Football World Cup 2014 / Qualification (UEFA)

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The continental association UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ) is sending 13 participants to the 2014 World Cup . Of the 54 European associations, all members except Gibraltar , which has only been a full member of UEFA since 2013 but not a member of FIFA, took part in the qualification .

The draw for the qualifying groups took place on July 30, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro . The group stage of the European qualification took place between September 7, 2012 and October 15, 2013, the playoff games were played from November 15 to 19, 2013.

FIFA regulations

In accordance with FIFA regulations, the preliminary round matches can be played in the form of group matches or matches according to the cup system, each in return matches, or in exceptional cases in tournament form in one of the participating countries or on a neutral pitch. In the group games, three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The following criteria are decisive:

  1. higher number of points
  2. better goal difference
  3. higher number of goals scored
  4. higher number of points from the direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals
  5. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams with the same points and goals
  6. higher number of goals from direct encounters between teams with equal points and goals
  7. higher number of away goals from direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals if only two teams are affected.

If two teams do the same according to these criteria, a play-off can be scheduled.

In the cup system, the higher number of away goals scored after both games are tied . If the number of away goals is the same, extra time is played. If no goal is scored in extra time, the match will be decided on penalties. If both teams score the same number of goals in extra time, the away team qualifies on the basis of the more away goals scored.

mode

In March 2011, UEFA decided to stick to the qualifying mode of the previous tournament.

The 53 teams were drawn into nine groups, including eight groups of six and one group of five teams. The nine group winners qualified directly for the final round. Following the group stage, the four remaining starting positions in play-offs ( two-legged friendship) between the eight best runners-up in the group were awarded. The worst runners-up was eliminated. In order to be able to compare the performances of the runners-up, the games of the runners-up against the bottom of the group were not taken into account in the groups of six.

Group stage

draw

Before the draw, the teams were divided into six pots based on the FIFA world rankings as of July 27, 2011. One team from each of these pots was drawn into a group. Only five teams remained for Group I.

Group overview
Group A FIFA rank Group B FIFA rank Group C FIFA rank
1. CroatiaCroatiaCroatia  009 1. ItalyItalyItaly  008th 1. GermanyGermanyGermany  003
2. SerbiaSerbiaSerbia  027 2. DenmarkDenmarkDenmark  021st 2. SwedenSwedenSweden  019th
3. BelgiumBelgiumBelgium  037 3. Czech RepublicCzech RepublicCzech Republic  038 3. IrelandIrelandIreland  033
4. ScotlandScotlandScotland  061 4. BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria  048 4. AustriaAustriaAustria  066
5. North MacedoniaNorth MacedoniaNorth Macedonia  096 5. ArmeniaArmeniaArmenia  070 5. Faroe IslandsFaroeseFaroe Islands  112
6. WalesWalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  112 6. MaltaMaltaMalta  173 6. KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan  126
Group D FIFA rank Group E FIFA rank Group F. FIFA rank
1. NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands  002 1. NorwayNorwayNorway  012 1. PortugalPortugalPortugal  007th
2. TurkeyTurkeyTurkey  024 2. SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia  023 2. RussiaRussiaRussia  018th
3. HungaryHungaryHungary  047 3. SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland  030th 3. IsraelIsraelIsrael  032
4. RomaniaRomaniaRomania  053 4. AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania  059 4. Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland  062
5. EstoniaEstoniaEstonia  079 5. CyprusCyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus  080 5. AzerbaijanAzerbaijanAzerbaijan  097
6. AndorraAndorraAndorra  203 6. IcelandIcelandIceland  121 6. LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg  128
Group G FIFA rank Group H. FIFA rank Group I. FIFA rank
1. GreeceGreeceGreece  013 1. EnglandEnglandEngland  006th 1. SpainSpainSpain  001
2. SlovakiaSlovakiaSlovakia  029 2. MontenegroMontenegroMontenegro  017th 2. FranceFranceFrance  015th
3. Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina  041 3. UkraineUkraineUkraine  045 3. BelarusBelarusBelarus  042
4. LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania  058 4. PolandPolandPoland  069 4. GeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgia  057
5. LatviaLatviaLatvia  083 5. MoldovaMoldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova  085 5. FinlandFinlandFinland  075
6. LiechtensteinLiechtensteinLiechtenstein  118 6. San MarinoSan MarinoSan Marino  203

Group A

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  10  8th  2  0 018: 400 +14 26th
 2. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  10  5  2  3 012: 900  +3 17th
 3. SerbiaSerbia Serbia  10  4th  2  4th 018:110  +7 14th
 4th ScotlandScotland Scotland  10  3  2  5 008:120  −4 11
 5. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  10  3  1  6th 009:200 −11 10
 6th Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia  10  2  1  7th 007:160  −9 07th

