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Friday, July 25, 2014

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw seeding for CONCACAF (25 July 2014)

Assumptions:

- CONCACAF will keep the current qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- CONCACAF will choose the March 2015 ranking for seeding


The March 2015 FIFA ranking will include matches played between March 2011 and March 2015. This means we're currently in the last time frame.

This the March 2015 ranking (for CONCACAF only) using matches played up to and including July 24th, 2014 and matches scheduled up to March 2015 (only those on fifa.com).

The "1.0" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Looking to improve your FIFA ranking before the draw? Use the e-mail address from my profile to contact me.

Changes since the last update:

Turks and Caicos Islands climb 3 (three) pots from the unseeded pot of the first round to pot 3 of the group stage draw.
Aruba climb 2 pots from the 3rd pot of the group stage draw to the seeded pot of the group stage draw.
Montserrat climb 2 pots from the seeded pot of the first round to pot 3 of the group stage draw.

Guatemala drop from Pot 1 of the second round to Pot 2.
Belize drop from Pot 2 of the second round to Pot 3.
St. Kitts and Nevis drop from Pot 3 of the second round to Pot 4.
Nicaragua drop from Pot 4 of the second round to the seeded pot of the first round.
Bahamas lose seeded status in the first round.
Bermuda drop from Pot 3 of the second round to the seeded pot of the first round.

First round

Pot 1: Bermuda, Nicaragua, Barbados, Dominica, Curacao
Pot 2: Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Anguilla

Second round (group stage)

Pot 1: Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Aruba, Canada, Cuba
Pot 2: St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Suriname
Pot 3: Belize, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Guyana
Pot 4: St. Kitts and Nevis + 5 winners from the first round

Third round (group stage)

Pot 1: Costa Rica, Mexico, USA
Pot 2: Panama, Honduras, El Salvador
Pot 3: 6 group winners from the second round

Rank - Previous Rank - Team - Points

 1  3 Costa Rica                     1193
 2  2 Mexico                          940
 3  1 USA                             898
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 4  5 Panama                          404
 5  4 Honduras                        402
 6  6 El Salvador                     255
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 7  7 Haiti                           237
 8  8 Trinidad and Tobago             235
 9  9 Jamaica                         233
10 23 Aruba                           217
11 11 Canada                          185
12 10 Cuba                            170
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13 16 St. Lucia                       146
14 17 St. Vincent and the Grenadines  132
15 12 Guatemala                       127
16 13 Dominican Republic              123
17 17 Grenada                         115
18 14 Suriname                         94
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19 15 Belize                           88
20 30 Montserrat                       86
21 19 Antigua and Barbuda              74
22 20 Puerto Rico                      73
23 35 Turks and Caicos Islands         66
24 21 Guyana                           63
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25 22 St. Kitts and Nevis              58
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26 23 Bermuda                          55
27 25 Nicaragua                        51
28 26 Barbados                         48
29 27 Dominica                         37
30 28 Curacao                          30
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31 29 Bahamas                          26
32 31 US Virgin Islands                16
33 32 British Virgin Islands            8
34 33 Cayman Islands                    5
35 34 Anguilla                          2

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