2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round

Football tournament qualification stage July 2023 The UEFA second round was contested by the best eight runners-up from the nine first-round groups from the UEFA segment of the qualification tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in football. The winners of each of four home and away ties joined the group winners in the World Cup in South Africa. The matches, which are often referred to as 'play-offs', were played on 14 and 18 November 2009. The draw for the ties was held in Zürich on 19 October, with the teams drawn by South African player Steven Pienaar.Republic face France in play-offs https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8313175.stm 19 October 2009 BBC Sport 19 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091023224335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8313175.stm 23 October 2009 live Qualification The eight best runners-up from the UEFA first round qualified for the play-offs. As group 9 had five teams and the others had six, matches against the sixth-placed team in the group were not included in this ranking (although Norway ended up with the fewest points anyways) main WDL Qualification Q y RUS 4 RUS GRE 2 GRE UKR 6 UKR FRA 7 FRA 1974 SVN 3 SVN BIH 5 BIH POR 1 POR IRL 8 IRL NOR 9 NOR 5 1 2 15 6 5 1 2 16 9 4 3 1 10 6 4 3 1 12 9 4 2 2 10 4 4 1 3 19 12 3 4 1 9 5 2 6 0 8 6 2 4 2 9 7 PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO blue1 Advance to second round (play-offs) complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ soccer365.me 8 April 2024 15 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241215135343/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2010/ dead Seeding and draw In September 2009, FIFA announced that they would be seeding teams for the play-off draw. The eight eventual qualifiers were seeded according to the world rankings released on 16 October 2009. The top four teams were placed into one pot, with the bottom four teams placed into a second. A separate draw was conducted between each matchup to decide the host of the first leg.Key Decisions Reached in Rio https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid=1109930.html FIFA 29 September 2009 19 November 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091003015843/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid%3D1109930.html 3 October 2009 Seeding controversy Seeding using FIFA ranks was used at a similar stage in the 2006 qualification. However, it was claimed that FIFA had indicated that there would be no seeding this time.Fifa to seed countries for play-offs http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2009/0930/1224255543996.html The Irish Times September 30, 2009 19 November 2009 At the time of the decision, countries in play-off positions included Russia, France and Portugal, and Germany also had not yet qualified (their last remaining match was away to Russia). The lack of a decision on seeding until late in the tournament led some to suggest that FIFA were waiting to see which teams were in the play-offs before declaring the rules of the tournament. Commenting on this matter, Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given said: It’s totally unfair on us smaller nations. If they say that before a ball is kicked then at least you know the picture, you know exactly where you stand but to change it now is absolutely ridiculous and I don’t think it’s right at all.Given frustrated by Fifa seeding http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/1007/1224256098958.html The Irish Times October 7, 2009 19 November 2009 Sports Illustrated's Gabriele Marcotti gave the opinion that "FIFA is pretty much changing the rules halfway through the qualifying tournament."Gabriel Marcotti Is FIFA giving special treatment? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/gabriele_marcotti/10/08/fifa.qualifying/ Sports Illustrated October 8, 2009 19 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213220448/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/gabriele_marcotti/10/08/fifa.qualifying/ 13 December 2009 dead Seedings The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below). + Pot 1 (seeded) Team Rank Position in the October 2009 FIFA World Rankings FRA 1974 9 POR 10 RUS 12 GRE 16 + Pot 2 (unseeded) Team Rank Position in the October 2009 FIFA World Rankings UKR 22 IRL 34 BIH 42 SVN 49 Matches IRL 1–2 FRA 1974 0–1 1–1 POR 2–0 BIH 1–0 1–0 GRE 1–0 UKR 0–0 1–0 RUS 2–2 (a) SVN 2–1 0–1 |} 2009 Republic of Ireland v France football matches Republic of Ireland v France 14 November 2009 20:00 UTC±0 IRL 0–1 Report FRA 1974 Anelka 72 Croke Park, Dublin 74,103 Felix Brych (Germany) France v Faisal 18 November 2009 21:00 UTC+1 FRA 1974 1–1 yes Report IRL Gallas 103 Keane 32 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 79,145 Martin Hansson (Sweden) France won 2–1 on aggregate. Ireland officially asked FIFA for the second leg to be replayed after Thierry Henry clearly handled the ball twice during the build-up to the French goal. This request was denied.Irish 'cheated' by Henry handball https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8367420.stm BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 20 November 2009 25 June 2010 Ireland eventually pursued legal action against FIFA over the decision before ultimately receiving a €5 million settlement.10 October 2017 http://www.espnfc.com/world-cup-qualifying-concacaf/story/3226354/phantom-goal-helps-panama-beat-costa-rica-and-helps-doom-usmnt Phantom goal helps Panama beat Costa Rica, qualify for WC over U.S. ESPN FC ESPN 11 October 2017 Portugal v Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 November 2009 20:30 UTC±0 POR 1–0 Report BIH Alves 31 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 60,588 Martin Atkinson (England) Bosnia and Herzegovina v Portugal 18 November 2009 20:45 UTC+1 BIH 0–1 Report POR Meireles 56 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica 15,000 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Portugal won 2–0 on aggregate. Greece v Ukraine 14 November 2009 20:00 UTC+2 GRE 0–0 Report UKR Olympic Stadium, Athens 39,045 Laurent Duhamel (France) Ukraine v Greece 18 November 2009 20:00 UTC+2 UKR 0–1 Report GRE Salpingidis 31 Donbas Arena, Donetsk 31,643 Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) Greece won 1–0 on aggregate. Russia v Slovenia 14 November 2009 19:00 UTC+3 RUS 2–1 Report SVN Bilyaletdinov 40 52 Pečnik 88 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow 71,600 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Slovenia v Russia 18 November 2009 20:45 UTC+1 SVN 1–0 Report RUS Dedić 44 Ljudski vrt, Maribor 12,510 Terje Hauge (Norway) 2–2 on aggregate; Slovenia won on away goals. After the game, Russian fans followed the Republic of Ireland's lead. They demanded a replay of their World Cup qualification play-off against Slovenia on the official site of FIFA.Now Russia try call for play-off replay over ref blunders and 'knife attack' However, there was not any reaction from FIFA on this event. Goalscorers 10 8 RUS Diniyar Bilyaletdinov FRA 1974 Nicolas Anelka FRA 1974 William Gallas GRE Dimitris Salpingidis IRL Robbie Keane POR Bruno Alves POR Raul Meireles SVN Zlatko Dedić SVN Nejc Pečnik References Play-offs play Category:2009 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:2009 in Russian football play play Category:2009–10 in Bosnia and Herzegovina football Category:2009–10 in Ukrainian football play Category:November 2009 in sports