The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2010 FIFA World Cup winners Spain, along with France, Belarus, Georgia and Finland.
Spain won the group and thus qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. France ranked among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Ukraine.[1] After losing the first match by two goals, they won the second by three, thus qualifying for the World Cup.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Spain
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 20 | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | France
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 17 | Advance to second round | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| 3 | Finland
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 9 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Georgia
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8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Belarus
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Paris, France, on 23 September 2011.[3]
| Georgia | 1–0 | Belarus |
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Okriashvili  52' |
Report |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)
| Finland | 0–1 | France |
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| Report | Diaby 20' |
Attendance: 35,111
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
| Georgia | 0–1 | Spain |
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| Report | Soldado 86' |
Attendance: 54,598
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
| France | 3–1 | Belarus |
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| Capoue 49' Jallet 68'Ribéry 80' |
Report | Putsila 72' |
Attendance: 52,552
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
| Finland | 1–1 | Georgia |
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| Hämäläinen 62' |
Report | Kashia 56' |
Attendance: 12,607
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
| Belarus | 0–4 | Spain |
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| Report | Alba 12' Pedro 21', 69', 79' |
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
| Belarus | 2–0 | Georgia |
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| Bressan 6' Drahun 28' |
Report |
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
| Spain | 1–1 | France |
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| Ramos 25' |
Report | Giroud 90+4' |
Attendance: 46,825
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
| Spain | 1–1 | Finland |
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| Ramos 49' |
Report | Pukki 79' |
Attendance: 27,637
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
| France | 3–1 | Georgia |
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| Giroud 45+1' Valbuena 47'Ribéry 61' |
Report | Kobakhidze 71' |
Attendance: 71,147
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
| France | 0–1 | Spain |
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| Report | Pedro 58' |
Attendance: 78,329
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
| Finland | 1–0 | Belarus |
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| Shitov 57' (o.g.) |
Report |
Attendance: 24,916
Referee: Eli Hacmon (Israel)
| Belarus | 1–1 | Finland |
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| Verkhovtsov 85' |
Report | Pukki 24' |
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)
| Georgia | 0–0 | France |
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| Report |
Attendance: 26,360
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)
| Finland | 0–2 | Spain |
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| Report | Alba 19' Negredo 86' |
Attendance: 37,492
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
| Georgia | 0–1 | Finland |
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| Report | R. Eremenko 74' (pen.) |
Attendance: 25,321
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
| Belarus | 2–4 | France |
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| Filipenko 32' Kalachev 57' |
Report | Ribéry 47' (pen.), 64' Nasri 71'Pogba 73' |
Attendance: 12,203
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
| Spain | 2–1 | Belarus |
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| Xavi 61' Negredo 78' |
Report | Kornilenko 89' |
Attendance: 22,900
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
| France | 3–0 | Finland |
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| Ribéry 8' Toivio 75' (o.g.)Benzema 87' |
Report |
Attendance: 70,156
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
| Spain | 2–0 | Georgia |
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| Negredo 26' Mata 61' |
Report |
Attendance: 16,133
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
There were 44 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Olivier Giroud Jordi Alba Sergio Ramos1 goal
Stanislaw Drahun Egor Filipenko Timofei Kalachev Anton Putsila Dmitry Verkhovtsov Sergei Kornilenko Roman Eremenko Kasper Hämäläinen Karim Benzema Étienne Capoue Abou Diaby Christophe Jallet Samir Nasri Paul Pogba Mathieu Valbuena Guram Kashia Alexander Kobakhidze Tornike Okriashvili Juan Mata Roberto Soldado Xavi1 own goal
Igor Shitov (against Finland) Joona Toivio (against France)| Pos | Player | Country | 
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Suspended for match(es) | Reason |
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| MF | Alexei Eremenko | Finland |
2 | 1 | vs Spain (22 March 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | Paul Pogba | France |
2 | 1 | vs Georgia (6 September 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | Pavel Nekhaichik | Belarus |
2 | 1 | vs Finland (11 June 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | France |
2 | 0 | vs Spain (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Jaba Kankava | Georgia |
4 | 1 | vs France (22 March 2013) vs Spain (15 October 2013) |
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | Tornike Okriashvili | Georgia |
3 | 0 | vs France (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | David Silva | Spain |
2 | 0 | vs France (26 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Niklas Moisander | Finland |
2 | 0 | vs Belarus (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Markus Halsti | Finland |
2 | 0 | vs Belarus (11 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Yohan Cabaye | France |
2 | 0 | vs Georgia (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Blaise Matuidi | France |
2 | 0 | vs Georgia (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Përparim Hetemaj | Finland |
3 | 0 | vs Spain (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| GK | Giorgi Loria | Georgia |
2 | 0 | vs Finland (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | David Targamadze | Georgia |
2 | 0 | vs Spain (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Gia Grigalava | Georgia |
2 | 0 | vs Spain (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Tim Sparv | Finland |
2 | 0 | vs France (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
