( CNN ) -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will go head-to-head for a place at the 2014 World Cup after Portugal and Sweden were drawn together in the European qualification playoffs . Portugal captain Ronaldo will lead his team out against Ibrahimovic 's Sweden , with one of the star duo set to miss out on a ticket to football 's biggest tournament following the draw at FIFA headquarters in Zurich . Eight second-place teams from the nine European groups will compete over two legs for four World Cup berths . Paulo Bento 's Portugal were pipped to automatic qualification by one point , finishing behind Fabio Capello 's Russia . If Portugal fail to qualify it will be the first time they have missed the tournament since 1998 . Sweden , coached by Erik Hamren , will be desperate to reach a 12th World Cup after missing out on South Africa 2010 . France , World Cup winners in 1998 , were drawn against Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine , with Euro 2004 champions Greece taking on Romania . Minnows Iceland , who are bidding to become the smallest nation to successfully qualify for the quadrennial competition , will play Croatia , who sacked coach Igor Stimac last week . Stimac was replaced by former player Niko Kovac , who took over on a caretaker basis . Each of the four ties will be contested over two matches , with the first set to be played on November 15 and the second on November 19 . European playoff draw in full : . Portugal vs. Sweden . Ukraine vs. France . Greece vs. Romania . Iceland vs. Croatia .
Portugal is to play Brazil in the European qualifiers for the World Cup . Four of the eight teams in the draw will go to Brazil . Each of the eight teams finished second in their qualifying groups .