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Friday, June 10, 2011

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding: CAF pots (10 June 2011)

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1 July 2011: See the Namibia update.

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Only two matches left involving African teams: Colombia - Senegal and Iran - Madagascar. However, both teams are locked in their respective pots. African teams have to habit of playing often outside the official match dates, so if that happens, I will update the pots.

This is the final July 2011 ranking (based on the current list of fixtures) - only for CAF teams participating in the World Cup qualifiers (that's why you won't see Mauritania).

Rank - Team - Points
1 Côte d'Ivoire            922
 2 Egypt                    738
 3 Ghana                    696
 4 Burkina Faso             661
 5 Nigeria                  635
 6 Senegal                  619
 7 South Africa             597
 8 Cameroon                 595
 9 Algeria                  575
10 Tunisia                  553
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11 Gabon                    517
12 Libya                    494
12 Morocco                  494
14 Guinea                   474
15 Malawi                   459
16 Botswana                 440
17 Zambia                   436
18 Uganda                   417
19 Mali                     416
20 Cape Verde Islands       397
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21 Benin                    380
21 Zimbabwe                 380
23 Central African Republic 370
24 Sierra Leone             348
25 Sudan                    337
26 Niger                    331
27 Gambia                   329
27 Angola                   329
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29 Mozambique               327
30 Congo DR                 240
31 Togo                     238
32 Liberia                  233
33 Tanzania                 231
34 Kenya                    209
35 Congo                    206
36 Rwanda                   190
37 Ethiopia                 169
38 Burundi                  164
39 Madagascar               159
40 Guinea-Bissau            142
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41 Equatorial Guinea        131
42 Chad                     127
43 Namibia                  123
44 Swaziland                 93
45 Comoros                   80
46 Lesotho                   44
47 Eritrea                   29
48 Somalia                   23
49 Djibouti                  12
50 Mauritius                 10
51 Seychelles                 7
52 Sao Tome e Principe        0

So the pots look like this:

Preliminary round:

Pot 1: Mozambique, Congo DR, Togo, Liberia, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau
Pot 2: Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Namibia, Swaziland, Comoros, Lesotho, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sao Tome e Principe

Group stage draw:

Pot 1: Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Algeria, Tunisia
Pot 2: Gabon, Libya, Morocco, Guinea, Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, Uganda, Mali, Cape Verde Islands
Pot 3: Benin, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Niger, Gambia, Angola

The winners of the first two match-ups from the preliminary round (in the order of the draw) will be placed in Pot 3. The other winners will be placed in Pot 4.

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5 comments:

  1. I've seen a lot of people over the months talk about rankings and say something to the effect of "Even below the might of Burkina Faso!" That needs to stop. That team has made great strides and shown great consistency. Their U17 team won the African U17 Championship too.

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  2. It's been announced in Peru that Senegal will play Peru on June 28.

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  3. ya lorric only they were all 19 years old

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  4. Its all about Ghana

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  5. @Peru-Senegal

    Thank you! Isn't that the Senegal Olympic team?

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