2010 World Cup: Seeding formula based on the latest FIFA Rankings (4 September 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using only the latest FIFA rankings.

Already qualified: South Africa, Japan, Australia, Korea Republic, Netherlands, Korea DPR.

Bahrain replace Saudi Arabia. That's a bit ironic :)

Rank in the seeding table - Country - Total - Performance points - FIFA Ranking Points

 1 Brazil         59.7 29.3 30.3
 2 Germany        59.3 30.3 29.0
 3 Italy          56.7 27.3 29.3
 4 Spain          56.0 25.3 30.7
 5 England        50.7 26.3 24.3
 6 Argentina      49.0 21.0 28.0
 7 France         47.0 23.3 23.7
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 8 Netherlands    43.0 14.7 28.3
 9 Mexico         34.3 19.3 15.0
10 Croatia        33.7  9.0 24.7
11 USA            33.0 13.7 19.3
12 Switzerland    28.3 15.3 13.0
13 Paraguay       28.3 11.7 16.7
14 Czech Republic 28.0  6.0 22.0
15 Russia         25.7  3.0 22.7
16 Ghana          23.0 13.3  9.7
17 Australia      23.0 11.3 11.7
18 Korea Republic 21.7 15.7  6.0
19 Japan          21.3 13.3  8.0
20 Greece         20.3  0.0 20.3
21 Serbia         20.0  5.3 14.7
22 Denmark        19.7  7.7 12.0
23 Cameroon       18.7  3.0 15.7
24 Côte d'Ivoire  18.0  6.0 12.0
25 Nigeria        17.3  2.7 14.7
26 Uruguay        16.0  2.7 13.3
27 Costa Rica     13.0  8.3  4.7
28 Egypt          13.0  0.0 13.0
29 Chile           9.3  0.0  9.3
30 South Africa    5.7  3.0  2.7
31 Bahrain         2.3  0.0  2.3
32 Korea DPR       1.0  0.0  1.0

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland
Pot 3: Australia, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mexico, USA
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Serbia, Korea DPR, Chile
Group B: Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Cameroon
Group C: France, Czech Republic, Korea Republic, Uruguay
Group D: Brazil, Netherlands, Australia, Ghana
Group E: Spain, Croatia, Bahrain, Paraguay
Group F: Italy, Denmark, USA, Côte d'Ivoire
Group G: England, Greece, Costa Rica, Nigeria
Group H: Argentina, Russia, Mexico, Egypt

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