2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (23 November 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: CAN 2010, 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 November 22th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to July 2010 (only those on fifa.com). I've also added 3 matches for the teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Cameroon                 363
 2  3 Egypt                    348
 3  2 Côte d'Ivoire            316
 4  4 Algeria                  311
 5  6 Gabon                    297
 6  7 Burkina Faso             280
 7  5 Nigeria                  272
 8  8 Mali                     254
 9 10 Ghana                    253
10  8 Benin                    242
11 11 Tunisia                  206
12 12 Mozambique               202
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13 13 Togo                     198
14 14 Malawi                   180
15 15 Morocco                  170
16 17 Zimbabwe                 144
16 17 Guinea                   144
18 21 Congo                    135
19 16 Zambia                   133
19 20 South Africa             133
21 22 Libya                    128
22 23 Senegal                  121
23 19 Angola                   117
24 24 Uganda                   116
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25 25 Kenya                    108
26 26 Rwanda                   104
27 26 Tanzania                 103
28 28 Gambia                   101
29 29 Sudan                    100
30 30 Cape Verde Islands        96
31 31 Congo DR                  88
32 32 Namibia                   80
33 33 Botswana                  79
34 34 Swaziland                 76
35 35 Sierra Leone              74
36 36 Madagascar                73
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37 37 Chad                      67
38 38 Burundi                   52
39 39 Equatorial Guinea         51
40 40 Lesotho                   47
40 40 Niger                     47
42 42 Liberia                   39
43 43 Ethiopia                  29
44 44 Somalia                   23
44 44 Mauritania                23
46 46 Comoros                   19
47 47 Eritrea                   16
48 48 Mauritius                 15
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49 49 Guinea-Bissau             12
49 49 Djibouti                  12
51 51 Seychelles                11
52 52 Central African Republic   0
52 52 Sao Tome e Principe        0

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