2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (26 March 2010)

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" and "0.3" parts (matches played between November 2007 and November 2009) - that's basically 25% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.5" part (matches played between November 2009 and November 2010). A lot can and will change before November 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 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 March 26th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2010 (only those on fifa.com). I've also added the EURO 2012 fixtures from UEFA.com.

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

England and Denmark replace France and Slovenia in the first pot.
Turkey and Sweden replace Israel and the Republic of Ireland in the second pot.
Poland and Austria replace Montenegro and Romania in the third pot.
Belarus and Albania replace Belgium and Macedonia in the fourth pot.
Moldova replace Faroe Islands in the fifth pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain                    492
 2  4 Netherlands              374
 3  2 Portugal                 300
 4  9 Russia                   296
 5  6 Italy                    292
 6 13 England                  283
 7  8 Germany                  280
 8  3 Greece                   278
 9 10 Denmark                  273
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10 12 Croatia                  267
11  7 France                   264
12  5 Slovenia                 263
13 11 Serbia                   245
14 14 Switzerland              242
15 16 Ukraine                  231
16 21 Turkey                   225
17 23 Sweden                   221
18 17 Bulgaria                 220
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19 18 Israel                   217
20 15 Republic of Ireland      215
21 25 Norway                   208
22 28 Poland                   203
23 27 Bosnia-Herzegovina       200
24 19 Slovakia                 196
25 20 Czech Republic           194
26 29 Austria                  185
27 22 Latvia                   182
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28 34 Scotland                 177
29 24 Montenegro               174
30 26 Romania                  168
31 30 Hungary                  167
32 30 Northern Ireland         148
33 33 Finland                  145
34 32 Lithuania                140
35 37 Belarus                  135
36 42 Albania                  131
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37 36 Belgium                  123
38 43 Iceland                  120
39 34 FYR Macedonia            119
40 40 Cyprus                   108
41 38 Wales                    105
42 39 Azerbaijan               100
43 41 Estonia                   99
44 47 Moldova                   77
45 44 Armenia                   72
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46 45 Faroe Islands             68
47 49 Georgia                   61
48 46 Luxembourg                58
49 48 Kazakhstan                51
50 50 Malta                     27
51 51 Liechtenstein             15
52 52 Andorra                    0
52 52 San Marino                 0

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