2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

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The qualification (or first round ) for the football World Cup in 2014 was carried out from 2011 to 2013. A total of 202 organizations played 31 finals places. The qualifying draw took place on 30 July 2011 in Rio de Janeiro. The Asian Association already resolved on 30 March 2011 from the first two qualifying rounds.

Guam, Bhutan (both AFC ) and Mauritania (CAF ) refrained from participation. Brunei ( AFC) was suspended from 2009 to May 30, 2011 by FIFA and therefore could not participate in World Cup qualifying, Mauritius (CAF ) was indeed drawn, retired but prior to the first qualifying match.

The starting positions for the final round were awarded as follows:

  • UEFA (Europe): 13 grid positions for 53 qualifying participants
  • CONMEBOL (South America ): 4 or 5 grid positions for 9 qualifying participants plus a starting place for the hosts Brazil
  • CAF (Africa ): 5 grid positions for 51 qualifying participants (after withdrawal of Mauritius)
  • AFC (Asia ): 4 or 5 starting positions for 43 qualifying participants
  • CONCACAF ( North and Central America and the Caribbean): 3 or 4 starting positions for 35 qualifying participants
  • OFC ( Oceania ): 0 or 1 launch site for 11 qualifying participants

Two of the participants were determined in the intercontinental play-offs between an Asia representative and a representative of South America as well as between representatives from Oceania and CONCACAF.

  • 4.1 Participating teams
  • 5.1 Participating teams
  • 6.1 Participating teams
  • 7.1 Participating teams
  • 8.1 Participating teams

Rules

According to FIFA regulations the preliminaries in the form of group matches and cup matches may be played in each round-trip games or in exceptional cases a tournament in one of the countries involved. In the group matches, three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. It decided the following criteria:

Cut two teams according to these criteria the same as, a play can be set.

In the cup matches counts Torgleichheit after the two games, the higher number of away goals scored. If the number of away goals equal, extra time is played. If no goal in extra time, the match will be decided on penalties. Traps in extension on both sides same number of goals, the away team qualified by more away goals scored.

For the World Cup qualified teams

Notes:

European Zone / UEFA

Participating teams

All 53 UEFA members participated in the World Cup qualifiers. Before the draw, the teams were divided based on the FIFA World Ranking on six Lostöpfe.

1At time of the draw (July 2011).

South American zone / CONMEBOL

Participating teams

Since Brazil is already qualified as hosts, took only nine teams in the qualifying round in part:

  • Argentina Argentina
  • Bolivia Bolivia
  • Chile Chile
  • Ecuador Ecuador
  • Colombia Colombia
  • Paraguay Paraguay
  • Peru Peru
  • Uruguay Uruguay
  • Venezuela Venezuela

North, Central American and Caribbean Zone / CONCACAF

Participating teams

At the World Cup qualifiers participated 35 teams from North, Central American and Caribbean zone. The teams set on place 26 to 35 played in the first round against each other:

  • Anguilla Anguilla
  • Aruba Aruba
  • Bahamas Bahamas *
  • Belize Belize *
  • Dominican Republic Dominican Republic *
  • Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands *
  • British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
  • Montserrat Montserrat
  • Saint Lucia St. Lucia *
  • Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands

* = Qualified for the second round

The set on place 7 to 25 associations began in round two:

  • Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda *
  • Barbados Barbados
  • Bermuda Bermuda
  • Curacao Curacao
  • Dominica Dominica
  • El Salvador El Salvador *
  • Grenada Grenada
  • Guatemala Guatemala *
  • Guyana Guyana *
  • Haiti Haiti
  • Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
  • Canada Canada *
  • Nicaragua Nicaragua
  • Panama Panama **
  • Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
  • Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Vincent Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

* = Qualified for the third round / ** qualified for the fourth round

The six top seeds went in round three a:

  • Costa Rica Costa Rica **
  • Honduras Honduras **
  • Jamaica Jamaica **
  • Cuba Cuba
  • Mexico Mexico **
  • United States United States **

** Qualified for the fourth round

Asian Zone / AFC

Participating teams

At the World Cup qualifiers participated 43 teams in the Asian Football Confederation. In the first round, the 16 met due to their result at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers at the lowest seeded teams in the knockout system on each other:

  • Afghanistan Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh *
  • Cambodia Cambodia
  • Laos Laos *
  • Macau Macau
  • Malaysia Malaysia *
  • Mongolia Mongolia
  • Myanmar Myanmar *
  • Nepal Nepal *
  • East Timor East Timor
  • Pakistan Pakistan
  • Palestine National Authority Palestinian Territories *
  • Philippines Philippines *
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  • Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
  • Vietnam *

