European Qualification Groups
The 2014 World Cup European Qualification Groups have been revealed and there are a number of exciting match-ups for football fans to look forward to. Without a doubt the most intrguing of these comes in Group I, which pairs the current World Cup and European holders Spain against the 1998 World Cup Winners France.
There a total of 53 teams, who have been placed in nine qualifying groups. The teams will play each other on a home and away basis. The nine Group winners will automatically qualify for Brazil, while the eight runners-up will contest four sep[arate play-offs, with the four winners cementing their place in the World Cup. The qualification process will start following the completion of the UEFA Euro 2012 - The qualifiers will begin on 7th September 2012 and will come to a close on 15th October 2013.
World Cup 2014 European Qualification Groups
- Croatia
- Serbia
- Belgium
- Scotland
- Macedonia
- Wales
- Italy
- Denmark
- Czech Republic
- Bulgaria
- Armenia
- Malta
- Germany
- Sweden
- Republic of Ireland
- Austria
- Faroe Islands
- Kazakhstan
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Hungary
- Romania
- Estonia
- Andorra
- Norway
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- Albania
- Cyprus
- Iceland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Israel
- Northern Ireland
- Azerbaijan
- Luxembourg
- Greece
- Slovakia
- Bosnia-Herzogovina
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- England
- Montenegro
- Ukraine
- Poland
- Moldova
- San Marino
- Spain
- France
- Belarus
- Georgia
- Finland
