2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CONCACAF teams (9 November 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the May 2007 FIFA ranking (for CONCACAF).

Assumptions:

- CONCACAF will again have 3.5 spots
- CONCACAF will again use the same qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams

The May 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between May 2007 and May 2011. We already have the "0.2" and "0.3" parts (matches played between May 2007 and May 2009) - that's basically 25% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.5" part (matches played between May 2009 and May 2010). A lot can and will change before May 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving CONCACAF teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup playoffs, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 Caribbean Championship, 2011 UNCAF Nations Cup and plenty of friendlies.

This is the May 2011 ranking (for CONCACAF only) using matches played up to and including November 8th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to May 2010 (only those on fifa.com).

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

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 USA                           556
 2  2 Mexico                        514
 3  3 Honduras                      423
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 4  4 Costa Rica                    398
 5  5 Canada                        354
 6  6 El Salvador                   255
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 7  8 Jamaica                       216
 8  7 Panama                        208
 9 10 Trinidad and Tobago           186
10  9 Haiti                         174
11 11 Grenada                       115
12 12 Antigua and Barbuda           112
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13 13 Guatemala                      90
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14 19 Guyana                         87
14 14 Cuba                           87
16 15 Bermuda                        80
17 16 Barbados                       70
18 17 Suriname                       67
19 21 Netherlands Antilles           57
20 18 St. Kitts and Nevis            56
21 19 Nicaragua                      53
22 22 Puerto Rico                    48
23 23 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 26
24 24 Cayman Islands                 24
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25 25 Belize                         22
26 26 St. Lucia                      13
26 26 Turks and Caicos Islands       13
28 28 British Virgin Islands         12
29 29 Bahamas                         9
30 30 Aruba                           7
31 31 Dominica                        5
32 32 US Virgin Islands               3
33 33 Anguilla                        0
33 33 Dominican Republic              0
33 33 Montserrat                      0

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