2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (8 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 8th, 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).

Lesotho avoid the preliminary stage at the expense of Somalia.

Malawi and Mozambique replace Burkina Faso and Guinea in the 1st pot.
Senegal and Tanzania replace Libya and Zambia in the 2nd pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  3 Côte d'Ivoire            328
 1  5 Cameroon                 328
 3  4 Algeria                  305
 4  2 Ghana                    301
 5  6 Egypt                    268
 6  1 Gabon                    243
 7  7 Nigeria                  211
 8 10 Tunisia                  201
 9  8 Mali                     200
10 27 Malawi                   179
11 12 Morocco                  170
12 21 Mozambique               168
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13  9 Burkina Faso             164
14 13 Togo                     157
15 11 Guinea                   144
16 19 Benin                    139
17 18 Senegal                  121
17 14 Libya                    121
19 15 Congo                    117
19 19 Angola                   117
21 16 Uganda                   116
21 16 South Africa             116
23 21 Kenya                    110
24 23 Zambia                   103
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25 24 Tanzania                 102
26 25 Gambia                   101
27 26 Sudan                    100
28 34 Cape Verde Islands        87
29 28 Rwanda                    86
30 30 Zimbabwe                  81
31 31 Namibia                   80
32 29 Congo DR                  78
33 32 Sierra Leone              74
34 33 Madagascar                73
35 35 Chad                      67
36 36 Burundi                   52
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37 37 Equatorial Guinea         51
37 40 Swaziland                 51
39 38 Botswana                  49
40 39 Niger                     47
41 41 Liberia                   39
42 42 Ethiopia                  29
42 45 Lesotho                   29
44 43 Somalia                   23
44 43 Mauritania                23
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

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