Game results

07.09.2012 Cardiff Wales - Belgium 0: 2 (0: 1)
07.09.2012 Zagreb Croatia - Macedonia 1: 0 (0: 0)
09/08/2012 Glasgow Scotland - Serbia 0-0
09/11/2012 Brussels Belgium - Croatia 1: 1 (1: 1)
09/11/2012 Novi Sad Serbia - Wales 6: 1 (3: 1)
09/11/2012 Glasgow Scotland - Macedonia 1: 1 (1: 1)
October 12, 2012 Skopje Macedonia - Croatia 1: 2 (1: 1)
October 12, 2012 Cardiff Wales - Scotland 2: 1 (0: 1)
October 12, 2012 Belgrade Serbia - Belgium 0: 3 (0: 1)
10/16/2012 Osijek Croatia - Wales 2: 0 (1: 0)
10/16/2012 Skopje Macedonia - Serbia 1: 0 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 Brussels Belgium - Scotland 2: 0 (0: 0)
03/22/2013 Zagreb Croatia - Serbia 2: 0 (2: 0)
03/22/2013 Skopje Macedonia - Belgium 0: 2 (0: 1)
03/22/2013 Glasgow Scotland - Wales 1: 2 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Swansea Wales - Croatia 1: 2 (1: 0)
03/26/2013 Brussels Belgium - Macedonia 1: 0 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Novi Sad Serbia - Scotland 2: 0 (0: 0)
06/07/2013 Zagreb Croatia - Scotland 0: 1 (0: 1)
06/07/2013 Brussels Belgium - Serbia 2: 1 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Belgrade Serbia - Croatia 1: 1 (0: 0)
06.09.2013 Skopje Macedonia - Wales 2: 1 (1: 1)
06.09.2013 Glasgow Scotland - Belgium 0: 2 (0: 1)
09/10/2013 Cardiff Wales - Serbia 0: 3 (0: 2)
09/10/2013 Skopje Macedonia - Scotland 1: 2 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 Zagreb Croatia - Belgium 1: 2 (0: 2)
10/11/2013 Cardiff Wales - Macedonia 1: 0 (0: 0)
October 15, 2013 Glasgow Scotland - Croatia 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Brussels Belgium - Wales 1: 1 (0: 0)
October 15, 2013 Jagodina Serbia - Macedonia 5: 1 (3: 0)

Group B

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ItalyItaly Italy  10  6th  4th  0 019: 900 +10 22nd
 2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  10  4th  4th  2 017:120  +5 16
 3. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  10  4th  3  3 013: 900  +4 15th
 4th BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria  10  3  4th  3 014: 900  +5 13
 5. ArmeniaArmenia Armenia  10  4th  1  5 012:130  −1 13
 6th MaltaMalta Malta  10  1  0  9 005:280 −23 03

Game results

07.09.2012 Sofia Bulgaria - Italy 2: 2 (1: 2)
07.09.2012 Attard Malta - Armenia 0: 1 (0: 0)
09/08/2012 Copenhagen Denmark - Czech Republic 0-0
09/11/2012 Sofia Bulgaria - Armenia 1: 0 (1: 0)
09/11/2012 Modena Italy - Malta 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2012 Yerevan Armenia - Italy 1: 3 (1: 1)
October 12, 2012 Sofia Bulgaria - Denmark 1: 1 (1: 1)
October 12, 2012 Pilsen Czech Republic - Malta 3: 1 (1: 1)
10/16/2012 Prague Czech Republic - Bulgaria 0-0
10/16/2012 Milan Italy - Denmark 3: 1 (2: 1)
03/22/2013 1 Sofia Bulgaria - Malta 6: 0 (2: 0)
03/22/2013 Olomouc Czech Republic - Denmark 0: 3 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Yerevan Armenia - Czech Republic 0: 3 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Copenhagen Denmark - Bulgaria 1: 1 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Attard Malta - Italy 0: 2 (0: 2)
06/07/2013 Yerevan Armenia - Malta 0: 1 (0: 1)
06/07/2013 Prague Czech Republic - Italy 0-0
06/11/2013 Copenhagen Denmark - Armenia 0: 4 (0: 2)
06.09.2013 Prague Czech Republic - Armenia 1: 2 (0: 1)
06.09.2013 Palermo Italy - Bulgaria 1: 0 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Attard Malta - Denmark 1: 2 (1: 1)
09/10/2013 Yerevan Armenia - Denmark 0: 1 (0: 0)
09/10/2013 Turin Italy - Czech Republic 2: 1 (0: 1)
09/10/2013 Attard Malta - Bulgaria 1: 2 (0: 1)
10/11/2013 Yerevan Armenia - Bulgaria 2: 1 (1: 0)
10/11/2013 Copenhagen Denmark - Italy 2: 2 (1: 1)
10/11/2013 Attard Malta - Czech Republic 1: 4 (0: 2)
October 15, 2013 Sofia Bulgaria - Czech Republic 0: 1 (0: 0)
October 15, 2013 Copenhagen Denmark - Malta 6: 0 (4: 0)
October 15, 2013 Naples Italy - Armenia 2: 2 (1: 1)
1 According to a ruling by FIFA on January 8, 2013, the game had to be played behind closed doors.

