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Friday, February 13, 2009

2010 WC: Seeding formula based on the latest FIFA Rankings (11 February 2009)

Qualified teams determined using only the latest FIFA rankings.

Romania/Costa Rica replace Greece/Honduras.
 1 Germany        60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil         58.3 29.3 29.0
 3 Italy          56.7 27.3 29.3
 4 Spain          56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 England        50.3 26.3 24.0
 6 Argentina      49.7 21.0 28.7
 7 France         46.0 23.3 22.7
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 8 Portugal       44.3 22.3 22.0
 9 Netherlands    42.7 14.7 28.0
10 Croatia        34.0  9.0 25.0
11 Mexico         33.3 19.3 14.0
12 Turkey         31.7 10.0 21.7
13 Czech Republic 29.3  6.0 23.3
14 USA            29.0 13.7 15.3
15 Paraguay       29.0 11.7 17.3
16 Russia         24.0  3.0 21.0
17 Ghana          21.7 13.3  8.3
18 Japan          21.0 13.3  7.7
19 Korea Republic 20.7 15.7  5.0
20 Cameroon       20.0  3.0 17.0
21 Australia      19.3 11.3  8.0
22 Nigeria        17.7  2.7 15.0
23 Romania        17.3  0.0 17.3
24 Uruguay        15.3  2.7 12.7
25 Israel         15.0  0.0 15.0
26 Cote d'Ivoire  14.3  6.0  8.3
27 Egypt          12.3  0.0 12.3
28 Costa Rica     11.3  8.3  3.0
29 Saudi Arabia   10.7  8.0  2.7
30 Iran           10.7  5.3  5.3
31 Chile           7.0  0.0  7.0
32 South Africa    4.0  3.0  1.0
Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

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

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4 comments:

  1. scaryiceMarch 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    Keep up the great work! I've kind of gotten away from it since the USA doesn't have a shot this time.

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  2. EdgarMarch 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    Thanks scaryice!

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  3. ForfantoneSeptember 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM

    I was listening to the FIFA press conference 29 September and after about 35 mins there was a question about the seeding and the General Secretary Valcke answered "The seeding will clearly follow the FIFA ranking system". If that is a reference to the world ranking it is big news but it has not been picked up anywhere. There is a link at FIFA site if someone wants to listen to the comment

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  4. EdgarOctober 5, 2009 at 8:54 AM

    Thanks Forfantone! Good find.

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