2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (10 June 2009)

Next update: June 29th, 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 10th, 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).

Netherlands take top spot at the expense of Spain.
Ukraine replace Switzerland in the first pot.
Macedonia replace Belgium in the fourth pot.
Georgia replace Kazakhstan in the fifth pot.

 1  2 Netherlands         304
 2  1 Spain               293
 3  8 Russia              203
 4  5 England             188
 5  3 Germany             186
 6  4 Croatia             185
 7  6 Serbia              182
 8  6 Denmark             172
 9 14 Ukraine             162
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10 10 Italy               160
11  9 Switzerland         158
12 11 Greece              152
13 12 France              151
14 13 Bulgaria            149
15 15 Israel              147
16 16 Republic of Ireland 142
16 18 Portugal            142
18 17 Bosnia-Herzegovina  141
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19 19 Turkey              134
20 20 Northern Ireland    126
21 21 Slovakia            121
22 22 Czech Republic      118
23 25 Sweden              115
23 23 Romania             115
25 24 Hungary             112
26 26 Poland              105
27 27 Latvia              100
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28 38 FYR Macedonia        99
29 28 Lithuania            95
30 31 Belarus              89
30 29 Scotland             89
32 30 Austria              87
33 32 Wales                85
33 32 Slovenia             85
35 34 Montenegro           83
36 35 Finland              80
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37 36 Belgium              78
37 36 Norway               78
39 40 Estonia              64
40 39 Cyprus               61
41 41 Albania              57
42 42 Iceland              52
43 43 Luxembourg           45
44 46 Georgia              35
44 44 Armenia              35
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46 45 Kazakhstan           34
47 47 Moldova              32
48 48 Azerbaijan           24
49 49 Faroe Islands        23
50 50 Malta                21
51 51 Liechtenstein         5
52 52 Andorra               0
52 52 San Marino            0

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