FIFA World Cup 2014 Seeding System Explained
All the qualifiers around the world for FIFA World Cup 2014 are over and we have 21 qualified teams for the World Cup already while 11 more will be joining after the playoff stages. Today we try to explain the complex system of FIFA Seeding which will be user to decide the group stages of FIFA World Cup. There will be 8 groups in the 2014 World Cup of 4 teams each.
FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 SEED RANKINGS
| TEAMS | Region | FIFA RANK | SEEDED |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil |
South America | 11 | Yes |
 Spain |
Europe | 1 | Yes |
 Germany |
Europe | 2 | Yes |
 Argentina |
South America | 3 | Yes |
 Colombia |
South America | 4 | Yes |
 Belgium |
Europe | 5 | Yes |
 Switzerland |
Europe | 7 | Yes |
 Holland |
Europe | 8 | if Uruguay dont Qualify |
 Italy |
Europe | 9 | |
 England |
Europe | 10 | |
 Chile |
South America | 12 | |
 United States |
North America | 13 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe | 16 | |
 Russia |
Europe | 19 | |
 Ecuador |
South America | 22 | |
 Costa Rica |
North America | 31 | |
 Honduras |
North America | 34 | |
 Japan |
Asia | 44 | |
 Iran |
Asia | 49 | |
 South Korea |
Asia | 56 | |
 Australia |
Asia | 57 | |
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FIFA Seeding System Explained:
FIFA will be using the official FIFA Rankings October 2013 which was released after the qualifiers to rank the team and get the 8 seeded teams. Which are now confirmed. Only Uruguay who are in the World Cup qualifier playoff can make way into the top seed if they can qualify, if they dont it will be Holland.
Eight seeded teams will be placed in the Pot 1 while all the other 24 teams will be placed in pots 2,3 and 4 on the bases of regions they are from.
Pot 2 will have teams from Asia, Ociana, North America
Pot 3 will have teams from Africa and non seeded south american sides.
Pot 4 will have a teams from europe (non seeded)
Max two teams from europe can be in 1 group, while max 1 team from all the other continents.
Very good explanation. I have one question though…
I am booking my trip to Brazil for the world cup but realised that if European non-seeds are put into pot 4 as per previous world cup that these teams will not play a group game in Rio and only 1 out of 8 european non-seeds will play in Sao Paulo (once) meaning that all the european non-seeds will play group games outside the major cities.
Has there been any confirmation that Pot 4 will be the pot chosen to place the european non-seeds or is there still a chance they can be in pot 2 or 3 because it doesnt really make a difference which pot they are put in but makes a big difference in where they play because pots 2 and 3 have games in Rio and Sao Paulo.
Ed
@Ed I agree. Other sites have Australia in co in Pot 4. Pot 4 is a nightmare for travel pans. Here is hoping the Sth American/African pool get Pot 4
It doesn’t matter , the have a pot of 2-4 and we don’t know when you play the top seed till the draw.