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France national football team
World Cup | Qualifiers
Oct 15, 2013 at 8pm UK
 
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World Cup playoff draw to be made on October 21

France will discover on Thursday if they will be top seeds for the World Cup qualifying playoff draw, which takes place on Monday, October 21.

The European draw for the World Cup qualifying playoffs will be made on October 21, with France waiting to find out whether or not they will be among the top seeds.

Les Bleus, the 1998 winners, finished second to Spain in Group I and now have to win a two-legged tie against one of the other runners-up to secure their place at Brazil 2014.

Their current ranking of 25th places them fifth-highest of the eight nations that will be competing in the playoffs, meaning that Portugal, Sweden, Croatia and Greece would be seeded, as it stands.

The updated standings will be released on Thursday, October 17, with Didier Deschamps's side needing to leapfrog 22nd-place Sweden to ensure that they avoid a potential shootout with Portugal.

Iceland, Ukraine and Romania complete the lineup for the playoffs, which will take place on Friday 15 and Tuesday, November 19.

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Group A

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Q Netherlands Netherlands32107
Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
3 Ecuador flag Ecuador31114
4 Qatar Qatar30030

Group B

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Q England flag England32107
Q United States USA31205
3 Iran Iran31023
4 Wales flag Wales30121

Group C

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Q Argentina Argentina32016
Q Poland Poland31114
3 Mexico Mexico31114
4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

Group D

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Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

Group E

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Q Japan Japan32016
Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q Croatia Croatia31205
3 Belgium Belgium31114
4 Canada Canada30030

Group G

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Q Brazil Brazil32016
Q Switzerland Switzerland32016
3 Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Serbia Serbia30121

Group H

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Republic of Korea South Korea31114
3 Uruguay flag Uruguay31114
4 Ghana flag Ghana31023


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