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The team's focus are squarely on Thursday's World Cup playoff draw as they await discovering their semifinal and possible final challengers.

After finished second in their qualifying pool following a commanding 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their largest win since 1978 – the side will host the semifinal match on their own turf.

They will meet either the Albanian side, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Kosovan team or Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.

Former Wales striker Rob Earnshaw believes the Dragons will relish a match against any opponent after their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his approach is 'bring on anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw said.

"Many supporters were asking last night, 'do we really want Ireland because of that local atmosphere?'. In my view many people didn't. But for me, that could be amazing.

"So it's one of those, yes, we'll take the Kosovans or Bosnia and the Albanians are competitive and Ireland, naturally, they are a strong team so they'll be challenging.

"However you just feel that we'll take anybody at the moment and we're confident, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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Wales sit thirty-fourth in the world rankings, with Albania 61st, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia-Herzegovina 75th and the Kosovan side eighty-fourth.

The Albanian national team had a impressive qualification campaign, with their sole losses suffered at the hands of Group K winners England, who secured maximum points without allowing a single goal.

Burnley's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are among the Albanian squad's more notable names, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who led their scoring tally in the qualifiers with 3 goals.

Notably, Albania have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, although they participated at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, failing to reach the knockout stages on both times.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured difficult campaigns, with each failing to win a qualifying match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Switzerland finished the six-game campaign three points ahead of the Kosovans, whose one defeat was at the hands of the pool winners.

The Kosovan squad feature ex- Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's all-time leading goalscorer – in a team targeting a first major tournament appearance.

They have not yet faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost just once in qualifying, and claimed a point additional than the Welsh managed in their 8 games, but nonetheless ended 2 points behind of Group H winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a spot 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 topped the pool.

Wales have failed to beat the Bosnian side in four matches but experienced a unforgettable loss against the Dragons as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite losing.

As his country's all-time leading scorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia-Herzegovina's standout player.

The 39-year-old was his squad's top scorer in the qualifiers with five goals.

And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.

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

Troy Parrott scored both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before scoring a hat-trick – with the final goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Irish stunned Hungary to secure runner-up spot in their group in dramatic fashion.

Talisman Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his team's revival while Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting position his own.

Ireland are without a win in their past 4 encounters with the Welsh, losing three of these, though James McClean shattered the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a decisive World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.