See more info in the original 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding post.
This is the top 20 of the intermediate October 2013 FIFA ranking:
| 1 | Spain | 1341 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1204 |
| 3 | Germany | 998 |
| 4 | Japan | 943 |
| 5 | Brazil | 880 |
| 6 | Australia | 847 |
| 7 | Portugal | 838 |
| 8 | England | 805 |
| 9 | Korea Republic | 791 |
| 10 | Argentina | 778 |
| 11 | Italy | 770 |
| 12 | Côte dIvoire | 764 |
| 13 | Croatia | 740 |
| 14 | Egypt | 715 |
| 15 | France | 700 |
| 16 | Uruguay | 685 |
| 17 | Israel | 671 |
| 17 | Russia | 671 |
| 19 | USA | 669 |
| 20 | Greece | 665 |
| 20 | Ghana | 665 |
Mexico are 24th.
Right now, the seeds for the 2014 World Cup would be: Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Australia, Portugal and England
Any chance we could get a breakdown of the games and point totals that went into the US's total?
ReplyDeleteis there one with just afc?
ReplyDeleteFantastic seeing Australia so high!
ReplyDeleteLove your website Edgar, it's extremely informative and fascinating.
In theory, if Australia were to have a similar AFC WC Qual campaign as last time, win almost every game, and continue to win all of our friendlies, is there a chance that we will be seeded in Brazil?
@USA
ReplyDeleteThe assumed publish date is 18 Oct 2013. At the moment this article was posted USA's remaining matches were considered losses.
@AFC
Later today.
@Australia
A very slim chance. Depends on FFA's approach of friendlies. They can always drop me a line or two should they need advice :)
@ Edgar
ReplyDeleteSurely your advice to them would be "Don't play any friendlies"?
That's not always possible. Teams do have to play friendlies to prepare for official matches or because of various TV contracts. It's not feasible to shun playing friendlies.
ReplyDelete@ Edgar
ReplyDeleteI never considered TV contracts. But I wonder if it would be possible to play club teams or non-FIFA teams. Still, I suppose I'm glad that no one is manipulating the system in this way. The way friendlies are handled in the rankings is a joke, but at least the joke's on everyone.