2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (28 March 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the November 2007 FIFA ranking.

Assumptions:

- UEFA will again have 13 spots
- UEFA will again use the system with 9 groups
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- FIFA will hold the draw in November 2011

The November 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between November 2007 and November 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between November 2007 and November 2008) - that's basically 10% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.3" part (matches played between November 2008 and November 2009). A lot can and will change before November 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, EURO 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

UEFA will only use the national team coefficient for the European Championships draws (qualifying and final tournament).

This is the November 2011 ranking (for UEFA only) using matches played up to and including March 28th, 2009.

 1 Spain               273
 2 Netherlands         204
 3 Germany             154
 4 Croatia             150
 5 Russia              149
 6 Israel              147
 7 Italy               135
 7 Ukraine             135
 9 Switzerland         132
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10 Serbia              131
11 Turkey              129
12 England             126
13 Czech Republic      113
14 Bulgaria            112
14 Republic of Ireland 112
16 Greece              110
16 Portugal            110
18 France              109
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19 Denmark             107
19 Sweden              107
21 Hungary             105
22 Bosnia-Herzegovina  103
23 Poland              101
24 Northern Ireland     97
25 Lithuania            96
26 Slovenia             85
27 Romania              84
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28 Latvia               81
29 Belgium              74
30 Slovakia             73
31 Finland              71
32 Montenegro           66
32 Wales                66
34 Belarus              56
35 FYR Macedonia        55
35 Norway               55
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37 Cyprus               54
37 Albania              54
39 Iceland              52
40 Scotland             49
41 Estonia              46
41 Luxembourg           46
43 Austria              42
44 Armenia              35
45 Kazakhstan           34
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46 Georgia              26
47 Azerbaijan           24
48 Faroe Islands        23
48 Moldova              23
50 Malta                22
51 Liechtenstein         5
52 Andorra               0
52 San Marino            0

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