2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (22 March 2010)

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, CAN 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

This is the July 2011 ranking (for CAF only) using matches played up to and including March 21st, 2010 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).

Malawi replace Mozambique in the first pot.
Gambia replace Zimbabwe in the second pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  2 Egypt                    542
 2  5 Gabon                    409
 3  7 Nigeria                  389
 4  1 Cameroon                 361
 5  3 Côte dIvoire             359
 5  4 Algeria                  359
 7  6 Burkina Faso             338
 8  9 Ghana                    336
 9  8 Mali                     266
10 11 Tunisia                  264
11 10 Benin                    257
12 14 Malawi                   235
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13 13 Togo                     234
14 24 Uganda                   232
15 19 Zambia                   228
16 12 Mozambique               176
17 23 Angola                   171
18 15 Morocco                  170
19 21 Libya                    166
20 22 Senegal                  159
21 28 Gambia                   147
22 16 Guinea                   144
23 19 South Africa             141
24 18 Congo                    135
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25 16 Zimbabwe                 131
26 26 Rwanda                   126
27 25 Kenya                    120
28 27 Tanzania                 110
29 29 Sudan                    100
30 32 Namibia                   97
30 33 Botswana                  97
32 30 Cape Verde Islands        96
33 31 Congo DR                  88
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 43 Ethiopia                  42
43 42 Liberia                   39
44 47 Eritrea                   29
45 44 Somalia                   23
45 44 Mauritania                23
47 46 Comoros                   19
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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