FIFA release final rankings before upcoming World Cup

FIFA have released their final rankings before the World Cup starts on June 11th. Greece takes up the 13th spot in the overall rankings and is only behind Argentina in Group B who are 7th. The Super Eagles from Nigeria are 21st and the South Koreans sit at 47th position (only New Zealand, South Africa and North Korea are below them). If we can go by the ranking's Greece look to be favorites to get out of the group stage behind Diego Maradona's Argentina, however FIFA's ranking system has been criticized in the past and really shouldn't be used as a gauge.


Here are the final FIFA rankings going into the World Cup for the 32 teams participating:

1. Brazil
2. Spain
3. Portugal
4. Netherlands
5. Italy
6. Germany
7. Argentina
8. England
9. France
13. Greece
14. United States
15. Serbia
16. Uruguay
17. Mexico
18. Chile
19. Cameroon
20. Australia
21. Nigeria
24. Switzerland
25. Slovenia
27. Ivory Coast
30. Algeria
31. Paraguay
32. Ghana
34. Slovakia
36. Denmark
38. Honduras
45. Japan
47. South Korea
78. New Zealand
83. South Africa
105. North Korea