
In October Northern Ireland played out a 0-0 draw with the Belarusians in front of just officials and media at the ZTE Arena in Zalaegerszeg in Hungary, whilst they have also played 'home' games in the Hungarian capital of Budapest and Antalya in Turkey.
Where will Greece vs Scotland be played?
This remains up in the air as well, with Agia Sophia Stadium in a northern suburb of Athens due to become the home of the Greek national side - but their Nations League ties were held at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium to the south of the city, more than 45 minutes away by public transport. Tickets on sale for the Nations League clash in March are for the Karaiskakis Stadium, so it could become a home away from home for the Tartan Army if the new ground still isn't ready in time.
What has Steve Clarke said about the situation?
Speaking about the prospect of the Belarus game being played behind closed doors at a neutral venue to Sky Sports, boss Steve Clarke said: "That’s something for the people above me to worry about. For me the job is to study Belarus as a team, get to know their players, their formation and how we can get maximum points against them in the group. I’ll leave the rest of it to other people."
And talking about the prospect of four meetings with Greece inside a year, he added: "We’re certainly going to know Greece very well by the end of the year. Greece have done very well, not many teams go to Wembley and beat England so they are a team with qualities so we respect them a lot. We’ll sound them out in the games in March and then the World Cup will take care of itself later in the year."
