Take a look at the table below to see how the pots shape up before the last matchday. Only the values for the first 14 countries are 99% correct (I would say 100% correct, but you never know), being based on official data released by FIFA. The other values are computed using historical rankings, different from the ones used by FIFA. But they’re pretty close to the official values and will help you see what pot your country will end up in.
The third column contains the number of points after the November 17th matches.
R Country L D W ----------------------------------------- 1 Italy 1537 1461 1473 1498 2 Germany 1321 1267 1296 1355 3 Spain 1309 1247 1281 1349 4 Portugal 1258 1208 1241 1306 5 France 1251 1206 1243 1318 6 Czech Republic 1250 1183 1219 1290 7 Netherlands 1217 1170 1192 1236 8 England 1151 1113 1152 1231 9 Greece 1065 1010 1045 1114 ----------------------------------------- 10 Romania 1055 1007 1034 1088 11 Croatia 1054 1000 1043 1129 12 Scotland 990 990 990 990 13 Russia 870 824 836 861 14 Poland 854 824 855 916 15 Turkey 847 811 842 906 16 Bulgaria 845 799 827 883 17 Northern Ireland 843 786 839 947 18 Serbia 840 792 842 942 ----------------------------------------- 19 Norway 832 785 800 828 20 Sweden 824 801 822 862 21 Israel 812 770 798 855 22 Ukraine 805 782 827 916 23 Denmark 738 712 737 787 24 Ireland 737 737 737 737 25 Switzerland 692 670 687 720 26 Finland 690 649 697 793 27 Bosnia-Herzegovina 622 578 626 721 ----------------------------------------- 28 Hungary 614 583 621 699 29 Macedonia 586 552 597 687 30 Slovakia 584 567 577 598 31 Moldova 570 570 570 570 32 Belgium 563 532 553 595 33 Wales 542 515 555 636 34 Cyprus 527 499 542 629 35 Lithuania 479 455 484 543 36 Belarus 437 419 463 551 ----------------------------------------- 37 Georgia 432 407 430 476 38 Albania 420 397 440 525 39 Slovenia 417 396 434 509 40 Iceland 413 384 432 527 41 Latvia 413 392 429 502 42 Armenia 396 370 387 419 43 Austria 352 342 354 378 44 Liechtenstein 261 261 261 261 45 Azerbaijan 260 247 273 325 ----------------------------------------- 46 Kazakhstan 247 236 255 292 47 Estonia 221 215 224 242 48 Malta 191 185 222 297 49 Luxembourg 127 127 127 127 50 Montenegro 65 65 65 65 51 Andorra 61 60 111 213 52 Faroe Islands 13 13 75 198 53 San Marino 6 6 48 131
This post was written by bullets on November 22, 2007
