Friday, July 3, 2009

2010 WC: Seeding formula based on the latest FIFA Rankings (1 July 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using only the latest FIFA rankings.

Already qualified: South Africa, Japan, Australia, Korea Republic, Netherlands, Korea DPR.

Korea DPR/Costa Rica/Denmark/Serbia replace Iran/Honduras/Portugal/Turkey.
 1 Brazil         59.7 29.3 30.3
2 Germany 59.3 30.3 29.0
3 Italy 56.7 27.3 29.3
4 Spain 56.0 25.3 30.7
5 England 50.7 26.3 24.3
6 Argentina 49.0 21.0 28.0
7 France 47.3 23.3 24.0
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8 Netherlands 43.0 14.7 28.3
9 Mexico 33.3 19.3 14.0
10 Croatia 33.3 9.0 24.3
11 USA 32.7 13.7 19.0
12 Switzerland 29.0 15.3 13.7
13 Paraguay 28.3 11.7 16.7
14 Czech Republic 27.3 6.0 21.3
15 Russia 25.7 3.0 22.7
16 Ghana 22.7 13.3 9.3
17 Australia 22.3 11.3 11.0
18 Korea Republic 21.7 15.7 6.0
19 Japan 21.3 13.3 8.0
20 Greece 20.7 0.0 20.7
21 Denmark 20.0 7.7 12.3
22 Serbia 19.7 5.3 14.3
23 Cameroon 19.0 3.0 16.0
24 Cote d'Ivoire 18.3 6.0 12.3
25 Nigeria 17.7 2.7 15.0
26 Uruguay 17.3 2.7 14.7
27 Costa Rica 13.7 8.3 5.3
28 Egypt 12.0 0.0 12.0
29 Saudi Arabia 11.7 8.0 3.7
30 Chile 8.7 0.0 8.7
31 South Africa 5.0 3.0 2.0
32 Korea DPR 1.0 0.0 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, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Japan, Korea DPR, 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, Denmark, Korea Republic, Uruguay
Group B: Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Chile
Group C: France, Czech Republic, Mexico, Cameroon
Group D: Spain, Switzerland, Korea DPR, Egypt
Group E: Argentina, Greece, Australia, Cote d'Ivoire
Group F: Italy, Croatia, Costa Rica, Ghana
Group G: England, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Paraguay
Group H: Brazil, Serbia, USA, Nigeria

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