2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (12 August 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the July 2007 FIFA ranking.

Assumptions:

- CAF will again have 5 spots
- CAF will keep the current qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- CAF will choose the July 2011 ranking for seeding

The July 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between July 2007 and July 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between July 2007 and July 2008) and the "0.3" part (matches played between July 2008 and July 2009) - that's 25% of the formula. A lot can and will change before July 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving African teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2010 FIFA World Cup, CAN 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

This is the July 2011 ranking (for CAF only) using matches played up to and including August 12th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to July 2010 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Senegal, Angola And Tanzania replace Gambia, Sudan and Malawi in the second pot.

First round seeding:

43 43 Mauritania                23
45 45 Lesotho                   22
46 46 Eritrea                   16
47 47 Mauritius                 15
48 48 Guinea-Bissau             12
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48 48 Djibouti                  12
50 50 Seychelles                11
51 51 Central African Republic   0
51 51 Comoros                    0
51 51 Sao Tome e Principe        0

Winners advance to the first group stage.

Seeding for the first group stage:

 1  1 Gabon                    243
 2  3 Ghana                    235
 3  2 Côte d'Ivoire            234
 4  6 Algeria                  229
 5  5 Cameroon                 222
 6  3 Egypt                    215
 7  6 Nigeria                  180
 8 10 Mali                     174
 9  8 Burkina Faso             164
10  9 Tunisia                  154
11 12 Guinea                   144
12 11 Morocco                  143
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13 13 Togo                     127
14 14 Libya                    121
15 18 Congo                    117
16 15 Uganda                   116
16 15 South Africa             116
18 26 Senegal                  112
19 23 Benin                    107
19 31 Angola                   107
21 22 Mozambique               106
21 17 Kenya                    106
23 19 Zambia                   103
24 27 Tanzania                 102
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25 20 Gambia                   101
26 21 Sudan                    100
27 24 Malawi                    87
28 25 Rwanda                    86
29 28 Congo DR                  78
30 29 Zimbabwe                  77
31 30 Namibia                   76
32 31 Sierra Leone              74
33 33 Madagascar                73
34 34 Cape Verde Islands        71
35 35 Chad                      67
36 36 Burundi                   52
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37 37 Equatorial Guinea         51
38 38 Botswana                  49
39 39 Niger                     47
40 40 Swaziland                 43
41 41 Liberia                   39
42 42 Ethiopia                  29
43 43 Somalia                   23
43 43 Mauritania                23
45 45 Lesotho                   22
46 46 Eritrea                   16
47 47 Mauritius                 15
48 48 Guinea-Bissau             12

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