Ranking at start World Cup 2010

1	Netherlands	Europe group 9	2034
2	Spain	Europe group 5	1905
3	Brazil	South America	1873
4	England	Europe group 6	1811
5	Germany	Europe group 4	1764
6	Argentina	South America	1679
7	Italy	Europe group 8	1658
8	Portugal	Europe group 1	1629
9	Egypt	Africa group C	1627
10	Mexico	North American group	1616
11	Croatia	Europe group 6	1586
12	France	Europe group 7	1581
13	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa group E	1574
14	Paraguay	South America	1555
15	Serbia	Europe group 7	1550
16	Chile	South America	1544
17	South Korea	Asia	1531
18	Russia	Europe group 4	1528
19	Switzerland	Europe group 2	1519
20	Sweden	Europe group 1	1516
21	United States	North American group	1506
22	Japan	Asia group A	1502
23	Australia	Asia group B	1493
24	Uruguay	South America	1486
25	Ireland	Europe group 8	1474
26	Greece	Europe group 2	1473
27	Ukraine	Europe group 6	1466
28	Denmark	Europe group 1	1464
29	Turkey	Europe group 5	1450
30	Slovakia	Europe group 3	1439
31	Ghana	Africa group D	1423
32	Nigeria	Africa group B	1421
33	Romania	Europe group 7	1397
34	Slovenia	Europe group 3	1389
35	Czech Republic	Europe group 3	1381
36	Norway	Europe group 9	1369
37	Cameroon	Africa group A	1366
38	Iran	Asia group E	1366
39	Colombia	South America	1358
40	Scotland	Europe group 9	1354
41	Tunisia	Africa group B	1339
42	Burkina Faso	Africa group E	1336
43	Saudi Arabia	Asia	1332
44	Ecuador	South America	1327
45	Costa Rica	North American group	1319
46	Bulgaria	Europe group 8	1309
47	Israel	Europe group 2	1289
48	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Europe group 5	1280
49	Venezuela	South America	1280
50	Finland	Europe group 4	1279
51	Austria	Europe group 7	1272
52	Bahrain	Asia group A	1271
53	China	Asia group D	1251
54	Honduras	North American group	1240
55	Hungary	Europe group 1	1233
56	South Africa	Africa	1217
57	Gabon	Africa group A	1205
58	Poland	Europe group 3	1195
59	Syria	Asia group D	1188
60	Uzbekistan	Asia group C	1166
61	North Korea	Asia	1159
62	Latvia	Europe group 2	1153
63	Zambia	Africa group C	1141
64	Belgium	Europe group 5	1135
65	Algeria	Africa group C	1127
66	Wales	Europe group 4	1126
67	Northern Ireland	Europe group 3	1119
68	Belarus	Europe group 6	1115
69	Oman	Asia group B	1096
70	Peru	South America	1096
71	Angola	Africa	1093
72	Lithuania	Europe group 7	1085
73	Togo	Africa group A	1084
74	Jamaica	North America	1077
75	Libya	Africa	1076
76	New Zealand	Oceania	1074
77	FYR Macedonia	Europe group 9	1057
78	Mali	Africa group D	1051
79	UAE	Asia group C	1038
80	Kuwait	Asia group B	1032
81	Qatar	Asia	1025
82	Bolivia	South America	1019
83	Iraq	Asia	1005
84	Senegal	Africa	1004
85	Morocco	Africa group A	991
86	Trinidad & Tobago	North American group	986
87	El Salvador	North American group	968
88	Panama	North America	965
89	Jordan	Asia group E	932
90	Cyprus	Europe group 8	930
91	Malawi	Africa group E	916
92	Albania	Europe group 1	915
93	Benin	Africa group D	901
94	Estonia	Europe group 5	901
95	Congo DR	Africa	891
96	Iceland	Europe group 9	883
97	Montenegro	Europe group 8	878
98	Guinea	Africa group E	862
99	Mozambique	Africa group B	817
100	Canada	North America	801
101	Guatemala	North America	786
102	Georgia	Europe group 8	753
103	Zimbabwe	Africa	751
104	Singapore	Asia group E	735
105	Kenya	Africa group B	710
106	Azerbaijan	Europe group 4	697
107	Thailand	Asia group E	694
108	Namibia	Africa	686
109	Armenia	Europe group 5	663
110	Haiti	North America	646
111	Moldova	Europe group 2	636
112	Rwanda	Africa group C	612
113	Kazakhstan	Europe group 6	587
114	Turkmenistan	Asia	522
115	Suriname	North America	500
116	Cuba	North America	497
117	Sudan	Africa group D	489
118	Malta	Europe group 1	485
119	Grenada	North America	458
120	Luxembourg	Europe group 2	444
121	Faeroe Islands	Europe group 7	432
122	Liechtenstein	Europe group 4	382
123	Nicaragua	North America	362
124	India	Asia	353
125	Lebanon	Asia group D	250
126	Andorra	Europe group 6	200
127	San Marino	Europe group 3	182