2010 World Cup Participants FIFA World Ranking – November 2009

Rank	Actual Rank	Team	Points	dB re #1 Points	Comments
1	1	Brazil	1632	0.00	Top Tier
2	2	Spain	1629	-0.01	Top Tier
3	3	Netherlands	1340	-0.86	Top Tier
4	4	Italy	1215	-1.28	Tier 1
5	5	Germany	1161	-1.48	Tier 1
6	6	Argentina	1103	-1.70	Tier 1
7	7	England	1101	-1.71	Tier 1
8	9	France	1049	-1.92	Tier 1
9	10	Portugal	1042	-1.95	Tier 1
10	11	USA	1025	-2.02	Tier 2
11	13	Switzerland	961	-2.30	Tier 2
12	14	Cameroon	949	-2.36	Tier 2
13	16	Greece	921	-2.49	Tier 2
14	17	Chile	909	-2.54	Tier 2
15	18	Mexico	904	-2.566	Tier 2
16	19	Cote d’Ivoire	903	-2.570	Tier 2
17	20	Serbia	892	-2.62	Tier 2
18	21	Paraguay	879	-2.69	Tier 2
19	24	Australia	848	-2.84	Tier 2
20	25	Uruguay	838	-2.90	Tier 2
21	27	Denmark	830	-2.94	Tier 2
22	29	Algeria	781	-3.20	Tier 3
23	32	Nigeria	763	-3.30	Tier 3
24	33	Slovakia	758	-3.33	Tier 3
25	35	Honduras	754	-3.35	Tier 3
26	38	Ghana	746	-3.40	Tier 3
27	40	Japan	735	-3.46	Tier 3
28	48	Korea Republic	671	-3.86	Tier 3
29	49	Slovenia	663	-3.91	Tier 3
30	83	New Zealand	383	-6.30	Just happy to be there
31	85	South Africa	381	-6.32	Just happy to be there
32	91	Korea DPR	359	-6.58	Just happy to be there