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Friday, February 13, 2009

2010 WC: Seeding formula based on current standings (11 February 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using the current standings (including matches played on February 11th) and the FIFA rankings.

Korea DPR/Costa Rica/Trinidad and Tobago replace New Zealand/Mexico/Honduras
 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 51.0 26.3 24.7
6 Argentina 49.7 21.0 28.7
7 Netherlands 43.7 14.7 29.0
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8 Croatia 35.0 9.0 26.0
9 Turkey 33.0 10.0 23.0
10 USA 31.7 13.7 18.0
11 Paraguay 31.3 11.7 19.7
12 Ghana 25.3 13.3 12.0
13 Russia 25.3 3.0 22.3
14 Japan 24.0 13.3 10.7
15 Cameroon 23.7 3.0 20.7
16 Korea Republic 23.0 15.7 7.3
17 Nigeria 22.3 2.7 19.7
18 Australia 21.7 11.3 10.3
19 Greece 19.7 0.0 19.7
20 Cote d'Ivoire 18.3 6.0 12.3
21 Israel 18.0 0.0 18.0
22 Denmark 17.7 7.7 10.0
23 Uruguay 17.7 2.7 15.0
24 Egypt 17.7 0.0 17.7
25 Serbia 17.3 5.3 12.0
26 Costa Rica 13.3 8.3 5.0
27 Iran 12.0 5.3 6.7
28 Chile 9.3 0.0 9.3
29 Trinidad and Tobago 7.3 5.3 2.0
30 South Africa 6.0 3.0 3.0
31 Slovakia 5.0 0.0 5.0
32 Korea DPR 1.0 0.0 1.0
Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, USA, Trinidad and Tobago
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Israel, Costa Rica, Chile
Group B: England, Turkey, USA, Cameroon
Group C: Spain, Slovakia, Korea DPR, Paraguay
Group D: Brazil, Denmark, Australia, Ghana
Group E: Argentina, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt
Group F: Italy, Croatia, Japan, Uruguay
Group G: Germany, Serbia, Iran, Nigeria
Group H: Netherlands, Greece, Korea Republic, Cote d'Ivoire

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2 comments:

  1. UEFA: France, Portugal, Slovenia and Switzerland qualified instead of Croatia, Israel, Russia and Turkey.
    CAF: Algeria eliminated Egypt.
    CONCACAF: Mexico and Honduras qualified instead of Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago.
    OFC/AFC: New Zealand qualified instead of Iran.

    24 out of 32. Not that bad.

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  2. Well, it was based on current standing as of 11 February 2009. Lots of things have changed. Check the latest seeding post in the page header. I will update it later today.

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