Monday, November 16, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (16 November 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, CAN 2010, 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 November 15th, 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).

Mozambique replace Malawi in the first pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
 1  1 Cameroon                 541
2 4 Côte d'Ivoire 430
3 2 Egypt 409
4 3 Algeria 358
5 7 Nigeria 347
6 5 Gabon 335
7 10 Burkina Faso 326
8 11 Benin 301
8 8 Mali 301
10 6 Ghana 296
11 9 Tunisia 262
12 13 Mozambique 256
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13 15 Togo 234
14 12 Malawi 218
15 14 Morocco 170
16 17 Zambia 147
17 18 Zimbabwe 144
17 18 Guinea 144
19 16 Angola 138
20 20 South Africa 136
21 22 Congo 135
22 21 Libya 128
23 23 Senegal 121
24 24 Uganda 116
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25 25 Kenya 110
26 31 Rwanda 108
26 26 Tanzania 108
28 27 Gambia 101
29 28 Sudan 100
30 29 Cape Verde Islands 96
31 30 Congo DR 88
32 32 Namibia 80
33 33 Botswana 79
34 34 Swaziland 76
35 35 Sierra Leone 74
36 36 Madagascar 73
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37 37 Chad 67
38 38 Burundi 52
39 39 Equatorial Guinea 51
40 40 Lesotho 47
40 40 Niger 47
42 42 Liberia 39
43 43 Ethiopia 29
44 44 Somalia 23
44 44 Mauritania 23
46 46 Comoros 19
47 47 Eritrea 16
48 48 Mauritius 15
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49 49 Guinea-Bissau 12
49 49 Djibouti 12
51 51 Seychelles 11
52 52 Central African Republic 0
52 52 Sao Tome e Principe 0

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