2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates15 June 2011 – 20 November 2013
Teams203 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played820
Goals scored2,344 (2.86 per match)
Attendance17,854,160 (21,773 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg Deon McCaulay
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin van Persie
Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez
(11 goals each)
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by a qualification process, in which the other 207 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed. Most of the successful teams were determined within these confederations, with a limited number of inter-confederation play-offs occurring at the end of the process.

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Bhutan, Brunei, Guam and Mauritania did not enter, and South Sudan joined FIFA after the qualification process started and therefore could not take part. The qualification process consisted of 820 matches, reduced from 828 after the late withdrawals of the Bahamas and Mauritius. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The first qualification match, between Montserrat and Belize, was played on 15 June 2011, and the Belizean striker Deon McCaulay scored the first goal in qualification. Qualification ended on 20 November 2013, when Uruguay eliminated Jordan to become the final qualifier for the World Cup. Twenty-three of FIFA's 24 top-ranked countries eventually qualified. [5] [6]

Qualified teams

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TeamMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		Consecutive
appearances		Previous best
performance		 FIFA
Ranking
[nb 1]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 20th20Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)11
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan AFC fourth round Group B 5th5Round of 16 (2002, 2010)44
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia AFC fourth round Group B 4th3Round of 16 (2006)57
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran AFC fourth round Group A 4th1 (last: 2006)Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006)49
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea AFC fourth round Group A 9th8Fourth place (2002)56
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands UEFA Group D winners10th3Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)8
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy UEFA Group B winners18th14Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)9
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica CONCACAF fourth round 4th1 (last: 2006)Round of 16 (1990)31
Flag of the United States.svg  United States CONCACAF fourth round 10th7Third place (1930)13
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina CONMEBOL 16th11Winners (1978, 1986)3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UEFA Group A winners12th1 (last: 2002)Fourth place (1986)5
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland UEFA Group E winners10th3Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)7
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany UEFA Group C winners18th16Winners (1954, 1974, 1990)2
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia CONMEBOL 5th1 (last: 1998)Round of 16 (1990)4
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA Group G winners1st1—16
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia UEFA Group F winners10th [nb 2] 1 (last: 2002)Fourth place (1966) [nb 3] 19
Flag of England.svg  England UEFA Group H Winners14th5Winners (1966)10
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain UEFA Group I Winners14th10Winners (2010)1
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile CONMEBOL third place9th2Third place (1962)12
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador CONMEBOL fourth place3rd1 (last: 2006)Round of 16 (2006)22
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras CONCACAF fourth round third place3rd2Group stage (1982, 2010)34
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria CAF third round winners5th2Round of 16 (1994, 1998)33
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast CAF third round winners3rd3Group stage (2006, 2010)17
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon CAF third round winners7th2Quarter-finals (1990)59
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana CAF third round winners3rd3Quarter-finals (2010)23
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria CAF third round winners4th2Group stage (1982, 1986, 2010)32
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece UEFA play-off winners3rd2Group stage (1994, 2010)15
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia UEFA play-off winners4th1 (last: 2006)Third place (1998)18
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal UEFA play-off winners6th4Third place (1966)14
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France UEFA play-off winners14th5Winners (1998)21
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners15th6Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)24
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 12th2Winners (1930, 1950)6

12 of the 32 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 2018 finals: Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Ivory Coast, Netherlands and United States.

Qualification process

Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro hosted the qualification draw Marina da Gloria.jpg
Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro hosted the qualification draw

The FIFA Executive Committee decided to approve the change of date for the preliminary draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held six months earlier than in the past, to allow the confederations to begin their qualifying competitions in good time. The draw was held on 30 July 2011 at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The distribution by confederation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup is: [7]

UEFA and CAF have a guaranteed number of places, whereas the number of qualifiers from other confederations is dependent on play-offs between AFC's fifth-placed team and CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, and between CONCACAF's fourth-placed team and OFC's first-placed team. A draw determined the pairings between the four teams involved.

