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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (29 July 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the July 2007 FIFA ranking.

Assumptions:

- CAF will again have 5 spots
- CAF will keep the current qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- CAF will choose the July 2011 ranking for seeding

The July 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between July 2007 and July 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between July 2007 and July 2008) and the "0.3" part (matches played between July 2008 and July 2009) - that's 25% of the formula. A lot can and will change before July 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving African teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2010 FIFA World Cup, CAN 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

This is the July 2011 ranking (for CAF only) using matches played up to and including July 29th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to July 2010 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

First round seeding:
43 Mauritania                23
45 Lesotho 22
46 Eritrea 16
47 Mauritius 15
48 Guinea-Bissau 12
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48 Djibouti 12
50 Seychelles 11
51 Comoros 0
51 Central African Republic 0
51 Sao Tome e Principe 0
Winners advance to the first group stage.

Seeding for the first group stage:
 1 Gabon                    233
2 Côte d'Ivoire 221
3 Ghana 203
3 Egypt 203
5 Cameroon 186
6 Algeria 180
6 Nigeria 180
8 Burkina Faso 164
9 Tunisia 150
10 Mali 136
11 Morocco 133
12 Guinea 130
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13 Togo 127
14 Libya 121
15 Uganda 116
15 South Africa 116
17 Kenya 106
18 Congo 105
19 Zambia 103
20 Gambia 101
21 Sudan 100
22 Mozambique 94
23 Benin 93
24 Malawi 87
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25 Rwanda 86
26 Senegal 85
27 Tanzania 81
28 Congo DR 78
29 Zimbabwe 77
30 Namibia 76
31 Sierra Leone 74
31 Angola 74
33 Madagascar 73
34 Cape Verde Islands 71
35 Chad 67
36 Burundi 52
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37 Equatorial Guinea 51
38 Botswana 49
39 Niger 47
40 Swaziland 43
41 Liberia 39
42 Ethiopia 29
43 Somalia 23
43 Mauritania 23
45 Lesotho 22
46 Eritrea 16
47 Mauritius 15
48 Guinea-Bissau 12

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Monday, July 27, 2009

1000 km in plus pentru Otopeni

FRF a mutat Otopeniul în Vest (EVZ)

O mutare greu de inteles daca luam in calcul distantele dintre cele 17 echipe din Vest si cele 19 din Est.

Iata un top 10 al distantelor in linie dreapta:

Tricolorul Breaza 4018.04
Petrolul Ploiesti 4606.09
FC Snagov 4957.9
CS Otopeni 5005.21
Concordia Chiajna 5040.48
Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti 5091.39
Steaua II Bucuresti 5117.48
Dinamo II Bucuresti 5135.05
FCM Bacau 5308.15
Gloria Buzau 5354.97

Tricolorul Breaza este echipa care ar fi trebuit mutata in Vest. CS Otopeni va avea de parcurs in plus 1000 km.

FRF ar fi luat aceasta decizie pentru echilibrarea valorica a seriilor.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for AFC

Check the updated performance based seeding.

2014 FIFA World Cup performance based seeding for AFC

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AFC have announced last week the format for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. They will keep the same format and seeding system.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying format approved

Because AFC will use 2010 World Cup qualifying performance, this is the final seeding table. Even if a team wins all its matches before the November 2011 draw, it won't matter.

These are the seedings based on 2010 World Cup qualifying performance:
 1 Australia
2 Korea Republic
3 Japan
4 Korea DPR
5 Bahrain
5 Saudi Arabia
7 Iran
8 Qatar
9 Uzbekistan
10 United Arab Emirates
11 Syria
12 Oman
13 Jordan
14 Iraq
15 China PR
16 Singapore
17 Kuwait
18 Thailand
19 Turkmenistan
20 Lebanon
21 Yemen
22 Tajikistan
23 Hong Kong
24 Indonesia
25 Kyrgyzstan
26 Maldives
27 India
28 Malaysia
29 Bangladesh
30 Pakistan
31 Afghanistan
31 Cambodia
33 Nepal
34 Sri Lanka
34 Vietnam
36 Mongolia
37 Palestine
38 Timor-Leste
39 Macau
40 Chinese Taipei
40 Myanmar
42 Bhutan
42 Brunei Darussalam
42 Guam
42 Laos
42 Philippines
The AFC article assumes only 43 members will enter the 2014 World Cup qualifying. However, let's look at the scenario with all 46 members involved.

