Monday, November 9, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (9 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 8th, 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).

Zimbabwe replace Kenya in the 2nd pot.
Botswana/Swaziland replace Chad/Burundi in the 3rd pot.
Comoros replace Guinea-Bissau in the 4th pot.


Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
 1  1 Cameroon                 524
2 5 Egypt 383
3 2 Algeria 358
4 3 Côte d'Ivoire 348
5 4 Gabon 335
6 7 Ghana 301
7 6 Nigeria 285
8 8 Mali 266
9 9 Tunisia 262
10 10 Burkina Faso 256
11 11 Benin 246
12 12 Malawi 218
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13 14 Mozambique 196
14 13 Morocco 170
15 15 Togo 157
16 17 Angola 156
17 24 Zambia 147
18 30 Zimbabwe 144
18 16 Guinea 144
20 19 South Africa 131
21 18 Libya 128
22 21 Congo 127
23 20 Senegal 121
24 22 Uganda 116
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25 23 Kenya 110
26 25 Tanzania 108
27 26 Gambia 101
28 27 Sudan 100
29 28 Cape Verde Islands 96
30 32 Congo DR 88
31 29 Rwanda 86
32 31 Namibia 80
33 39 Botswana 79
34 37 Swaziland 76
35 33 Sierra Leone 74
36 34 Madagascar 73
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37 35 Chad 67
38 36 Burundi 52
39 37 Equatorial Guinea 51
40 42 Lesotho 47
40 40 Niger 47
42 41 Liberia 39
43 42 Ethiopia 29
44 44 Somalia 23
44 44 Mauritania 23
46 51 Comoros 19
47 46 Eritrea 16
48 47 Mauritius 15
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49 48 Guinea-Bissau 12
49 48 Djibouti 12
51 50 Seychelles 11
52 51 Central African Republic 0
52 51 Sao Tome e Principe 0

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