There was a mix of celebration and heartache for the Celtic players away on international duty, as the majority of the places for the World Cup were sealed.

One position yet to be filled for the Qatar 2022 tournament is between Scotland, Ukraine and Wales, but the Scots did have two friendly matches, with both Callum McGregor and Greg Taylor starting in the first of those - a 1-1 draw with Poland at Hampden.

In terms of World Cup qualification, Reo Hatate was involved as Japan earned their spot in the tournament, earning his first cap in a 1-1 draw with Vietnam. With Kyogo, Daizen Maeda and Yosuke Ideguchi all Japanese internationalists, Celtic could have four players in their World Cup squad.

Carl Starfelt was involved in the Sweden squad for their crucial World Cup play-offs, but after defeating the Czech Republic in the semi-finals, the Swedes lost out to Poland in the final and on a place at the World Cup.

There were friendly fixtures for more of the squad, as Josip Juranovic played 90 minutes on Saturday for Croatia in a 1-1 draw with Slovenia and was an unused substitute in a 2-1 win over Bulgaria.

Nir Bitton also started for Israel in the first of their two friendlies, playing the full match in a 2-0 defeat away to Germany.

Giorgos Giakoumakis, meanwhile, was back in the Greece international set-up, starting in a 1-0 win over Romania and coming off the bench in a 1-0 defeat to Montenegro.

In the Under-21s, Liel Abada netted in a 2-2 draw for Israel against Poland and Matt O’Riley made his first appearance for Denmark, coming off the bench in a 1-1 draw with Belgium.

Stephen Welsh started both of Scotland U21s' European Championship qualifiers as they lost to Turkey and drew away to Kazakhstan through an injury-time equaliser.

Meanwhile, Johnny Kenny was on the scoresheet for the Ireland Under-19s in their 4-1 defeat to Portugal.

International round-up as Celt books spot at the World Cup