2014 FIFA World Cup qualification


































2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates 15 June 2011 – 20 November 2013
Teams 203 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 820
Goals scored 2,303 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Belize Deon McCaulay
Netherlands Robin van Persie
Uruguay 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.


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 824 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]




Contents






  • 1 Qualified teams


  • 2 Qualification process


    • 2.1 Summary of qualification


    • 2.2 Tiebreakers




  • 3 Confederation qualification


    • 3.1 AFC


      • 3.1.1 Final positions (Fourth Round)


      • 3.1.2 Play-off for 5th place (Fifth Round)




    • 3.2 CAF


      • 3.2.1 Third round




    • 3.3 CONCACAF


      • 3.3.1 Final positions (Fourth Round)




    • 3.4 CONMEBOL


      • 3.4.1 Final positions




    • 3.5 OFC


      • 3.5.1 Final positions (Third Round)




    • 3.6 UEFA


      • 3.6.1 Final positions (First Round)


      • 3.6.2 Second round






  • 4 Inter-confederation play-offs


    • 4.1 AFC v CONMEBOL


    • 4.2 CONCACAF v OFC




  • 5 Top goalscorers


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Qualified teams






  Country qualified for World Cup

  Country failed to qualify

  Country did not enter World Cup

  Country not a FIFA member













































































































































































































































































































Team
Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Consecutive
appearances
Previous best
performance

FIFA
Ranking
[nb 1]
 Brazil
Host

30 October 2007
20th 20
Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
11
 Japan
AFC Fourth Round Group B Winners

4 June 2013
5th 5 Round of 16 (2002, 2010) 44
 Australia
AFC Fourth Round Group B Runners-up

18 June 2013
4th 3 Round of 16 (2006) 57
 Iran
AFC Fourth Round Group A Winners

18 June 2013
4th 1 (Last: 2006)
Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006) 49
 South Korea
AFC Fourth Round Group A Runners-up

18 June 2013
9th 8 Fourth place (2002) 56
 Netherlands
UEFA Group D Winners

10 September 2013
10th 3 Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) 8
 Italy
UEFA Group B Winners

10 September 2013
18th 14
Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
9
 Costa Rica
CONCACAF Fourth Round Runners-up

10 September 2013
4th 1 (Last: 2006)
Round of 16 (1990) 31
 United States
CONCACAF Fourth Round Winners

10 September 2013
10th 7 Third place (1930) 13
 Argentina
CONMEBOL Round Robin Winners

10 September 2013
16th 11
Winners (1978, 1986)
3
 Belgium
UEFA Group A Winners

11 October 2013
12th 1 (Last: 2002)
Fourth place (1986) 5
  Switzerland
UEFA Group E Winners

11 October 2013
10th 3 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) 7
 Germany
UEFA Group C Winners

11 October 2013
18th 16
Winners (1954, 1974, 1990)
2
 Colombia
CONMEBOL Round Robin Runners-up

11 October 2013
5th 1 (Last: 1998)
Round of 16 (1990) 4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
UEFA Group G Winners

