2010 Seeding Formula: September 2006 Update

The top seven teams will be seeded along with South Africa as hosts: Total WC FIFA 1 Brazil 61.3 29.3 32 2 Italy 55.3 27.3 28 2 England 55.3 26.3 29 2 Germany 55.3 30.3 25 5 France 54.3 23.3 31 6 Argentina 51.0 21.0 30 7 Spain 48.3 25.3 23 8 Portugal 46.3 22.3 24 9 Netherlands 41.7 14.7 27 10 Ukraine 36.7 16.7 20 11 Mexico 35.3 19.3 16 12 Switzerland 34.3 15.3 19 12 Sweden 34.3 19.3 15 14 Czech 32.0 6.0 26 15 Nigeria 24.7 2.7 22 15 Denmark 24.7 7.7 17 17 Cameroon 24.0 3.0 21 18 Paraguay 23.7 11.7 12 19 Ghana 23.3 13.3 10 20 USA 21.7 13.7 8 21 Uruguay 20.7 2.7 18 22 Cote d'Ivoire 20.0 6.0 14 23 Korea 19.7 15.7 4 24 Australia 18.3 11.3 7 24 Japan 18.3 13.3 5 26 Croatia 18.0 9.0 9 27 Colombia 13.0 0.0 13 28 Costa Rica 11.3 8.3 3 28 Iran 11.3 5.3 6 30 Greece 11.0 0.0 11 31 Trinidad 7.3 5.3 2 32 South Africa 4.0 3.0 1 Colombia/Ghana/Greece/Trinidad replaced Ecuador/Guatemala/Guinea/Romania. Spain have dropped and are closer to Portugal. If Mexico and Sweden were to get in the top ten they could have a shot as well. For any of the other teams to have a shot, they probably need one of the seeds to not qualify. For an explanation of this formula, visit the Bigsoccer thread of the same name.