Here's the preview of the FIFA Ranking that will be published later today. There may be exclusions of friendly matches, especially for Tunisia perhaps. Further below what it might mean for the seeding pots.
Pos Country Rnk Pts +/- +/-
1 Spain 1877.18 0 -3.58
2 Argentina 1873.33 0 0.89
3 France 1870.00 0 7.29
4 England 1834.12 0 9.82
5 Brazil 1760.44 2 1.59
5 Portugal 1760.38 0 -17.62
7 Netherlands 1756.27 -1 -3.69
8 Belgium 1730.71 0 -9.30
9 Germany 1724.15 1 10.85
10 Croatia 1716.88 1 6.73
11 Morocco 1713.12 0 3.01
12 Italy 1702.06 -3 -15.09
13 Colombia 1701.30 0 5.58
14 United States 1681.88 2 8.39
15 Mexico 1675.75 -1 -6.77
16 Uruguay 1672.62 -1 -4.96
17 Switzerland 1654.69 0 1.37
18 Japan 1650.12 1 4.77
19 Senegal 1648.07 -1 -2.54
20 Iran 1617.02 1 -1.25
21 Denmark 1616.75 -1 -24.27
22 South Korea 1599.45 0 5.52
23 Ecuador 1591.73 0 2.01
24 Austria 1585.51 0 -1.48
25 Türkiye 1582.69 1 12.51
26 Australia 1574.01 -1 -10.01
27 Canada 1559.15 1 4.52
28 Ukraine 1557.47 -1 2.11
29 Norway 1553.14 0 21.00
30 Panama 1540.43 1 12.22
31 Poland 1532.04 2 8.20
32 Wales 1529.71 2 10.89
33 Russia 1524.52 -3 -6.43
34 Egypt 1520.68 -2 -4.62
35 Algeria 1516.37 0 6.11
36 Scotland 1506.77 2 2.57
37 Serbia 1506.34 -1 -1.50
38 Nigeria 1502.46 3 7.00
39 Paraguay 1501.50 0 3.35
40 Hungary 1496.29 -3 -8.62
41 Tunisia 1494.49 2 3.69
42 Côte d'Ivoire 1489.59 0 -2.19
43 Sweden 1487.13 -3 -9.86
43 Czechia 1487.00 1 2.32
45 Slovakia 1485.65 1 2.29
46 Greece 1480.38 2 7.39
47 Romania 1465.78 0 -14.36
48 Venezuela 1465.22 2 1.95
49 Costa Rica 1464.24 -4 -19.50
50 Uzbekistan 1462.03 5 9.69
51 Peru 1459.57 -2 -4.48
52 Chile 1457.84 4 10.91
53 Mali 1455.03 0 -0.75
54 Qatar 1453.74 -2 -7.85
55 Slovenia 1447.31 -4 -15.61
56 Democratic Republic of Congo 1442.50 4 21.18
57 Cameroon 1440.43 -3 -13.28
58 Iraq 1438.92 -1 10.22
59 Ireland 1436.04 2 34.86
60 Saudi Arabia 1428.74 -2 1.37
61 South Africa 1426.74 -2 3.56
62 Burkina Faso 1404.81 1 6.75
63 Albania 1401.07 -2 -0.27
64 Honduras 1379.54 0 -16.69
65 North Macedonia 1378.57 0 -12.03
66 Jordan 1377.64 0 -3.23
67 United Arab Emirates 1369.71 0 -10.22
68 Cape Verde Islands 1367.95 3 3.69
69 Northern Ireland 1366.02 0 -0.25
70 Jamaica 1362.46 -2 -4.72
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1362.37 5 21.01
72 Ghana 1351.09 1 -5.31
73 Georgia 1347.88 -3 -18.05
74 Iceland 1344.72 0 -0.12
75 Finland 1341.81 -3 -18.46
76 Bolivia 1329.56 0 -4.99
77 Israel 1328.14 1 3.57
78 Gabon 1321.25 -1 -8.66
79 Oman 1312.45 0 0.13
80 Kosovo 1308.84 4 24.11
81 Guinea 1307.05 -1 1.83
82 Curaçao 1302.70 0 7.18
83 Montenegro 1297.09 -2 -0.79
84 Haiti 1294.49 4 26.17
85 Uganda 1288.01 -2 0.27
86 New Zealand 1279.25 -1 -4.05
87 Syria 1278.10 -1 3.94
88 Bulgaria 1272.19 3 9.12
89 Angola 1270.08 0 2.63
