Europe's FIFA World Cup hopefuls continued their preparations this month.

Who has played who in the eight FIFA World Cup groups? UEFA.com reads the auguries for the 14 European sides who will be competing in next summer's finals in Russia.

Holders Germany will face Mexico, Sweden and South Korea at the World Cup finals, with all-European group contests as England meet Belgium, and Spain play Portugal.

From next month's FIFA World Cup finals draw all the way to UEFA EURO 2020, UEFA.com plots the key dates in the international window now that the European Qualifiers are over.

The identity of Europe's 14 representatives at next summer's FIFA World Cup is now known. We check out their pedigree.

Russia laid down a marker with an entertaining draw against Spain while Germany twice came from behind to deny France. Check out how Europe's FIFA World Cup hopefuls got on.

Belgium, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Spain have won their groups to join Russia in the finals, with the eight play-off teams now also confirmed.

The European 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw will be held on 25 July at Konstantinovsky Palace in St Petersburg, with FIFA world rankings deciding the seedings.

UEFA.com's man in Moscow, Dmitri Rogovitski looks back on Russia's displays at the FIFA World Cup and calls on supporters to bide their time with Fabio Capello's side.

Russia 1-1 South KoreaSubstitute Aleksandr Kerzhakov came to Russia's rescue 16 minutes from time after a moment to forget for keeper Igor Akinfeev.

From debutants Bosnia and Herzegovina to defending champions Spain, UEFA.com profiles the 13 European nations at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Russia are travelling further and have a greater climate shift to deal with than any other side at the FIFA World Cup; UEFA.com investigates how Fabio Capello's side will cope.