2010 WC: Seeding formula (August 2008 update)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

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

No new teams this month.

England seeded, France unseeded (same total, but England's performance part is higher). I'm not sure how FIFA would go about this though...

Rank - Country - Total - Performance - Ranking

 1 Germany        60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil         57.7 29.3 28.3
 3 Italy          57.3 27.3 30.0
 4 Spain          56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 Argentina      49.0 21.0 28.0
 6 Portugal       46.7 22.3 24.3
 7 England        46.0 26.3 19.7
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 8 France         46.0 23.3 22.7
 9 Netherlands    42.0 14.7 27.3
10 Croatia        35.3  9.0 26.3
11 Mexico         31.7 19.3 12.3
12 Czech Republic 31.7  6.0 25.7
13 Turkey         29.3 10.0 19.3
14 Ghana          26.0 13.3 12.7
15 USA            25.7 13.7 12.0
16 Paraguay       25.7 11.7 14.0
17 Russia         22.7  3.0 19.7
18 Japan          22.3 13.3  9.0
19 Romania        21.3  0.0 21.3
20 Korea Republic 20.0 15.7  4.3
21 Cameroon       19.0  3.0 16.0
22 Greece         18.7  0.0 18.7
23 Australia      17.3 11.3  6.0
24 Cote d'Ivoire  17.3  6.0 11.3
25 Nigeria        15.0  2.7 12.3
26 Colombia       14.3  0.0 14.3
27 Egypt          13.0  0.0 13.0
28 Saudi Arabia   11.3  8.0  3.3
29 Iran           11.3  5.3  6.0
30 Chile           5.7  0.0  5.7
31 South Africa    4.0  3.0  1.0
32 Honduras        2.3  0.0  2.3

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

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

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