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Friday, March 11, 2011

2014 FIFA World Cup: AFC official seeding

AFC have released the official seeding for the March 30 preliminary draw.

Rankings for the FIFA World Cup 2014 Asian Qualifiers Round 1
1. Japan, 2. Korea Republic, 3. Australia, 4. DPR Korea, 5. Bahrain, 6. Saudi Arabia, 7. Iran, 8, Qatar, 9. Uzbekistan, 10. UAE, 11. Syria, 12. Oman, 13. Jordan, 14. Iraq, 15. Singapore, 16, China, 17, Kuwait, 18. Thailand, 19. Turkmenistan, 20. Lebanon, 21, Yemen, 22. Tajikistan, 23. Hong Kong, 24. Indonesia, 25. Kyrgyzstan, 26. Maldives, 27. India, 28. Malaysia, 29-30, Afghanistan, Cambodia, 31. Nepal, 32. Bangladesh, 33-34. Sri Lanka, Vietnam, 35. Mongolia, 36. Pakistan, 37. Palestine, 38. Timor Leste, 39. Macau, 40-41. Chinese Taipei, Myanmar, 42-43. Bhutan, Guam, 44-45. The Philippines, Laos
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6 comments:

  1. HaakonMarch 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    So instead of counting each 90-minute match as different (which would give this), they used goal difference over 180 minutes. This one won't matter much as they'll all be unseeded though.

    Also, group ranks were used as first tie-breaker, hence Singapore passes China. (This one is the only difference likely to matter, I think - if all seeds win and no teams withdraw Singapore will get a bye to the next round and China not) Shows the problem with this system really; if you get a tough draw one year it can give a lot of knock-on effects.

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  2. EdgarMarch 11, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    It really depends on the system they use - as I explained here.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Lets see how the draw on March 30th will end up.
    I can see some upsets in Round 1.
    -M

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  4. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    is nr 25 to nr 45 opponents for indonesia

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  5. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    If Indonesia vs Philippines in Round 1, Philippines will now beat Indonesia. :)

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  6. EdgarMarch 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    AFC haven't announced the official procedure.

    Based on the 2010 World Cup it could work like this.

    Sina.com have published a different format though.

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