2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)Tournament details

Dates| 7 September 2012 – 19 November 2013
Teams| 53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 268
Goals scored| 749 (2.79 per match)
Attendance| 6,145,801 (22,932 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Robin van Persie
(11 goals)

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The European zone of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places in the finals in Brazil. The draw for the qualification groups was held during the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011.

The qualification format was the same as 2010. The teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five, with the nine group winners qualifying directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up (determined by records against the first-, third-, fourth- and fifth-placed teams in their groups to ensure equity between different groups) were drawn in two-legged play-offs that determined the remaining four qualifying nations.[1]

The qualification process started on 7 September 2012, over two months after the end of UEFA Euro 2012, and ended on 19 November 2013. Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland qualified in the first round by winning their groups. Croatia, France, Greece, and Portugal qualified via the second round play-offs.

## Format

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All 53 UEFA national teams entered qualification, aiming to secure one of the 13 European Zone slots for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The draw for the qualification groups was held at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The qualification format was the same as 2010. The teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five, with the nine group winners qualifying directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up (determined by records against the first-, third-, fourth- and fifth-placed teams in their groups to ensure equity between different groups) were drawn in two-legged play-offs that determined the remaining four qualifying nations.

## Seeding

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The July 2011 FIFA World Rankings were used to seed the teams. In consideration of the delicate political situations of the relationships between Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as relations between Russia and Georgia, UEFA requested that FIFA maintain the current UEFA policy not to draw these teams into the same qualification groups – although as Armenia and Azerbaijan were in the same pot they could not be drawn together anyway. The mechanism for keeping Russia and Georgia apart was confirmed by the FIFA Organising Committee on 29 July 2011.

Pot A  | Team | Rank

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Spain | 1
Netherlands | 2
Germany | 3
England | 6
Portugal | 7
Italy | 8
Croatia | 9
Norway | 12
Greece | 13
Pot B  | Team | Rank

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France | 16
Montenegro | 17
Russia | 18
Sweden | 19
Denmark | 21
Slovenia | 22
Turkey | 24
Serbia | 27
Slovakia | 29
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Switzerland | 30
Israel | 32
Republic of Ireland | 33
Belgium | 37
Czech Republic | 38
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41
Belarus | 42
Ukraine | 45
Hungary | 47
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Bulgaria | 48
Romania | 53
Georgia | 57
Lithuania | 58
Albania | 59
Scotland | 61
Northern Ireland | 62
Austria | 66
Poland | 69
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Armenia | 70
Finland | 75
Estonia | 79
Cyprus | 80
Latvia | 84
Moldova | 85
Macedonia | 96
Azerbaijan | 111
Faroe Islands | 112
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Wales | 112
Liechtenstein | 118
Iceland | 121
Kazakhstan | 126
Luxembourg | 128
Malta | 173
Andorra | 203
San Marino | 203

## First round

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The matches were played between 7 September 2012 and 15 October 2013. An initial schedule that includes matches before this date was not ratified by FIFA. A win was awarded 3 points, a draw was awarded 1 point, and a loss 0. The team with the most points in each group secured direct qualification for the final tournament of the World Cup.

### Summary

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Winner of each group qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

The eight best runners-up among all nine groups advanced to the second round (play-offs)

Other teams were eliminated after the first round

Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H | Group I

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Belgium |
Italy |
Germany |
Netherlands |
Switzerland |
Russia |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
England |
Spain

Croatia |
Denmark |
Sweden |
Romania |
Iceland |
Portugal |
Greece |
Ukraine |
France

Serbia

Scotland

Wales

Macedonia |
Czech Republic

Bulgaria

Armenia

Malta |
Austria

Republic of Ireland

Kazakhstan

Faroe Islands |
Hungary

Turkey

Estonia

Andorra |
Slovenia

Norway

Albania

Cyprus |
Israel

Azerbaijan

Northern Ireland

Luxembourg |
Slovakia

Lithuania

Latvia

Liechtenstein |
Montenegro

Poland

Moldova

San Marino |
Finland

Georgia

Belarus

### Groups

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#### Tie-breaking criteria

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If two teams had the same number of points the criteria below were used.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking in each group is determined as follows:[2]

* a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
* b) goal difference in all group matches;
* c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings shall be determined as follows:

