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

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