FIFA have ruled Georgia's World Cup qualifying Group Eight match against the Republic of Ireland on September 6 will take place in Mainz, Germany.

FIFA last week decided that the match must be moved from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and played at a neutral venue due to security concerns in the country.

The decision comes just one day after the Georgian Football Federation claimed the venue for the match would be the German city of Karlsruhe.

However, FIFA later confirmed that they would have the final say on the venue and did not immediately ratify the Georgia statement.

World football's governing body have now confirmed the neutral venue will be the 20,300-capacity Stadion am Bruchweg.

"After carefully assessing the situation, the Bureau of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup today decided that the preliminary competition match between Georgia and the Republic of Ireland will take place at a neutral venue due to the current unrest in Georgia," read a FIFA statement.

"Although the Georgian Football Federation had hoped to host this match at home in Tbilisi, it will now be played in Mainz, Germany on the originally scheduled date of 6 September 2008 with Georgia acting as the host association."