The seeding of the team is based on - previous two World Cup (2002 & 1998) results & World Ranking positions for year end 2003, 2004 and as of on November 23, 2005.
1.FIFA World Cup (WC)         2002-1998          : Ratio 2-1
2.FIFA World Ranking (WR)   2005-2004-2003 : Ratio 1-1-1
   Max. no of Points = 64 ( WC 32 & WR 32)

FIFA Seeding for 2006 FIFA WC		1. FIFA World Cup Finals					2. FIFA World Rankings							Total Points
		FRA 98 33.3%		K/J '02 66.7%		Avg. Points	Dec '03 33.3%		Dec '04 33.3%		Nov '05 33.3%		Avg. Points
		Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.		Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.	Rk	Pt.
1	Brazil	2	31	1	32	31.7	1	32	1	32	1	32	32.0	64
2	England	9	24	6	27	26.0	8	25	8	25	9	24	24.7	51
3	Spain	17	9	5	28	21.7	3	30	5	28	6	27	28.3	50
4	Germany	7	26	2	31	29.3	12	22	19	19	16	19	20.0	49
5	Mexico	13	20	11	22	21.3	7	26	7	26	7	26	26.0	47
6	France	1	32	28	8	16.0	2	31	2	31	5	28	30.0	46
7	Argentina	6	27	18	9	15.0	5	28	3	30	4	29	29.0	44
8	Italy	5	28	15	18	21.3	10	24	10	23	12	22	23.0	44
9	USA	32	8	8	25	19.3	11	23	11	22	8	25	23.3	43
10	Netherlands	4	29	-	0	9.7	4	29	6	27	3	30	28.7	38
11	South Korea	30	8	4	29	22.0	22	16	22	17	29	13	15.3	37
12	Japan	31	8	9	24	18.7	29	12	17	20	15	20	17.3	36
13	Sweden	-	0	13	20	13.3	19	19	13	21	14	21	20.3	34
14	Croatia	3	30	23	9	16.0	20	18	23	16	20	17	17.0	33
15	Paraguay	14	19	16	17	17.7	22	17	30	12	30	12	13.7	31
16	Czech Republic	-	0	-	0	0.0	6	27	4	29	2	31	29.0	29
17	Portugal	-	0	21	9	6.0	17	21	9	24	10	23	22.7	29
18	Costa Rica	-	0	19	9	6.0	17	20	27	14	21	16	16.7	23
19	Saudi Arabia	28	8	32	8	8.0	26	14	28	13	32	11	12.7	21
20	Poland	-	0	25	8	5.3	25	15	25	15	23	15	15.0	20
21	Iran	20	9	-	0	3.0	28	13	20	18	19	18	16.3	19
22	Tunisia	26	8	29	8	8.0	45	8	35	11	28	14	11.0	19
23	Ecuador	-	0	24	9	6.0	37	11	39	10	37	9	10.0	16
24	Serbia and Montenegro	10	23	-	0	7.7	41	10	46	8	47	6	8.0	16
25	Switzerland	-	0	-	0	0.0	44	9	51	7	36	10	8.7	9
26	Ukraine	-	0	-	0	0.0	60	7	57	6	40	8	7.0	7
27	Cote d'Ivoire	-	0	-	0	0.0	70	5	40	9	41	7	7.0	7
28	Australia	-	0	-	0	0.0	82	3	58	5	49	5	4.3	4
29	Trinidad and Tobago	-	0	-	0	0.0	70	6	63	4	51	3	4.3	4
30	Ghana	-	0	-	0	0.0	78	4	77	2	50	4	3.3	3
31	Angola	-	0	-	0	0.0	83	2	72	3	62	1	2.0	2
32	Togo	-	0	-	0	0.0	94	1	89	1	56	2	1.3	1