2006 FIFA World Cup Seeding

2006 FIFA World Cup Seeding

To calculate the seeding for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, FIFA used the FIFA World Rankings in combination with performances of national teams in the two previous World Cups.

Points were allocated on the basis of 32 for the best achieving of the 32 qualifiers for 2006 FIFA World Cup in each of the five fields considered, down to one for the lowest ranking.

The seedings table uses these points obtained from the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup averaged in a 1:2 ratio respectively, added to the average amount of points derived from the World Rankings at three given dates (at ratio 1:1:1), December 2003, December 2004, and November 2005. This generates a view of how well the teams have performed over the last ten years (since the rankings in 2003 include results from eight years previous to that) with a specific focus on how the teams have performed in the FIFA World Cup on previous occasions. Significant differences between this ranking of the teams and the official FIFA rankings at the time of the draw can be seen for Czech Republic, Germany and the Korean Republic (ρ=0.87).

Seed Country 1. FIFA World Cup Finals 2. FIFA World Rankings Total Points
France '98
(33.3%)
Korea Japan '02
(66.7%)
Avg.
Points
Dec '03
(33.3%)
Dec '04
(33.3%)
Nov '05
(33.3%)
Avg.
Points
Rk Pt. Rk Pt. Rk Pt. Rk Pt. Rk Pt.
1 Brazil 2 31 1 32 31.7 1 32 1 32 1 32 32.0 63.7
2 England 9 24 6 27 26.0 8 25 8 25 9 24 24.7 50.7
3 Spain 17 9 5 28 21.7 3 30 5 28 6 27 28.3 50.0
4 Germany 7 26 2 31 29.3 12 22 19 19 16 19 20.0 49.3
5 Mexico 13 20 11 22 21.3 7 26 7 26 7 26 26.0 47.3
6 France 1 32 28 8 16.0 2 31 2 31 5 28 30.0 46.0
7 Italy 5 28 15 18 21.3 10 24 10 23 12 22 23.0 44.3
8 Argentina 6 27 18 9 15.0 5 28 3 30 4 29 29.0 44.0
9 United States 32 8 8 25 19.3 11 23 11 22 8 25 23.3 42.7
10 Netherlands 4 29 - 0 9.7 4 29 6 27 3 30 28.7 38.3
11 South Korea 30 8 4 29 22.0 22 16 22 17 29 13 15.3 37.3
12 Japan 31 8 9 24 18.7 29 12 17 20 15 20 17.3 36.0
13 Sweden - 0 13 20 13.3 19 19 13 21 14 21 20.3 33.7
14 Croatia 3 30 23 9 16.0 20 18 23 16 20 17 17.0 33.0
15 Paraguay 14 19 16 17 17.7 22 17 30 12 30 12 13.7 31.3
16 Czech Republic - 0 - 0 0.0 6 27 4 29 2 31 29.0 29.0
17 Portugal - 0 21 9 6.0 17 21 9 24 10 23 22.7 28.7
18 Costa Rica - 0 19 9 6.0 17 20 27 14 21 16 16.7 22.7
19 Saudi Arabia 28 8 32 8 8.0 26 14 28 13 32 11 12.7 20.7
20 Poland - 0 25 8 5.3 25 15 25 15 23 15 15.0 20.3
21 Iran 20 9 - 0 3.0 28 13 20 18 19 18 16.3 19.3
22 Tunisia 26 8 29 8 8.0 45 8 35 11 28 14 11.0 19.0
23 Ecuador - 0 24 9 6.0 37 11 39 10 37 9 10.0 16.0
24 Serbia and Montenegro 10 23 - 0 7.7 41 10 46 8 47 6 8.0 15.7
25 Switzerland - 0 - 0 0.0 44 9 51 7 36 10 8.7 8.7
26 Ukraine - 0 - 0 0.0 60 7 57 6 40 8 7.0 7.0
27 Côte d'Ivoire - 0 - 0 0.0 70 5 40 9 41 7 7.0 7.0
28 Australia - 0 - 0 0.0 82 3 58 5 49 5 4.3 4.3
29 Trinidad and Tobago - 0 - 0 0.0 70 6 63 4 51 3 4.3 4.3
30 Ghana - 0 - 0 0.0 78 4 77 2 50 4 3.3 3.3
31 Angola - 0 - 0 0.0 83 2 72 3 62 1 2.0 2.0
32 Togo - 0 - 0 0.0 94 1 89 1 56 2 1.3 1.3
Seed Country Rk Pt. Rk Pt. Avg.
Points
Rk Pt. Rk Pt. Rk Pt. Avg.
Points
Total Points
France '98
(33.3%)
Korea Japan '02
(66.7%)
Dec '03
(33.3%)
Dec '04
(33.3%)
Nov '05
(33.3%)
1. FIFA World Cup Finals 2. FIFA World Rankings

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