* = Qualified for the second round

In the second round the set in the squares 6 to 27 organizations started:

  • People's Republic of China People's Republic of China *
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • India India
  • Indonesia Indonesia *
  • Iraq Iraq **
  • Iran Iran **
  • Yemen Yemen
  • Jordan Jordan ****
  • Qatar Qatar **
  • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
  • Kuwait Kuwait *
  • Lebanon Lebanon **
  • Maldives Maldives
  • Oman Oman **
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia *
  • Singapore Singapore *
  • Syria Syria
  • Tajikistan Tajikistan *
  • Thailand Thailand *
  • Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan ***
  • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates *

* = Qualified for the third round / ** qualified for the 4th round / *** qualified for the 5th round / **** qualified for the intercontinental play-offs

The Asian participants in the 2010 World Cup and play-off participants Bahrain came directly into the third round:

  • Australia Australia **
  • Bahrain Bahrain
  • Japan Japan **
  • North Korea North Korea
  • Flag of South Korea South Korea **

** Qualified for the fourth round

African Zone / CAF

Participating teams

51 of the 53 member associations of African Football CAF took part in the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup. The 24 according to the FIFA World Ranking of July 2011 placed the lowest teams played in a play-off round to move up to the second qualifying round:

  • Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea *
  • Ethiopia Ethiopia **
  • Burundi Burundi
  • Djibouti Djibouti
  • Eritrea Eritrea
  • Guinea- Bissau Guinea- Bissau
  • Kenya Kenya *
  • Comoros Comoros
  • Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo *
  • Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo *
  • Lesotho Lesotho *
  • Liberia Liberia *
  • Madagascar Madagascar
  • Mauritius Mauritius1
  • Mozambique Mozambique *
  • Namibia Namibia *
  • Rwanda Rwanda *
  • Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
  • Seychelles Seychelles
  • Somalia Somalia
  • Swaziland Swaziland
  • Tanzania Tanzania *
  • Togo Togo *
  • Chad Chad

1 Mauritius withdrew before the first qualifier.

* = Qualified for the 2nd round ** qualified for the playoffs the group winners

The remaining 28 teams participated in the second round of qualifying in part:

  • Egypt Egypt **
  • Algeria Algeria **
  • Angola Angola
  • Benin Benin
  • Botswana Botswana
  • Burkina Faso Burkina Faso **
  • Ivory Coast Ivory Coast **
  • Gabon Gabon
  • Gambia Gambia
  • Ghana Ghana **
  • Guinea Guinea
  • Cameroon Cameroon **
  • Cape Verde Cape Verde
  • Libya Libya
  • Malawi Malawi
  • Mali Mali
  • Morocco Morocco
  • Niger Niger
  • Nigeria Nigeria **
  • Zambia Zambia
  • Senegal Senegal **
  • Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
  • Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
  • South Africa South Africa
  • Sudan Sudan
  • Tunisia Tunisia **
  • Uganda Uganda
  • Central African Republic Central African Republic

** Qualified for the playoffs the group winners

Oceanic zone / OFC

Participating teams

All 11 full members of the Association of oceanic OFC played at the World Cup. The first two rounds of qualifying were also part of the football Ozeanienmeisterschaft 2012 On qualifying tournament in Samoa the four weakest teams of Oceania participated.:

  • American Samoa American Samoa
  • Cook Islands Cook Islands
  • Samoa Samoa *
  • Tonga Tonga

The tournament took place in late November 2011 and Samoa failed to qualify for the second round (*).

The remaining seven teams started in the group stage of the OFC Nations Cup:

  • Fiji Fiji
  • New Caledonia New Caledonia *
  • New Zealand New Zealand *
  • Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands Solomon Islands *
  • Tahiti Tahiti *
  • Vanuatu Vanuatu

* = Qualified for the third round

After two group stages, the national team of New Zealand prevailed as the winner in the oceanic Football Association.

Intercontinental play-offs

In the intercontinental play-offs the following confederations or sides met:

The games were held on 13 and 20 November 2013. Were victorious in each of the representatives of the calculation according to the FIFA World Ranking stronger classified confederations, with Uruguay in the first leg of their biggest away victory was achieved in an intercontinental playoff game. Mexico scored in the two playoff games more goals than in 10 games the 4th round of CONCACAF qualifying.

Top scorers

Fat seeded players qualified with their teams for the World Cup.

Middle America (region) Oceania Football Confederation Oribe Peralta Jerry Bengtson Radamel Falcao
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