15 October 2013
1st 1 16
 Russia
UEFA Group F Winners

15 October 2013
10th[nb 2]
1 (Last: 2002)
Fourth place (1966)[nb 3]
19
 England
UEFA Group H Winners

15 October 2013
14th 5
Winners (1966)
10
 Spain
UEFA Group I Winners

15 October 2013
14th 10
Winners (2010)
1
 Chile
CONMEBOL Round Robin Third Place

15 October 2013
9th 2 Third place (1962) 12
 Ecuador
CONMEBOL Round Robin Fourth Place

15 October 2013
3rd 1 (Last: 2006)
Round of 16 (2006) 22
 Honduras
CONCACAF Fourth Round Third Place

15 October 2013
3rd 2 Group stage (1982, 2010) 34
 Nigeria
CAF Third Round Winners

16 November 2013
5th 2 Round of 16 (1994, 1998) 33
 Ivory Coast
CAF Third Round Winners

16 November 2013
3rd 3 Group stage (2006, 2010) 17
 Cameroon
CAF Third Round Winners

17 November 2013
7th 2 Quarter-finals (1990) 59
 Ghana
CAF Third Round Winners

19 November 2013
3rd 3 Quarter-finals (2010) 23
 Algeria
CAF Third Round Winners

19 November 2013
4th 2 Group stage (1982, 1986, 2010) 32
 Greece
UEFA Play-off Winners

19 November 2013
3rd 2 Group stage (1994, 2010) 15
 Croatia
UEFA Play-off Winners

19 November 2013
4th 1 (Last: 2006)
Third place (1998) 18
 Portugal
UEFA Play-off Winners

19 November 2013
6th 4 Third place (1966) 14
 France
UEFA Play-off Winners

19 November 2013
14th 5
Winners (1998)
21
 Mexico
CONCACAF v OFC play-off Winners

20 November 2013
15th 6 Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) 24
 Uruguay
AFC v CONMEBOL play-off Winners

20 November 2013
12th 2
Winners (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 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]




  • AFC (Asia): 4 or 5 places


  • CAF (Africa): 5 places


  • CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 3 or 4 places


  • CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5 places (+ Brazil qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 5 or 6 places)


  • OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1 place(s)


  • UEFA (Europe): 13 places


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.


After the first round of 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, the percentage of teams from each confederation that passed through to the round of 16 was as follows:




  • AFC (Asia): 0% (0 of 4 places)


  • CAF (Africa): 40% (2 of 5 places)


  • CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 75% (3 of 4 places)


  • CONMEBOL (South America): 83% (5 of 6 places)


  • OFC (Oceania): n/a (0 of 0 places)


  • UEFA (Europe): 46% (6 of 13 places)



Summary of qualification













































































World Map FIFA2.svg
Confederation
Teams started
Teams that secured qualification
Teams that were eliminated
Total places in finals
Qualifying start date
Qualifying end date
AFC 43 4 39 4 29 June 2011 20 November 2013
CAF 52 5 47 5 11 November 2011 19 November 2013
CONCACAF 35 4 31 4 15 June 2011 20 November 2013
CONMEBOL 9+1 5+1 4 5+1 7 October 2011 20 November 2013
OFC 11 0 11 0 22 November 2011 20 November 2013
UEFA 53 13 40 13 7 September 2012 19 November 2013
Total 203+1 31+1 172 31+1 15 June 2011 20 November 2013


Tiebreakers


For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a league format, the method used for separating teams level on points is the same for all Confederations.[nb 4] If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be 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 are tied


If teams are still equal then a single play-off at a neutral venue will be played. If scores are level after 90 minutes in the play-off, then two 15-minutes periods of extra time and (if required) a penalty shoot-out would determine the winner.


For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a home-and-away knockout format, the team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by 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.






Legend
Countries that directly qualified for the 2014 World Cup
Countries that advanced to the AFC play-off


Final positions (Fourth Round)







Group A




































Team


Pld

Pts

 Iran
8
16

 South Korea
8
14

 Uzbekistan
8
14

 Qatar
8
7

 Lebanon
8
5




Group B




































Team


Pld

Pts

 Japan
8
17

 Australia
8
13

 Jordan
8
10

 Oman
8
9

 Iraq
8
5





Play-off for 5th place (Fifth Round)


















Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Jordan 
2–2 (9–8p)

 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.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Ivory Coast 
4–2

 Senegal

3–1

1–1

Ethiopia 
1–4

 Nigeria

1–2

0–2

Tunisia 
1–4

 Cameroon

0–0

1–4

Ghana 
7–3

 Egypt

6–1

1–2

Burkina Faso 
3–3 (a)

 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).[9]






Legend
Countries that directly qualified for the 2014 World Cup
Countries that advanced to the CONCACAF-OFC play-offs


Final positions (Fourth Round)












































Team


Pld

Pts

 United States
10
22

 Costa Rica
10
18

 Honduras
10
15

 Mexico
10
11

 Panama
10
8

 Jamaica
10
5




CONMEBOL



As Brazil has 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.