Group C

table

The Austrian (left) and German national soccer teams on September 11, 2012 in Vienna The Austrian (left) and German national soccer teams on September 11, 2012 in Vienna
The Austrian (left) and German national soccer teams on September 11, 2012 in Vienna
Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GermanyGermany Germany  10  9  1  0 036:100 +26 28
 2. SwedenSweden Sweden  10  6th  2  2 019:140  +5 20th
 3. AustriaAustria Austria  10  5  2  3 020:100 +10 17th
 4th IrelandIreland Ireland  10  4th  2  4th 016:170  −1 14th
 5. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan  10  1  2  7th 006:210 −15 05
 6th FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands  10  0  1  9 004:290 −25 01

Game results

07.09.2012 Astana Kazakhstan - Ireland 1: 2 (1: 0)
07.09.2012 Hanover Germany - Faroe Islands 3: 0 (1: 0)
09/11/2012 Vienna Austria - Germany 1: 2 (0: 1)
09/11/2012 Malmo Sweden - Kazakhstan 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2012 Dublin Ireland - Germany 1: 6 (0: 2)
October 12, 2012 Tórshavn Faroe Islands - Sweden 1: 2 (0: 0)
October 12, 2012 Astana Kazakhstan - Austria 0-0
10/16/2012 Berlin Germany - Sweden 4: 4 (3: 0)
10/16/2012 Tórshavn Faroe Islands - Ireland 1: 4 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 Vienna Austria - Kazakhstan 4: 0 (1: 0)
03/22/2013 Solna Sweden - Ireland 0-0
03/22/2013 Astana Kazakhstan - Germany 0: 3 (0: 2)
03/22/2013 Vienna Austria - Faroe Islands 6: 0 (3: 0)
03/26/2013 Dublin Ireland - Austria 2: 2 (2: 1)
03/26/2013 Nuremberg Germany - Kazakhstan 4: 1 (3: 0)
06/07/2013 Vienna Austria - Sweden 2: 1 (2: 0)
06/07/2013 Dublin Ireland - Faroe Islands 3: 0 (1: 0)
06/11/2013 Solna Sweden - Faroe Islands 2: 0 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Dublin Ireland - Sweden 1: 2 (1: 1)
06.09.2013 Munich Germany - Austria 3: 0 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Astana Kazakhstan - Faroe Islands 2: 1 (0: 1)
09/10/2013 Tórshavn Faroe Islands - Germany 0: 3 (0: 1)
09/10/2013 Astana Kazakhstan - Sweden 0: 1 (0: 1)
09/10/2013 Vienna Austria - Ireland 1: 0 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 Cologne Germany - Ireland 3: 0 (1: 0)
10/11/2013 Solna Sweden - Austria 2: 1 (0: 1)
10/11/2013 Tórshavn Faroe Islands - Kazakhstan 1: 1 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Solna Sweden - Germany 3: 5 (2: 1)
October 15, 2013 Dublin Ireland - Kazakhstan 3: 1 (2: 1)
October 15, 2013 2 Tórshavn Faroe Islands - Austria 0: 3 (0: 1)
2 The game Faroe Islands against Austria should have been brought forward to June 6, 2012 because of the climate there. However, since FIFA did not agree to this date because qualifying matches could not begin until after the European Football Championship in 2012 , an alternative plan was drawn up in consultation with the ÖFB and the Faroe Islands Football Association. Thus, the Austrian Football Association started the World Cup qualification against Germany on September 11, 2012. The game in the Faroe Islands was postponed to the last day of the match, the date for the game in Austria was brought forward to March 22, 2013.

