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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.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007. It was the second time that Brazil staged the competition, the first being in 1950, and the ...
2020. 2024. v. t. e. The European Zone of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals in Brazil. The draw for the qualification groups was held at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The qualification format was the same as 2010.
- The Qualifiers
- Goals
- Top Matches
- Moments to Forget
Africa
Five African teams qualified for the World Cup finals - Cameroon, Ghana, Algeria, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Each side came through a group stage before winning a play-off to travel to Brazil.
Asia
Four teams from the Asia region qualified for the World Cup finals - Australia, Iran, Japan and South Korea. Iran had to get through three rounds of qualifying, while the three others had to triumph in two rounds.
Europe
Thirteen European teams have qualified for the World Cup finals. Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland and current World Cup holders Spain all qualified as group winners. Croatia, France, Greece and Portugal all had to come through the play-offs.
Top scorers
Luis Suarez and Robin van Persie finished the qualifying campaign with 11 goals each, making them the joint top scorers of the 32 teams that reached the World Cup finals. Uruguay's Suarez scored nearly half of his country's goals in qualifying as they secured their spot via a play-off with Jordan, while Van Persie's goals helped Netherlands finish top of their group with a +29 goal difference.
Top shots
Whet your appetite ahead of the World Cup by watching some of the best strikes from the qualifiers. The video starts with a sensational hit from Juan Carlos Marino, a 30-yard drive which helped Peru earn a point against Bolivia. Other highlights include Serbia's Aleksandar Kolarov's superb goal against Wales and an overhead kick from Juan Carlos Garcia for Honduras.
Top free-kicks
Wales' Gareth Bale's stunner against Serbia features in our top 10 free-kicks from the qualifiers, as does Argentine Lionel Messi's low drive against Uruguay. You can also see Ivan Rakitic's winner for Croatia against Macedonia, a 40-yard floating free-kick that left goalkeeper Martin Bogatinov stunned.
Sweden 3-5 Germany
An eight-goal thriller between Sweden and Germany in qualifying for the finals saw the Germans come from behind to win 5-3 in Solna. Tobias Hysen scored his first of a brace early on for Sweden, before Alexander Kacaniklic made it two, then Mesut Ozil and substitute Mario Gotze scored either side of the break and a fine hat-trick from Andre Schurrle capped off the win for Germany. The Germans qualified top of their group, with Sweden losing out to Portugalin a play-off.
Switzerland 4-4 Iceland
Iceland came back from a 4-1 second-half deficit to steal a dramatic point away to Switzerland. The hosts looked to be cruising to victory, but were undone by Johann Gudmundsson's hat-trick and sensational added-time equaliser. Despite the setback, Switzerland still topped their group and will be one of the seeded teams at this year's World Cup, while Iceland finished second but were bundled out in the play-offs.
Colombia 3-3 Chile
Colombia produced a fantastic comeback against Chile, in a match that ended 3-3, and qualified for the finals - the first time they have reached a World Cup since France 1998. They kick off their World Cup campaign against Greece on Saturday, 14 June.
Worst gaffes
We pick out some of the mores embarrassing moments for players during qualification. Armenia's Araz Ozbiliz features as he somehow manages to kick the corner flag rather than the ball, Jamaica's Alvas Powell gets himself into a spot of trouble with a throw-in while Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio plays his way into trouble.
The strange and unusual
Watch some of the more odd moments from the global qualifying campaign. The moments revisited include Scotland kicking off the second half of their game in Macedoniabefore the home goalkeeper Tome Pacovski made it back onto the pitch, and some incredible weather as USA hosted Costa Rica in snow-hit Colorado. Argentina's Javier Mascherano red card for kicking out in Ecuador, and Italy's Mario Balotelli's furious outburst after being sent off against the Czech Republic are also included. Finall...
Dec 5, 2013 · BBC Sport rounds up the key statistics from the 820 qualifying matches ahead of the draw for the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.
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2014 fifa world cup brazil schedule thursday 12 june / 9. pm (all times bst) / sÃo paulo. group a. friday 13 june / 5pm / natal. tuesday 17 june/ 8pm / fortaleza wednesday 18 june / 11pm / manaus. monday 23 june / 9pm / brasÍlia monday 23 june / 9pm / recife. group b. friday 13 june / 8pm / salvador. friday 13 june / 11pm / cuiabÁ
