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Fri 09 Sep 2007FAI await clarification on seeding criteriaThe FAI was last night awaiting clarification from Uefa on their decision to dramatically alter their criteria for seeding nations ahead of next month's draw for the qualifying stages of the 2010 World Cup.In a surprise move, the European ruling body announced yesterday the seedings would be based on Fifa's world ranking list rather than, as has been the case, co-efficients calculated from the results of all games played during the previous two qualifying competitions.