Spain remains at the top of the FIFA world ranking, according to the ranking published this Friday. Germany, for its part, has managed to position itself to be seeded in the draw for the final phase of the World Cup, scheduled for December 5. Germany moved up two positions, ranking 10th, after obtaining consecutive victories in the World Cup qualifying phase against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland. It is important to remember that Germany suffered a defeat in its first qualifying match last month against Slovakia. Croatia, runner-up in the 2018 World Cup and semi-finalist in the 2022 edition, dropped to number 11 after drawing one of their matches against the Czech Republic last week. FIFA sells over 1 million tickets for the World Cup in the first phase. The 12 seeded nations in the draw of 48 teams will be the three co-hosts: United States, Canada, and Mexico, in addition to the nine direct qualifiers with the best ranking in the updated FIFA ranking of November.
Italy, currently in ninth place, will likely head to the European playoffs in March as runners-up in a qualifying group led by Norway, meaning the team ranked 10th should be guaranteed to avoid other seeded nations in the tournament draw to be held from June 11 to July 19.
