2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)






































2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates 20 August 2008 – 18 November 2009
Teams 53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 268
Goals scored 725 (2.71 per match)
Attendance 6,034,605 (22,517 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Greece Theofanis Gekas (10 goals)

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The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, nearly two months after the end of UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of Montenegro.


Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland qualified in the first round by winning their groups. France, Greece, Portugal, and Slovenia qualified via the second round play-offs.




Contents






  • 1 Format


  • 2 Seeding


    • 2.1 Draw




  • 3 Summary


  • 4 First round


    • 4.1 Group 1


    • 4.2 Group 2


    • 4.3 Group 3


    • 4.4 Group 4


    • 4.5 Group 5


    • 4.6 Group 6


    • 4.7 Group 7


    • 4.8 Group 8


    • 4.9 Group 9


    • 4.10 Ranking of second placed teams




  • 5 Second round


    • 5.1 Seeding and draw


    • 5.2 Matches




  • 6 Qualified teams


  • 7 Goalscorers


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Format


Teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. The nine group winners qualified directly, while the best eight second-placed teams contested home and away play off matches for the remaining four places. In determining the best eight second placed teams, the results against teams finishing last in the six team groups were not counted for consistency between the five and six team groups.[1]



Seeding


After initially proposing to use a similar system to recent World Cup and European Championship qualification (based on results across the previous two European qualification cycles), the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 27 September 2007 at its meeting in Istanbul that seeding for the qualifiers would be based on FIFA World Rankings, in accordance with the FIFA World Cup regulations (which note that where teams are ranked on "performance" criteria, the FIFA World Rankings must be used).[2]


The FIFA World Ranking used for seeding was the most recent at the time of the preliminary draw, namely the November 2007 edition. Initially scheduled for 21 November, the release date of the ranking was moved to 23 November to include the final match days of Euro 2008 qualification.[3]


The countries that eventually qualified for the final tournament are emboldened in the table below.



















Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
Pot E
Pot F

 Italy
 Spain
 Germany
 Czech Republic
 France
 Portugal
 Netherlands
 Croatia
 Greece



 England
 Romania
 Scotland
 Turkey
 Bulgaria
 Russia
 Poland
 Sweden
 Israel



 Norway
 Ukraine
 Serbia
 Denmark
 Northern Ireland
 Republic of Ireland
 Finland
  Switzerland
 Belgium



 Slovakia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Hungary
 Moldova
 Wales
 Macedonia
 Belarus
 Lithuania
 Cyprus



 Georgia
 Albania
 Slovenia
 Latvia
 Iceland
 Armenia
 Austria
 Kazakhstan
 Azerbaijan



 Liechtenstein
 Estonia
 Malta
 Luxembourg
 Montenegro
 Andorra
 Faroe Islands
 San Marino




Draw


The draw for the group stage took place in Durban, South Africa on 25 November 2007.[4] During the draw, teams were drawn from the six pots A to F (see above) into the nine groups below, starting with pot F, which filled position 6 in the groups, then continued with pot E filling position 5, pot D in position 4 and so on.[5]



Summary


Table - top row: group winners, second row: group runners-up, third row: others. The winner of each group qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup together with winners of play-off. The play-offs took place between the eight best runners-up among all nine groups. The ninth group runner-up did not qualify.



  Group winners qualified directly for the 2010 FIFA World Cup


  Eight best runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs)


  Worst runner-up and all other teams were eliminated after the first round















































Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9


Denmark


Switzerland


Slovakia


Germany


Spain


England


Serbia


Italy


Netherlands


Portugal


Greece


Slovenia


Russia


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Ukraine


France


Republic of Ireland


Norway


Sweden

Hungary

Albania

Malta


Latvia

Israel

Luxembourg

Moldova


Czech Republic

Northern Ireland

Poland

San Marino


Finland

Wales

Azerbaijan

Liechtenstein


Turkey

Belgium

Estonia

Armenia


Croatia

Belarus

Kazakhstan

Andorra


Austria

Lithuania

Romania

Faroe Islands


Bulgaria

Cyprus

Montenegro

Georgia


Scotland

Macedonia

Iceland


First round



Group 1






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Denmark
10 6 3 1 16 5 +11
21

 Portugal
10 5 4 1 17 5 +12
19

 Sweden
10 5 3 2 13 5 +8
18

 Hungary
10 5 1 4 10 8 +2
16

 Albania
10 1 4 5 6 13 −7
7

 Malta
10 0 1 9 0 26 −26
1


































































 

Albania

Denmark

Hungary

Malta

Portugal

Sweden

Albania 


1–1

0–1

3–0

1–2

0–0

Denmark 

3–0


0–1

3–0

1–1

1–0

Hungary 

2–0

0–0


3–0

0–1

1–2

Malta 

0–0

0–3

0–1


0–4

0–1

Portugal 

0–0

2–3

3–0

4–0


0–0

Sweden 

4–1

0–1

2–1

4–0

0–0




Group 2






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

  Switzerland
10 6 3 1 18 8 +10
21

 Greece
10 6 2 2 20 10 +10
20

 Latvia
10 5 2 3 18 15 +3
17

 Israel
10 4 4 2 20 10 +10
16

 Luxembourg
10 1 2 7 4 25 −21
5

 Moldova
10 0 3 7 6 18 −12
3


































































 