Summary of qualification

World Map FIFA2.svg
ConfederationAvailable slots in finalsTeams startedTeams eliminatedTeams qualifiedQualifying start dateQualifying end date
AFC 4 or 54339429 June 201120 November 2013
CAF 55247511 November 201119 November 2013
CONCACAF 3 or 43531415 June 201120 November 2013
CONMEBOL 4+1 or 5+19+145+17 October 201120 November 2013
OFC 0 or 11111022 November 201120 November 2013
UEFA 135340137 September 201219 November 2013
Total31+1203+117231+115 June 201120 November 2013

Tiebreakers

For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a league format, the method used for separating teams level on points was the same for all confederations. [nb 4] If teams were even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams were ranked by:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
  4. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams
  5. Greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
  6. Greater number of away goals scored in matches between the tied teams if only two teams were tied

If teams were still equal after applying all listed tiebreakers, then a single play-off at a neutral venue was played. If scores were level after ninety minutes in the play-off, then two fifteen-minute periods of extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would determine the winners.

For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a home-and-away knockout format, the team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the away goals rule was applied (i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed). If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time were played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time (i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored). If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided via a penalty shoot-out.

Confederation qualification

AFC

Qualification began with two sets of two-leg knockout qualification rounds – the first held on 29 June and 2 July and 3 July 2011 and the second on 23 and 28 July – reducing the number of teams in the main draw to 20. The draw for the first two rounds of qualifiers was held in Kuala Lumpur on 30 March 2011.

As in the 2010 format, the third stage consisted of 5 groups of 4 teams (with matches held between September 2011 and February 2012) with the top 2 in each group advancing to 2 groups of 5 that played a further group stage during 2012. The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2014 World Cup directly, while the two third-placed teams engaged in a play-off tie for a chance to qualify via a further inter-confederation qualifying tie against a team from CONMEBOL.

The qualification process began with 43 national teams (out of 46 AFC members; Bhutan, Brunei and Guam did not enter) vying for four and a half spots. 4 nations have qualified: Japan, Australia, Iran and Korea Republic. Jordan beat Uzbekistan in round 5 and played Uruguay, the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL, for the right to qualify, where they were eliminated.

Final positions (fourth round)

Group A
Team
PldPts
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 816
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 814
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 814
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 87
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 85
Source: [9]

Group B
Team
PldPts
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 817
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 813
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 810
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 89
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 85
Source: [9]

Play-off for 5th place (fifth round)

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg2–2 (9–8p)Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)

CAF

52 out of the 53 national associations affiliated to CAF entered the qualifying tournament to determine the continent's five slots for the next World Cup (only Mauritania failed to enter, while South Sudan joined FIFA after the start of qualifying).

Qualification began with a first round of 12 two-legged knockout ties, which were held between 11 and 16 November 2011. The ties involved the 24 lowest-ranked teams according to FIFA world rankings. The 12 winners joined the remaining 28 CAF entrants in the second round, which consisted of 10 groups of four. The winners of each group – held between June 2012 and September 2013 – advanced to a third round of 5 two-legged knockout ties. The five winners of these ties – held in October and November 2013 – advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg4–2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3–1 1–1
Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg1–4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–2 0–2
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1–4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0–0 1–4
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg7–3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6–1 1–2
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg3–3 (a)Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–2 0–1

CONCACAF

In May 2010, the CONCACAF Executive Committee announced a possible change in its qualifying format for the 2014 World Cup, which would start with a preliminary knockout stage followed by three group phases. However, these proposals were abandoned. CONCACAF once again used a six-team final stage (known colloquially as "the Hexagonal"). The ten lowest-ranked nations played two-legged ties, with the five winners joining the nations ranked 7–25 in Round 2. There were six groups of four teams, with the six group winners joining the nations ranked 1–6 in Round 3. There were three groups of four teams and the top two teams in each group advanced to Round 4. These six nations formed one group, with the top three teams qualifying and Mexico, the fourth-placed team, advancing to the inter-continental play-off against New Zealand, the top team from the OFC.

