2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (17 December 2010)

Next update: 11 February 2011

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 December 16th, 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).

Benin replace South Africa in the first pot.
Ethiopia replace Chad in the third pot.

Best movers:

5 - Ethiopia
4 - Uganda, Malawi and Tanzania
2 - Zambia and Burundi

Worst movers:

-3 - South Africa and Zimbabwe
-2 - Chad, Libya, Senegal, Mali, Morocco, Guinea-Bissau and Namibia

Most points gained:

80 - Tanzania
49 - Ethiopia
43 - Malawi

Most points lost:

-32 - Zimbabwe
-29 - Cameroon
-23 - South Africa

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Côte d'Ivoire            697
 2  2 Egypt                    641
 3  3 Burkina Faso             585
 4  4 Ghana                    575
 5  6 Gabon                    520
 6  5 Cameroon                 494
 7  7 Botswana                 478
 8  8 Nigeria                  462
 9  9 Tunisia                  447
10 10 Guinea                   445
11 11 Algeria                  425
12 13 Benin                    405
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13 17 Uganda                   390
14 18 Malawi                   388
15 12 South Africa             385
16 14 Libya                    372
17 15 Senegal                  370
18 16 Mali                     363
19 19 Cape Verde Islands       322
20 22 Zambia                   319
21 21 Sudan                    315
22 20 Morocco                  309
23 24 Mozambique               295
24 23 Niger                    294
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25 25 Angola                   266
26 26 Central African Republic 263
27 27 Gambia                   257
28 29 Togo                     241
29 33 Tanzania                 231
30 30 Sierra Leone             217
31 28 Zimbabwe                 212
32 31 Congo                    206
33 32 Kenya                    172
34 39 Ethiopia                 149
35 34 Congo DR                 147
36 36 Rwanda                   138
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37 35 Chad                     131
38 40 Burundi                  129
39 37 Guinea-Bissau            121
40 38 Namibia                  104
41 41 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 50 Djibouti                  12
51 51 Mauritius                 10
52 52 Seychelles                 7
53 53 Sao Tome e Principe        0

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