Wednesday, July 2, 2008

2010 WC: Seeding formula (July 2008 update)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using the current standings and the FIFA rankings.

Russia/Turkey/Iran/Chile replace Scotland/Bulgaria/Uzbekistan/Panama

Portugal seeded, England unseeded.

Rank - Country - Total - Performance - Ranking
 1 Germany        59.7 30.3 29.3
2 Brazil 59.0 29.3 29.7
3 Italy 58.0 27.3 30.7
4 Spain 56.3 25.3 31.0
5 Argentina 49.7 21.0 28.7
6 France 47.3 23.3 24.0
7 Portugal 46.7 22.3 24.3
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8 England 45.3 26.3 19.0
9 Netherlands 41.3 14.7 26.7
10 Mexico 36.3 19.3 17.0
11 Croatia 34.0 9.0 25.0
12 Czech Republic 31.7 6.0 25.7
13 Turkey 28.7 10.0 18.7
14 Ghana 25.3 13.3 12.0
15 USA 25.0 13.7 11.3
16 Paraguay 24.3 11.7 12.7
17 Japan 22.3 13.3 9.0
18 Russia 22.0 3.0 19.0
19 Romania 20.7 0.0 20.7
20 Cameroon 20.3 3.0 17.3
21 Korea Republic 19.3 15.7 3.7
22 Greece 18.7 0.0 18.7
23 Australia 16.7 11.3 5.3
24 Cote d'Ivoire 16.0 6.0 10.0
25 Nigeria 15.0 2.7 12.3
26 Colombia 15.0 0.0 15.0
27 Iran 12.7 5.3 7.3
28 Egypt 11.7 0.0 11.7
29 Saudi Arabia 10.7 8.0 2.7
30 Chile 5.0 0.0 5.0
31 South Africa 4.0 3.0 1.0
32 Honduras 3.7 0.0 3.7

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot A: Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain
Pot B: Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Greece, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Turkey
Pot C: Australia, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot D: Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay

Possible draw:

Group A: South Africa, England, Korea Republic, Chile
Group B: Argentina, Romania, Honduras, Ghana
Group C: Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Cote d'Ivoire
Group D: Brazil, Greece, Japan, Egypt
Group E: Spain, Turkey, USA, Nigeria
Group F: Italy, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon
Group G: France, Russia, Iran, Paraguay
Group H: Portugal, Czech Republic, Mexico, Colombia

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