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 | 405 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 375 |
| 3 | Germany | 369 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 340 |
| 5 | England | 284 |
| 6 | Argentina | 278 |
| 7 | Italy | 277 |
| 8 | Greece | 275 |
| 9 | Portugal | 272 |
| 10 | Denmark | 262 |
| 11 | Brazil | 258 |
| 12 | Sweden | 251 |
| 13 | Croatia | 249 |
| 14 | Russia | 244 |
| 15 | Japan | 241 |
| 16 | France | 239 |
| 17 | Norway | 233 |
| 18 | Chile | 232 |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 220 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 218 |
Mexico (23), USA (45).
Italy replace Portugal in the list of seeds.
Right now, the seeds for the 2014 World Cup would be: Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Uruguay, England, Argentina and Italy.
Hi Edgar,
ReplyDeletedo you think this ranking will be used for seeding the European play offs (8 best runner ups) for World Cup 2014 too? Fifa (as far as I know) have not yet taken the decition if and how the seeding will be made. Thank you.
That's how it was in 2009. I can't really predict what FIFA will choose though. It would have been much better had they mentioned it in the regulations.
ReplyDeleteI believe they will use FIFA Rankings to seed the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteThanks Edgar (and Amir) for your reply. I sure do hope that FIFA will take a decision before the matches begin in September 2012.
ReplyDeleteI think your hope is in vain - based on what FIFA have done before.
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