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] 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.[ 2]
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.
Seed
Country
1. FIFA World Cup Finals
2. FIFA World Rankings
Total Points
Italy 1990
USA 1994
France 1998
Avg.
Dec 1999
Dec 2000
Nov 2001
Avg.
Rk
Pt.
Rk
Pt.
Rk
Pt.
Rk
Pt.
Rk
Pt.
Rk
Pt.
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 –
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.
Rk
Pt.
Rk
Pt.
Rk
Pt.
Avg.
Total Points
Italy 1990
USA 1994
France 1998
Dec 1999
Dec 2000
Nov 2001
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
Stages General information
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1 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games2 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.3 No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.
