Friday, August 14, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (12 August 2009)

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

Assumptions:

- UEFA will again have 13 spots
- UEFA will again use the system with 9 groups
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- FIFA will hold the draw in November 2011

The November 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between November 2007 and November 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between November 2007 and November 2008) - that's basically 10% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.3" part (matches played between November 2008 and November 2009). A lot can and will change before November 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, EURO 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

UEFA will only use the national team coefficient for the European Championships draws (qualifying and final tournament).

This is the November 2011 ranking (for UEFA only) using matches played up to and including August 12th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2009 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.3" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Croatia up to 3rd.

Norway climb from 5th pot to 3rd pot. As a result, Latvia drop to 4th pot, Finland to 5th pot.
Turkey up to 2nd pot, replacing Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Moldova up to 5th pot, replacing Armenia.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
 1  1 Spain               368
2 2 Netherlands 293
3 7 Croatia 226
4 3 Russia 203
5 6 Germany 198
6 4 Italy 197
7 5 England 193
8 8 Serbia 182
9 9 Denmark 172
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10 11 Switzerland 164
11 14 Bulgaria 162
11 10 Ukraine 162
13 13 France 160
14 12 Greece 152
14 15 Israel 152
16 19 Turkey 149
17 16 Portugal 146
18 16 Republic of Ireland 142
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19 20 Northern Ireland 132
20 18 Bosnia-Herzegovina 130
20 22 Czech Republic 130
22 23 Romania 129
23 23 Sweden 126
24 21 Slovakia 124
25 26 Poland 119
26 37 Norway 117
27 25 Hungary 112
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28 29 Lithuania 101
29 27 Latvia 100
30 28 FYR Macedonia 99
31 33 Slovenia 97
32 35 Montenegro 96
33 30 Belarus 89
33 30 Scotland 89
35 32 Austria 87
36 33 Wales 85
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37 36 Finland 80
38 37 Belgium 78
39 41 Albania 68
40 39 Estonia 64
41 40 Cyprus 57
42 42 Iceland 56
43 43 Luxembourg 45
44 47 Moldova 38
45 44 Georgia 35
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45 44 Armenia 35
47 46 Kazakhstan 34
48 50 Malta 27
49 48 Azerbaijan 24
50 49 Faroe Islands 23
51 51 Liechtenstein 5
52 52 Andorra 0
52 52 San Marino 0

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