Spain and England will face each other in the next edition of the UEFA Nations League following Thursday's draw, which also threw up a clash between France and Italy while Germany and the Netherlands will renew their rivalry.
The final draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026 will take place on Friday at Washington, DC, the capital of co-hosts USA.
The Netherlands sealed their 2026 World Cup berth on Monday with a dominant 4-0 victory against Lithuania in Amsterdam.
Every starting outfield player for Austria managed to get a goal contribution.
Mikel Merino scored a hat-trick as a majestic Spain thumped Turkey 6-0 away in World Cup qualifying on Sunday.
Netherlands maintained their winning start to European 2026 World Cup qualifying by dismissing Malta 8-0 on Tuesday
Thomas Tuchel became the first England manager to win his first three competitive games without conceding a goal.
Holders Spain beat the Netherlands on penalties after a dramatic quarter-final second leg in Valencia finished 3-3 on Sunday to set up a Nations League last-four clash with France
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente hailed his team's "inexhaustible" supply of talent on Saturday, ahead of the Nations League quarter-final second leg clash against the Netherlands.
Spain and Netherlands played out an exciting 2-2 draw in the first-leg of their UEFA Nations League quarter-final.
The winners of the Spain-Netherlands tie will advance to a semi-final against either France or Croatia. Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal could await Germany or Italy in the other last-four encounter.
Germany rounded off their Nations League group stage campaign with a 1-1 draw in Hungary after a Dominik Szoboszlai penalty in the 99th minute rescued a point for the hosts
Netherlands outclassed Hungary with a 4-0 victory in their winner-takes-all Nations League encounter on Saturday
Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 to edge closer to the Nations League quarter-finals on Friday as 10-man Netherlands rescued a 1-1 draw in Hungary.
Part of the Netherlands side that finished runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, he also played for Ajax and Barcelona.
"I think it says it all that the referee went in quite quickly after the game. I had no time to shake his hand," said Van Dijk, as Netherlands were beaten by England in the Euro 2024 semi-final.
Ollie Watkins struck a stunning injury-time winner as England beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday to set up a Euro 2024 final showdown with Spain in Berlin.
Euro 2024 Semifinal, Netherlands vs England Highlights: England defeat Netherlands 2-1 to set up Euro 2024 final clash against Spain.