2002 FIFA World Cup seeding

To calculate the seeding for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, FIFA used the FIFA World Rankings in combination with performances of national teams in the three previous World Cups.^[1] The formula is virtually identical with the one used for the 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding.

For the ranking part, points were allocated on the basis of 32 for the best achieving of the 32 qualifiers for 2002 FIFA World Cup in each of the three fields considered, down to one for the lowest ranking.

For the World Cup performance part, points were allocated as follows:

Teams qualified for the knockout stages were ranked by their overall performance and received between 32 points (World Cup winner) and 17 points (the losing quarter finalist with the worst overall performance).
Teams eliminated in the group stage were ranked by their performance. The top half received 9 points, the rest 8 points.

The seedings table uses these points obtained from the 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1998 FIFA World Cup averaged in a 1:2:3 ratio respectively, added to the average amount of points derived from the World Rankings at three given dates (at ratio 1:1:1), December 1999, December 2000, and November 2001. All totals are rounded.

Seed	Country	1. FIFA World Cup Finals							2. FIFA World Rankings							Total Points
		Italy '90 (16.7%)		USA '94 (33.3%)		France '98 (50%)		Avg. Points	Dec '99 (33.3%)		Dec '00 (33.3%)		Nov '01 (33.3%)		Avg. Points
		Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Avg. Points	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Avg. Points
1	Brazil	9	24	1	32	2	31	30	1	32	1	32	3	30	31	62
2	Argentina	2	31	10	23	6	27	26	6	28	3	30	2	31	30	56
3	Italy	3	30	2	31	5	28	29	14	23	4	29	6	28	27	56
4	Germany	1	32	5	28	7	26	28	5	29	11	25	11	24	26	54
5	France	–	0	–	0	1	32	16	3	31	2	31	1	32	31	47
6	Spain	10	23	8	25	17	9	17	4	30	7	27	7	27	28	45
7	Mexico	–	0	13	20	13	20	17	10	26	12	24	9	26	25	42
8	England	4	29	–	0	9	24	17	12	24	17	22	10	25	24	41
9	Croatia	–	0	–	0	3	30	15	9	27	18	21	19	19	22	37
10	Denmark	–	0	–	0	8	25	13	11	25	22	17.5	17	21	21	34
11	Paraguay	–	0	–	0	14	19	10	17	20	9	26	14	23	23	33
12	Sweden	21	8	3	30	–	0	11	16	21	22	17.5	16	22	20	32
13	United States	23	8	14	19	32	8	12	22	18	16	23	20	17.5	20	31
14	Belgium	11	22	11	22	19	9	16	33	13	27	15	20	17.5	15	31
15	Portugal	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	15	22	6	28	4	29	26	26
16	Republic of Ireland	8	25	16	17	–	0	10	35	12	31	13	18	20	15	25
17	Russia	17	9	18	9	–	0	5	18	19	21	19	22	16	18	23
18	Nigeria	–	0	9	24	12	21	19	76	3	52	5	40	4	4	23
19	Saudi Arabia	–	0	12	21	28	8	11	38	11	36	10	30	11	11	22
20	South Africa	–	0	–	0	24	9	5	30	16	20	20	34	8	15	19
21	Tunisia	–	0	–	0	26	8	4	31	15	26	16	28	12	14	18
22	Cameroon	7	26	22	8	25	8	11	58	6	39	8	38	5	6	17
23	Turkey	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	29	17	30	14	23	15	15	15
24	Uruguay	16	17	–	0	–	0	3	45	9	32	12	24	14	12	15
25	South Korea	22	8	20	9	30	8	8	51	8	40	7	43	3	6	14
26	Japan	–	0	–	0	31	8	4	57	7	38	9	35	7	8	12
27	Slovenia	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	40	10	35	11	27	13	11	11
28	Poland	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	32	14	43	6	33	9	10	10
29	Costa Rica	13	20	–	0	–	0	3	64	5	60	3	31	10	6	9
30	Ecuador	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	65	4	53	4	37	6	5	5
31	China PR	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	88	1	74	2	55	2	2	2
32	Senegal	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	79	2	88	1	67	1	1	1
Seed	Country	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Avg. Points	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Avg. Points	Total Points
		Italy '90 (16.7%)		USA '94 (33.3%)		France '98 (50%)		Avg. Points	Dec '99 (33.3%)		Dec '00 (33.3%)		Nov '01 (33.3%)		Avg. Points
		1. FIFA World Cup Finals							2. FIFA World Rankings

South Korea and Japan were seeded as hosts, France as defending champions. The other seeds were: Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany and Spain.

References

↑ 2002 World Cup seeding document

2002 FIFA World Cup

Stages	Qualification Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage Final

General information	Broadcasting Controversies Discipline Matches Officials Seeding Sponsorship Statistics Squads

2002 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions	Brazil

Runners-up	Germany

Third place	Turkey

Fourth place	South Korea

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	England Senegal Spain United States

Eliminated in the round of 16	Belgium Denmark Italy Japan Mexico Paraguay Republic of Ireland Sweden

Eliminated in the group stage	Argentina Cameroon China PR Costa Rica Croatia Ecuador France Nigeria Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Slovenia South Africa Tunisia Uruguay

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Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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