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Friday, August 7, 2009

2010 World Cup: Seeding formula based on current standings (7 August 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

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

No changes.

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

Rank in the seeding table - Country - Total - Performance points - FIFA Ranking Points
 1 Germany        59.7 30.3 29.3
 2 Brazil         59.7 29.3 30.3
 3 Italy          56.3 27.3 29.0
 4 Spain          56.0 25.3 30.7
 5 England        51.7 26.3 25.3
 6 Argentina      49.0 21.0 28.0
 7 France         48.3 23.3 25.0
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 8 Netherlands    43.3 14.7 28.7
 9 Mexico         37.0 19.3 17.7
10 USA            35.0 13.7 21.3
11 Switzerland    33.0 15.3 17.7
12 Paraguay       31.3 11.7 19.7
13 Ghana          27.7 13.3 14.3
14 Russia         26.7  3.0 23.7
15 Australia      26.0 11.3 14.7
16 Japan          25.7 13.3 12.3
17 Korea Republic 25.0 15.7  9.3
18 Denmark        23.3  7.7 15.7
19 Greece         23.3  0.0 23.3
20 Serbia         23.0  5.3 17.7
21 Côte d'Ivoire  22.0  6.0 16.0
22 Scotland       17.0  0.0 17.0
23 Tunisia        15.7  8.7  7.0
24 Costa Rica     15.0  8.3  6.7
25 Saudi Arabia   13.0  8.0  5.0
26 Chile          13.0  0.0 13.0
27 Honduras        8.3  0.0  8.3
28 Slovakia        7.7  0.0  7.7
29 Gabon           6.0  0.0  6.0
30 South Africa    5.7  3.0  2.7
31 Algeria         4.0  0.0  4.0
32 Korea DPR       1.0  0.0  1.0
Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia
Pot 4: Algeria, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Paraguay, Tunisia
Special pot: USA

For an explanation regarding the special pot, see this World Cup seeding post.

Possible draw (using random.org):

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

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2 comments:

  1. NeilAugust 31, 2009 at 1:46 AM

    The schedule for the WC2010 has all the games listed in the format A1 v A2 etc. Do you know if the 1s and 2s, 3 and 4s relate to the seeding within that group?

    This would mean that the first round games in each group appear to have the top two seeds facing each other.

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  2. EdgarAugust 31, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    As far as I can remember, they also draw the position in the group. So that won't be the case - having the top two seeds facing each other in the first round games.

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