* d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
* g) greater number of goals scored away from home between the teams concerned (if the tie is only between two teams)

### Group A

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

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1  |  Belgium | 10  | 8  | 2  | 0  | 18  | 4  | +14  | 26  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0
2  |  Croatia | 10  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 12  | 9  | +3  | 17  | Advance to second round |  | 1–2 | -- | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0
3  |  Serbia | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 18  | 11  | +7  | 14  |  |  | 0–3 | 1–1 | -- | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–1
4  |  Scotland | 10  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 8  | 12  | −4  | 11  |  | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | -- | 1–2 | 1–1
5  |  Wales | 10  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 9  | 20  | −11  | 10  |  | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | -- | 1–0
6  |  Macedonia | 10  | 2  | 1  | 7  | 7  | 16  | −9  | 7  |  | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | --

Source: [3]

### Group B

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

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1  |  Italy | 10  | 6  | 4  | 0  | 19  | 9  | +10  | 22  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0
2  |  Denmark | 10  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 17  | 12  | +5  | 16  |  |  | 2–2 | -- | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–0
3  |  Czech Republic | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 13  | 9  | +4  | 15  |  | 0–0 | 0–3 | -- | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1
4  |  Bulgaria | 10  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 14  | 9  | +5  | 13  |  | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | -- | 1–0 | 6–0
5  |  Armenia | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 12  | 13  | −1  | 13  |  | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | -- | 0–1
6  |  Malta | 10  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 5  | 28  | −23  | 3  |  | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | --

Source: [4]

### Group C

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C

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1  |  Germany | 10  | 9  | 1  | 0  | 36  | 10  | +26  | 28  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 4–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0
2  |  Sweden | 10  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 19  | 14  | +5  | 20  | Advance to second round |  | 3–5 | -- | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0
3  |  Austria | 10  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 20  | 10  | +10  | 17  |  |  | 1–2 | 2–1 | -- | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–0
4  |  Republic of Ireland | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 16  | 17  | −1  | 14  |  | 1–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | -- | 3–1 | 3–0
5  |  Kazakhstan | 10  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 6  | 21  | −15  | 5  |  | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | -- | 2–1
6  |  Faroe Islands | 10  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 4  | 29  | −25  | 1  |  | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | --

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### Group D

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

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1  |  Netherlands | 10  | 9  | 1  | 0  | 34  | 5  | +29  | 28  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 4–0 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0
2  |  Romania | 10  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 19  | 12  | +7  | 19  | Advance to second round |  | 1–4 | -- | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0
3  |  Hungary | 10  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 21  | 20  | +1  | 17  |  |  | 1–4 | 2–2 | -- | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0
4  |  Turkey | 10  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 16  | 9  | +7  | 16  |  | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | -- | 3–0 | 5–0
5  |  Estonia | 10  | 2  | 1  | 7  | 6  | 20  | −14  | 7  |  | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | -- | 2–0
6  |  Andorra | 10  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 0  | 30  | −30  | 0  |  | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | --

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### Group E

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

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1  |  Switzerland | 10  | 7  | 3  | 0  | 17  | 6  | +11  | 24  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0
2  |  Iceland | 10  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 17  | 15  | +2  | 17  | Advance to second round |  | 0–2 | -- | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0
3  |  Slovenia | 10  | 5  | 0  | 5  | 14  | 11  | +3  | 15  |  |  | 0–2 | 1–2 | -- | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1
4  |  Norway | 10  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 10  | 13  | −3  | 12  |  | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | -- | 0–1 | 2–0
5  |  Albania | 10  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 11  |  | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | -- | 3–1
6  |  Cyprus | 10  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 4  | 15  | −11  | 5  |  | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | --

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### Group F

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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1  |  Russia | 10  | 7  | 1  | 2  | 20  | 5  | +15  | 22  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1
2  |  Portugal | 10  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 20  | 9  | +11  | 21  | Advance to second round |  | 1–0 | -- | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0
3  |  Israel | 10  | 3  | 5  | 2  | 19  | 14  | +5  | 14  |  |  | 0–4 | 3–3 | -- | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0
4  |  Azerbaijan | 10  | 1  | 6  | 3  | 7  | 11  | −4  | 9  |  | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | -- | 2–0 | 1–1
5  |  Northern Ireland | 10  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 9  | 17  | −8  | 7  |  | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | -- | 1–1
6  |  Luxembourg | 10  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 7  | 26  | −19  | 6  |  | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 3–2 | --

