2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (10 November 2010)

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 50% of the formula. Things can still change as there are many matches to be played involving African teams: CAN 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.
This the July 2011 ranking (for CAF only) using matches played up to and including November 9th, 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).

Niger climbs from the fourth to the second pot.

Guinea and Benin climb to the first pot.
Libya climb to the second pot.
Central African Republic and Congo DR climb to the third pot.
Uganda and Botswana drop to the second pot.
Gambia and Togo drop to the third pot.
Madagascar, Chad and Burundi drop to the fourth pot.

Central African Republic no longer involved in the preliminary round - their place is taken by Equatorial Guinea.

Best movers:

18 - Central African Republic
17 - Niger
12 - Libya

Worst movers:

-8 - Zambia
-7 - Gambia, Tanzania and Burundi
-5 - Cape Verde Islands

Most points gained:

213 - Central African Republic
201 - Niger
163 - Libya

Most points lost:

-68 - Uganda
-44 - Botswana
-38 - Tanzania

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  2 Côte dIvoire             697
 2  1 Egypt                    589
 3  3 Ghana                    556
 4  5 Cameroon                 523
 5  4 Gabon                    520
 5  8 Burkina Faso             520
 7  6 Nigeria                  451
 8 18 Guinea                   445
 9  9 Tunisia                  427
10  7 Algeria                  416
11 10 South Africa             408
12 17 Benin                    405
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13 25 Libya                    380
14 19 Mali                     332
14 11 Uganda                   332
14 12 Botswana                 332
17 13 Malawi                   327
18 15 Senegal                  310
19 23 Morocco                  307
20 22 Sudan                    303
21 16 Cape Verde Islands       300
22 14 Zambia                   296
23 21 Mozambique               278
24 40 Niger                    277
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25 27 Angola                   266
26 44 Central African Republic 263
27 20 Gambia                   257
28 24 Togo                     219
29 29 Sierra Leone             217
30 31 Congo                    206
31 30 Zimbabwe                 200
32 28 Kenya                    178
33 26 Tanzania                 156
34 38 Congo DR                 147
35 32 Rwanda                   126
36 33 Guinea-Bissau            121
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37 42 Ethiopia                 100
38 35 Madagascar                99
39 36 Chad                      98
40 37 Namibia                   97
41 34 Burundi                   95
42 39 Liberia                   77
43 40 Swaziland                 76
44 43 Equatorial Guinea         51
45 45 Lesotho                   47
46 46 Mauritania                32
47 47 Eritrea                   29
48 48 Somalia                   23
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49 49 Comoros                   19
50 50 Mauritius                 15
51 51 Djibouti                  12
52 52 Seychelles                11
53 53 Sao Tome e Principe        0

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