2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (9 June 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 June 9th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2009 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.3" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Denmark and Serbia replace Greece and Israel in the first pot.
Republic of Ireland and Portugal replace Turkey and Northern Ireland in the second pot.
Romania replace Lithuania in the third pot.
Wales replace Norway in the fourth pot.

 1 Spain               293
 2 Netherlands         265
 3 Germany             186
 4 Croatia             185
 5 England             178
 6 Denmark             172
 6 Serbia              172
 8 Russia              161
 9 Switzerland         158
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10 Italy               153
11 Greece              152
12 France              151
13 Bulgaria            149
14 Ukraine             148
15 Israel              147
16 Republic of Ireland 142
17 Bosnia-Herzegovina  141
18 Portugal            140
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19 Turkey              134
20 Northern Ireland    126
21 Slovakia            121
22 Czech Republic      118
23 Romania             115
24 Hungary             112
25 Sweden              107
26 Poland              105
27 Latvia              100
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28 Lithuania            95
29 Scotland             89
30 Austria              87
31 Belarus              86
32 Wales                85
32 Slovenia             85
34 Montenegro           83
35 Finland              80
36 Belgium              78
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36 Norway               78
38 FYR Macedonia        69
39 Cyprus               61
40 Estonia              60
41 Albania              53
42 Iceland              52
43 Luxembourg           45
44 Armenia              35
45 Kazakhstan           34
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46 Georgia              32
47 Moldova              29
48 Azerbaijan           24
49 Faroe Islands        23
50 Malta                21
51 Liechtenstein         5
52 Andorra               0
52 San Marino            0

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