2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (12 August 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 August 12th, 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).

Croatia up to 3rd.

Norway climb from 5th pot to 3rd pot. As a result, Latvia drop to 4th pot, Finland to 5th pot.
Turkey up to 2nd pot, replacing Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Moldova up to 5th pot, replacing Armenia.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain               368
 2  2 Netherlands         293
 3  7 Croatia             226
 4  3 Russia              203
 5  6 Germany             198
 6  4 Italy               197
 7  5 England             193
 8  8 Serbia              182
 9  9 Denmark             172
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10 11 Switzerland         164
11 14 Bulgaria            162
11 10 Ukraine             162
13 13 France              160
14 12 Greece              152
14 15 Israel              152
16 19 Turkey              149
17 16 Portugal            146
18 16 Republic of Ireland 142
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19 20 Northern Ireland    132
20 18 Bosnia-Herzegovina  130
20 22 Czech Republic      130
22 23 Romania             129
23 23 Sweden              126
24 21 Slovakia            124
25 26 Poland              119
26 37 Norway              117
27 25 Hungary             112
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28 29 Lithuania           101
29 27 Latvia              100
30 28 FYR Macedonia        99
31 33 Slovenia             97
32 35 Montenegro           96
33 30 Belarus              89
33 30 Scotland             89
35 32 Austria              87
36 33 Wales                85
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37 36 Finland              80
38 37 Belgium              78
39 41 Albania              68
40 39 Estonia              64
41 40 Cyprus               57
42 42 Iceland              56
43 43 Luxembourg           45
44 47 Moldova              38
45 44 Georgia              35
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45 44 Armenia              35
47 46 Kazakhstan           34
48 50 Malta                27
49 48 Azerbaijan           24
50 49 Faroe Islands        23
51 51 Liechtenstein         5
52 52 Andorra               0
52 52 San Marino            0

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