Greece

Israel

Latvia

Luxembourg

Moldova

Switzerland

Greece 


2–1

5–2

2–1

3–0

1–2

Israel 

1–1


0–1

7–0

3–1

2–2

Latvia 

0–2

1–1


2–0

3–2

2–2

Luxembourg 

0–3

1–3

0–4


0–0

0–3

Moldova 

1–1

1–2

1–2

0–0


0–2

Switzerland  

2–0

0–0

2–1

1–2

2–0




Group 3






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Slovakia
10 7 1 2 22 10 +12
22

 Slovenia
10 6 2 2 18 4 +14
20

 Czech Republic
10 4 4 2 17 6 +11
16

 Northern Ireland
10 4 3 3 13 9 +4
15

 Poland
10 3 2 5 19 14 +5
11

 San Marino
10 0 0 10 1 47 −46
0


































































 

Czech Republic

Northern Ireland

Poland

San Marino

Slovakia

Slovenia

Czech Republic 


0–0

2–0

7–0

1–2

1–0

Northern Ireland 

0–0


3–2

4–0

0–2

1–0

Poland 

2–1

1–1


10–0

0–1

1–1

San Marino 

0–3

0–3

0–2


1–3

0–3

Slovakia 

2–2

2–1

2–1

7–0


0–2

Slovenia 

0–0

2–0

3–0

5–0

2–1




Group 4






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Germany
10 8 2 0 26 5 +21
26

 Russia
10 7 1 2 19 6 +13
22

 Finland
10 5 3 2 14 14 0
18

 Wales
10 4 0 6 9 12 −3
12

 Azerbaijan
10 1 2 7 4 14 −10
5

 Liechtenstein
10 0 2 8 2 23 −21
2


































































 

Azerbaijan

Finland

Germany

Liechtenstein

Russia

Wales

Azerbaijan 


1–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–1

Finland 

1–0


3–3

2–1

0–3

2–1

Germany 

4–0

1–1


4–0

2–1

1–0

Liechtenstein 

0–2

1–1

0–6


0–1

0–2

Russia 

2–0

3–0

0–1

3–0


2–1

Wales 

1–0

0–2

0–2

2–0

1–3




Group 5






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Spain
10 10 0 0 28 5 +23
30

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 6 1 3 25 13 +12
19

 Turkey
10 4 3 3 13 10 +3
15

 Belgium
10 3 1 6 13 20 −7
10

 Estonia
10 2 2 6 9 24 −15
8

 Armenia
10 1 1 8 6 22 −16
4


































































 

Armenia

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Estonia

Spain

Turkey

Armenia 


2–1

0–2

2–2

1–2

0–2

Belgium 

2–0


2–4

3–2

1–2

2–0

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

4–1

2–1


7–0

2–5

1–1

Estonia 

1–0

2–0

0–2


0–3

0–0

Spain 

4–0

5–0

1–0

3–0


1–0

Turkey 

2–0

1–1

2–1

4–2

1–2




Group 6






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 England
10 9 0 1 34 6 +28
27

 Ukraine
10 6 3 1 21 6 +15
21

 Croatia
10 6 2 2 19 13 +6
20

 Belarus
10 4 1 5 19 14 +5
13

 Kazakhstan
10 2 0 8 11 29 −18
6

 Andorra
10 0 0 10 3 39 −36
0


































































 

Andorra

Belarus

Croatia

England

Kazakhstan

Ukraine

Andorra 


1–3

0–2

0–2

1–3

0–6

Belarus 

5–1


1–3

1–3

4–0

0–0

Croatia 

4–0

1–0


1–4

3–0

2–2

England 

6–0

3–0

5–1


5–1

2–1

Kazakhstan 

3–0

1–5

1–2

0–4


1–3

Ukraine 

5–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–1




Group 7






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Serbia
10 7 1 2 22 8 +14
22

 France
10 6 3 1 18 9 +9
21

 Austria
10 4 2 4 14 15 −1
14

 Lithuania
10 4 0 6 10 11 −1
12

 Romania
10 3 3 4 12 18 −6
12

 Faroe Islands
10 1 1 8 5 20 −15
4


































































 

Austria

Faroe Islands

France

Lithuania

Romania

Serbia

Austria 


3–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

1–3

Faroe Islands 

1–1


0–1

2–1

0–1

0–2

France 

3–1

5–0


1–0

1–1

2–1

Lithuania 

2–0

1–0

0–1


0–1

2–1

Romania 

1–1

3–1

2–2

0–3


2–3

Serbia 

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

5–0



Notes on the tie-breaking situation:


  • Lithuania and Romania are ranked by their overall goal difference.


