Comments on Football rankings: 2010 WC: Seeding formula based on current standing...

Hi Tarjidin, The only problem with your distribut...

2009-09-09T08:40:54.742+02:00

Hi Tarjidin,

The only problem with your distribution is that FIFA have to come up with a mathematical formula to back this up.

I agree with your estimation, but the following di...

2009-09-07T20:02:03.463+02:00

I agree with your estimation,
but the following distribution would be more balanced.

Pot 3: Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, USA, Australia, Korea Republic, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire

Pot 4: Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Korea DPR, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Gabon, Tunisia

Additional condition is, that two countries from the same association cannot be joined into the same

The country displayed first in the FIFA Ranking ge...

2009-07-10T08:51:11.045+03:00

The country displayed first in the FIFA Ranking gets the most points. If you look at the July 2009 FIFA Ranking, Costa Rica are above Gabon.
That's how FIFA did in 2006 and 2002.

How do you assign points in the FIFA rankings when...

2009-07-10T03:26:09.569+03:00

How do you assign points in the FIFA rankings when two countries are tied?

Costa Rica and Gabon for example. They are tied for 30th but it looks like CRC was assigned 13 points for July 09 and Gabon was assigned 12 points in your seeding rankings.