The final teams for the 2014 World Cup were revealed after
play-off matches were completed. Ukraine took a healthy 2-0 lead to Paris where
the French hit back with 3 goals to celebrate qualification while a Christiano
Ronaldo hat-trick in Sweden gave Portugal a 3-2 win and a place in Brazil.
Uruguay were held to a goalless draw by Jordan in Montevideo having earlier
slaughtered their opponent 5-0 in Amman while in Africa Tunisia were thumped
4-1 away to Cameroon who were joined by Ghana despite their 2-1 defeat in
Egypt.
In the Asian Cup qualifiers Iran continued to move up the
rankings with a 3-0 win in Thailand and a 4-1 away victory over Lebanon who had
earlier held their Kuwaiti hosts to a goalless draw. In other matches across
Asia Syria travelled to Iran where they put 4 past Singapore without reply
while Uzbekistan won 3-0 in Vietnam and Iraq picked up a 2-0 win away to
Indonesia.
In the ABCS tournament Bonaire finished third with a 2-1 win
over Aruba while Suriname won the tournament with a 3-1 victory over hosts
Curacao in the final.
Among friendly matches Trinidad & Tobago won by a single
goal in Jamaica while Belgium lost 3-2 at home to Japan and Spain were beaten
1-0 in South Africa.