Monday, November 23, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (23 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: 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 22th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to July 2010 (only those on fifa.com). I've also added 3 matches for the teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
 1  1 Cameroon                 363
2 3 Egypt 348
3 2 Côte d'Ivoire 316
4 4 Algeria 311
5 6 Gabon 297
6 7 Burkina Faso 280
7 5 Nigeria 272
8 8 Mali 254
9 10 Ghana 253
10 8 Benin 242
11 11 Tunisia 206
12 12 Mozambique 202
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13 13 Togo 198
14 14 Malawi 180
15 15 Morocco 170
16 17 Zimbabwe 144
16 17 Guinea 144
18 21 Congo 135
19 16 Zambia 133
19 20 South Africa 133
21 22 Libya 128
22 23 Senegal 121
23 19 Angola 117
24 24 Uganda 116
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25 25 Kenya 108
26 26 Rwanda 104
27 26 Tanzania 103
28 28 Gambia 101
29 29 Sudan 100
30 30 Cape Verde Islands 96
31 31 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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