2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (27 April 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 April 27th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2009.

Bosnia-Herzegovina drop to the 2nd pot after scheduling a friendly in June 2009 (against Oman), with Israel taking their place in the first pot.

 1 Spain               289
 2 Netherlands         228
 3 Germany             181
 4 Croatia             166
 5 Russia              165
 6 England             164
 7 Switzerland         158
 8 Greece              152
 9 Israel              147
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10 Serbia              146
11 Italy               142
12 Bosnia-Herzegovina  137
12 France              137
12 Bulgaria            137
15 Ukraine             135
16 Denmark             134
17 Turkey              129
18 Northern Ireland    126
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18 Republic of Ireland 126
20 Portugal            121
21 Hungary             120
22 Czech Republic      113
23 Slovakia            111
24 Sweden              107
25 Poland              103
26 Latvia              100
27 Lithuania            95
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28 Austria              93
29 Scotland             89
30 Slovenia             85
31 Romania              84
32 Belarus              76
33 Belgium              74
34 Montenegro           73
35 Finland              71
36 Norway               67
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37 Wales                64
38 Estonia              58
39 Cyprus               54
39 FYR Macedonia        54
41 Albania              53
42 Iceland              52
43 Luxembourg           45
44 Armenia              35
45 Kazakhstan           34
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46 Georgia              32
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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