2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (8 September 2010)

The preliminary draw will take place in July or August 2011.

Assumptions:

- UEFA will again have 13 spots
- UEFA will again use the system with 9 groups
- FIFA will use the July 2011 FIFA ranking to seed the teams

The July 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between July 2007 and July 2011. We already 50% of the final ranking. Things can and will change before July 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 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 July 2011 ranking (for UEFA only) using matches played up to and including September 7th, 2010 and matches scheduled up to July 2011 (only those on fifa.com).

The "1.0" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Montenegro climb from 4th to 1st pot.
Slovakia climb from 3rd to 1st pot.
Lithuania climb from 4th to 2nd pot.
Belarus and Northern Ireland climb from 5th to 3rd pot, with Belgium going the other way.

Sweden climb from 3rd to 2nd pot.
Albania and Moldova climb from 5th to 4th pot.
Georgia climb from 6th to 5th pot, replacing Azerbaijan.

Russia and Portugal drop from 1st to 2nd pot.
Switzerland, France, Republic of Ireland and Czech Republic drop from 2nd to 3rd pot.
Romania, Latvia and Bulgaria drop from 3rd to 4th pot.
Finland, FYR Macedonia and Poland drop from 4th to 5th pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain                    1059
 2  2 Netherlands              1032
 3  5 England                   947
 4  7 Germany                   924
 5  9 Norway                    787
 6 25 Slovakia                  773
 7  4 Croatia                   684
 8 36 Montenegro                657
 9  8 Italy                     644
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10 12 Turkey                    642
11 15 Serbia                    619
12 11 Greece                    618
13  3 Russia                    610
14 20 Sweden                    594
15  6 Portugal                  584
16 17 Slovenia                  583
17 10 Ukraine                   576
18 31 Lithuania                 575
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19 21 Denmark                   561
19 16 Switzerland               561
21 13 France                    528
22 18 Republic of Ireland       512
23 22 Scotland                  499
24 39 Belarus                   479
25 37 Northern Ireland          469
26 19 Israel                    461
27 14 Czech Republic            444
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28 24 Romania                   412
29 38 Albania                   411
30 29 Hungary                   380
31 32 Cyprus                    368
32 42 Moldova                   363
33 27 Latvia                    362
34 35 Bosnia-Herzegovina        348
35 28 Austria                   340
36 23 Bulgaria                  329
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37 30 Finland                   326
38 26 Belgium                   311
39 34 FYR Macedonia             294
40 33 Poland                    279
41 43 Estonia                   262
42 46 Georgia                   261
43 41 Wales                     241
44 40 Iceland                   207
45 44 Armenia                   190
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46 45 Azerbaijan                137
47 49 Kazakhstan                130
48 47 Luxembourg                117
49 48 Faroe Islands             108
50 50 Liechtenstein              80
51 51 Malta                      60
52 52 Andorra                     0
52 52 San Marino                  0

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