FIFA have rejected a late plea from Belarus to play their World Cup game against Scotland in September at their brand new stadium in Minsk.
Scotland face the former Soviet nation in the qualifiers, along with Denmark and Greece, later this year.
Belarus open their new 33,000-capacity National Football Stadium next week with a friendly in their capital against Russia.
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But they have been banned for four years now from hosting games both in international and European competition because of their support for Russia over the war in Ukraine.
However, they made a final appeal to world football's governing body last month at their congress in Paraguay....which was rejected.
And they will now almost certainly host Scotland in either Hungary or Azerbaijan, who hosted their national and domestic teams in European competition this season.
Belarus FA president Andrei Vasilevich revealed: "We had a series of talks with FIFA representatives in Paraguay at their congress.
"Unfortunately, we understand that the stumbling block is the closed airspace in the territory of our country.
"I think that when this factor changes, it will be much easier for us to negotiate and host matches.
"As of today, I can’t say where we will play our World Cup matches, but negotiations are continuing with other countries' associations."