Bye to group stage (1st to 6th):

Australia
Korea Republic
Japan
Korea DPR
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia

Pot A (7th to 26th):

Iran
Qatar
Uzbekistan
United Arab Emirates
Syria
Oman
Jordan
Iraq
China PR
Singapore
Kuwait
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Lebanon
Yemen
Tajikistan
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives

Pot B (27th to 46th):

India
Malaysia
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Cambodia
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Mongolia
Palestine
Timor-Leste
Macau
Chinese Taipei
Myanmar
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Guam
Laos
Philippines

Assuming teams from Pot A advance, these are the second round seedings:

Pot A:

China PR
Singapore
Kuwait
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Lebanon

Pot B:

Yemen
Tajikistan
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives

AFC were the only confederation that managed to get by article 17, paragraph 1 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup regulations:

"Any seeding based on team performance for each continental preliminary competition will be based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking."

Will they be able to do it again?

These are the seedings using the August 2009 FIFA ranking:
 1 Australia
2 Japan
3 Korea Republic
4 Iran
5 Saudi Arabia
6 Bahrain
7 Uzbekistan
8 Oman
9 Qatar
10 Korea DPR
11 Syria
12 Iraq
13 China PR
14 Kuwait
15 Thailand
16 Jordan
17 United Arab Emirates
18 Singapore
19 Hong Kong
20 Indonesia
21 Yemen
22 Vietnam
23 Turkmenistan
24 Myanmar
25 Lebanon
26 Malaysia
27 Maldives
28 Tajikistan
29 India
29 Sri Lanka
31 Philippines
32 Kyrgyzstan
33 Pakistan
34 Bangladesh
35 Laos
36 Chinese Taipei
37 Cambodia
38 Mongolia
39 Nepal
40 Palestine
41 Brunei Darussalam
42 Guam
43 Afghanistan
44 Macau
45 Bhutan
46 Timor-Leste
Bye to group stage (1st to 6th):

Australia
Japan
Korea Republic
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain

Pot A (7th to 26th):

Uzbekistan
Oman
Qatar
Korea DPR
Syria
Iraq
China PR
Kuwait
Thailand
Jordan
United Arab Emirates
Singapore
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Yemen
Vietnam
Turkmenistan
Myanmar
Lebanon
Malaysia

Pot B (27th to 46th):

Maldives
Tajikistan
India
Sri Lanka
Philippines
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Laos
Chinese Taipei
Cambodia
Mongolia
Nepal
Palestine
Brunei Darussalam
Guam
Afghanistan
Macau
Bhutan
Timor-Leste

Assuming teams from Pot A advance, these are the second round seedings:

Pot A:

Thailand
Jordan
United Arab Emirates
Singapore
Hong Kong
Indonesia

Pot B:

Yemen
Vietnam
Turkmenistan
Myanmar
Lebanon
Malaysia


Which countries would gain from a 2010 FIFA World Cup performance based seeding?

Korea DPR would be among the top seeds, receiving a bye to the first group stage.
United Arab Emirates and Jordan would avoid playing in the last knock-out round before the first group stage.
Turkmenistan and Lebanon would be seeded in the last knock-out round before the first group stage.
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Maldives would be in the first pot for the first knock-out round.

Which countries would gain from a FIFA Ranking based seeding?

