Ireland get Estonia in playoffs
Turkey v Croatia
Estonia v Ireland
Czech Republic v Montenegro
Bosnia v Portugal
We play away in the first leg on 11th/12th November and at home on Tue 15th November

Ireland in playoffs
Ireland are seeded along with Croatia, Portugal and the Czech Republic. Pot 2 contains Bosnia, Montenegro, Turkeyand Estonia

Who has qualified so far?
16 teams qualify for the finals, the following 7 teams have qualified by now: Ukraine (Hosts)
Poland (Hosts)
Germany (Group A Winner)
Italy (Group C Winner)
Spain (Group I Winner)
Netherlands (Group E winner))
England (Group G winner)

	Group Winner	2nd place(current playoff ranking)
A	Germany	Belgium(32)/Turkey(19)
B	Rus/Ire	Rus(6)/Arm(36)/Ire(15)
C	Italy	Estonia(38)/Serbia(13)
D	France/Bosnia	France(11)/Bosnia(16)
E	Netherlands	Sweden(10)
F	Greece/Croatia	Greece(9)/Croatia(8)
G	England	Montenegro(33)
H	Portugal/Denmark	Portugal(7)/Denmark(12)
I	Spain	Czech(18)/Scotland(27)

Sweden or Denmark/Portugal should qualify automatically as best second-placed team
It is likely that a win against Armenia will make us a seeded team for the playoff draw while a draw would make us unseeded

Current playoff ranking for seeding would put Ireland in top seeds if favourites win their matches, however an upset such as Bosnia beating France in Paris could put Ireland into the unseeded teams
8 Croatia
7 Portugal / 12 Denmark
10 Sweden
13 Serbia
15 Ireland
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16 Bosnia
19 Turkey
27 Scotland / 18 Czech Rep
33 Montenegro

Ireland one win away from play-off place
Slovakia 0-1 Russia
Armenia 4-1 FYR Macedonia
Andorra 0-2 Ireland

Who has qualified so far?
16 teams qualify for the finals, the following 6 teams have qualified by now: Ukraine (Hosts)
Poland (Hosts)
Germany (Group A Winner)
Italy (Group C Winner)
Spain (Group I Winner)
Netherlands (Group E winner or Best Runner up)

Russia 0-0 Ireland
Slovakia 0-4 Armenia
FYR Macedonia 1-0 Andorra
table

Ireland 0-0 Slovakia
Russia 1-0 FYR Macedonia
Andorra 0-3 Armenia
Second place is still very achievable for Ireland with a win against Russia in Moscow in a few days needed to give us a chance of top spot, however a draw or loss and a better result for Slovakia against Armenia would push Ireland to third place
Tonight's score means that should Ireland finish equal on points with Slovakia, Ireland would be above Slovakia in the table.

Slovakia's remaining matches:
Armenia(H), Russia(H), FYR Macedonia(A)

Ireland's remaining matches:
Russia(A), Andorra(A), Armenia(H)

Russia's remaining matches:
Ireland(H), Slovakia(A), Andorra(H)

Starting Team for Slovakia match
Shay Given, John O'Shea, Richard Dunne, Sean St Ledger, Stephen Ward, Damien Duff, Keith Andrews, Glenn Whelan, Aiden McGeady, Robbie Keane, Shane Long

Ireland 0-0 Croatia
Match Report at FAI.ie

Ireland's group for 2014 World Cup
Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan