2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (21 September 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 September 20th, 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).

Not many changes since the last update because few African teams played matches after September 8th: Angola, Cape Verde Islands, Cameroon, Gabon, Lesotho and South Africa.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Cameroon                 340
 2  3 Algeria                  305
 3  1 Côte d'Ivoire            297
 4  4 Ghana                    264
 5  5 Egypt                    250
 6  6 Gabon                    242
 7  7 Nigeria                  211
 8  9 Mali                     200
 9  8 Tunisia                  192
10 10 Malawi                   179
11 11 Morocco                  170
12 12 Mozambique               168
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13 13 Burkina Faso             164
14 14 Togo                     148
15 15 Guinea                   144
16 16 Benin                    139
17 21 South Africa             125
18 17 Senegal                  121
18 17 Libya                    121
20 19 Congo                    117
21 21 Uganda                   116
21 19 Angola                   116
23 23 Kenya                    110
24 24 Zambia                   103
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25 25 Tanzania                 102
26 26 Gambia                   101
27 27 Sudan                    100
28 28 Cape Verde Islands        96
29 29 Rwanda                    86
30 30 Zimbabwe                  81
31 31 Namibia                   80
32 32 Congo DR                  78
33 33 Sierra Leone              74
34 34 Madagascar                73
35 35 Chad                      67
36 36 Burundi                   52
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37 37 Equatorial Guinea         51
37 37 Swaziland                 51
39 39 Botswana                  49
40 40 Niger                     47
41 41 Liberia                   39
42 42 Ethiopia                  29
42 42 Lesotho                   29
44 44 Somalia                   23
44 44 Mauritania                23
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46 46 Eritrea                   16
47 47 Mauritius                 15
48 48 Guinea-Bissau             12
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

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