2018 FIFA World Cup final draw seeding: 'Only' 3 years and 3 months left

Yes, I know, it's too early. However, if FIFA will use again the October 2017 ranking, it means the results taken into account will be from October 2013 to October 2017, thus in less than three months the "0.2" time frame will close.

Needless to say, some big teams have had an unimpressive start or should I say they forgot to start?



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This is the top 40 (had to use 40 just to include England) of the intermediate October 2017 ranking:

1	Germany	204
2	Argentina	180
3	Netherlands	179
4	Colombia	168
5	France	141
6	Uruguay	138
7	Brazil	134
7	Belgium	134
9	Costa Rica	127
10	Chile	122
11	Portugal	120
12	Switzerland	113
13	Greece	93
14	Mexico	92
15	Algeria	82
16	USA	77
17	Scotland	74
18	Croatia	69
19	Côte d'Ivoire	65
20	Bosnia-Herzegovina	62
21	Spain	61
22	Nigeria	59
23	Ecuador	58
24	Ukraine	56
25	Palestine	54
25	Italy	54
27	Japan	53
28	Iran	51
29	Serbia	50
29	Egypt	50
31	Romania	47
32	Benin	46
33	Iraq	45
33	Botswana	45
33	Saudi Arabia	45
36	Austria	43
36	Ghana	43
36	England	43
39	Congo	42
39	Turkey	42

Right now, the seeds for the 2018 World Cup would be: Russia, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Colombia, France, Uruguay and Brazil.

With every confederation except CONMEBOL and UEFA at 0.85 in the new confederation weightings, it seems unlikely a team not in the big 2 will land a seed. However, there is hope (not for AFC nor OFC).

CAF have their Nations Cup in 2015 and 2017. CONCACAF too, and they also the Copa America 2016. It will be interesting to see how FIFA handle these matches - friendlies or continental final?

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