It was a night of high drama and emotion as France
and Portugal joined Croatia and Greece as the last of the European
qualifiers for Brazil 2014
An astonishing second-leg fighback sparked wild celebrations in Paris as France overcame a 2-0 first-leg defeat to beat Ukraine 3-0 and book their place in Brazil. Also on their way to World Cup 2014 are Portugal, who had Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick to thanks for their 3-2 win in Sweden, while Greece saw off Romania and Croatia beat Iceland.
Outside of Europe, Ghana and Algeria completed Africa's representation with aggregate play-off wins while there were a host of friendlies involving nations who have already qualified. Here is the pick of Tuesday's action captured by Goal's photographic partners.
Dark night | Romania fans show their support before the aggregate loss to Greece
Clash of titans | Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo
Rocks of Gibraltar | International football's newcomers pose before their first game
King of France | Mamadou Sakho celebrates scoring against Ukraine
Hart broken | Joe Hart is powerless to stop Per Mertesacker's header for Germany
Leaping beauty | Yoichiro Kakitani directs a header towards goal in Japan's 3-2 win against Belgium
Simply the chest | Cristiano Ronaldo shows his delight after scoring in Sweden
Boiling point | Tempers fray during Holland's clash with Colombia
Stalemate | Poland and Republic of Ireland fail to break the deadlock
New arrivals | Gibraltar fans fly the flag
Greece is the word | Ioannis Maniatis celebrates his side's qualification
Yellow peril | Ukraine are distraught after their 3-0 defeat in Paris
Grinning mentality | Frank Ribery is relieved France are going to the World Cup
Brothers in arms | Mario Mandzukic and Luka Modric celebrate Croatia's battling win against Iceland
Spanish inquisition | Vicente Del Bosque gathers his thoughts after Spain's 1-0 loss in South Africa
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