This evening the final games were played to secure spots at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Cristiano Ronaldo comfortably won the huge battle with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, bagging a hat-trick as Portugal won 3-2 in Sweden.
Although Ibra netted a brace, the Portuguese side swept through 4-2 on aggregate.
France fought back from their shock 2-0 first leg defeat to Ukraine, winning 3-0 in Paris with Mamadou Sakho, Karim Benzema and an Oleh Gusev own goal.
Greece qualified 4-2 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw in Romania. Inter transfer target Konstantinos Mitroglou was on target again and they went through despite Roma defender Vasilis Torosidis scoring a bizarre own goal.
Croatia played the entire second half with 10 men, but still beat Iceland 2-0 to book their spot in Brazil. Mario Mandzukic scored, got himself sent off for a high tackle, and then saw Darijo Srna secure victory.
In the African qualifying rounds, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Cameroon are joined by Ghana and Algeria.
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