Group D

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  10  9  1  0 034: 500 +29 28
 2. RomaniaRomania Romania  10  6th  1  3 019:120  +7 19th
 3. HungaryHungary Hungary  10  5  2  3 021:200  +1 17th
 4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey  10  5  1  4th 016: 900  +7 16
 5. EstoniaEstonia Estonia  10  2  1  7th 006:200 −14 07th
 6th AndorraAndorra Andorra  10  0  0  10 000:300 −30 00

Game results

07.09.2012 Andorra la Vella Andorra - Hungary 0: 5 (0: 2)
07.09.2012 Tallinn Estonia - Romania 0: 2 (0: 0)
07.09.2012 Amsterdam Netherlands - Turkey 2: 0 (1: 0)
09/11/2012 Budapest Hungary - Netherlands 1: 4 (1: 2)
09/11/2012 Bucharest Romania - Andorra 4: 0 (2: 0)
09/11/2012 Istanbul Turkey - Estonia 3: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2012 Tallinn Estonia - Hungary 0: 1 (0: 0)
October 12, 2012 Rotterdam Netherlands - Andorra 3: 0 (2: 0)
October 12, 2012 Istanbul Turkey - Romania 0: 1 (0: 1)
10/16/2012 Andorra la Vella Andorra - Estonia 0: 1 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 Budapest Hungary - Turkey 3: 1 (1: 1)
10/16/2012 Bucharest Romania - Netherlands 1: 4 (1: 3)
03/22/2013 Andorra la Vella Andorra - Turkey 0: 2 (0: 2)
03/22/2013 3 Budapest Hungary - Romania 2: 2 (1: 0)
03/22/2013 Amsterdam Netherlands - Estonia 3: 0 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Tallinn Estonia - Andorra 2: 0 (1: 0)
03/26/2013 Amsterdam Netherlands - Romania 4: 0 (1: 0)
03/26/2013 Istanbul Turkey - Hungary 1: 1 (0: 0)
06.09.2013 Tallinn Estonia - Netherlands 2: 2 (1: 1)
06.09.2013 Bucharest Romania - Hungary 3: 0 (2: 0)
06.09.2013 Kayseri Turkey - Andorra 5: 0 (2: 0)
09/10/2013 Andorra la Vella Andorra - Netherlands 0: 2 (0: 0)
09/10/2013 Budapest Hungary - Estonia 5: 1 (3: 0)
09/10/2013 Bucharest Romania - Turkey 0: 2 (0: 1)
10/11/2013 Andorra la Vella Andorra - Romania 0: 4 (0: 1)
10/11/2013 Tallinn Estonia - Turkey 0: 2 (0: 1)
10/11/2013 Amsterdam Netherlands - Hungary 8: 1 (4: 0)
October 15, 2013 Budapest Hungary - Andorra 2: 0 (0: 0)
October 15, 2013 Bucharest Romania - Estonia 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Istanbul Turkey - Netherlands 0: 2 (0: 1)
3 According to a ruling by FIFA on January 8, 2013, the game had to be played behind closed doors.

Group E

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  10  7th  3  0 017: 600 +11 24
 2. IcelandIceland Iceland  10  5  2  3 017:150  +2 17th
 3. SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia  10  5  0  5 014:110  +3 15th
 4th NorwayNorway Norway  10  3  3  4th 010:130  −3 12
 5. AlbaniaAlbania Albania  10  3  2  5 009:110  −2 11
 6th Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus  10  1  2  7th 004:150 −11 05

Game results

07.09.2012 Tirana Albania - Cyprus 3: 1 (1: 1)
07.09.2012 Reykjavík Iceland - Norway 2: 0 (1: 0)
07.09.2012 Ljubljana Slovenia - Switzerland 0: 2 (0: 1)
09/11/2012 Larnaka Cyprus - Iceland 1: 0 (0: 0)
09/11/2012 Oslo Norway - Slovenia 2: 1 (1: 1)
09/11/2012 Lucerne Switzerland - Albania 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2012 Tirana Albania - Iceland 1: 2 (1: 1)
October 12, 2012 Maribor Slovenia - Cyprus 2: 1 (1: 0)
October 12, 2012 Bern Switzerland - Norway 1: 1 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 Tirana Albania - Slovenia 1: 0 (1: 0)
10/16/2012 Larnaka Cyprus - Norway 1: 3 (1: 1)
10/16/2012 Reykjavík Iceland - Switzerland 0: 2 (0: 0)
03/22/2013 Oslo Norway - Albania 0: 1 (0: 0)
03/22/2013 Ljubljana Slovenia - Iceland 1: 2 (1: 0)
03/23/2013 Nicosia Cyprus - Switzerland 0-0
06/07/2013 Tirana Albania - Norway 1: 1 (1: 0)
06/07/2013 Reykjavík Iceland - Slovenia 2: 4 (2: 2)
06/08/2013 Geneva Switzerland - Cyprus 1: 0 (0: 0)
06.09.2013 Oslo Norway - Cyprus 2: 0 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Ljubljana Slovenia - Albania 1: 0 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Bern Switzerland - Iceland 4: 4 (3: 1)
09/10/2013 Nicosia Cyprus - Slovenia 0: 2 (0: 1)
09/10/2013 Reykjavík Iceland - Albania 2: 1 (1: 1)
09/10/2013 Oslo Norway - Switzerland 0: 2 (0: 1)
10/11/2013 Tirana Albania - Switzerland 1: 2 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 Reykjavík Iceland - Cyprus 2: 0 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 Maribor Slovenia - Norway 3: 0 (2: 0)
October 15, 2013 Nicosia Cyprus - Albania 0-0
October 15, 2013 Oslo Norway - Iceland 1: 1 (1: 1)
October 15, 2013 Bern Switzerland - Slovenia 1: 0 (0: 0)

Group F.

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. RussiaRussia Russia  10  7th  1  2 020: 500 +15 22nd
 2. PortugalPortugal Portugal  10  6th  3  1 020: 900 +11 21st
 3. IsraelIsrael Israel  10  3  5  2 019:140  +5 14th
 4th AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan  10  1  6th  3 007:110  −4 09
 5. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland  10  1  4th  5 009:170  −8 07th
 6th LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg  10  1  3  6th 007:260 −19 06th

Game results

07.09.2012 Baku Azerbaijan - Israel 1: 1 (0: 0)
07.09.2012 Luxembourg Luxembourg - Portugal 1: 2 (1: 1)
07.09.2012 Moscow Russia - Northern Ireland 2: 0 (1: 0)
09/11/2012 Braga Portugal - Azerbaijan 3: 0 (0: 0)
09/11/2012 Belfast Northern Ireland - Luxembourg 1: 1 (1: 0)
09/11/2012 Ramat Gan Israel - Russia 0: 4 (0: 2)
October 12, 2012 Luxembourg Luxembourg - Israel 0: 6 (0: 3)
October 12, 2012 Moscow Russia - Portugal 1: 0 (1: 0)
10/16/2012 Moscow Russia - Azerbaijan 1: 0 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 postage Portugal - Northern Ireland 1: 1 (0: 1)
10/16/2012 Ramat Gan Israel - Luxembourg 3: 0 (2: 0)
11/14/2012 Belfast Northern Ireland - Azerbaijan 1: 1 (0: 1)
03/22/2013 Luxembourg Luxembourg - Azerbaijan 0-0
03/22/2013 Ramat Gan Israel - Portugal 3: 3 (2: 1)
03/26/2013 Belfast Northern Ireland - Israel 0: 2 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Baku Azerbaijan - Portugal 0: 2 (0: 0)
06/07/2013 Lisbon Portugal - Russia 1: 0 (1: 0)
06/07/2013 Baku Azerbaijan - Luxembourg 1: 1 (0: 0)
08/14/2013 4 Belfast Northern Ireland - Russia 1: 0 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Kazan Russia - Luxembourg 4: 1 (2: 0)
06.09.2013 Belfast Northern Ireland - Portugal 2: 4 (1: 1)
07.09.2013 Ramat Gan Israel - Azerbaijan 1: 1 (0: 0)
09/10/2013 St. Petersburg Russia - Israel 3: 1 (0: 0)
09/10/2013 Luxembourg Luxembourg - Northern Ireland 3: 2 (1: 1)
10/11/2013 Luxembourg Luxembourg - Russia 0: 4 (0: 3)
10/11/2013 Baku Azerbaijan - Northern Ireland 2: 0 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 Lisbon Portugal - Israel 1: 1 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Baku Azerbaijan - Russia 1: 1 (0: 1)
October 15, 2013 Ramat Gan Israel - Northern Ireland 1: 1 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Coimbra Portugal - Luxembourg 3: 0 (2: 0)
4th Both on March 22nd and March 23rd this game could not be played due to the unplayability of the field (heavy snowfall and icy ground in Belfast). The game has been rescheduled for August 14, 2013.

Group G

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina  10  8th  1  1 030: 600 +24 25th
 2. GreeceGreece Greece  10  8th  1  1 012: 400  +8 25th
 3. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia  10  3  4th  3 011:100  +1 13
 4th LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania  10  3  2  5 009:110  −2 11
 5. LatviaLatvia Latvia  10  2  2  6th 010:200 −10 08th
 6th LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein  10  0  2  8th 004:250 −21 02