90 Zambia 1265.04 -3 -3.56
91 Bahrain 1258.68 -2 -8.48
92 Benin 1255.71 0 -3.67
93 China 1249.06 0 0.00
94 Guatemala 1245.77 1 4.25
95 Thailand 1243.27 1 7.90
96 Trinidad and Tobago 1239.82 4 9.91
97 Palestine 1230.55 0 0.00
98 Equatorial Guinea 1229.09 1 -0.82
99 Belarus 1227.09 4 14.31
100 El Salvador 1226.65 -6 -21.12
101 Tajikistan 1224.93 1 4.72
102 Mozambique 1223.48 -1 -4.05
103 Luxembourg 1218.91 -6 -12.89
104 Kyrgyzstan 1201.22 0 0.00
105 Madagascar 1198.87 1 5.39
106 Armenia 1196.08 -2 -8.62
107 Lebanon 1190.64 3 5.95
108 Comoros 1189.75 4 9.57
109 Niger 1185.09 -2 -1.91
110 Vietnam 1183.62 0 0.00
111 Libya 1182.81 3 5.04
112 Tanzania 1181.22 -5 -5.86
113 Kenya 1179.54 -4 -6.01
114 Mauritania 1176.84 -1 -2.36
115 Kazakhstan 1173.00 0 4.53
116 Malaysia 1168.41 2 6.88
117 Gambia 1161.55 0 -0.57
118 Sudan 1153.56 1 -3.55
119 Namibia 1153.22 -3 -9.57
120 North Korea 1151.05 0 0.00
121 Sierra Leone 1149.10 0 0.00
122 Indonesia 1144.73 0 0.00
123 Surinam 1140.54 3 4.65
124 Togo 1140.35 0 0.00
125 Faroe Islands 1135.42 2 3.01
126 Malawi 1133.75 2 3.86
127 Azerbaijan 1132.97 -4 -9.28
128 Zimbabwe 1131.54 1 5.99
129 Cyprus 1128.50 -4 -8.93
130 Estonia 1123.11 0 0.86
131 Rwanda 1117.79 0 0.00
132 Nicaragua 1116.86 1 10.03
133 Congo 1105.96 0 0.00
134 Guinea-Bissau 1104.56 -2 -3.52
135 Kuwait 1103.25 0 6.43
136 Philippines 1090.95 5 9.51
137 Turkmenistan 1087.52 5 9.43
138 Botswana 1084.56 0 0.00
139 Central African Republic 1083.57 0 0.00
140 Latvia 1082.68 -2 -1.58
141 Liberia 1081.46 -3 -3.00
142 India 1079.54 -6 -17.11
143 Dominican Republic 1077.49 0 3.95
144 Lesotho 1065.96 0 -3.86
145 Burundi 1060.22 0 0.00
146 Lithuania 1056.34 0 0.76
147 Ethiopia 1055.36 0 0.00
148 Yemen 1048.83 4 8.70
149 New Caledonia 1042.62 0 0.00
150 Guyana 1041.90 3 4.56
151 Singapore 1040.43 4 9.94
152 Solomon Islands 1039.86 -3 -5.73
153 Hong Kong 1038.14 -5 -14.40
154 St. Kitts and Nevis 1035.25 -3 -6.29
155 Fiji 1029.70 -1 -5.42
156 Puerto Rico 1020.07 0 0.00
157 Tahiti 1019.04 0 0.00
158 Moldova 1012.64 -2 -7.56
159 Eswatini 1010.52 0 0.00
160 Vanuatu 997.01 1 5.42
161 Malta 996.59 5 17.40
162 Myanmar 990.81 0 0.00
163 Afghanistan 990.27 -1 -0.92
164 Grenada 989.59 1 3.11
165 Antigua and Barbuda 986.58 -5 -5.79
166 Cuba 980.49 3 5.15
166 St. Lucia 980.28 -2 -10.41
168 South Sudan 978.70 0 0.00
169 Papua New Guinea 974.90 1 5.73
170 Bermuda 964.37 -2 -12.38
171 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 963.74 0 1.31
172 Andorra 949.44 0 -5.66
173 Maldives 945.02 0 -9.51
174 Taiwan 938.21 0 -9.43
175 Montserrat 916.75 0 0.00
176 Mauritius 915.51 0 0.00
177 Chad 914.65 1 0.77
178 Barbados 914.42 -3 -5.55
179 Bangladesh 912.09 4 18.03
180 Cambodia 911.54 -1 1.33
181 Belize 910.74 0 6.29
182 Nepal 902.44 -2 -6.88
