FIFA WORLD RANKINGS

POT 1
South Africa
#1 Spain
#2 Brazil
#3 Netherlands
#4 Italy
#6 Germany
#8 Argentina
#9 England

POT 2
#14 United States
#15 Mexico
#21 Australia
#38 Honduras
#43 Japan
#52 South Korea
#77 New Zealand
#84 North Korea

POT 3
#11 Cameroon
#16 Ivory Coast
#17 Chile
#19 Uruguay
#22 Nigeria
#28 Algeria
#30 Paraguay
#37 Ghana

POT 4
#5 Portugal
#7 France
#12 Greece
#18 Switzerland
#20 Serbia
#26 Denmark
#33 Slovenia
#34 Slovakia

NOTICEABLE ABSENTEES
#10 Croatia
#13 Russia
#23 Czech Republic
#24 Ukraine
#25 Israel
#27 Bulgaria
#29 Egypt

OTHER TOP 50 COUNTRIES ABSENT
#31 Norway
#32 Romania
#35 Ecuador
#36 Ireland
#39 Northern Ireland
#40 Colombia
#41 Turkey
#42 Sweden
#44 Costa Rica
#45 Latvia
#46 Scotland
#47 Mali
#48 Gabon
#49 Burkina Faso
#50 Venezuela