2014 World Cup seeding: AFC 4th round (16 September 2011)

Next update: 14 October 2011 or later.

AFC have announced the draw for the 4th round will also be based on the FIFA rankings.

2014 F1FA World Cup Brazil™ - Asian Qualifiers Round 4 - Draw
The Committee decided to take the latest FIFA/Coca Cola rankings at the time of the Draw for Round 4 as F1FA Ranking has already been implemented for Round 3.

Yes, it's F1FA, not FIFA :)

The last match day of round 3 takes place on February 29, while the first match day of round 4 is scheduled for June 3.

I think the draw will take place in March, using the March FIFA ranking that will be released based on my calculations on March 15.

4 years ago, the 4 lowest seeded teams of the 10 qualified for the 4th round were placed in a single pot.

Here's the March 2012 FIFA ranking, counting scheduled games as defeats:

1	Australia	708
2	Japan	644
3	Korea Republic	573
4	Iran	471
5	China PR	430
6	Jordan	383
7	Uzbekistan	359
8	Kuwait	353
9	Bahrain	323
10	Saudi Arabia	319
11	Iraq	305
11	Qatar	305
13	Oman	291
14	Thailand	228
15	United Arab Emirates	226
16	Korea DPR	209
17	Tajikistan	196
18	Indonesia	164
19	Singapore	143
20	Lebanon	111

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: Korea Republic, Iran
Pot 3: China PR, Jordan
Pot 4: Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

Jordan replace Saudi Arabia in the third pot.

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