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### Group G

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

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1  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 30  | 6  | +24  | 25  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1
2  |  Greece | 10  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 12  | 4  | +8  | 25  | Advance to second round |  | 0–0 | -- | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0
3  |  Slovakia | 10  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 11  | 10  | +1  | 13  |  |  | 1–2 | 0–1 | -- | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0
4  |  Lithuania | 10  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 11  |  | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | -- | 2–0 | 2–0
5  |  Latvia | 10  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 10  | 20  | −10  | 8  |  | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | -- | 2–0
6  |  Liechtenstein | 10  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 4  | 25  | −21  | 2  |  | 1–8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | --

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### Group H

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

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1  |  England | 10  | 6  | 4  | 0  | 31  | 4  | +27  | 22  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0
2  |  Ukraine | 10  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 28  | 4  | +24  | 21  | Advance to second round |  | 0–0 | -- | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 9–0
3  |  Montenegro | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 18  | 17  | +1  | 15  |  |  | 1–1 | 0–4 | -- | 2–2 | 2–5 | 3–0
4  |  Poland | 10  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 18  | 12  | +6  | 13  |  | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | -- | 2–0 | 5–0
5  |  Moldova | 10  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 12  | 17  | −5  | 11  |  | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | -- | 3–0
6  |  San Marino | 10  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 1  | 54  | −53  | 0  |  | 0–8 | 0–8 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–2 | --

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### Group I

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

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1  |  Spain | 8  | 6  | 2  | 0  | 14  | 3  | +11  | 20  | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1
2  |  France | 8  | 5  | 2  | 1  | 15  | 6  | +9  | 17  | Advance to second round |  | 0–1 | -- | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1
3  |  Finland | 8  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 5  | 9  | −4  | 9  |  |  | 0–2 | 0–1 | -- | 1–1 | 1–0
4  |  Georgia | 8  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 3  | 10  | −7  | 5  |  | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | -- | 1–0
5  |  Belarus | 8  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 7  | 16  | −9  | 4  |  | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | --

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## Second round

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round

### Group runners-up

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The eight best group runners-up contested the second round, where they were paired into four two-legged (home-and-away) fixtures. The four winners qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Because one group had one team fewer than the others, matches against the last-placed team in each of the six-team groups were not included in this ranking. Teams were ranked by the following parameters in order:

1. Highest number of points
2. Goal difference
3. Highest number of goals scored

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1  | G |  Greece | 8  | 6  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 4  | +5  | 19  | Advance to second round (play-offs)
2  | I |  France | 8  | 5  | 2  | 1  | 15  | 6  | +9  | 17
3  | F |  Portugal | 8  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 15  | 8  | +7  | 15
4  | H |  Ukraine | 8  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 11  | 4  | +7  | 15
5  | C |  Sweden | 8  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 13  | +2  | 14
6  | E |  Iceland | 8  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 14  | +1  | 14
7  | D |  Romania | 8  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 11  | 12  | −1  | 13
8  | A |  Croatia | 8  | 3  | 2  | 3  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 11
9  | B |  Denmark | 8  | 2  | 4  | 2  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 10  |

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### Matches

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The second round draw took place at the headquarters of FIFA in Zurich on 21 October 2013.[10] The October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams would be seeded (shown below in brackets).[10]

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Croatia | 18
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Sweden | 25
Romania | 29
Iceland | 46

One team from pot 1 was paired with one from pot 2 as shown below. The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2013.[1][11] Winners: Portugal, France, Greece and Croatia as shown in bold.