Iran would be among the top seeds, receiving a bye to the first group stage.
China PR and Kuwait would avoid playing in the last knock-out round before the first group stage.
Hong Kong and Indonesia would be seeded in the last knock-out round before the first group stage.
Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar would be in the first pot for the first knock-out round.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CONCACAF teams (July 27th)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the May 2007 FIFA ranking (for CONCACAF).

Assumptions:

- CONCACAF will again have 3.5 spots
- CONCACAF will again use the same qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams

The May 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between May 2007 and May 2011. We already have the "0.2" and "0.3" parts (matches played between May 2007 and May 2009) - that's basically 25% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.5" part (matches played between May 2009 and May 2010). A lot can and will change before May 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving CONCACAF teams: 2009 Gold Cup knockout stages, 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 Caribbean Championship, 2011 UNCAF Nations Cup and plenty of friendlies.

This is the May 2011 ranking (for CONCACAF only) using matches played up to and including June 13th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to May 2009 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).
 1 USA                            474
2 Mexico 384
3 Canada 354
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4 Costa Rica 345
5 Honduras 321
6 El Salvador 215
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7 Panama 208
8 Jamaica 200
9 Haiti 174
10 Trinidad and Tobago 116
11 Grenada 115
12 Antigua and Barbuda 112
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13 Guatemala 90
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14 Cuba 87
15 Bermuda 80
16 Barbados 70
17 Suriname 63
18 Guyana 53
18 Nicaragua 53
20 Netherlands Antilles 50
21 Puerto Rico 48
22 St. Kitts and Nevis 38
23 Cayman Islands 24
24 Belize 22
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24 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 22
26 St. Lucia 13
26 Turks and Caicos Islands 13
28 British Virgin Islands 12
29 Bahamas 8
30 Aruba 7
31 Dominica 5
32 US Virgin Islands 3
33 Montserrat 0
33 Dominican Republic 0
33 Anguilla 0
Now, looking at the August 2011 FIFA ranking (as Matt suggested):
 1 USA                            231
2 Costa Rica 183
3 Honduras 177
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4 Mexico 161
5 Jamaica 131
6 Trinidad and Tobago 113
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7 Canada 111
7 El Salvador 111
9 Panama 110
10 Cuba 105
11 Grenada 96
12 Suriname 89
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13 Antigua and Barbuda 88
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14 Barbados 81
15 Haiti 71
16 Guatemala 67
17 Nicaragua 44
18 Guyana 42
19 Bermuda 40
20 St. Kitts and Nevis 36
21 Puerto Rico 35
22 Netherlands Antilles 32
23 Cayman Islands 24
24 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 21
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24 Belize 21
26 St. Lucia 13
26 Turks and Caicos Islands 13
28 British Virgin Islands 12
29 Bahamas 8
30 Dominica 5
31 Aruba 4
32 US Virgin Islands 3
33 Anguilla 0
33 Dominican Republic 0
33 Montserrat 0

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Friday, July 24, 2009

FIFA Ranking: August 2009 final preview

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

Only two matches left before the deadline:

USA - Mexico (Gold Cup final)
China PR - Kyrgyzstan (friendly).

This is how these teams' totals could change:

USA (991 - loss, 1009 - PSO loss, 1028 - PSO win, 1046 - win)
Mexico (743 - loss, 755 - PSO loss, 777 - PSO win, 799 - win)
China PR (302 - loss, 306 - draw, 314 - win)
Kyrgystan (102 - loss, 118 - draw, 149 - win)

In the ranking table, the value displayed for these teams is the minimum possible value. This means that even if they lose, their total can't drop.

USA can break into the top 10 with a win against Mexico.
Mexico can return to the top 30 with a win against USA.
China PR can climb to 108th with a win against Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan can climb to 144th with a win against China PR.

Germany up to 4th, Italy down to 5th.