Game results

07.09.2012 Riga Latvia - Greece 1: 2 (1: 0)
07.09.2012 Vaduz Liechtenstein - Bosnia-Herzeg. 1: 8 (0: 4)
07.09.2012 Vilnius Lithuania - Slovakia 1: 1 (1: 1)
09/11/2012 Piraeus Greece - Lithuania 2: 0 (0: 0)
09/11/2012 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. - Latvia 4: 1 (2: 1)
09/11/2012 Bratislava Slovakia - Liechtenstein 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2012 Piraeus Greece - Bosnia-Herzeg. 0-0
October 12, 2012 Bratislava Slovakia - Latvia 2: 1 (2: 0)
October 12, 2012 Vaduz Liechtenstein - Lithuania 0: 2 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 Bratislava Slovakia - Greece 0: 1 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. - Lithuania 3: 0 (3: 0)
10/16/2012 Riga Latvia - Liechtenstein 2: 0 (1: 0)
03/22/2013 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. - Greece 3: 1 (2: 0)
03/22/2013 Žilina Slovakia - Lithuania 1: 1 (1: 1)
03/22/2013 Vaduz Liechtenstein - Latvia 1: 1 (1: 1)
06/07/2013 Vilnius Lithuania - Greece 0: 1 (0: 1)
06/07/2013 Riga Latvia - Bosnia-Herzeg. 0: 5 (0: 0)
06/07/2013 Vaduz Liechtenstein - Slovakia 1: 1 (1: 0)
06.09.2013 Vaduz Liechtenstein - Greece 0: 1 (0: 0)
06.09.2013 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. - Slovakia 0: 1 (0: 0)
06.09.2013 Riga Latvia - Lithuania 2: 1 (2: 1)
09/10/2013 Piraeus Greece - Latvia 1: 0 (1: 0)
09/10/2013 Žilina Slovakia - Bosnia-Herzeg. 1: 2 (1: 0)
09/10/2013 Vilnius Lithuania - Liechtenstein 2: 0 (2: 0)
10/11/2013 Piraeus Greece - Slovakia 1: 0 (1: 0)
10/11/2013 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. - Liechtenstein 4: 1 (4: 0)
10/11/2013 Vilnius Lithuania - Latvia 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Piraeus Greece - Liechtenstein 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Kaunas Lithuania - Bosnia-Herzeg. 0: 1 (0: 0)
October 15, 2013 Riga Latvia - Slovakia 2: 2 (0: 2)

Group H.

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland England  10  6th  4th  0 031: 400 +27 22nd
 2. UkraineUkraine Ukraine  10  6th  3  1 028: 400 +24 21st
 3. MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro  10  4th  3  3 018:170  +1 15th
 4th PolandPoland Poland  10  3  4th  3 018:120  +6 13
 5. Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova  10  3  2  5 012:170  −5 11
 6th San MarinoSan Marino San Marino  10  0  0  10 001:540 −53 00

Game results

07.09.2012 Chișinău Moldova - England 0: 5 (0: 3)
07.09.2012 Podgorica Montenegro - Poland 2: 2 (2: 1)
09/11/2012 London England - Ukraine 1: 1 (0: 1)
09/11/2012 Wroclaw Poland - Moldova 2: 0 (1: 0)
09/11/2012 Serravalle San Marino - Montenegro 0: 6 (0: 2)
October 12, 2012 London England - San Marino 5: 0 (2: 0)
October 12, 2012 Chișinău Moldova - Ukraine 0-0
10/16/2012 Kiev Ukraine - Montenegro 0: 1 (0: 1)
10/16/2012 Serravalle San Marino - Moldova 0: 2 (0: 0)
10/17/2012 5 Warsaw Poland - England 1: 1 (0: 1)
11/14/2012 Podgorica Montenegro - San Marino 3: 0 (2: 0)
03/22/2013 Serravalle San Marino - England 0: 8 (0: 5)
03/22/2013 Warsaw Poland - Ukraine 1: 3 (1: 3)
03/22/2013 Chișinău Moldova - Montenegro 0: 1 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Podgorica Montenegro - England 1: 1 (0: 1)
03/26/2013 Odessa Ukraine - Moldova 2: 1 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Warsaw Poland - San Marino 5: 0 (2: 0)
06/07/2013 Podgorica Montenegro - Ukraine 0: 4 (0: 0)
06/07/2013 Chișinău Moldova - Poland 1: 1 (1: 1)
06.09.2013 Lviv Ukraine - San Marino 9: 0 (4: 0)
06.09.2013 London England - Moldova 4: 0 (3: 0)
06.09.2013 Warsaw Poland - Montenegro 1: 1 (1: 1)
09/10/2013 Kiev Ukraine - England 0-0
09/10/2013 Serravalle San Marino - Poland 1: 5 (1: 3)
10/11/2013 Chișinău Moldova - San Marino 3: 0 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 Kharkiv 6 Ukraine - Poland 1: 0 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 London England - Montenegro 4: 1 (0: 0)
October 15, 2013 London England - Poland 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Serravalle San Marino - Ukraine 0: 8 (0: 3)
October 15, 2013 Podgorica Montenegro - Moldova 2: 5 (0: 1)
5 The game between Poland and England, which was supposed to take place in Warsaw on October 16, 2012, was postponed to the following day due to the fact that the field was unplayable after heavy rain.
6th The game was initially supposed to be played in camera on September 6, 2013 because of the "insulting, denigrating and discriminatory acts of a group of Ukrainian supporters" at the game on September 6, 2013. The sanction was initially lifted as a result of the Ukraine's objection, as no decision could be made before the game was played.

