The Final Pre-World Cup Rankings

May 26th, 2010 | by: chris | View Comments

One last time before the World Cup the powers at FIFA have laid out their rankings of every national team in the world. But more importantly: in the process they’ve ranked the World Cup teams from 1-32.

There haven’t been any big leaps – Ecuador dropping off the mountain 8 spots is the biggest mover, but that’s of no interest – and the only change in the top 15 is that Egypt moved up to make 10, 11 & 12 a nice trifecta of World Cup absentees.

The World Cup, one to thirty-two, after the jump.

For those wondering, Cape Verde is 114th – far better than expected and not all that far behind North Korea. What’s that smell? Is…is that an upset?

The World Cup 32

1 Brazil

2 Spain

3 Portugal

4 Holland

5 Italy

6 Germany

7 Argentina

8 England

9 France

13 Greece

14 USA

15 Serbia

16 Uruguay

17 Mexico

18 Chile

19 Cameroon

20 Australia

21 Nigeria

24 Switzerland

25 Slovenia

27 Côte d’Ivoire

30 Algeria

31 Paraguay

32 Ghana

34 Slovakia

36 Denmark

38 Honduras

45 Japan

47 Korea Republic

78 New Zealand

83 South Africa

105 North Korea

The remaining teams who will feel tremendously unloved for the next six weeks plus.