Following are the European zone 2014 World Cup qualifying standings ahead of Friday's round of qualifiers, according to Xinhua.
The standing are tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points.:
Group A
Belgium 8 7 1 0 15 2 22
Croatia 8 5 2 1 11 5 17
Serbia 9 3 2 4 13 10 11
Scotland 9 2 2 5 6 12 8
Macedonia 8 2 1 5 6 10 7
Wales 8 2 0 6 7 19 6
Group B
Italy 8 6 2 0 15 5 20
Bulgaria 8 3 4 1 13 6 13
Denmark 8 3 3 2 9 10 12
Czech Republic 8 2 3 3 8 8 9
Armenia 8 3 0 5 8 10 9
Malta 8 1 0 7 4 18 3
Group C
Germany 8 7 1 0 28 7 22
Sweden 8 5 2 1 14 8 17
Austria 8 4 2 2 16 8 14
Ireland 8 3 2 3 13 13 11
Kazakhstan 8 1 1 6 4 17 4
Faroe Islands 8 0 0 8 3 25 0
Group D
Netherlands 8 7 1 0 24 4 22
Hungary 8 4 2 2 18 12 14
Turkey 8 4 1 3 14 7 13
Romania 8 4 1 3 13 12 13
Estonia 8 2 1 5 6 16 7
Andorra 8 0 0 8 0 24 0
Group E
Switzerland 8 5 3 0 14 5 18
Iceland 8 4 1 3 14 14 13
Slovenia 8 4 0 4 11 10 12
Norway 8 3 2 3 9 9 11
Albania 8 3 1 4 8 9 10
Cyprus 8 1 1 6 4 13 4
Group F
Russia 8 6 0 2 15 4 18
Portugal 8 5 2 1 16 8 17
Israel 8 3 3 2 17 12 12
Northern Ireland 8 1 3 4 8 14 6
Luxembourg 8 1 3 4 7 19 6
Azerbaijan 8 0 5 3 4 10 5
Group G
Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 6 1 1 25 5 19
Greece 8 6 1 1 9 4 19
Slovakia 8 3 3 2 9 7 12
Lithuania 8 2 2 4 7 10 8
Latvia 8 2 1 5 8 16 7
Liechtenstein 8 0 2 6 3 19 2
Group H
England 8 4 4 0 25 3 16
Ukraine 8 4 3 1 19 4 15
Montinigro 8 4 3 1 15 8 15
Poland 8 3 4 1 18 9 13
Moldova 8 1 2 5 4 15 5
San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 43 0
Group I
Spain 6 4 2 0 10 2 14
France 7 4 2 1 12 6 14
Finland 7 2 3 2 5 6 9
Georgia 7 1 2 4 3 8 5
Belarus 7 1 1 5 6 14 4
