2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (12 October 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, 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 October 11th, 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).

Greece/Czech Republic replace Turkey/Slovakia in the 2nd pot.
Austria replace Northern Ireland in 3rd pot.
Belgium replace Lithuania in the 4th pot.
Moldova replace Luxembourg in the 5th pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain               409
 2  2 Netherlands         331
 3  4 Croatia             260
 4  3 Russia              255
 5  7 Germany             254
 6  8 Switzerland         244
 7  6 Italy               240
 8  5 England             232
 9  9 Denmark             230
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10 10 Serbia              226
11 11 Portugal            221
12 13 Ukraine             220
13 13 France              203
14 16 Israel              201
15 20 Greece              197
16 16 Republic of Ireland 190
16 23 Czech Republic      190
18 12 Bulgaria            187
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19 25 Bosnia-Herzegovina  179
20 13 Turkey              177
20 27 Slovenia            177
22 18 Slovakia            171
23 21 Norway              168
24 22 Latvia              167
25 19 Sweden              162
26 24 Romania             153
27 31 Austria             149
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28 26 Northern Ireland    145
29 33 Montenegro          129
30 29 Poland              128
31 28 Scotland            124
32 36 Finland             120
32 34 Belarus             120
34 39 Belgium             114
35 30 Hungary             112
36 35 FYR Macedonia       104
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37 32 Lithuania           101
38 43 Cyprus               97
39 37 Albania              84
40 38 Wales                82
41 40 Iceland              73
42 41 Armenia              72
43 44 Faroe Islands        68
44 42 Estonia              64
45 46 Moldova              55
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46 45 Luxembourg           54
47 47 Kazakhstan           51
48 48 Georgia              35
49 50 Azerbaijan           33
50 49 Malta                27
51 51 Liechtenstein        16
52 52 Andorra               0
52 52 San Marino            0

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