The reigning world and European champions were grouped with France, Finland, Georgia and Belarus in Group I, and Del Bosque has demanded a top performance in opening game on Tuesday.

"The World Cup does not start in 2014, but now, here against Georgia in Tbilisi," Del Bosque told AS.

"To defend the title that Spain won in Johannesburg we need to first qualify for Brazil."

"The players know that we are starting a tough qualification phase, where we cannot afford to be complacent because a mistake could be a problem."

Spain warmed up for the match against Georgia with a 5-0 friendly win over Saudi Arabia on Friday.