2014 FIFA World Cup seeding update (23 November 2012)

Next update: February 2013

Includes matches up to and including 21 November 2012.

See more info in the original 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding post.

This is the top 20 of the intermediate October 2013 ranking.

1	Spain	835
2	Germany	763
3	Argentina	741
4	Portugal	615
5	Netherlands	598
6	Uruguay	587
7	Italy	586
8	England	585
9	Greece	572
10	Russia	568
11	Colombia	563
12	Croatia	538
13	France	538
14	Switzerland	522
15	Côte d'Ivoire	521
16	Sweden	484
17	Brazil	481
18	Mexico	481
19	Japan	481
20	Ecuador	461

Uruguay replace England in the list of seeds.

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

Top 3 teams by confederation:

AFC: Japan (19), Australia (31), Uzbekistan (34)
CAF: Côte d'Ivoire (15), Algeria (26), Ghana (28)
CONCACAF: Mexico (18), Haiti (27), Trinidad and Tobago (33)
CONMEBOL: Argentina (3), Uruguay (6), Colombia (11)
OFC: New Zealand (88), New Caledonia (114), Tahiti (144)
UEFA: Spain (1), Germany (2), Portugal (4)

USA are 39th.

Breakdown by year (average for each time frame)

1	Spain	1041.95	654.09	763.94	48.25	835
2	Germany	927.06	610.96	751	19.3	763
3	Argentina	785.48	402.45	809.86	58.44	741
4	Portugal	625.58	491.17	645.58	19.66	615
5	Netherlands	1020.07	569.55	396.79	24.75	598
6	Uruguay	735.7	643.76	414.32	39.82	587
7	Italy	405.36	652.14	618.6	0	586
8	England	685.58	491.2	601.57	0	585
9	Greece	563.52	542.63	470.96	61.5	572
10	Russia	543.81	451.29	606.68	20.33	568
11	Colombia	189.7	464.54	729.69	20.78	563
12	Croatia	513.17	488.65	578.54	0	538
13	France	408.52	522.75	452.27	73.13	538
14	Switzerland	385.03	468.75	500.85	53.71	522
15	Côte d'Ivoire	437.47	441.98	519.66	40.92	521
16	Sweden	349.66	604.49	349.31	58.2	484
17	Brazil	706.19	389.36	391.47	27.43	481
18	Mexico	321.67	477.87	546.94	0	481
19	Japan	398.52	539.52	344.44	66.85	481
20	Ecuador	132.49	306.73	685.26	0	461

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