UEFA- World Cup Qualifying 2014

UEFA 2014 World Cup Qualifying First round

The matches are scheduled to be played between 7 September 2012 and 15 October 2013.

Group A

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group B

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group C

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group D

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group E

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group F

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group G

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group H

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group I

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ranking of second-placed teams

Because one group has one team fewer than the others, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team will count for the purposes of the second-placed table.

The eight best runners-up will be determined by the following parameters in this order:

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

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Second round

The 8 best group runners-up will contest the second round ("continental play-offs"). The 8 teams will be paired into 4 home-and-away series. The 4 winners will qualify for the World Cup. There has been no mention of seeding this draw to date, as happened in qualification for South Africa 2010, but the rules may change at a later point.

Draw

The draw date, location, and procedure for Round Two will be confirmed by the end of Round One by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014.

Matches

The matches are scheduled to be played on 15 and 19 November 2013.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
			15 Nov 2013	19 Nov 2013
			15 Nov 2013	19 Nov 2013
			15 Nov 2013	19 Nov 2013
			15 Nov 2013	19 Nov 2013

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Stadium Venues World Cup 2014

Seventeen cities showed interest in being chosen as FIFA World Cup 2014 host cities: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Brasília, Belém, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Manaus, Natal, Recife (a stadium would be shared by both cities), Rio Branco and Salvador. Maceió withdrew in January 2009.

According to current FIFA practice, no more than one city may use two stadiums, and the number of host cities is limited between eight and ten. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) requested permission to assign 12 cities hosting World Cup Finals. On 26 December 2008, FIFA gave the green light to the 12-city plan.

Even before the 12 host cities were selected, there were few doubts that the chosen venue for the final match will be the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, which also hosted the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Originally the CBF's intentions were to have the opening match at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil. However, on 14 June 2010 the stadium was excluded from hosting games in the tournament due to a failure to provide financial guarantees for the improvements needed to have it as an eligible venue. In the end of August 2010, the CBF announced that the new Corinthians stadium will host the matches in São Paulo.

The 12 host cities for the 2014 World Cup were announced on 31 May 2009. Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco were rejected.

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Logo of FIFA World Cup 2014

The logo of FIFA World Cup 2014 is called "Inspiration", and was created by Brazilian agency Africa. The design stems from an iconic photograph of three victorious hands together raising the world's most famous trophy. As well as depicting the humanitarian notion of hands interlinking, the portrayal of the hands is also symbolic of the yellow and green of Brazil warmly welcoming the world to their country. The logo of FIFA World Cup 2014 was unveiled at a ceremony held in Johannesburg on 8 July 2010.

FIFA and the Brazil LOC invited 25 Brazilian-based agencies to submit designs for the Official Emblem of the 2014 tournament and the task of picking the winner was awarded to a high-profile seven-strong judging panel consisting of CBF chairman Ricardo Teixeira, FIFA executive secretary Jérôme Valcke, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, architect Oscar Niemeyer, writer Paulo Coelho, singer Ivete Sangalo, and designer Hans Donner.

Brazilian graphic designer Alexandre Wollner has criticized the design, suggesting it resembles a hand covering a face in shame, and the process through which it was chosen, having a jury that excluded professional graphic designers

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