Brazil will go to this year's World Cup as the top-rated team after extending its lead over second-place Belgium in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday. (More Football News)
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Brazil won its two warmup games in September 바카라” against Ghana and Tunisia 바카라” while Belgium lost to the Netherlands in one of its two Nations League games.
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Argentina stayed at No. 3 and 2018 World Cup champion France is still at No. 4.
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The World Cup in Qatar starts on November 20.
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Host Qatar will be the 50th-ranked team, just ahead of No. 51 Saudi Arabia. Ghana will be the lowest ranked team at No. 61.
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Group B at the World Cup is the strongest by rankings with all four teams in the top 20 바카라” No. 5 England, No. 16 United States, No. 19 Wales and No. 20 Iran.
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Italy rose one place to No. 6 and is the highest-ranked team that failed to qualify for the World Cup, missing back-to-back editions. Spain fell one place to No. 7, with Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark unchanged to complete the top 10.
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Germany, the 2014 champion, is No. 11, just ahead of 2018 finalist Croatia.
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Also, Russia rose two places to No. 33 despite not playing a recognized game in 2022 because the national team was suspended following the country's invasion of Ukraine.Â