2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round
The UEFA second round was contested by the best eight runners-up from the nine first-round groups from the UEFA segment of the qualification tournament for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in football. The winners – Croatia, France, Greece, and Portugal – of each of four home and away ties joined the group winners in the World Cup in Brazil. The matches, which are often referred to as 'play-offs', were held on 15 and 19 November 2013.
The draw for the ties was held in Zürich on 21 October,[1] with the October 2013 FIFA World Rankings used to decide which of the teams would be seeded.[1]
Qualified teams
The eight best runners-up from the UEFA first round qualified for the play-offs; with one group having one team fewer than the others, matches against the sixth-placed team in each First Round group did not count for this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of ranking the runners-up (below table).
Ranking of second-placed teams
The eight best runners-up were determined by the following parameters in this order:
- Highest number of points
- Goal difference
- Highest number of goals scored
Pos | Grp | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Seeding and draw
The second round draw took place at the headquarters of FIFA in Zurich on 21 October at 14:00 UTC+2, and was conducted by Gordon Savic, Head of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, with the assistance of former Switzerland international Alexander Frei.[3][4] October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams would be seeded (shown below in brackets).[1][5][6]
The following teams participated in the second round:[7][8]
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Matches
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Portugal | 4–2 | Sweden | 1–0 | 3–2 |
Ukraine | 2–3 | France | 2–0 | 0–3 |
Greece | 4–2 | Romania | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Iceland | 0–2 | Croatia | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Sweden | 2–3 | Portugal |
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Ibrahimović 68', 72' | Report | Ronaldo 50', 77', 79' |
Portugal won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Ukraine | 2–0 | France |
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Zozulya 62' Yarmolenko 82' (pen.) | Report |
France won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Greece | 3–1 | Romania |
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Mitroglou 14', 67' Salpingidis 21' | Report | Stancu 19' |
Greece won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Croatia won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Discipline
Pos | Player | Country | Suspended for match(es) | Reason | ||
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DF | Birkir Már Sævarsson | Iceland | 2 | 0 | vs Croatia (15 November 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
MF | Ognjen Vukojević | Croatia | 2 | 0 | vs Iceland (15 November 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
FW | Panagiotis Kone | Greece | 2 | 0 | vs Romania (15 November 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
MF | Ólafur Ingi Skúlason | Iceland | 0 | 1 | vs Croatia (19 November 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
FW | Mario Mandžukić | Croatia | 0 | 1 | vs Brazil (12 June 2014) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
MF | Costin Lazăr | Romania | 2 | 1 | vs Greece (19 November 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
DF | Laurent Koscielny | France | 0 | 1 | vs Ukraine (19 November 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
DF | Artem Fedetskyi | Ukraine | 2 | 0 | vs France (19 November 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
DF | Oleksandr Kucher | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | vs France (19 November 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
Goalscorers
There were 19 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
- Vasilis Torosidis (against Romania)
References
- ^ a b c "Dates set for African and European qualifying draws". FIFA. 2013-06-15. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Watch the European play-off draw on FIFA.com". uefa.com. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "European hopefuls learn play-off fate". FIFA.com. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013.
- ^ "World Cup 2014 play-offs draw – live!". Guardian UK. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ "World Cup play-off seeds confirmed". uefa.com. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "European play-off draw procedures explained". FIFA.com. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013.
External links
- Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)
- Results and schedule (UEFA.com version)