Legend
Countries that directly qualified for the 2014 World Cup
Countries that advanced to the AFC-CONMEBOL play-offs


Final positions


























































Team


Pld

Pts

 Argentina
16
32

 Colombia
16
30

 Chile
16
28

 Ecuador
16
25

 Uruguay
16
25

 Venezuela
16
20

 Peru
16
15

 Bolivia
16
12

 Paraguay
16
12






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 22–26 November 2011.[10] 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


Pld

Pts

 New Zealand
6
18

 New Caledonia
6
12

 Tahiti
6
3

 Solomon Islands
6
3






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.






Legend
Countries that directly qualified for the 2014 World Cup
Countries that advanced to the Second Round


Final positions (First Round)




















Group A









































Team


Pld

Pts

 Belgium
10
26

 Croatia
10
17

 Serbia
10
14

 Scotland
10
11

 Wales
10
10

 Macedonia
10
7




Group B









































Team


Pld

Pts

 Italy
10
22

 Denmark
10
16

 Czech Republic
10
15

 Bulgaria
10
13

 Armenia
10
13

 Malta
10
3




Group C









































Team


Pld

Pts

 Germany
10
28

 Sweden
10
20

 Austria
10
17

 Republic of Ireland
10
14

 Kazakhstan
10
5

 Faroe Islands
10
1




Group D









































Team


Pld

Pts

 Netherlands
10
28

 Romania
10
19

 Hungary
10
17

 Turkey
10
16

 Estonia
10
7

 Andorra
10
0




Group E









































Team


Pld

Pts

  Switzerland
10
24

 Iceland
10
17

 Slovenia
10
15

 Norway
10
12

 Albania
10
11

 Cyprus
10
5




Group F









































Team


Pld

Pts

 Russia
10
22

 Portugal
10
21

 Israel
10
14

 Azerbaijan
10
9

 Northern Ireland
10
7

 Luxembourg
10
6




Group G









































Team


Pld

Pts

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
10
25

 Greece
10
25

 Slovakia
10
13

 Lithuania
10
11

 Latvia
10
8

 Liechtenstein
10
2




Group H









































Team


Pld

Pts

 England
10
22

 Ukraine
10
21

 Montenegro
10
15

 Poland
10
13

 Moldova
10
11

 San Marino
10
0




Group I




































Team


Pld

Pts

 Spain
8
20

 France
8
17

 Finland
8
9

 Georgia
8
5

 Belarus
8
4





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.[11] October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams were seeded.[11] The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2013.






































Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

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


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.[12]



AFC v CONMEBOL


















Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Jordan 
0–5

 Uruguay

0–5

0–0


CONCACAF v OFC


















Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Mexico 
9–3

 New Zealand

5–1

4–2


Top goalscorers


There were 2,286 goals scored over 816 games, for an average of 2.80 goals per game.[13]


11 goals



  • Belize Deon McCaulay


  • Netherlands Robin van Persie


  • Uruguay Luis Suárez


10 goals



  • Antigua and Barbuda Peter Byers


  • Argentina Lionel Messi


  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko


  • Mexico Oribe Peralta


  • Panama Blas Pérez


9 goals



  • Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín


  • Colombia Radamel Falcao


  • Honduras Jerry Bengtson


8 goals



  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević


  • Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío


  • Germany Mesut Özil


  • Japan Shinji Okazaki


  • New Caledonia Georges Gope-Fenepej


  • Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo


  • Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović


  • United States Clint Dempsey



Notes





  1. ^ The rankings are shown as of 17 October 2013. These are the rankings used for the final draw.


  2. ^ This is the 3rd appearance of Russia at the FIFA World Cup. However FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.


  3. ^ Russia's best result is group stage in 1994 and 2002. However FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.


  4. ^ The rules for separating teams level on points are 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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  5. ^ Ukraine, who were ranked 20th, did not qualify


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  7. ^ "Qualifiers". FIFA. Retrieved 8 October 2011.


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External links




  • 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil matches and results at FIFA.com

  • Live Preliminary Draw












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