1998 FIFA World Cup seeding
For the seeding of qualified teams at the
For the FIFA World Ranking part, points were allocated on the basis of 32 points for the highest ranked team of the 32 qualified teams at the end of each preceding three years, down to 1 point for the lowest ranked team.
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 team in the Round of 16 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 calculated a sum of points scored by each national team from the
Seed | Country | 1. FIFA World Cup Finals | 2. FIFA World Rankings |
Total points (1+2) | ||||||||||||
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A: Mexico 1986 (16.7%) |
B: Italy 1990 (33.3%) |
C: USA 1994 (50%) |
Weighted avg. points 1.2*(1/6A+1/3B+1/2C) |
A: Dec 1995 (33.3%) |
B: Dec 1996 (33.3%) |
C: Nov 1997 (33.3%) |
Weighted avg. points 0.8*(1/3A+1/3B+1/3C) | |||||||||
Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | |||||
1 | Germany | 2 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 35.80 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 31 | 24.80 | 60.60 |
2 | Brazil | 5 | 28 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 32 | 34.40 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 25.60 | 60.00 |
3 | Italy | 12 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 31 | 34.80 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 24 | 21.07 | 55.87 |
4 | Spain | 7 | 26 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 29.40 | 4 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 22.93 | 52.33 |
5 | Argentina | 1 | 32 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 23 | 32.60 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 16.00 | 48.60 |
6 | Romania | - | 0 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 24.60 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 29 | 19.20 | 43.80 |
7 | Netherlands | - | 0 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 26 | 22.80 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 22 | 20.27 | 43.07 |
8 | Mexico | 6 | 27 | - | 0 | 13 | 20 | 17.40 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 18.40 | 35.80 |
9 | Bulgaria | 15 | 18 | - | 0 | 4 | 29 | 21.00 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 14.40 | 35.40 |
10 | England | 8 | 25 | 4 | 29 | - | 0 | 16.60 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 28 | 18.40 | 35.00 |
11 | Belgium | 4 | 29 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 27.80 | 24 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 41 | 4 | 6.93 | 34.73 |
12 | Colombia | - | 0 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 13.00 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 25 | 20.00 | 33.00 |
13 | France | 3 | 30 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 6.00 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 22.13 | 28.13 |
14 | United States | - | 0 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 14.60 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 13.07 | 27.67 |
15 | Denmark | 9 | 24 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 4.80 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 21.07 | 25.87 |
16 | Norway | - | 0 | - | 0 | 17 | 9 | 5.40 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 17.87 | 23.27 |
17 | Morocco | 11 | 22 | - | 0 | 23 | 8 | 9.20 | 38 | 10 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 11.20 | 20.40 |
18 | Cameroon | - | 0 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 15.20 | 37 | 11 | 56 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 4.27 | 19.47 |
19 | Nigeria | - | 0 | - | 0 | 9 | 24 | 14.40 | 27 | 14 | 63 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 4.53 | 18.93 |
20 | Saudi Arabia | - | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | 21 | 12.60 | 54 | 5 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 5.60 | 18.20 |
21 | Yugoslavia | - | 0 | 5 | 28 | - | 0 | 11.20 | 68 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 5.60 | 16.80 |
22 | South Korea | 20 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 10.40 | 46 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 31 | 9 | 5.33 | 15.73 |
23 | Scotland | 19 | 9 | 20 | 9 | - | 0 | 5.40 | 26 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 8.53 | 13.93 |
24 | Japan | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 12.80 | 12.80 |
25 | Tunisia | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 12.27 | 12.27 |
26 | Chile | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 11.73 | 11.73 |
27 | Austria | - | 0 | 18 | 9 | - | 0 | 3.60 | 39 | 9 | 34 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 8.00 | 11.60 |
28 | Croatia | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 | 41 | 7 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 9.87 | 9.87 |
29 | Paraguay | 13 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 4.00 | 64 | 3 | 38 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 5.33 | 9.33 |
30 | South Africa | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 35 | 7 | 8.80 | 8.80 |
31 | Jamaica | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 | 56 | 4 | 32 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 5.07 | 5.07 |
32 | Iran | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 | 108 | 1 | 83 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1.33 | 1.33 |
Seed | Country | Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Weighted avg. points 1.2*(1/6A+1/3B+1/2C) |
Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Rk | Pt. | Weighted avg. points 0.8*(1/3A+1/3B+1/3C) |
Total points (1+2) |
A: Mexico 1986 (16.7%) |
B: Italy 1990 (33.3%) |
C: USA 1994 (50%) |
A: Dec 1995 (33.3%) |
B: Dec 1996 (33.3%) |
C: Nov 1997 (33.3%) | |||||||||||
1. FIFA World Cup Finals | 2. FIFA World Rankings
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France were seeded as hosts, Brazil as defending champions. The other seeds were: Germany, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Romania, and the Netherlands.
Broadcasting
France
The 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding are broadcast live on TF1, France Television and Canal+
References
- ^ 2002 World Cup seeding document
- ^ "England miss out on World Cup seedings". BBC News. 3 December 1997. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.