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It's almost exactly a year until the men's winter World Cup in Qatar, as teams play their final few matches all hoping to qualify.

The tournament is being played in the winter because Qatar, which is a small Arab country next to Saudi Arabia, has extremely hot summers and warm winters.

The first match will be played on the 21 November 2022, with the final in the capital Doha a week before Christmas 2022 on 18 December.

So has you country made it, or is there still more to play for?

Scotland have taken a big step towards qualifying for their first World Cup since 1998.

After putting together a run of siz wins on the trot the Tartan Army beat Denmark 2-0 to secure a home World Cup play-off semi-final.

The only disappointment for Clarke was having to wait so long until the semi-final match.

"Six wins in a row and unfortunately for me we go into a long hibernation, but it means that everyone can come back here in March in a good frame of mind," he added. "If the team can pick up where they left off, we'll be OK."

England thrashed San Marino 10-0 to get the points they needed to earn qualification as group winners.

Harry Kane scored four as the Three Lions made sure they will be at the World Cup where they got to the semi finals in the last tournament.

England will now have a mixture of friendlies against strong opposition and the competitive edge of the Uefa Nations League to help the manager chose his squad plans for England's first World Cup game a year from now.

Unfortunately Northern Ireland have missed out on World Cup qualification and finished third in their qualifying group.

However they bowed out with a bang after a brilliant performance holding Italy to a 0-0 draw in their last match - forcing the Euro 2020 champions to go into the play-offs.

Italy also failed to qualify for the last World Cup in 2018!

Wales have also secured a play-off place after finishing top of their Nation League group.

Y Dreigiau (The Dragons) must now finish second in their World Cup qualifying group to have any chance of home advantage in March's play-offs.

They comfortably beat Belarus 5-1 at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday, meaning a point against Belgium - the world's number one ranked team - on Tuesday will secure their second placed finish.

In a shock result, a last minute winner by Serbia sent Portugal into the play-offs.

Portugal only needed a draw from the game to qualify for the World Cup as group winners, but they lost the match 2-1.

It means Cristiano Ronaldo, who has suggested that Qatar might be his last international tournament for Portugal, could miss out on the competition entirely.

The Manchester United forward was in tears after the final whistle, and later posted on social media saying: "The goal of attending the World Cup 2022 is still very much alive and we know what we have to do to get there. No excuses."