Monday, January 19, 2009

2010 WC: Seeding formula based on the latest FIFA Rankings (14 January 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using only the latest FIFA rankings.

No changes.
 1 Germany        60.3 30.3 30.0
2 Brazil 58.3 29.3 29.0
3 Italy 56.7 27.3 29.3
4 Spain 56.3 25.3 31.0
5 England 50.0 26.3 23.7
6 Argentina 49.7 21.0 28.7
7 France 45.3 23.3 22.0
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8 Portugal 44.7 22.3 22.3
9 Netherlands 42.7 14.7 28.0
10 Croatia 34.0 9.0 25.0
11 Mexico 32.7 19.3 13.3
12 Turkey 31.7 10.0 21.7
13 Czech Republic 29.7 6.0 23.7
14 USA 28.3 13.7 14.7
15 Paraguay 28.0 11.7 16.3
16 Russia 24.0 3.0 21.0
17 Ghana 22.7 13.3 9.3
18 Japan 21.0 13.3 7.7
19 Korea Republic 20.7 15.7 5.0
20 Cameroon 20.3 3.0 17.3
21 Nigeria 19.0 2.7 16.3
22 Australia 18.3 11.3 7.0
23 Greece 16.7 0.0 16.7
24 Cote d'Ivoire 15.0 6.0 9.0
25 Egypt 15.0 0.0 15.0
26 Uruguay 14.7 2.7 12.0
27 Israel 14.7 0.0 14.7
28 Saudi Arabia 10.0 8.0 2.0
29 Iran 10.0 5.3 4.7
30 Chile 6.3 0.0 6.3
31 Honduras 4.3 0.0 4.3
32 South Africa 4.0 3.0 1.0
Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Czech Republic, Australia, Paraguay
Group B: Germany, Croatia, USA, Uruguay
Group C: Argentina, Portugal, Iran, Ghana
Group D: Spain, Greece, Mexico, Chile
Group E: England, Turkey, Honduras, Cote d'Ivoire
Group F: Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Egypt
Group G: France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon
Group H: Brazil, Russia, Korea Republic, Nigeria

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2 comments:

  1. Except you haven't added the other teams...France haven't qualified yet...

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  2. This post is quite old. Check the ones in the page header to see more recent info. I will update the seeding info later today.

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