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

Denmark replace Bulgaria in the first pot.
Slovakia replace Greece in the second pot.
Norway and Slovenia replace Scotland and Poland in the third pot.
Armenia and Faroe Islands replace Moldova and Georgia in the fifth pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain               377
 2  2 Netherlands         310
 3  4 Russia              229
 4  3 Croatia             224
 5  7 England             222
 6  7 Italy               218
 7  6 Germany             207
 8  5 Switzerland         198
 9 10 Denmark             177
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10 11 Serbia              176
11 16 Portugal            174
12  9 Bulgaria            171
13 15 Turkey              168
13 14 France              168
13 13 Ukraine             168
16 12 Republic of Ireland 162
16 17 Israel              162
18 25 Slovakia            155
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19 17 Sweden              151
20 17 Greece              147
21 28 Norway              146
22 20 Latvia              144
23 24 Czech Republic      142
24 23 Romania             140
25 21 Bosnia-Herzegovina  139
26 22 Northern Ireland    134
27 32 Slovenia            126
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28 26 Scotland            124
29 27 Poland              119
30 29 Hungary             102
31 31 Austria             101
32 30 Lithuania            98
33 33 Montenegro           97
34 36 Belarus              95
35 34 FYR Macedonia        89
36 35 Finland              88
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37 39 Albania              80
38 37 Wales                79
39 38 Belgium              76
40 39 Iceland              70
41 45 Armenia              62
42 41 Estonia              59
43 42 Cyprus               56
44 50 Faroe Islands        54
45 43 Luxembourg           52
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46 44 Moldova              49
47 47 Kazakhstan           45
48 45 Georgia              33
49 48 Malta                24
50 49 Azerbaijan           22
51 51 Liechtenstein        14
52 52 Andorra               0
52 52 San Marino            0

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