Monday, November 9, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (9 November 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 playoffs, 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 November 8th, 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).

Portugal replace Denmark in Pot 1.
Slovakia replace Republic of Ireland in Pot 2.
Northern Ireland replace Austria in Pot 3.
Lithuania replace FYR Macedonia in Pot 4.
Luxembourg replace Moldova in Pot 5.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
 1  1 Spain               446
2 2 Netherlands 350
3 3 Croatia 278
4 5 Germany 274
5 8 England 270
6 7 Italy 269
7 4 Russia 260
8 6 Switzerland 259
9 11 Portugal 233
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10 12 Ukraine 230
10 9 Denmark 230
12 13 France 229
13 10 Serbia 226
14 15 Greece 218
15 14 Israel 217
16 18 Bulgaria 207
17 22 Slovakia 205
18 16 Czech Republic 202
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19 24 Latvia 198
19 16 Republic of Ireland 198
21 20 Turkey 193
22 20 Slovenia 189
23 25 Sweden 181
24 19 Bosnia-Herzegovina 179
25 23 Norway 168
26 26 Romania 164
27 28 Northern Ireland 160
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28 35 Hungary 158
29 27 Austria 149
30 29 Montenegro 142
31 37 Lithuania 140
32 31 Scotland 135
33 32 Finland 132
34 30 Poland 128
35 32 Belarus 120
36 34 Belgium 114
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37 36 FYR Macedonia 104
38 38 Cyprus 97
39 40 Wales 96
40 44 Estonia 87
40 41 Iceland 87
42 39 Albania 84
43 42 Armenia 72
44 43 Faroe Islands 68
45 46 Luxembourg 56
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46 45 Moldova 55
47 47 Kazakhstan 51
48 49 Azerbaijan 45
49 48 Georgia 35
50 50 Malta 27
51 51 Liechtenstein 16
52 52 Andorra 0
52 52 San Marino 0

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