2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round

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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 2010 FIFA World Cup in football. The winners of each of four home and away ties joined the group winners in the World Cup in South Africa. The matches, which are often referred to as 'play-offs', were played on 14 and 18 November 2009. The draw for the ties was held in Zürich on 19 October, with the teams drawn by South African player Steven Pienaar. [1]

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Qualification

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 the group are not included in this ranking.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 4 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8512156+916Advance to second round (play-offs)
2 2 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8512169+716
3 6 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8431106+415
4 7 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 8431129+315
5 3 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8422104+614
6 5 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 84131912+713
7 1 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 834195+413
8 8 Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 826086+212
9 9 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 824297+210
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1. Total points, 2. Goal difference, 3. Goals scored, 4. Goals scored away from home, 5. Disciplinary record (yellow card, –1 point; two yellow cards in the same match, –3 points; red card, –3 points; yellow card followed by a direct red card in the same match, –4 points), 6. Drawing of lots [2]

Seeding and draw

In September 2009, FIFA announced that they would be seeding teams for the play-off draw. The eight eventual qualifiers were seeded according to the world rankings released on 16 October 2009. The top four teams were placed into one pot, with the bottom four teams placed into a second. A separate draw was conducted between each matchup to decide the host of the first leg. [3]

Seeding controversy

Seeding using FIFA ranks was used at a similar stage in the 2006 qualification. However, it was claimed that FIFA had indicated that there would be no seeding this time. [4] At the time of the decision, countries in play-off positions included Russia, France and Portugal, and Germany also had not yet qualified (their last remaining match was away to Russia). The lack of a decision on seeding until late in the tournament led some to suggest that FIFA were waiting to see which teams were in the play-offs before declaring the rules of the tournament. Commenting on this matter, Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given said:

It’s totally unfair on us smaller nations. If they say that before a ball is kicked then at least you know the picture, you know exactly where you stand but to change it now is absolutely ridiculous and I don’t think it’s right at all. [5]

Sports Illustrated 's Gabriele Marcotti gave the opinion that "FIFA is pretty much changing the rules halfway through the qualifying tournament. [6]

Seedings

The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below).

Pot 1 (seeded)
TeamRank
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 9
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 10
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16
Pot 2 (unseeded)
TeamRank
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 34
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 42
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 49

Matches

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg 1–2 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 0–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg2–0Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 1–0
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0–0 1–0
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–2 (a)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2–1 0–1
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg0–1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Report Anelka Soccerball shade.svg72'
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 74,103
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Gallas Soccerball shade.svg103' Report Keane Soccerball shade.svg32'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,145
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

France won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ireland officially asked FIFA for the second leg to be replayed after Thierry Henry clearly handled the ball twice during the build-up to the French goal. This request was denied. [7] Ireland eventually pursued legal action against FIFA over the decision before ultimately receiving a €5 million settlement. [8]

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1–0Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alves Soccerball shade.svg31' Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,588
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg0–1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report Meireles Soccerball shade.svg56'
Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Portugal won 2–0 on aggregate.

Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 39,045
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg0–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Report Salpingidis Soccerball shade.svg31'
Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 31,643
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Greece won 1–0 on aggregate.

Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Bilyaletdinov Soccerball shade.svg40', 52' Report Pečnik Soccerball shade.svg88'
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 71,600
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg1–0Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Dedić Soccerball shade.svg44' Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 12,510
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

2–2 on aggregate; Slovenia won on away goals.
After the game Russian fans followed the Republic of Ireland's lead. They demanded a replay of their World Cup qualification play-off against Slovenia on the official site of FIFA. [9] However, there was not any reaction from FIFA on this event.

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