2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CONCACAF teams (23 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, 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 22nd, 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).

Mexico climb to the top.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  2 Mexico                         514
 2  1 USA                            510
 3  3 Honduras                       407
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 4  4 Costa Rica                     381
 5  5 Canada                         293
 6  6 El Salvador                    255
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 7  7 Panama                         208
 8  8 Jamaica                        203
 9  9 Trinidad and Tobago            186
10 10 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 14 Guyana                          87
14 14 Cuba                            87
16 16 Bermuda                         80
17 17 Barbados                        70
18 18 Suriname                        67
19 19 Netherlands Antilles            57
20 20 St. Kitts and Nevis             56
21 21 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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