2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (9 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: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 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 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).

Zimbabwe replace Kenya in the 2nd pot.
Botswana/Swaziland replace Chad/Burundi in the 3rd pot.
Comoros replace Guinea-Bissau in the 4th pot.


Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Cameroon                 524
 2  5 Egypt                    383
 3  2 Algeria                  358
 4  3 Côte d'Ivoire            348
 5  4 Gabon                    335
 6  7 Ghana                    301
 7  6 Nigeria                  285
 8  8 Mali                     266
 9  9 Tunisia                  262
10 10 Burkina Faso             256
11 11 Benin                    246
12 12 Malawi                   218
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13 14 Mozambique               196
14 13 Morocco                  170
15 15 Togo                     157
16 17 Angola                   156
17 24 Zambia                   147
18 30 Zimbabwe                 144
18 16 Guinea                   144
20 19 South Africa             131
21 18 Libya                    128
22 21 Congo                    127
23 20 Senegal                  121
24 22 Uganda                   116
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25 23 Kenya                    110
26 25 Tanzania                 108
27 26 Gambia                   101
28 27 Sudan                    100
29 28 Cape Verde Islands        96
30 32 Congo DR                  88
31 29 Rwanda                    86
32 31 Namibia                   80
33 39 Botswana                  79
34 37 Swaziland                 76
35 33 Sierra Leone              74
36 34 Madagascar                73
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37 35 Chad                      67
38 36 Burundi                   52
39 37 Equatorial Guinea         51
40 42 Lesotho                   47
40 40 Niger                     47
42 41 Liberia                   39
43 42 Ethiopia                  29
44 44 Somalia                   23
44 44 Mauritania                23
46 51 Comoros                   19
47 46 Eritrea                   16
48 47 Mauritius                 15
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49 48 Guinea-Bissau             12
49 48 Djibouti                  12
51 50 Seychelles                11
52 51 Central African Republic   0
52 51 Sao Tome e Principe        0

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