2010 WC: Seeding formula based on current standings (8 April 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

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

Saudi Arabia/Gabon/Zambia/Tunisia/Honduras/Northern Ireland/France/Switzerland/Scotland replace Iran/Cameroon/Egypt/Nigeria/Trinidad and Tobago/Croatia/Turkey/Israel/Slovakia.

Croatia miss the UEFA playoffs as worst runner-ups (see Wikipedia).

 1 Germany          60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil           58.7 29.3 29.3
 3 Italy            56.3 27.3 29.0
 4 Spain            56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 England          51.7 26.3 25.3
 6 Argentina        49.7 21.0 28.7
 7 France           48.3 23.3 25.0
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 8 Netherlands      43.3 14.7 28.7
 9 USA              35.3 13.7 21.7
10 Paraguay         33.0 11.7 21.3
11 Switzerland      31.7 15.3 16.3
12 Ghana            27.7 13.3 14.3
13 Russia           26.3  3.0 23.3
14 Japan            26.0 13.3 12.7
15 Korea Republic   25.3 15.7  9.7
16 Australia        23.7 11.3 12.3
17 Greece           23.3  0.0 23.3
18 Serbia           22.7  5.3 17.3
19 Uruguay          22.3  2.7 19.7
20 Denmark          21.7  7.7 14.0
21 Cote d'Ivoire    19.3  6.0 13.3
22 Scotland         17.7  0.0 17.7
23 Tunisia          16.0  8.7  7.3
24 Costa Rica       14.0  8.3  5.7
25 Saudi Arabia     13.7  8.0  5.7
26 Chile            13.3  0.0 13.3
27 Northern Ireland 12.3  0.0 12.3
28 Honduras          8.7  0.0  8.7
29 South Africa      5.7  3.0  2.7
30 Gabon             4.0  0.0  4.0
31 Zambia            3.3  0.0  3.3
32 Korea DPR         1.0  0.0  1.0

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Switzerland
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Paraguay, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zambia

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Greece, Korea DPR, Uruguay
Group B: England, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Gabon
Group C: Germany, Scotland, Costa Rica, Ghana
Group D: Spain, Netherlands, Korea Republic, Cote d'Ivoire
Group E: France, Northern Ireland, Honduras, Chile
Group F: Italy, Russia, USA, Paraguay
Group G: Argentina, Serbia, Japan, Zambia
Group H: Brazil, Switzerland, Australia, Tunisia

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