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 | 320 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 319 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 304 |
| 4 | Germany | 277 |
| 5 | Argentina | 240 |
| 6 | Brazil | 227 |
| 7 | Portugal | 218 |
| 8 | Japan | 216 |
| 9 | Chile | 215 |
| 10 | England | 203 |
| 11 | Mexico | 197 |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 187 |
| 13 | Norway | 186 |
| 14 | Italy | 184 |
| 15 | Egypt | 183 |
| 16 | Australia | 181 |
| 17 | Jamaica | 175 |
| 18 | Korea Republic | 174 |
| 18 | Sweden | 174 |
| 20 | Peru | 173 |
France are 22nd, USA 29th.
Right now, the seeds for the 2014 World Cup would be: Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Uruguay, Germany, Argentina, Portugal and Japan.
My bet is that England will end up the 8th seed. Though if Mexico keeps playing like it has, it could slide in there as the first non-host, non-SA/Euro seed. It will be interesting to see, as it gets closer, what it will take for various scenarios to happen.
ReplyDeleteAt a glance, though, with all the other teams ahead of them, it looks unlikely that Italy could make it back up there where people expect them.
Mexico was a seed already in 2006, so it would not be a first for non-SA/Euro seed! I predict that FIFA will find a way of making Holland, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina, England and Italy the 6 seeds apart from Spain and Brazil.
ReplyDeleteAs of November 2011 England in rank five in FIFA rankings.
ReplyDeleteThe top five are:
1. Spain 1564
2. Netherlands 1365
3. Germany 1345
4. Uruguay 1309
5. England 1173
Brazil got the 6th spot with 1143 points.