As usual with CONCACAF things are constantly changing. The draw won't take place on May 31st as some some papers in Central America have reported, but on July 31st. Which ranking will be used to seed the teams? Well... I don't know.
Here's the intermediate July 2011 ranking - it means the 2007 Gold Cup results are dropped, while the 2009 Gold Cup loses value. Of course, teams involved in the 2011 Gold Cup can climb depending on their performance.
Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
1 1 Honduras 556
2 2 USA 538
3 3 Jamaica 483
4 4 Mexico 480
5 5 Costa Rica 423
6 6 Cuba 402
7 7 Trinidad and Tobago 379
8 8 Panama 375
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9 9 Antigua and Barbuda 324
10 10 Suriname 296
11 13 El Salvador 294
12 12 Grenada 289
13 11 Guyana 282
14 14 Haiti 256
15 15 St. Kitts and Nevis 245
16 16 Canada 196
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17 17 Dominica 193
18 18 Barbados 191
19 19 Guatemala 183
20 20 Puerto Rico 167
21 21 Netherlands Antilles 128
22 22 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 115
23 23 Cayman Islands 90
24 24 Dominican Republic 66
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24 24 Nicaragua 66
26 26 Belize 64
27 27 Bermuda 40
28 28 British Virgin Islands 38
29 29 St. Lucia 31
30 30 Turks and Caicos Islands 13
31 31 Bahamas 9
32 32 Aruba 7
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33 33 US Virgin Islands 3
34 34 Anguilla 0
34 34 Montserrat 0
May 2011 intermediate ranking
El Salvador replace Canada in the first pot.
Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points
1 1 USA 842
2 2 Mexico 761
3 3 Honduras 629
4 4 Jamaica 596
5 5 Costa Rica 533
6 6 Cuba 510
7 7 Panama 487
8 9 El Salvador 386
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9 10 Grenada 384
10 8 Canada 375
11 11 Trinidad and Tobago 353
12 12 Haiti 348
13 13 Antigua and Barbuda 322
14 14 Guyana 284
15 15 Suriname 267
16 16 St. Kitts and Nevis 247
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17 17 Guatemala 222
18 18 Dominica 193
19 19 Puerto Rico 180
19 19 Barbados 180
21 21 Netherlands Antilles 121
22 22 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 116
23 23 Cayman Islands 90
24 24 Bermuda 80
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25 25 Nicaragua 75
26 26 Belize 66
26 26 Dominican Republic 66
28 28 British Virgin Islands 38
29 29 St. Lucia 31
30 30 Turks and Caicos Islands 13
31 31 Bahamas 8
32 32 Aruba 7
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33 33 US Virgin Islands 3
34 34 Anguilla 0
34 34 Montserrat 0
If CONCACAF qualifying takes place over a 25 month period (Oct 11 to Nov 13), will this help countries like Mexico, USA, and other WC hopefuls in the rankings? If you have those high multiplier matches in even the 24 to 36 month period that other confeds will not, it will help CONCACAF correct?
ReplyDeleteYes, it will help the WC teams. I think that Mexico or the US could clinch a seed (if FIFA stick to using the October 2013 ranking for the final seeding).
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