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Ukraine | 2–3  |  France | 2–0 | 0–3
Greece | 4–2  |  Romania | 3–1 | 1–1
Iceland | 0–2  |  Croatia | 0–0 | 0–2

## Qualified teams

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The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

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Belgium | Group A winners | 11 October 2013 | 11 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Italy | Group B winners | 10 September 2013 | 17 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Germany | Group C winners | 11 October 2013 | 17 (1934, 1938, 19543, 19583, 19623, 19663, 19703, 19743, 19783, 19823, 19863, 19903, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Netherlands | Group D winners | 10 September 2013 | 9 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010)
Switzerland | Group E winners | 11 October 2013 | 9 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010)
Russia | Group F winners | 15 October 2013 | 9 (19582, 19622, 19662, 19702, 19822, 19862, 19902, 1994, 2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Group G winners | 15 October 2013 | 0 (debut)
England | Group H winners | 15 October 2013 | 13 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Spain | Group I winners | 15 October 2013 | 13 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Greece | Second round (play-off) winners | 19 November 2013 | 2 (1994, 2010)
Croatia | Second round (play-off) winners | 19 November 2013 | 3 (1998, 2002, 2006)
Portugal | Second round (play-off) winners | 19 November 2013 | 5 (1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010)
France | Second round (play-off) winners | 19 November 2013 | 13 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

2 Competed as Soviet Union.

3 Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.

## Discipline

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In the qualification tournament, a player would be suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. UEFA's Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g., for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions would be erased prior to the play-off portion, and would not carry over. Single yellow cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament matches.[12] The following players were suspended during the final tournament – for one or more games – as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:

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Keith Andrews |  UEFA Euro 2012 v Italy | Group C v Kazakhstan
Roman Berezovsky |  UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying v Republic of Ireland | Group B v Malta
James Collins |  v Belgium | Group A v Serbia
Marc Vales |  v Hungary | Group D v Romania
Tranquillo Barnetta |  v Slovenia | Group E v Albania
Viktor Pečovský |  v Lithuania | Group G v Liechtenstein
Tadas Labukas |  v Slovakia | Group G v Greece
Savo Pavićević |  v Poland | Group H v San Marino
Ludovic Obraniak |  v Montenegro | Group H v Moldova
Svetoslav Dyakov |  v Armenia | Group B v Denmark
Gevorg Ghazaryan |  v Bulgaria | Group B v Italy
Marcos Pizzelli |  v Bulgaria | Group B v Italy
Enar Jääger |  v Turkey | Group D v Hungary
Sölvi Ottesen |  v Cyprus | Group E v Albania
Steven Gerrard |  v Ukraine | Group H v San Marino
Alexei Eremenko |  v Georgia | Group I v Spain
Ivan Bandalovski |  v Denmark | Group B v Czech Republic
Boštjan Cesar |  v Cyprus | Group E v Albania
Daniel Kaufmann |  v Latvia | Group G v Latvia
Nenad Tomović |  v Macedonia | Group A v Croatia
Pablo Osvaldo |  v Denmark | Group B v Malta
Andi Lila |  v Norway | Group E v Norway
Gerard Piqué |  2013 FIFA Confederations Cup v Brazil | Group I v Finland
Savo Pavicevic |  v Ukraine | Group H v Poland
Vladimir Volkov |  v Ukraine | Group H v Poland
Roman Zozulya |  v Montenegro | Group H v San Marino
Mario Balotelli |  v Czech Republic | Group B v Bulgaria
Andreas Granqvist |  v Faroe Islands | Group C v Republic of Ireland
Josip Šimunić |  v Serbia | Group A v Belgium
Group A v Scotland

## Top goalscorers

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There were 749 goals scored in 268 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

11 goals

* Robin van Persie

10 goals

* Edin Džeko

8 goals

* Vedad Ibišević
* Mesut Özil
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Zlatan Ibrahimović

7 goals

* Wayne Rooney

6 goals

* David Alaba
* Robbie Keane
* Eden Ben Basat
* Tomer Hemed
* Hélder Postiga

5 goals

* Zvjezdan Misimović
* Franck Ribéry
* Marco Reus
* Kostas Mitroglou
* Mario Balotelli
* Jeremain Lens
* Rafael van der Vaart
* Ciprian Marica
* Aleksandr Kerzhakov
* Milivoje Novaković
* Umut Bulut
* Burak Yılmaz
* Andriy Yarmolenko

Below are full goalscorer lists for all groups and the play-off rounds:

* Group A
* Group B
* Group C
* Group D
* Group E
* Group F
* Group G
* Group H
* Group I
* Play-offs

## References

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2. ^ "Regulations 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. p. 27\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
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10. ^ a b "Dates set for African and European qualifying draws". FIFA. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013.
11. ^ "European hopefuls learn play-off fate". FIFA. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
12. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12" (PDF). UEFA. p. 27\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

## External links

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* Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)
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