September 2012 will forever be known as the month when Europe began their qualification cycle for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Defending world and European champions Spain will make the latest 2014 debut of any team that played in South Africa 2010 when they open their tournament on 11 September 2012. Every team in the UEFA zone will make their debut this month.
In South America, Matchdays Seven and Eight are on deck. Oceania open their Third Round of qualifying with a double matchday. Asia have only one matchday on tap, the fourth of ten in their final round of qualifying. North America push beyond the midway mark of their Third Round as they play Matchdays Three and Four.
The only three teams in danger of elimination this month are Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, and Guyana.
Match times are given in Central Time (GMT-5).
7 September 2012
Tahiti at Solomon Islands 23:00 (6 September) Honiara
New Zealand at New Caledonia 4:00 Noumea
Northern Ireland at Russia 10:00 Moscow
Ireland at Kazakhstan 11:00 Astana
Israel at Azerbaijan 11:00 Baku
Belarus at Georgia 12:00 Tbilisi
Bosnia and Herzegovina at Liechtenstein 12:00 Vaduz
Romania at Estonia 13:00 Tallinn
Armenia at Malta 13:00 Ta'Qali
Slovakia at Lithuania 13:15 Vilnius
Macedonia at Croatia 13:15 Zagreb
Greece at Latvia 13:30 Riga
France at Finland 13:30 Helsinki
Poland at Montenegro 13:30 Podgorica
Cyprus at Albania 13:30 Tirana
Switzerland at Slovenia 13:30 Ljubljana
Turkey at Netherlands 13:30 Amsterdam
Hungary at Andorra 13:30 Andorra La Vella
Italy at Bulgaria 13:45 Sofia
England at Moldova 13:45 Chisinau
Faroe Islands at Germany 13:45 Hanover
Portugal at Luxembourg 13:45 Luxembourg
Belgium at Wales 13:45 Cardiff
Norway at Iceland 13:45 Reykjavik
Honduras at Cuba 14:00 Havana
Uruguay at Colombia 15:30 Barranquilla
Bolivia at Ecuador 16:00 Quito
Paraguay at Argentina 18:10 Cordoba
Panama at Canada 18:45 Toronto
United States of America at Jamaica 19:00 Kingston
Venezuela at Peru 20:25 Lima
Guyana at El Salvador 20:30 San Salvador
Antigua and Barbuda at Guatemala 21:00 Guatemala City
Mexico at Costa Rica 21:05 San Jose
8 September 2012
Serbia at Scotland 9:00 Glasgow
Czech Republic at Denmark 13:15 Copenhagen
11 September 2012
Solomon Islands at New Zealand 2:35 Auckland
Iraq at Japan 5:34 Saitama
South Korea at Uzbekistan 8:00 Tashkent
Iran at Lebanon 9:00 Beirut
Australia at Jordan 11:00 Amman
Russia at Israel 12:00 Ramat Gan
Iceland at Cyprus 12:00 Larnaca
Spain at Georgia 12:30 Tbilisi
Andorra at Romania 12:30 Bucharest
Estonia at Turkey 13:00 Istanbul
Armenia at Bulgaria 13:00 Sofia
Latvia at Bosnia and Herzegovina 13:00 Zenica
Slovenia at Norway 13:00 Oslo
Liechtenstein at Slovakia 13:15 Bratislava
Wales at Serbia 13:30 Novi Sad
Netherlands at Hungary 13:30 Budapest
Kazakhstan at Sweden 13:30 Malmo
Albania at Switzerland 13:30 Lucerne
Montenegro at San Marino 13:30 Serravalle
Germany at Austria 13:35 Vienna
Lithuania at Greece 13:45 Piraeus
Moldova at Poland 13:45 Wroclaw
Malta at Italy 13:45 Modena
Croatia at Belgium 13:45 Brussels
Luxembourg at Northern Ireland 13:45 Belfast
Belarus at France 14:00 Saint-Denis
Macedonia at Scotland 14:00 Glasgow
Ukraine at England 14:00 London
Azerbaijan at Portugal 14:15 Braga
Colombia at Chile 14:30 Santiago
Ecuador at Uruguay 16:30 Montevideo
Guatemala at Antigua and Barbuda 18:00 North Sound
Venezuela at Paraguay 18:25 Asuncion
El Salvador at Guyana 19:00 Providence
Jamaica at United States of America 19:11 Columbus
Costa Rica at Mexico 20:00 Mexico City
Canada at Panama 20:05 Panama City
Argentina at Peru 20:25 Lima
Cuba at Honduras 20:30 San Pedro Sula
New Caledonia at Tahiti 1:00 (12 September) Pirae