Friday, March 26, 2010

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (26 March 2010)

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" and "0.3" parts (matches played between November 2007 and November 2009) - that's basically 25% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.5" part (matches played between November 2009 and November 2010). A lot can and will change before November 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 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 March 26th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2010 (only those on fifa.com). I've also added the EURO 2012 fixtures from UEFA.com.

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

England and Denmark replace France and Slovenia in the first pot.
Turkey and Sweden replace Israel and the Republic of Ireland in the second pot.
Poland and Austria replace Montenegro and Romania in the third pot.
Belarus and Albania replace Belgium and Macedonia in the fourth pot.
Moldova replace Faroe Islands in the fifth pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
 1  1 Spain                    492
2 4 Netherlands 374
3 2 Portugal 300
4 9 Russia 296
5 6 Italy 292
6 13 England 283
7 8 Germany 280
8 3 Greece 278
9 10 Denmark 273
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10 12 Croatia 267
11 7 France 264
12 5 Slovenia 263
13 11 Serbia 245
14 14 Switzerland 242
15 16 Ukraine 231
16 21 Turkey 225
17 23 Sweden 221
18 17 Bulgaria 220
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19 18 Israel 217
20 15 Republic of Ireland 215
21 25 Norway 208
22 28 Poland 203
23 27 Bosnia-Herzegovina 200
24 19 Slovakia 196
25 20 Czech Republic 194
26 29 Austria 185
27 22 Latvia 182
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28 34 Scotland 177
29 24 Montenegro 174
30 26 Romania 168
31 30 Hungary 167
32 30 Northern Ireland 148
33 33 Finland 145
34 32 Lithuania 140
35 37 Belarus 135
36 42 Albania 131
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37 36 Belgium 123
38 43 Iceland 120
39 34 FYR Macedonia 119
40 40 Cyprus 108
41 38 Wales 105
42 39 Azerbaijan 100
43 41 Estonia 99
44 47 Moldova 77
45 44 Armenia 72
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46 45 Faroe Islands 68
47 49 Georgia 61
48 46 Luxembourg 58
49 48 Kazakhstan 51
50 50 Malta 27
51 51 Liechtenstein 15
52 52 Andorra 0
52 52 San Marino 0

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