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Background
All 53 UEFA national teams entered qualification, and thirteen teams will qualify for the 2014 World Cup. The draw for the qualification groups was held at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011.

A record 203 teams entered, and took part.

Group H fixtures agreed on Wednesday, 23 November 2011, in Warsaw, Poland.
 

UEFA Group H

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
England 10 6 4 0 31 4 +27 22
Ukraine 10 6 3 1 28 4 +24 21
Montenegro 10 4 3 3 18 17 +1 15
Poland 10 3 4 3 18 12 +6 13
Moldova 10 3 2 5 12 17 -5 11
San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 54 -53 0

Matches
7 September 2012
Montenegro 2 Poland 2 [2-1]
Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica (11,420)
Drinčić, Vučinić
Blaszczykowski (pen), Mierzejewski 

Pavicević Obraniak

Moldova 0 England 5 [0-3]
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău (10,400)
Lampard (2 (1 pen), Defoe, Milner, Baines
11 September 2012
San Marino 0 Montenegro 6 [0-2]
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (1,947)
Ðorđević, Bećiraj (2), Zverotić, Delibašić (2)
Poland 2 Moldova 0 [1-0]
Stadion Miejski, Wrocławiu
(26,145)
Błaszczykowski (pen), Wawrzyniak
England 1 Ukraine 1 [0-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (68,102)
Lampard (pen)
Konoplyanka

Gerrard

12 October 2012
Moldova 0 Ukraine 0 [0-0]
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău (12,500)
 
England 5 San Marino 0 [2-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (85,654)
Rooney (2 (1 pen)), Welbeck (2), Oxlade-Chamberlain
16 October 2012
San Marino 0 Moldova 2 [0-0]
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (736)
Dadu (pen), Epureanu
Ukraine 0 Montenegro 1 [0-1]
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyî Kompleks, Kyiv
(50,597)
Damjanović
17 October 2012
Poland 1 England 1 [0-1]
Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa
(43,000)
Glik
Rooney
14 November 2012
Montenegro 3 San Marino 0 [2-0]
Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica
(7,158)
Delibašić (2), Zverotić
22 March 2013
Moldova 0 Montenegro 1 [0-0]
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău (5,400)
Vučinić
Peković Gatcan
San Marino 0 England 8 [0-5]
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (4,952)
Della Valle OG, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Defoe (2), Young, Lampard, Rooney, Sturridge
Poland 1 Ukraine 3 [1-3]
Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa (55,565)
Piszczek
Yarmolenko, Gusev, Zozulia
26 March 2013
Ukraine 2 Moldova 1 [0-0]
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyî Kompleks, Kyiv
(31,948)
Yarmolenko, Khacherdi
Suvorov

Stepanenko

Poland 5 San Marino 0 [2-0]
Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa (43,008)
Lewandowski (2), Piszczek, Teodorczyk, Kosecki
Montenegro 1 England 1 [0-1]
Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica
(11,300)
Damjanović
Rooney
7 June 2013
Moldova 1 Poland 1 [1-1]
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
(8,726)
Sidorenco
Błaszczykowski
Montenegro 0 Ukraine 4 [0-0]
Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica (11,996)
  Garmash, Konoplyanka, Fedetskiy, Bezus
Zozulya Volkov, Pavicević
6 September 2013
Ukraine 9 San Marino 0 [4-0]
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyî Kompleks, Kyiv
(34,190)
Dević, Seleznyov, Edmar, Khacheridi (2), Konoplyanka, Bezus, Fedetskiy, Rakytskiy
Poland 1 Montenegro 1 [1-1]
Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa (45,652)
Lewandowski
Damjanović
England 4 Moldova 0 [3-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (61,607)
Gerrard, Lambert, Welbeck (2)
10 September 2013
Ukraine 0 England 0 [0-0]
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyî Kompleks, Kyiv
(69,890)
 
San Marino 1 Poland 5 [1-3]
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (1,597)
Della Valle
Zieliński (2),
Blaszczykowski, Sobota, Mierzejewski
11 October 2013
Moldova 3 San Marino 0 [0-0]
Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
(7,348)
Frunză, Sidorenco (2)
Ukraine 1 Poland 0 [0-0]
Natsional'nyî Sportyvnyî Kompleks, Kyiv
(39,136)
Yarmolenko
England 4 Montenegro 1 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (83,807)
Rooney, Bošković OG, Townsend, Sturridge (pen)
Damjanović
15 October 2013
England 2 Poland 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (85,186)
Rooney, Gerrard
San Marino 0 Ukraine 8 [0-3]
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (1,268)
Seleznyov (2 (1 pen)), Dević (3 (1 pen)), Yarmolenko, Bezus, Mandzyuk
Palazzi, Della Valle
Montenegro 2 Moldova 5 [0-1]
Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica (5,770)
Jovetić (2 (1 pen))
Antoniuc (2), Armaş, Sidorenco, Ioniţă
ENGLAND QUALIFIED


Notes Ukraine as runners-up played France on 15/19 November 2013 for a place in the 2014 World Cup Finals. Although they won the first leg 2-0, they lost the second leg 3-0.

 

CG