Best movers:

26 - Canada
12 - Namibia
11 - New Caledonia

Worst movers:

-25 - Netherlands Antilles
-24 - Grenada
-13 - Vietnam

Best movers in the top 50:

6 - Egypt
2 - Paraguay

Worst movers in the top 50:

-7 - Costa Rica and Honduras
-5 - Mexico

Costa Rica will drop one more place unless USA defeat Mexico avoiding PSO.

Ghana out of the African top 5, replaced by Egypt - now 4th.

Canada break in the CONCACAF top 5, replacing Jamaica. Costa Rica will keep their 2nd place only if USA defeats Mexico avoiding PSO.

Paraguay up to 3rd in South America, replacing Uruguay.

New Caledonia replace Vanuatu as the 3rd Oceanian team.

Germany replace Italy as UEFA's 3rd.

Montenegro will again improve their best ever ranking - 96th. Their previous best was 98th, achieved last month.

Peru return to their worst ever ranking 89th - first achieved in June 2009.

Five teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Mexico (38th - 33rd in July 2009)
China PR (113th - 108th in July 2009)
Zimbabwe (120th - 116th in July 2009)
United Arab Emirates (124th - 122nd in April 2009)
Mauritius (183rd - 176th in July 2009)

Mexico and China PR can still avoid this.

