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 18th, 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).
Botswana replace Benin in the first pot.
Chad replace Guinea-Bissau in the third pot.
Best movers:
9 - Botswana
4 - Chad
3 - Burkina Faso, Senegal and Zimbabwe
Worst movers:
-3 - Madagascar
-2 - Guinea, Mali, Uganda and Ethiopia
Most points gained:
146 - Botswana
66 - Egypt
65 - Burkina Faso
Most points lost:
-8 - Libya and Swaziland
-7 - Madagascar
-6 - Kenya
Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
1 1 Côte d'Ivoire 697
2 2 Egypt 655
3 5 Burkina Faso 585
4 3 Ghana 575
5 4 Cameroon 523
6 5 Gabon 520
7 14 Botswana 478
8 7 Nigeria 462
9 9 Tunisia 447
10 8 Guinea 445
11 10 Algeria 425
12 11 South Africa 408
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13 12 Benin 405
14 13 Libya 372
15 18 Senegal 370
16 14 Mali 363
17 14 Uganda 351
18 17 Malawi 345
19 21 Cape Verde Islands 322
20 19 Morocco 309
21 20 Sudan 303
22 22 Zambia 298
23 24 Niger 294
24 23 Mozambique 278
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25 25 Angola 266
26 26 Central African Republic 263
27 27 Gambia 257
28 31 Zimbabwe 244
29 28 Togo 241
30 29 Sierra Leone 217
31 30 Congo 206
32 32 Kenya 172
33 33 Tanzania 151
34 34 Congo DR 147
35 39 Chad 131
36 35 Rwanda 126
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37 36 Guinea-Bissau 121
38 40 Namibia 104
39 37 Ethiopia 100
40 41 Burundi 95
41 38 Madagascar 92
42 42 Liberia 77
43 43 Swaziland 68
44 44 Equatorial Guinea 51
45 45 Lesotho 44
46 46 Mauritania 32
47 47 Eritrea 29
48 48 Somalia 23
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49 49 Comoros 19
50 51 Djibouti 12
51 50 Mauritius 10
52 52 Seychelles 7
53 53 Sao Tome e Principe 0
what is wrong with Togo, Angola, Morocco?
ReplyDeleteThey don't win enough games.
ReplyDelete@ Edgar: Sherlock are you
ReplyDeleteYou wanted an answer. I can only give you one based on numbers. :)
ReplyDeleteI guess their football is going through a tough time right now, that's why they don't win enough games.