2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CONCACAF teams (8 September 2009)

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 September 8th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to May 2010 (only those on fifa.com).

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

St. Kitts and Nevis climb two spots.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 USA                            494
 2  2 Mexico                         446
 3  3 Honduras                       395
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 4  4 Canada                         354
 5  5 Costa Rica                     345
 6  6 El Salvador                    215
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 7  7 Panama                         208
 8  8 Jamaica                        206
 9  9 Haiti                          174
10 10 Trinidad and Tobago            163
11 11 Grenada                        115
12 12 Antigua and Barbuda            112
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13 13 Guatemala                       90
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14 14 Cuba                            87
15 15 Bermuda                         80
16 16 Barbados                        70
17 17 Suriname                        63
18 18 Guyana                          53
18 18 Nicaragua                       53
20 22 St. Kitts and Nevis             51
21 20 Netherlands Antilles            50
22 21 Puerto Rico                     48
23 23 Cayman Islands                  24
24 24 Belize                          22
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24 24 St. Vincent and the Grenadines  22
26 26 St. Lucia                       13
26 26 Turks and Caicos Islands        13
28 28 British Virgin Islands          12
29 29 Bahamas                          9
30 30 Aruba                            7
31 31 Dominica                         5
32 32 US Virgin Islands                3
33 33 Anguilla                         0
33 33 Dominican Republic               0
33 33 Montserrat                       0

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