August 2009 rank - Team - August 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Brazil 1642 0 -30
2 Spain 1590 0 0
3 Netherlands 1379 0 0
4 Germany 1195 1 -12
5 Italy 1181 -1 -48
6 Russia 1161 0 0
7 England 1135 0 0
8 Argentina 1080 0 -11
9 France 1059 0 -23
10 Croatia 1031 0 0
11 Greece 1001 0 0
12 USA 991 0 8
13 Switzerland 930 0 0
14 Serbia 925 0 0
15 Denmark 909 0 0
16 Australia 896 0 10
17 Portugal 881 0 2
18 Côte d'Ivoire 874 0 0
19 Ukraine 869 0 0
20 Paraguay 856 2 10
21 Uruguay 851 -1 -9
22 Czech Republic 850 -1 0
23 Bulgaria 839 0 0
24 Scotland 837 0 0
25 Israel 822 0 0
26 Chile 817 1 6
27 Romania 814 -1 0
28 Turkey 809 0 0
29 Cameroon 803 0 0
30 Gabon 789 0 0
31 Northern Ireland 784 1 0
32 Egypt 778 6 24
33 Nigeria 773 1 0
34 Ghana 772 1 0
35 Ecuador 768 1 8
36 Republic of Ireland 758 1 0
37 Costa Rica 742 -7 -47
38 Mexico 734 -5 -43
39 Japan 729 1 7
40 Poland 706 1 0
41 Sweden 702 1 0
42 Slovakia 687 1 0
43 Hungary 681 1 0
44 Bosnia-Herzegovina 680 1 0
45 Colombia 668 1 -7
46 Honduras 664 -7 -89
47 Algeria 661 0 0
48 Korea Republic 626 0 -8
49 Tunisia 614 0 0
50 Norway 606 0 0
51 Burkina Faso 598 0 0
52 Finland 593 0 0
53 FYR Macedonia 589 0 0
54 Venezuela 583 0 -1
55 Morocco 570 0 0
56 Latvia 563 0 0
57 Guinea 562 0 0
58 Mali 551 1 0
59 Lithuania 545 1 0
60 Slovenia 539 2 0
61 Iran 534 -3 -25
62 Belgium 533 1 0
63 Bolivia 522 1 1
64 Saudi Arabia 519 -3 -23
65 Bahrain 501 1 6
66 Canada 497 26 137
67 Wales 494 0 0
68 Austria 493 0 0
69 Jamaica 488 -4 -31
70 Trinidad and Tobago 478 2 17
71 Togo 468 0 0
72 South Africa 449 -2 -25
73 Cyprus 445 0 0
74 Belarus 444 0 0
75 Libya 441 0 3
75 Uganda 441 0 3
77 Zambia 425 0 5
78 Panama 417 -9 -61
79 Uzbekistan 412 0 10
80 Oman 411 -2 -2
81 El Salvador 408 9 32
82 Mozambique 401 0 7
83 Benin 400 -3 0
84 Senegal 399 -3 0
85 Qatar 397 1 17
86 Korea DPR 395 -3 2
87 Moldova 389 -3 0
88 Cuba 383 -3 0
89 Congo 378 0 0
89 Peru 378 -3 -2
91 Sudan 367 0 0
92 Iceland 358 1 0
93 Tanzania 350 4 5
94 Albania 347 1 0
95 Syria 342 1 -4
96 Montenegro 339 2 0
97 Congo DR 338 5 6
98 Gambia 337 1 0
99 New Zealand 336 1 0
100 Iraq 334 -6 -21
101 Fiji 333 0 0
102 Angola 331 1 2
103 Georgia 326 1 0
103 Namibia 326 12 32
105 Kenya 325 0 0
106 Barbados 320 1 0
107 Guatemala 316 2 3
108 Antigua and Barbuda 312 -3 -13
108 Malawi 312 2 0
110 Suriname 309 1 0
111 Estonia 308 1 0
112 Grenada 305 -24 -74
113 China PR 300 -5 -17
114 Cape Verde Islands 296 0 0
115 Haiti 295 5 47
116 Kuwait 293 2 5
117 Rwanda 288 -4 -10
118 Thailand 287 -1 -3
119 Luxembourg 284 0 0
120 Zimbabwe 280 -4 -12
121 Guyana 269 -1 21
122 Jordan 245 0 2
123 Armenia 243 -1 0
124 United Arab Emirates 242 -2 -1
125 Sierra Leone 241 0 0
126 Chad 233 0 0
127 Singapore 228 0 0
128 Burundi 220 1 0
129 Equatorial Guinea 219 1 0
130 Botswana 208 4 6
130 Kazakhstan 208 3 4
132 Madagascar 203 -4 -24
133 Niger 187 3 0
134 Hong Kong 186 3 0
135 Indonesia 185 -3 -21
136 Ethiopia 178 2 1
137 Azerbaijan 175 2 0
138 New Caledonia 168 11 26
139 Nicaragua 165 -4 -30
140 Liberia 161 2 0
141 Yemen 159 3 2
142 Vanuatu 152 -1 -11
143 Bermuda 150 3 0
144 Vietnam 149 -13 -66
145 Turkmenistan 143 6 5
146 Malta 140 4 0
147 Myanmar 139 8 10
148 Lebanon 138 3 0
149 St. Kitts and Nevis 135 -4 -16
150 Liechtenstein 133 3 0
150 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 133 3 0
152 Swaziland 120 -10 -41
153 Malaysia 119 4 8
154 Maldives 117 2 0
155 Tajikistan 116 -7 -31
156 India 112 -9 -36
156 Sri Lanka 112 6 11
158 Philippines 108 0 0
159 Eritrea 106 0 0
160 Kyrgyzstan 102 0 -3
161 Mauritania 99 3 0
161 Solomon Islands 99 2 -1
163 Faroe Islands 96 2 0
164 Lesotho 93 -3 -9
165 Netherlands Antilles 88 -25 -81
166 Puerto Rico 87 0 0
167 Pakistan 85 0 0
168 Somalia 82 0 0
169 Bangladesh 80 0 0
170 Cayman Islands 76 1 0
171 Laos 73 1 0
172 Chinese Taipei 70 2 0
173 Cambodia 64 3 0
173 Samoa 64 3 0
175 Mongolia 61 4 0
176 Nepal 60 -3 -12
177 Belize 57 3 0
177 Palestine 57 -2 -12
179 Bahamas 53 2 0
179 Seychelles 53 -9 -25
181 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 1 0
182 Brunei Darussalam 46 1 0
183 Mauritius 45 -7 -19
184 Dominican Republic 40 0 0
184 Tonga 40 0 0
186 Guinea-Bissau 38 0 0
187 Cook Islands 34 1 0
187 Guam 34 1 0
189 Djibouti 33 1 0
190 St. Lucia 32 1 0
190 Tahiti 32 1 0
192 Afghanistan 31 -5 -6
193 British Virgin Islands 30 0 0
194 Macau 28 0 0
195 Andorra 17 1 0
195 Bhutan 17 1 0
197 Dominica 12 1 0
198 Aruba 11 -3 -11
199 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
200 Comoros 8 0 0
200 US Virgin Islands 8 0 0
202 Central African Republic 4 0 0
203 American Samoa 0 0 0
203 Anguilla 0 0 0
203 Montserrat 0 0 0
203 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
203 San Marino 0 0 0