183 Dominica 901.37 0 0.00
184 American Samoa 883.17 0 0.00
185 Mongolia 879.75 0 0.00
186 Cook Islands 877.53 0 0.00
187 Laos 877.05 0 0.00
188 Samoa 876.41 0 0.00
189 Brunei 875.78 -4 -5.95
190 São Tomé and Príncipe 871.63 0 0.00
191 Aruba 867.94 3 6.78
192 Bhutan 867.86 -3 -8.70
193 Macao 865.29 0 0.00
194 Sri Lanka 857.40 -1 -4.77
195 Eritrea 855.56 0 0.00
196 Cayman Islands 851.74 0 -1.63
197 Djibouti 847.89 0 0.00
198 Tonga 835.64 0 0.00
199 Timor Leste 835.55 -1 -4.72
200 Pakistan 833.16 -1 -3.94
201 Somalia 827.07 2 8.48
202 Guam 823.08 0 0.00
203 Gibraltar 818.03 -2 -5.29
204 Seychelles 805.33 0 0.00
205 Turks and Caicos Islands 803.98 0 0.00
206 Liechtenstein 799.80 1 -2.19
207 Bahamas 796.60 -3 -10.76
208 US Virgin Islands 776.60 0 -3.11
209 British Virgin Islands 776.54 0 11.13
210 Anguilla 759.78 0 1.26
211 San Marino 726.03 0 -1.92
So for the 2026 World Cup draw, if we just go by qualifiers and this FIFA Ranking, and assume that FIFA don't rank UEFA playoff winners higher than pot 4. If FIFA do somehow do rank UEFA playoff winners by this ranking, then it won't change the top seeds, it will only have effect further down the list.
First Seeds
- Canada (CONCACAF)- Mexico (CONCACAF)
- United States (CONCACAF)
- Spain (UEFA)
- Argentina (CONMEBOL)
- France (UEFA)
- England (UEFA)
- Brazil (CONMEBOL)
- Portugal (UEFA)
- Netherlands (UEFA)
- Belgium (UEFA)
- Germany (UEFA)
Second Seeds
- Croatia (UEFA)
- Morocco (CAF)
- Colombia (CONMEBOL)
- Uruguay (CONMEBOL)
- Switzerland (UEFA)
- Japan (AFC)
- Senegal (CAF)
- Iran (AFC)
- South Korea (AFC)
- Ecuador (CONMEBOL)
- Austria (UEFA)
- Australia (AFC)
- Morocco (CAF)
- Colombia (CONMEBOL)
- Uruguay (CONMEBOL)
- Switzerland (UEFA)
- Japan (AFC)
- Senegal (CAF)
- Iran (AFC)
- South Korea (AFC)
- Ecuador (CONMEBOL)
- Austria (UEFA)
- Australia (AFC)
Third Seeds
- Norway (UEFA)
- Panama (CONCACAF)
- Egypt (CAF)
- Algeria (CAF)
- Scotland (UEFA)
- Paraguay (CONMEBOL)
- Tunisia (CAF)
- Côte d'Ivoire (CAF)
- Uzbekistan (AFC)
- Qatar (AFC)
- Saudi Arabia (AFC)
- South Africa (CAF)
Fourth Seeds
- Jordan (AFC)
- Cape Verde Islands (CAF)
- Ghana (CAF)
- Curaçao (CONCACAF)
- Haiti (CONCACAF)
- New Zealand (OFC)
- 4 X Playoff Winners (UEFA)
- 2 X Intercontinental Playoff Winners (AFC/CAF/CONCACAF/CONMEBOL/OFC)
- Cape Verde Islands (CAF)
- Ghana (CAF)
- Curaçao (CONCACAF)
- Haiti (CONCACAF)
- New Zealand (OFC)
- 4 X Playoff Winners (UEFA)
- 2 X Intercontinental Playoff Winners (AFC/CAF/CONCACAF/CONMEBOL/OFC)
Intercontinental Qualifiers
FIFA Ranking in brackets.
Qualified Directly for Final
- Democratic Republic of Congo (56)
- Iraq (58)
Qualified for Semi Final
- Jamaica (70)
- Bolivia (76)
- Surinam (123)
- New Caledonia (149)
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