 The winners of each group – held between June 2012 and September 2013 – advanced to the third round of 5 two-legged knock-out ties.The 5 winners of these ties – held in October and November 2013 – advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.The July 2011 FIFA Ranking were used to seed the teams for the first two rounds, both of which were drawn in Brazil on 30 July 2011.