As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of ranking the runners-up (below table).
The second round draw took place at the headquarters of FIFA in Zurich on 21 October at 14:00 UTC+2, and was conducted by Gordon Savic, Head of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, with the assistance of former Switzerland international Alexander Frei.
[3][4] October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams would be seeded (shown below in brackets).
[1][5][6] The following teams participated in the second round:[7][8] Portugal won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Greece won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.