2010 World Cup: Seeding formula based on current standings (18 September 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa using the 2006 FIFA World Cup seeding formula (see Wikipedia).

Qualified teams determined using the current standings and the FIFA rankings (the November 2009 ranking - computed as if no more matches would be played between today and November 20th).

Ecuador/Cameroon replace Costa Rica/Gabon.

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

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

 1 Brazil         59.7 29.3 30.3
 2 Germany        58.3 30.3 28.0
 3 Italy          56.7 27.3 29.3
 4 Spain          56.0 25.3 30.7
 5 England        51.7 26.3 25.3
 6 France         48.0 23.3 24.7
 7 Argentina      48.0 21.0 27.0
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 8 Netherlands    43.3 14.7 28.7
 9 Mexico         38.0 19.3 18.7
10 Croatia        35.0  9.0 26.0
11 USA            34.7 13.7 21.0
12 Switzerland    31.7 15.3 16.3
13 Paraguay       30.0 11.7 18.3
14 Ghana          28.3 13.3 15.0
15 Russia         26.0  3.0 23.0
16 Ecuador        25.7 17.0  8.7
17 Korea Republic 24.0 15.7  8.3
18 Japan          24.0 13.3 10.7
19 Cameroon       23.3  3.0 20.3
20 Australia      22.0 11.3 10.7
21 Côte d'Ivoire  21.7  6.0 15.7
22 Denmark        21.0  7.7 13.3
23 Serbia         21.0  5.3 15.7
24 Greece         18.7  0.0 18.7
25 Tunisia        14.7  8.7  6.0
26 Chile          10.7  0.0 10.7
27 Honduras        7.7  0.0  7.7
28 Algeria         6.7  0.0  6.7
29 Slovakia        6.3  0.0  6.3
30 South Africa    5.7  3.0  2.7
31 Bahrain         2.3  0.0  2.3
32 Korea DPR       1.3  0.0  1.3

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland
Pot 3: Australia, Bahrain, Honduras, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mexico, USA
Pot 4: Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, Paraguay, Tunisia

Possible draw (using random.org):

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

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