FIFA World Cup Teams' Ranks

Final 2005 update (dated 19 Dec.)

Rankings for All Nations' Squads: available @ FIFA

2006 World Cup Group	Final 2005 Rank	Team	Points


F	1	Brazil ¤	840
E	2	Czech Republic	796
C	3	Netherlands	791
C	4	Argentina ¤	772
D	5	Mexico ¤	768
H	5	Spain ¤	768
G	5	France ¤	768
E	8	USA	767
B	9	England ¤	757
D	10	Portugal	754
E	12	Italy ¤	741
B	14	Sweden	732
F	15	Japan	715
A	16	Germany ¤	708
D	19	Iran	703
F	20	Croatia	701
A	21	Costa Rica	699
A	23	Poland	696
H	28	Tunisia	685
G	29	Korea Republic	680
B	30	Paraguay	672
H	33	Saudi Arabia	663
G	35	Switzerland	656
A	37	Ecuador	651
H	40	Ukraine	630
C	42	Côte d'Ivoire	626
C	47	Serbia and Montenegro	612
F	48	Australia	610
E	50	Ghana	608
B	50	Trinidad and Tobago	608
G	56	Togo	585
D	61	Angola	570

¤ Team seeded at the 2006 World Cup (to table top)

Here is a Table displaying the 2006 World Cup FIFA Seedings Rank

Nov.25, 2005 Rank	Final 2005 Rank Update	2006 Rank Update 1
2006 Rank Update 2	2006 Rank Update 3	2006 Rank Update 4
2006 Rank Update 5	Post-WorldCup Rank Update!	Post-WC Rank Update

There is a shorter version of the Nov. 2005 Ranking, reflecting the ranking at the time of
the drawing of the World Cup Groups, in Leipzig, and listing Squads alphabetically .

For the new criteria underlying FIFA's ranking calculation, see the Post-WC Rank Update page;
the criteria used up to the World Cup has been available on this page, on FIFA's site.

– Squad Pages + Group Pages – Players' Sources

Stadia+Matches Goals

#	Group	Group	Group	Group	#

1	GER: Germany	ENG: England	ARG: Argentina	MEX: Mexico	1
2	CRC: Costa Rica	PAR: Paraguay	CIV: Côte d'Ivoire	IRN: Iran	2
3	POL: Poland	TRI: Trinidad and Tobago	SCG: Serbia and Montenegro	ANG: Angola	3
4	ECU: Ecuador	SWE: Sweden	NED: Netherlands	POR: Portugal	4

#	Group	Group	Group	Group	#

1	ITA: Italy	BRA: Brazil	FRA: France	ESP: Spain	1
2	GHA: Ghana	CRO: Croatia	SUI: Switzerland	UKR: Ukraine	2
3	USA: United States	AUS: Australia	KOR: Korea Republic	TUN: Tunisia	3
4	CZE: Czech Republic	JPN: Japan	TOG: Togo	KSA: Saudi Arabia	4

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