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Friday, July 17, 2009

FIFA Ranking: Teams in need of matches for the August 2009 ranking

There are 55 teams that will not have the required 5 matches in the last 12 months when the August 2009 FIFA Ranking will be released. For these teams, FIFA will basically add a number of "virtual defeats" equal to the difference between the number of matches actually played by that team in the last 12 months and the required 5 matches.

Only two of them will be in the top 100: Congo and Gambia.

29 countries managed to get positive results in the last 12 months, but they lose points because of the 5 matches requirement.

Country - Points lost - Probable August 2009 rank
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 255 151
Gambia 204 97
Fiji 162 101
Madagascar 162 132
Vanuatu 109 142
Sierra Leone 96 125
Niger 96 133
Liberia 92 140
Congo 52 89
Cook Islands 51 187
Guam 51 187
Tajikistan 36 155
India 34 156
Bermuda 32 143
Chad 30 126
Cape Verde Islands 27 115
Chinese Taipei 22 172
Somalia 19 168
New Caledonia 17 138
Sri Lanka 17 156
Maldives 15 154
Hong Kong 14 134
Belize 14 178
Mongolia 13 175
Tonga 13 184
Afghanistan 13 192
Kyrgyzstan 11 160
Nepal 6 176
Timor-Leste 2 199

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CONCACAF teams (July 17th)

This morning I saw this post on Think it all in: Looking Ahead to World Cup Qualifying 2011.

Pompey Canuck tries, with some success, to do something similar with my 2014 World Cup seeding, but for CONCACAF.

There are a couple of mistakes in the article:

* Pompey Canuck got some parts of the FIFA ranking method right, but he forgot to divide the points won in each time frame by the number of matches
* The 13th team in the ranking gets a bye to the 2nd round, it's not random
* It's a very bad idea to play lots and lots of friendlies, especially against St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Aruba as it will bring your average down

Anyway, here's the May 2011 FIFA Ranking with the usual explanations:

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the May 2007 FIFA ranking (for CONCACAF).

Assumptions:

- CONCACAF will again have 3.5 spots
- CONCACAF will again use the same qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams

The May 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between May 2007 and May 2011. We already have the "0.2" and "0.3" parts (matches played between May 2007 and May 2009) - that's basically 25% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.5" part (matches played between May 2009 and May 2010). A lot can and will change before May 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving CONCACAF teams: 2009 Gold Cup knockout stages, 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 Caribbean Championship, 2011 UNCAF Nations Cup and plenty of friendlies.

