2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (9 November 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 playoffs, 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 November 8th, 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).

Portugal replace Denmark in Pot 1.
Slovakia replace Republic of Ireland in Pot 2.
Northern Ireland replace Austria in Pot 3.
Lithuania replace FYR Macedonia in Pot 4.
Luxembourg replace Moldova in Pot 5.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain               446
 2  2 Netherlands         350
 3  3 Croatia             278
 4  5 Germany             274
 5  8 England             270
 6  7 Italy               269
 7  4 Russia              260
 8  6 Switzerland         259
 9 11 Portugal            233
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10 12 Ukraine             230
10  9 Denmark             230
12 13 France              229
13 10 Serbia              226
14 15 Greece              218
15 14 Israel              217
16 18 Bulgaria            207
17 22 Slovakia            205
18 16 Czech Republic      202
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19 24 Latvia              198
19 16 Republic of Ireland 198
21 20 Turkey              193
22 20 Slovenia            189
23 25 Sweden              181
24 19 Bosnia-Herzegovina  179
25 23 Norway              168
26 26 Romania             164
27 28 Northern Ireland    160
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28 35 Hungary             158
29 27 Austria             149
30 29 Montenegro          142
31 37 Lithuania           140
32 31 Scotland            135
33 32 Finland             132
34 30 Poland              128
35 32 Belarus             120
36 34 Belgium             114
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37 36 FYR Macedonia       104
38 38 Cyprus               97
39 40 Wales                96
40 44 Estonia              87
40 41 Iceland              87
42 39 Albania              84
43 42 Armenia              72
44 43 Faroe Islands        68
45 46 Luxembourg           56
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46 45 Moldova              55
47 47 Kazakhstan           51
48 49 Azerbaijan           45
49 48 Georgia              35
50 50 Malta                27
51 51 Liechtenstein        16
52 52 Andorra               0
52 52 San Marino            0

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