A total of 35 national teams began the qualification process vying for three and a half spots. 31 nations were eliminated and the Bahamas withdrew (because their stadium was not completed in time for the competition). [10]

Final positions (fourth round)

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1022
2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1018
3Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 1015
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1011
5Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 108
6Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 105
Source: [11]

CONMEBOL

As Brazil had already qualified as host, the remaining nine CONMEBOL teams took part in a double round-robin group, playing each other twice (home and away) using the same schedule as previous qualification tournaments (each team had a bye on the date they would normally be scheduled to play Brazil). The top four teams qualified automatically, whereas Uruguay, the fifth-placed team, proceeded to the inter-confederational play-off against Jordan, the fifth placed team from Asia.

Final positions

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1632
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1630
3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1628
4Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1625
5Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1625
6Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 1620
7Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 1615
8Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1612
9Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1612
Source: FIFA

OFC

The four lowest-ranked nations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tonga) competed in the first round of qualifying: a single round-robin tournament in Apia, Samoa, from 22 to 26 November 2011. [12] The winners of the group, Samoa, joined the remaining 7 OFC teams in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, which also doubled as the second qualifying round. The four semi-finalists of the OFC Nations Cup advanced to the third round, which consisted of a double round-robin held on a home-and-away basis between 7 September 2012 and 26 March 2013.

New Zealand, as the winners of the third round, proceeded to the inter-confederation play-off against Mexico, the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF, where they were eliminated by a strong Mexico side who beat them 9–3 over two legs.

Final positions (third round)

Team
PldPts
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 618
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 612
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 63
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 63
Source: [13]

UEFA

The European qualification games started in September 2012, after Euro 2012. All 53 national associations affiliated with UEFA took part in the qualification process. In round one, teams competed in eight groups of six teams and a single group of five teams. The nine group winners qualified, while the eight best runners-up – ranked according to all their games except for games against the sixth-placed team in their group – entered into the play-offs for the four remaining spots.

Final positions (first round)

Group A
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1026
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1017
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1014
4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1011
5Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1010
6Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 107
Source: [14]
Group B
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1022
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1016
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1015
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1013
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1013
6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 103
Source: [15]
Group C
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1028
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1020
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1017
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1014
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 105
6Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 101
Source: [16]
Group D
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1028
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1019
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1017
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1016
5Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 107
6Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 100
Source: [17]
Group E
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1024
2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1017
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1015
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1012
5Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1011
6Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 105
Source: [18]
Group F
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1022
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1021
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1014
4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 109
5Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 107
6Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 106
Source: [19]
Group G
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1025
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1025
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1013
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1011
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 108
6Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 102
Source: [20]
Group H
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of England.svg  England 1022
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1021
3Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1015
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1013
5Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1011
6Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 100
Source: [20]
Group I
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 820
2Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 817
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 89
4Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 85
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 84
Source: [20]

Second round

The Second Round was contested by the top eight runners-up. The second round draw took place at the headquarters of FIFA in Zürich, Switzerland, on 21 October. [21] October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams were seeded. [21] The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2013.

Group runners-up

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 G Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 861194+519Advance to second round (play-offs)
2 I Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 8521156+917
3 F Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8431158+715
4 H Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8431114+715
5 C Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 84221513+214
6 E Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 84221514+114
7 D Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 84131112−113
8 A Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 832398+111
9 B Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8242911−210
Source: [20]
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg4–2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–0 3–2
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2–0 0–3
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg4–2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3–1 1–1
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg0–2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0–0 0–2

Inter-confederation play-offs

There were two scheduled inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. The first legs were played on 13 November 2013, and the second legs were played on 20 November 2013. [22]

AFC v CONMEBOL

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg0–5Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0–5 0–0

CONCACAF v OFC

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg9–3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5–1 4–2

Top goalscorers

There were 2,344 goals scored in 820 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations and the inter-confederation play-offs:

Notes

  1. ↑ The rankings are shown as of 17 October 2013. These are the rankings used for the final draw.
  2. ↑ This is Russia's third appearance at the FIFA World Cup; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
  3. ↑ Russia's best result is group stage in 1994 and 2002; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
  4. ↑ The rules for separating teams level on points were decided by FIFA and can be found in article 18 part 6d to 6g of the FIFA Regulations 2014 World Cup Brazil. [8]

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