The eight European nations who remain in the hunt for a ticket to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, have learned their futures in the play-off draw, which took place at the Home of FIFA in Zurich.
Helping with the draw for the two-legged play-offs, which are set to be played on 15 November and 19 November, was Swiss veteran of two World Cups Alexander Frei.
Portugal-SwedenUkraine-France
Greece-Romania
Iceland-Croatia
The process saw four seeded teams in Pot 1, determined by their placing in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, each paired up with one of the sides in Pot 2.
The seeded nations were: Portugal (ranked 14), Greece (15), Croatia (18) and Ukraine (20). The unseeded teams were France (21), Sweden (25), Romania (29) and Iceland (46).
The home-and-away play-off matches are due to be played on 15 November and 19 November respectively.
The team which scores the greater number of goals in the two matches qualifies. In the event of a tie, the team that scores the greater number of away goals will qualify. If the winner is still not decided, the second-leg match will go to extra time with two periods of 15 minutes each, with the away goals rule still applied. If no goals are scored in extra time, then the penalty kick procedures will apply, as described in the Laws of the Game.
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