This is the May 2011 ranking (for CONCACAF only) using matches played up to and including June 13th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to May 2009 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).
 1 USA                            433
2 Canada 354
3 Costa Rica 342
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4 Honduras 298
5 Mexico 293
6 El Salvador 215
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7 Panama 208
8 Jamaica 200
9 Haiti 174
10 Trinidad and Tobago 116
11 Grenada 115
12 Antigua and Barbuda 112
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13 Guatemala 90
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14 Cuba 87
15 Bermuda 80
16 Barbados 70
17 Suriname 63
18 Guyana 53
18 Nicaragua 53
20 Netherlands Antilles 50
21 Puerto Rico 48
22 St. Kitts and Nevis 38
23 Cayman Islands 24
24 Belize 22
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24 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 22
26 St. Lucia 13
26 Turks and Caicos Islands 13
28 British Virgin Islands 12
29 Bahamas 8
30 Aruba 7
31 Dominica 5
32 US Virgin Islands 3
33 Montserrat 0
33 Dominican Republic 0
33 Anguilla 0

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Monday, July 13, 2009

FIFA Ranking: November 2009 top 50

Explanation:

This is the how the November 2009 FIFA ranking would look like if

  • No more matches would be played from July 13th to November 11th.
  • The 5-matches rule wouldn't be applied
This post was basically published to help those interested in the 2010 FIFA World Cup seeding. As many of you know, the November 2009 is the last piece of the formula.

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By request.

Column order

Rank
Country
Points
Sum of 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5
Matches in the 1.0 time frame
Points in the 1.0 time frame

I didn't apply the minimum 5 matches rule for Russia, Croatia, Gabon, Scotland, Greece, Switzerland, Israel, Hungary, Cameroon and Burkina Faso because I'm sure they will have 5 matches by November 11th.

1 Brazil 1760 637.73 11 12345.88
2 Spain 1661 839.26 10 8218.58
3 Netherlands 1465 641.48 6 4938.98
4 Russia 1215 547.12 3 2002.50
5 Italy 1107 698.78 9 3671.90
6 Argentina 1100 589.19 7 3573.12
7 England 1087 534.08 6 3315.00
8 Croatia 1040 580.71 3 1376.50
9 France 1032 538.83 6 2959.23
10 USA 1015 387.73 15 9407.43
11 Germany 1010 731.01 6 1676.73
12 Greece 1002 456.47 4 2183.00
13 Côte d'Ivoire 955 389.59 5 2826.75
14 Switzerland 932 391.84 4 2160.00
15 Gabon 926 262.23 3 1991.98
16 Denmark 907 356.70 5 2753.50
17 Australia 903 377.73 8 4203.25
18 Northern Ireland 896 352.76 5 2715.00
19 Portugal 893 541.73 6 2106.70
20 Ghana 883 385.62 6 2985.20
21 Serbia 882 371.40 8 4083.00
22 Bosnia-Herzegovina 863 235.64 5 3136.85
22 Bulgaria 863 483.33 5 1899.00
24 Uruguay 841 400.67 6 2644.57
25 Chile 840 367.02 9 4254.22
26 Ukraine 818 417.39 6 2403.00
27 Ecuador 799 349.65 8 3596.37
28 Costa Rica 789 242.78 15 8191.07
29 Egypt 788 445.53 10 3423.08
30 Israel 769 498.59 4 1082.60
31 Colombia 753 318.50 6 2604.42
32 Japan 752 350.14 12 4822.76
33 Czech Republic 746 541.31 5 1024.58
34 Algeria 740 260.47 5 2397.43
34 Honduras 740 288.88 16 7222.03
36 Republic of Ireland 737 368.00 6 2212.25
37 Hungary 729 284.62 4 1779.00
38 Romania 714 443.12 5 1353.00
39 Nigeria 708 427.25 7 1965.15
40 Mexico 706 395.09 13 4047.57
41 Scotland 700 387.70 3 937.50
42 Canada 698 217.23 6 2886.68
43 Tunisia 678 282.88 6 2368.00
44 Cameroon 671 495.30 4 703.38
45 Burkina Faso 657 252.52 4 1618.83
46 Korea Republic 656 299.15 10 3565.33
47 Paraguay 632 457.40 6 1047.24
48 Poland 631 374.93 8 2047.78
49 Slovakia 626 304.76 6 1927.50
50 Venezuela 601 253.16 9 3129.92

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.