Group I.

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SpainSpain Spain  8th  6th  2  0 014: 300 +11 20th
 2. FranceFrance France  8th  5  2  1 015: 600  +9 17th
 3. FinlandFinland Finland  8th  2  3  3 005: 900  −4 09
 4th GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia  8th  1  2  5 003:100  −7 05
 5. BelarusBelarus Belarus  8th  1  1  6th 007:160  −9 04th

Game results

07.09.2012 Tbilisi Georgia - Belarus 1: 0 (0: 0)
07.09.2012 Helsinki Finland - France 0: 1 (0: 1)
09/11/2012 Saint-Denis France - Belarus 3: 1 (0: 0)
09/11/2012 Tbilisi Georgia - Spain 0: 1 (0: 0)
October 12, 2012 Minsk Belarus - Spain 0: 4 (0: 2)
October 12, 2012 Helsinki Finland - Georgia 1: 1 (0: 0)
10/16/2012 Madrid Spain - France 1: 1 (1: 0)
10/16/2012 Minsk Belarus - Georgia 2: 0 (2: 0)
03/22/2013 Saint-Denis France - Georgia 3: 1 (1: 0)
03/22/2013 Gijón Spain - Finland 1: 1 (0: 0)
03/26/2013 Saint-Denis France - Spain 0: 1 (0: 0)
06/07/2013 Helsinki Finland - Belarus 1: 0 (0: 0)
06/11/2013 Homel Belarus - Finland 1: 1 (0: 1)
06.09.2013 Tbilisi Georgia - France 0-0
06.09.2013 Helsinki Finland - Spain 0: 2 (0: 1)
09/10/2013 Minsk Belarus - France 2: 4 (1: 0)
09/10/2013 Tbilisi Georgia - Finland 0: 1 (0: 0)
10/11/2013 Palma de Mallorca Spain - Belarus 2: 1 (0: 0)
October 15, 2013 Albacete Spain - Georgia 2: 0 (1: 0)
October 15, 2013 Saint-Denis France - Finland 3: 0 (1: 0)

Balance of the group stage

  • Teams are qualified as group first.
  • Teams are among the eight best runners-up in the group. Four of them (in italics) qualified through the play-offs.
  • Teams were eliminated in the group stage.
    • Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F. Group G Group H. Group I.
    BelgiumBelgium Belgium ItalyItaly Italy GermanyGermany Germany NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland RussiaRussia Russia Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina EnglandEngland England SpainSpain Spain
    CroatiaCroatia Croatia DenmarkDenmark Denmark SwedenSweden Sweden RomaniaRomania Romania IcelandIceland Iceland PortugalPortugal Portugal GreeceGreece Greece UkraineUkraine Ukraine FranceFrance France
    SerbiaSerbia Serbia Scotland Wales North Macedonia
    ScotlandScotland 
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
    North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia      		Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Bulgaria Armenia Malta
    BulgariaBulgaria 
    ArmeniaArmenia 
    MaltaMalta      		AustriaAustria Austria Ireland Kazakhstan Faroe Islands
    IrelandIreland 
    KazakhstanKazakhstan 
    FaroeseFaroe Islands      		HungaryHungary Hungary Turkey Estonia Andorra
    TurkeyTurkey 
    EstoniaEstonia 
    AndorraAndorra      		SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Norway Albania Cyprus
    NorwayNorway 
    AlbaniaAlbania 
    Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus      		IsraelIsrael Israel Azerbaijan Northern Ireland Luxembourg
    AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 
    Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 
    LuxembourgLuxembourg      		SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia Lithuania Latvia Liechtenstein
    LithuaniaLithuania 
    LatviaLatvia 
    LiechtensteinLiechtenstein      		MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro Poland Moldova San Marino
    PolandPoland 
    Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova 
    San MarinoSan Marino      		FinlandFinland Finland Georgia Belarus
    GeorgiaGeorgia 
    BelarusBelarus 
    Ranking of the runners-up
    Pl. team group Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points Sixth place in the group
    1. GreeceGreece Greece G 8th 6th 1 1 09: 4 +5 19th LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein
    2. FranceFrance France I. 8th 5 2 1 15: 6 +9 17th -
    3. PortugalPortugal Portugal F. 8th 4th 3 1 15: 8 +7 15th LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
    4th UkraineUkraine Ukraine H 8th 4th 3 1 11: 4 +7 15th San MarinoSan Marino San Marino
    5. SwedenSweden Sweden C. 8th 4th 2 2 15:13 +2 14th FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands
    6th IcelandIceland Iceland E. 8th 4th 2 2 15:14 +1 14th Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus
    7th RomaniaRomania Romania D. 8th 4th 1 3 11:12 −1 13 AndorraAndorra Andorra
    8th. CroatiaCroatia Croatia A. 8th 3 2 3 09: 8 +1 11 North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia
    9. DenmarkDenmark Denmark B. 8th 2 4th 2 09:11 −2 10 MaltaMalta Malta