Group 8






















































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Italy
10 7 3 0 18 7 +11
24

 Republic of Ireland
10 4 6 0 12 8 +4
18

 Bulgaria
10 3 5 2 17 13 +4
14

 Cyprus
10 2 3 5 14 16 −2
9

 Montenegro
10 1 6 3 9 14 −5
9

 Georgia
10 0 3 7 7 19 −12
3


































































 

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Georgia (country)

Italy

Montenegro

Republic of Ireland

Bulgaria 


2–0

6–2

0–0

4–1

1–1

Cyprus 

4–1


2–1

1–2

2–2

1–2

Georgia 

0–0

1–1


0–2

0–0

1–2

Italy 

2–0

3–2

2–0


2–1

1–1

Montenegro 

2–2

1–1

2–1

0–2


0–0

Republic of Ireland 

1–1

1–0

2–1

2–2

0–0



Notes on the tie-breaking situation:


  • Cyprus and Montenegro are ranked by their overall goal difference.


Group 9











































































Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Netherlands
8 8 0 0 17 2 +15
24

 Norway
8 2 4 2 9 7 +2
10

 Scotland
8 3 1 4 6 11 −5
10

 Macedonia
8 2 1 5 5 11 −6
7

 Iceland
8 1 2 5 7 13 −6
5



















































 

Iceland

Republic of Macedonia

Netherlands

Norway

Scotland

Iceland 


1–0

1–2

1–1

1–2

Macedonia 

2–0


1–2

0–0

1–0

Netherlands 

2–0

4–0


2–0

3–0

Norway 

2–2

2–1

0–1


4–0

Scotland 

2–1

2–0

0–1

0–0



Notes on the tie-breaking situation:


  • Norway and Scotland are ranked by their overall goal difference.


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.





Legend
Countries that advanced to the play-offs



























































































































Grp

Team


Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
4
 Russia
8 5 1 2 15 6 +9
16
2
 Greece
8 5 1 2 16 9 +7
16
6
 Ukraine
8 4 3 1 10 6 +4
15
7
 France
8 4 3 1 12 9 +3
15
3
 Slovenia
8 4 2 2 10 4 +6
14
5
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 4 1 3 19 12 +7
13
1
 Portugal
8 3 4 1 9 5 +4
13
8
 Republic of Ireland
8 2 6 0 8 6 +2
12
9
 Norway
8 2 4 2 9 7 +2
10

Ranking rules[6]



  1. Total points

  2. Goal difference

  3. Goals scored

  4. Goals scored away from home

  5. Disciplinary record (yellow card, −1 point; two yellow cards in the same match, −3 points; red card, −3 points; yellow card followed by a direct red card in the same match, −4 points)

  6. Drawing of lots



Second round



The UEFA second round (often referred to as the play off stage) was contested by the best eight runners up from the nine first round groups. The winners of each of four home and away ties joined the group winners in the World Cup finals in South Africa. Norway, with 10 points, was ranked 9th so failed to qualify for the second round.



Seeding and draw


The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below). The draw for the ties was held in Zürich on 19 October, with the top four teams seeded into one pot and the bottom four teams seeded into a second. A separate draw decided the host of the first leg.[7]











Pot 1
Pot 2

 France (9)
 Portugal (10)
 Russia (12)
 Greece (16)



 Ukraine (22)
 Republic of Ireland (34)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (56)
 Slovenia (49)




Matches






































Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Republic of Ireland 

1–2

 France

0–1

1–1 (aet)

Portugal 
2–0

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–0

1–0

Greece 
1–0

 Ukraine

0–0

1–0

Russia 
2–2 (a)

 Slovenia

2–1

0–1


Qualified teams


The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.























































































Team
Qualified as
Qualified on
Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Denmark Group 1 winners 10 October 2009 3 (1986, 1998, 2002)
  Switzerland Group 2 winners 14 October 2009 8 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006)
 Slovakia Group 3 winners 14 October 2009 0 (debut)
 Germany Group 4 winners 10 October 2009 16 (1934, 1938, 19542, 19582, 19622, 19662, 19702, 19742, 19782, 19822, 19862, 19902, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 Spain Group 5 winners 9 September 2009 12 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 England Group 6 winners 9 September 2009 12 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 Serbia Group 7 winners 10 October 2009 10 (19303, 19503, 19543, 19583, 19623, 19743, 19823, 19903, 19983, 20063)
 Italy Group 8 winners 10 October 2009 16 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 Netherlands Group 9 winners 6 June 2009 8 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006)
 Greece Second round (play-off) winners 18 November 2009 1 (1994)
 Slovenia Second round (play-off) winners 18 November 2009 1 (2002)
 Portugal Second round (play-off) winners 18 November 2009 4 (1966, 1986, 2002, 2006)
 France Second round (play-off) winners 18 November 2009 12 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006)



1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.


2 Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.


3 From 1930 to 2006, Serbia competed as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.



Goalscorers


There were 725 goals scored over 268 games by 399 different players, for an average of 2.71 goals per game. England were the highest scorers in the European section with 34 goals. Malta did not score any goals, but did score two own goals. The top scorer was Theofanis Gekas of Greece, who scored ten goals.


Note: Goals scored in the play-offs are included.


10 goals






9 goals






7 goals






6 goals










5 goals










4 goals










3 goals










2 goals










1 goal










1 own goal










2 own goals







References





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External links




  • European Zone at FIFA.com


  • UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com









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