On Wednesday, November 23, the representatives of six national associations, whose A teams will compete in group H for the right to take part in a final round of the World Cup, held a meeting in Warsaw in order to coordinate calendar of matches of a group cycle. Ukrainian delegation was represented by Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) vice-president Volodymyr Lashkul, Ukraine national team head coach Oleh Blokhin and the employees of the Committee for work with FFU teams. The main result of the negotiations was that the parties reached a compromise, and thus didn’t need to resort to the procedure of a blind draw anymore. There is a calendar of matches in Group H below:
2012
September 7
Moldova − England
Montenegro − Poland
September 11
England − UKRAINE
Poland − Moldova
San-Marino − Montenegro
October 12
England − San-Marino
Moldova − UKRAINE
October 16
UKRAINE − Montenegro
Poland − England
San-Marino − Moldova
November 14
Montenegro − San-Marino
2013
March 22
San-Marino − England
Poland − UKRAINE
Moldova − Montenegro
March 26
Montenegro − England
UKRAINE − Moldova
Poland − San-Marino
June 7
Montenegro − UKRAINE
Moldova − Poland
September 6
UKRAINE − San-Marino
England − Moldova
Poland − Montenegro
September 10
Moldova − San-Marino
UKRAINE − England
October 11
Moldova − San-Marino
UKRAINE − Poland
England − Montenegro
October 15
England − Poland
San-Marino − UKRAINE
Montenegro − Moldova