2014 FIFA World Cup seeding update (16 September 2011)

Next update: 14 October 2011

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	Netherlands	357
2	Spain	342
3	Uruguay	314
4	Germany	305
5	England	268
6	Argentina	257
7	Portugal	249
8	Italy	238
9	Brazil	228
10	Japan	226
11	Croatia	221
12	Greece	209
13	Mexico	208
14	Chile	207
15	Norway	205
16	Côte d'Ivoire	204
17	France	203
18	Russia	201
19	Australia	199
20	Serbia	194

USA are 44th.

England replace Japan in the list of seeds.

Right now, the seeds for the 2014 World Cup would be: Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Uruguay, Germany, England, Argentina and Portugal.

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