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Playoff seedings to be announced in advance
The Fifa general secretary, Jérôme Valcke said in a press conference in Abu Dhabi:"Even before the qualifiers for the World Cup in 2014 start, we will say the seedings will be under the following rule."He was talking about the seeding process in the European play-offs.Source: The NationalThat's ...
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AFC Asian Cup 2011: Seeding for the final draw
The draw for the final tournament will take place in April 2010 in Doha, Qatar. The hosts will be seeded.Already qualified:Qatar - hostsIraq - 2007 AFC Asian Cup winnerSaudi Arabia - 2007 AFC Asian Cup runner-upKorea Republic - 2007 AFC Asian Cup runner-upIndia - 2008 AFC Challenge Cup ...
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EURO 2012: Final draw coefficients (4 December 2009)
The coefficients for the EURO 2012 final draw will take into account results from:EURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting2010 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weightingEURO 2012 (qualifiers) - 40% of total weightingClick here for more info ...
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2010 World Cup seeding: Based on feeling
football-rankings.info — Just read this in the Guardian:The Fifa general secretary, Jérôme Valcke said: "In the past the seedings... have been determined by a mixture of world rankings and performances in past World Cups but this time the feeling was the October rankings most closely represented the best teams in the ... (more) 2010 World Cup seeding: Based on feeling
2010 World Cup seeding: The numbers behind France's failure
I won't go into the "France paid for Henry's handball" debate, I will just look at where did FFF go wrong and how could they have secured a top 7 spot in the October FIFA ranking.Of course, it's about friendlies. Had France performed better in the qualifiers, they might have avoided the ...
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2010 World Cup seeding: October 2009 ranking to be used
Seems my work in the last year or so has been in vain :)The FIFA Organising Committee approved today the procedure for the Final Draw of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, which will be held in Cape Town on Friday 4 December. The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA/Coca-Cola World ...
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FIFA Ranking: Time works in Brazil's favor
Spain will keep their spot in the next three releases of the FIFA ranking (December 2009, January 2010 and February 2009). If they win against France on March 3rd, 2010, they will keep their place even in the March 2009 release, because I'm sure Brazil will play a friendly on the same day and ...
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African Cup of Nations: Seeding for Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 qualifiers
This may seem a bit early, but it's not. The draw for the 2012 ACN qualifiers will take place a couple of days after the final of ACN 2010, probably after February 3rd, the day of the first FIFA ranking release for 2010.Based on the 2008 ACN draw procedure, it won't actually be a draw. The first ...
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November 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings
Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference Solomon Islands 171 119 52 Guinea-Bissau 190 140 50 Tahiti 195 149 46 Central African Republic 200 155 45 Papua New Guinea 203 165 38 Tajikistan 162 126 36  ...
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FIFA Ranking: Teams in need of matches for the December 2009 ranking
There are 60 teams that will not have the required 5 matches in the last 12 months when the December 2009 FIFA Ranking will be released. For these teams, FIFA will basically add a number of "virtual defeats" equal to the difference between the number of matches actually played by that team in ...
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FIFA Ranking: December 2009 interim ranking
Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.Included: matches up to and including November 22nd, 2009.Next update: December 10th, 2009.This is the December ranking ...
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FIFA Ranking: December 2009 preview
Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.Included: matches up to and including November 22nd, 2009.Next update: December 10th, 2009.This month you won't see a ...
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2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CONCACAF teams (23 November 2009)
The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the May 2007 FIFA ranking (for CONCACAF).Assumptions:- CONCACAF will again have 3.5 spots- CONCACAF will again use the same qualifying system- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teamsThe May 2011 ...
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2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (23 November 2009)
The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the July 2007 FIFA ranking.Assumptions:- CAF will again have 5 spots- CAF will keep the current qualifying system- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams- CAF will choose the July 2011 ranking ...
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2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (23 November 2009)
The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the November 2007 FIFA ranking.Assumptions:- UEFA will again have 13 spots- UEFA will again use the system with 9 groups- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams- FIFA will hold the draw in ...
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EURO 2012: Final national team ranking out
UEFA has published the final national team coefficient ranking following the end of the FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage and completion of the play-offs which have decided the remaining European teams to take part in next summer's final round. The coefficients are relevant for the pot ...
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2010 World Cup seeding update (20 November 2009)
football-rankings.info — I had to publish an update (see the original post) because FIFA published this little bit of... information:"Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ – note to mediaThe detailed criteria to determine the seeded teams for the Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA ... (more) 2010 World Cup seeding update (20 November 2009)
EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (20 November 2009)
This is the final version.The coefficients for the EURO 2012 qualifying draw will take into account results from:2006 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weightingEURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting2010 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total ...
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2010 World Cup seeding (20 November 2009)
All 32 qualifiers are known now, so hopefully this is the last 2010 World Cup seeding post.This is not official - it's based on the 2006 FIFA World Cup seeding formula and draw setup (CAF + CONMEBOL in one pot, AFC + CONCACAF + OFC in the other, title holders in Group F).Algeria/Slovenia replace ...
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FIFA Ranking: November 2009 final preview
Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.Included: matches up to and including November 18th, 2009.Spain replace Brazil on top of the rankings.Lots of movement in ...
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