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Friday, March 2, 2012

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding: AFC 4th round (2 March 2012)

5 March 2012

Updated to account for the removal of 22 January 2012 game between Lebanon and Iran (1 - 0) from fifa.com. The pots don't change.

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AFC have confirmed the March FIFA ranking will be used to seed the teams for the final group round draw.

AFC haven't confirmed the draw procedure. 4 years ago, the 4 lowest seeded teams of the 10 qualified for the 4th round were placed in a single pot.

Australia      868
Korea Republic 751
Japan          740
Iran           574
Uzbekistan     502
Iraq           460
Jordan         420
Qatar          388
Oman           381
Lebanon        270

Pot 1: Australia, Korea Republic
Pot 2: Japan, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon

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2 comments:

  1. Looking forward to the draw and confirmation of the draw procedure, though I doubt it would make much of a difference as the last seeds are all of a similar quality for me. Bring it on :D

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