UEFA National Team Coefficients

These are the latest UEFA coefficients for national teams, which will determine the pots used for drawing the World Cup qualifying groups in November. All the results from today are included. This is determined by the average number of points from games in Euro 2008 qualifying plus World Cup 2006 qualifying. First tiebreaker is PPG from the most recent competition, then average goal differential. Italy is seeded first due to their World Cup championship. I'm assuming that Montenegro will be put in the bottom pot like Kazakhstan was. There will be 9 groups for WCQ, so the first 9 teams will comprise the first pot. There are only a few more games for each team, so there won't be huge changes from here on out. Still, there's plenty of drama for teams on the verge of moving up or down a pot, especially for that top pot. It looks like there are 6 teams fighting for the last 3 spots in the first pot. Personally, I hope that Portugal, Spain, and France don't get there, because having those teams in the second pot could make for an exciting group of death in the WCQ. That would also be good for the USA in 2010 if the good teams don't qualify. Spain and France are up against it, though. The best both could do is 2.181 (48/22). Romania would only need 8 points in their final 4 games to best that. Spain probably has the hardest schedule left; they play Sweden and Denmark. France will likely need to win in Ukraine in the final matchday. Games remaining for those 6 teams: Romania 4 Netherlands (H), Luxembourg (A), Bulgaria (A), Albania (H) Czech 3 Germany (A), Slovakia (H), Cyprus (A) Poland 3 Kazakhstan (H), Belgium (H), Serbia (A) Portugal 4 Azerbaijan (A), Kazakhstan (A), Armenia (H), Finland (H) Spain 3 Denmark (A), Sweden (H), N.Ireland (H) France 3 Faroes (A), Lithuania (H), Ukraine (A) I would project that Romania, Czech, and Portugal would take the three spots. RANKING Overall Games Points 1 Italy 2.263 19 43 2 Germany 2.750 8 22 3 Netherlands 2.600 20 52 4 Croatia 2.474 19 47 5 Sweden 2.389 18 43 6 England 2.368 19 45 7 Romania 2.250 20 45 8 Czech 2.238 21 47 9 Poland 2.143 21 45 10 Portugal 2.136 22 47 11 Spain 2.053 19 39 12 France 2.053 19 39 13 Greece 2.000 20 40 14 Turkey 2.000 20 40 15 Russia 1.952 21 41 16 Ukraine 1.900 20 38 17 Serbia 1.900 20 38 18 Norway 1.842 19 35 19 Israel 1.842 19 35 20 Denmark 1.800 20 36 21 Switzerland 1.800 10 18 22 Scotland 1.789 19 34 23 Bulgaria 1.737 19 33 24 Ireland 1.632 19 31 25 Slovakia 1.571 21 33 26 Bosnia 1.526 19 29 27 Finland 1.522 23 35 28 Austria 1.500 10 15 29 N.Ireland 1.316 19 25 30 Hungary 1.211 19 23 31 Slovenia 1.158 19 22 32 Belgium 1.150 20 23 33 Albania 1.100 20 22 34 Lithuania 1.053 19 20 35 Latvia 1.050 20 21 36 Wales 1.000 18 18 37 Estonia 0.955 22 21 38 Belarus 0.895 19 17 39 Macedonia 0.810 21 17 40 Georgia 0.810 21 17 41 Cyprus 0.778 18 14 42 Armenia 0.750 20 15 43 Iceland 0.632 19 12 44 Liechtenstein 0.571 21 12 45 Moldova 0.526 19 10 46 Azerbaijan 0.444 18 8 47 Malta 0.444 18 8 48 Kazakhstan 0.364 22 8 49 Andorra 0.238 21 5 50 Faroe Islands 0.053 19 1 51 Luxembourg 0.000 21 0 52 San Marino 0.000 19 0 53 Montenegro xxx xxx xxx CURRENT POTS Pot 1: Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Sweden, England, Romania, Czech, Poland Pot 2: Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Norway Pot 3: Israel, Denmark, Switzerland, Scotland, Bulgaria, Ireland, Slovakia, Bosnia, Finland Pot 4: Austria, N.Ireland, Hungary, Slovenia, Belgium, Albania, Lithuania, Latvia, Wales Pot 5: Estonia, Belarus, Macedonia, Georgia, Cyprus, Armenia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova Pot 6: Azerbaijan, Malta, Kazakhstan, Andorra, Faroe Islands, Luxembourgh, San Marino, Montenegro WCQ MOCK DRAW Group A: England, Portugal, Finland, Lithuania, Belarus, Montenegro Group B: Croatia, Serbia, Denmark, Austria, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands Group C: Sweden, Russia, Ireland, Belgium, Macedonia, Andorra Group D: Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Latvia, Iceland, Luxembourg Group E: Czech, Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia, Georgia, San Marino Group F: Netherlands, Norway, Israel, Wales, Moldova, Azerbaijan Group G: Italy, Greece, Scotland, N.Ireland, Estonia, Malta Group H: Poland, Turkey, Bosnia, Hungary, Cyprus, Kazakhstan Group I: Germany, France, Slovakia, Albania, Armenia Format: 9 Group winners qualify automatically. Best 8 runners up playoff for remaining 4 spots.