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 number 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.

SeedCountry1. FIFA World Cup Finals2. FIFA World RankingsTotal 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
RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.
1 Brazil924132231301321323303162
2 Argentina2311023627266283302313056
3 Italy3302315282914234296282756
4 Germany13252872628529112511242654
5 France00132163312311323147
6 Spain1023825179174307277272845
7 Mexico01320132017102612249262542
8 England4290924171224172210252441
9 Croatia0033015927182119192237
10 Denmark008251311252217.517212134
11 Paraguay00141910172092614232333
12 Sweden21833001116212217.516222032
13 United States238141932812221816232017.52031
14 Belgium1122112219916331327152017.51531
15 Portugal000015226284292626
16 Republic of Ireland82516170103512311318201525
17 Russia179189051819211922161823
18 Nigeria0924122119763525404423
19 Saudi Arabia01221288113811361030111122
20 South Africa002495301620203481519
21 Tunisia0026843115261628121418
22 Cameroon72622825811586398385617
23 Turkey00002917301423151515
24 Uruguay1617003459321224141215
25 South Korea2282093088518407433614
26 Japan003184577389357812
27 Slovenia00004010351127131111
28 Poland000032144363391010
29 Costa Rica1320003645603311069
30 Ecuador000065453437655
31 China PR000088174255222
32 Senegal000079288167111
SeedCountryRkPt.RkPt.RkPt.Avg.
Points
RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.Avg.
Points
Total Points
Italy '90
(16.7%)
USA '94
(33.3%)
France '98
(50%)
Dec '99
(33.3%)
Dec '00
(33.3%)
Nov '01
(33.3%)
1. FIFA World Cup Finals2. 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

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