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 | Uruguay | 449 |
| 2 | Spain | 413 |
| 3 | Germany | 402 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 390 |
| 5 | Portugal | 362 |
| 6 | Argentina | 360 |
| 7 | Croatia | 346 |
| 8 | Brazil | 343 |
| 9 | England | 342 |
| 10 | Chile | 324 |
| 11 | Denmark | 314 |
| 12 | Italy | 299 |
| 13 | Republic of Ireland | 288 |
| 14 | Japan | 287 |
| 15 | Greece | 286 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 281 |
| 17 | France | 274 |
| 18 | Australia | 269 |
| 19 | Iraq | 259 |
| 20 | Russia | 255 |
Mexico (27), USA (52).
Portugal and Croatia replace England and Italy in the list of seeds.
Right now, the seeds for the 2014 World Cup would be: Brazil, Spain, Uruguay, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Argentina and Croatia.
hi , can i ask what is this about ??
ReplyDeletei mean does iraq realy in 19th ?
i need an answer ....
Yes, in the provisional October 2013 ranking, Iraq are 19th. However, they will drop after the next round draw, when I will add the final group stage matches as defeats for all AFC teams.
ReplyDeleteEduard,
ReplyDeletefirst of all, congratulations on the great job you do here.
I may have missed in previous posts, but have just had a though after looking at the October 2013 rankings:
1) Which impact will the fact that Copa America had been played a year before the Euro ?
2) Although the SA teams will have (mostly) played more qualifiers, will this have a significant impact ?
Best,
Adriano
Adriano,
ReplyDeleteEURO teams will play plenty of friendlies before the EURO so this will somehow lessen the impact.
Also, EURO 2012 will be more than 12 months old in Oct 2013, while CA 2011 will be two years behind, so the EURO will be 1.66 more valuable than CA 2011.
If the draw would take place in October 2012 the EURO will be twice as valuable.
I don't think the impact will be significant.