    Relegation matches

    The best eight runners-up played in a play-off round from the four teams that qualify for the World Cup finals in addition to the top nine in the group. Denmark could not qualify for the relegation games as the worst runners-up in the group. (Note: the games of the runners-up against the respective sixth-place team were not counted. (See section " Mode "))

    The draw took place in Zurich on October 21, 2013. The eight best runners-up in the group were divided into two pots according to their current position in the FIFA world rankings , so that each of the four better placed teams in the list was drawn against one of the worse placed teams. It was drawn which team has home rights first. The meetings took place on November 15th and 19th, 2013.

    After the games of October 15, 2013, the breakdown was as follows (with a place in the FIFA world rankings):

    Pot with higher ranking Pot with lower ranking
    team space team space
    PortugalPortugal Portugal 14th FranceFrance France 21st
    GreeceGreece Greece 15th SwedenSweden Sweden 25th
    CroatiaCroatia Croatia 18th RomaniaRomania Romania 29
    UkraineUkraine Ukraine 20th IcelandIceland Iceland 46

    After the draw on October 21, the following matches took place:

    total First leg Return leg
    Portugal PortugalPortugal 4: 2 SwedenSweden Sweden 1: 0 (0: 0) 3: 2 (0: 0)
    Ukraine UkraineUkraine 2: 3 FranceFrance France 2: 0 (0: 0) 0: 3 (0: 2)
    Greece GreeceGreece 4: 2 RomaniaRomania Romania 3: 1 (2: 1) 1: 1 (1: 0)
    Iceland IcelandIceland 0: 2 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 0-0 0: 2 (0: 2)

    The last World Cup places for European teams were hard fought. There were a total of 33 yellow cards as well as three yellow-red and three red cards in each of the eight games. The best scorer in the relegation games was Cristiano Ronaldo , who scored all four goals for Portugal. France were the first team to qualify in the play-offs after falling two goals in the first leg.

    List of goalscorers

    Players in bold are qualified for the World Cup with their teams.

    rank Surname Gates
    1 NetherlandsNetherlands Robin van Persie 11
    2 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko 10
    3 GermanyGermany Mesut Özil 8th
    Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević
    PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo
    SwedenSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
    7th EnglandEngland Wayne Rooney 7th
    8th IsraelIsrael Tomer Hemed 6th
    IsraelIsrael Eden Ben Basat
    IrelandIreland Robbie Keane
    AustriaAustria David Alaba
    PortugalPortugal Hélder Postiga
    Source: fifa.com ; As of November 19, 2013

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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    2. ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup: Brazil. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed March 23, 2013 .
    3. ↑ Regulations FIFA World Cup 2014. (PDF; 421 kB) (No longer available online.) In: fifa.com. FIFA, May 30, 2011, archived from the original on June 29, 2014 ; Retrieved March 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.fifa.com
    4. ↑ Europe wants to keep Modus. In: fifa.com. FIFA, March 22, 2011, accessed September 12, 2012 .
    5. ↑ FIFA World Cup> 2014> Mode: Competitive format. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed September 12, 2012 .
    6. ↑ a b Hungary and Bulgaria have to play behind closed doors. In: fifa.com. FIFA, January 8, 2013, accessed July 29, 2013 .
    7. ↑ The Faroe Islands, the beginning and the end. In: derStandard.at. November 18, 2011, accessed March 23, 2013 .
    8. ↑ FIFA does not ratify the Faroe Islands date. In: derStandard.at. December 7, 2011, accessed March 23, 2013 .
    9. ↑ Qualification game at Windsor Park canceled. In: fifa.com. FIFA, March 23, 2013, accessed July 29, 2013 .
    10. ↑ Northern Ireland - Russia. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed July 29, 2013 .
    11. ↑ Game between Poland and England postponed. In: fifa.com. FIFA, October 16, 2012, accessed October 17, 2012 .
    12. ^ Convictions by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee against Ukraine and Peru. In: fifa.com. FIFA, September 27, 2013, accessed November 21, 2013 .
    13. ^ Appointments from Peru and Ukraine with suspensive effect. In: fifa.com. FIFA, October 3, 2013, accessed November 21, 2013 .
    14. ↑ Draw dates in Africa and Europe confirmed. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 14, 2013, accessed July 16, 2013 .
    15. ↑ FIFA World Cup> 2014> Games> Play-offs. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed September 12, 2012 .
    16. ↑ World Cup play-off seeds confirmed. In: uefa.com. UEFA, October 17, 2013, accessed October 17, 2013 .