Harapan peminat ternyata lega apabila keputusan undian play-off memisahkan Portugal dan France. Sebelum ini dalam ranking FIFA yang baru dikeluarkan, France berkemungkinan diundi bertemu dengan Portugal disebabkan mereka bukan dalam pasukan pilihan. Kedua-dua negara kini mempunyai peluang untuk menyertai 27 negara yang sudah layak ke Piala Dunia 2014.

Berikut adalah keputusan undian play-off zon Eropah :

Antara 8 buah negara di atas, hanya Portugal, Greece dan France yang menyertai Piala Dunia 2010 di Afrika Selatan. Kesemua perlawanan akan diadakan pada 16 & 20 November 2013 dengan format timbal balik.

Mari kita lihat sedikit info tentang negara yang akan bermain dalam play-off Zon Eropah

PORTUGAL

World ranking: 14

Best World Cup: 3rd place (1966)

2010 World Cup: Round of 16

Qualifying: Disappointing. Finished one point behind Russia having started as favourites.

Manager: Paulo Bento

Star man: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

SWEDEN

World ranking: 25

Best World Cup: 3rd place (1950, 1994)

2010 World Cup: Did not qualify

Qualifying: Finished eight points adrift of Germany. Always destined for the play-offs.

Manager: Erik Hamren

Star man: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG)

UKRAINE

World ranking: 20

Best World Cup: Quarter-finals (2006)

2010 World Cup: Did not qualify

Qualifying: One point behind England. Did well to finish second ahead of Montenegro and Poland.

Manager: Mykhaylo Fomenko

Star man: Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev)

FRANCE

World ranking: 21

Best World Cup: Winners (1998)

2010 World Cup: Group stage

Qualifying: Finished three points behind holders Spain, but eight clear of Finland in third.

Manager: Didier Deschamps

Star man: Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)



GREECE

World ranking: 15

Best World Cup: Group stage (1994, 2010)

2010 World Cup: Group stage

Qualifying: Pipped on goal difference to first place by Bosnia and Herzegovina in weak group.

Manager: Fernando Santos

Star man: Sokratis (Borussia Dortmund)



ROMANIA

World ranking: 29

Best World Cup: Quarter-finals (1994)

2010 World Cup: Did not qualify

Qualifying: Finished second ahead of Turkey and Hungary in tough group topped by Holland.

Manager: Victor Pițurcă

Star man: Vlad Chiriches (Tottenham)



ICELAND

World ranking: 46

Best World Cup: n/a

2010 World Cup: Did not qualify

Qualifying: Reached first play-off finishing ahead of Slovenia in race for second behind the Swiss.

Manager: Lars Lagerback

Star man: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham)



CROATIA

World ranking: 18

Best World Cup: 3rd place (1998)

2010 World Cup: Did not qualify

Qualifying: Finished nine points adrift of Belgium in group but ahead of fierce rivals Serbia.

Manager: Niko Kovac

Star man: Luka Modric (Real Madrid)