JAKARTA - Spain is still at the top of the FIFA world rankings published Friday, October 17, 2025. Meanwhile, Germany is again on track to become the top seed team in the 2026 World Cup finals draw on December 5, 2025.
Germany rose by two places to perch in 10th place after winning successive wins in Group A of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in the European Zone against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland.
Germany lost their opening qualifying match last month against Slovakia (0-2). However, Julian Nagelsmann's men won three wins in the next match to temporarily top the standings.
Croatia, runners-up for the 2018 World Cup and semifinalists for the 2022 edition, came down to 11th after drawing against the Czech Republic last week.
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The increase in ranking made Die Mannschaft a big chance to be included in the list of the top 12 seeds in the 2026 World Cup draw.
The top seed list consists of three co-hosts - the United States, Canada, and Mexico - plus nine direct qualifying teams with the highest rankings in the latest FIFA rankings for November 2025.
Meanwhile, Italy, which is currently ranked ninth in the world, will most likely qualify for the European Zone playoffs in March 2026.
Currently, Gennaro Gattuso's troops are difficult to undermine Norway's dominance which is the leader of Group I of the 2026 World Cup Qualification.
The Azzurri are still stuck in second place in the standings - three points apart from Norway - with two games remaining.
This means that if Italy is not included in the list of leading teams in the draw for failing to qualify directly as winners of the qualifying group, Germany - the 10th ranked team - will certainly replace and will not meet other top leading countries in the 2026 World Cup draw.
Spain outperforms Argentina, the defending champion of the World Cup, followed by France, England, Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Belgium in eighth place in the world.
The 2026 World Cup draw will be ranked FIFA through Pot 2 and 3, while Pot 4 contains six direct qualifying teams with the lowest ranking plus six teams waiting for the playoff winner in March 2026.
Four European teams will qualify through the playoffs. Two more places are available in the interconfederation bracket consisting of six non-European teams, including Bolivia and New Caledonia, which have confirmed their way to the round.
October 2025 rankings have confirmed fixtures for next month's African playoff bracket (CAF) to determine one team that will qualify for the interconfederation playoffs. The pair are Nigeria vs Gabon and Cameroon vs Congo.
Meanwhile in AFC, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates will elbow each other for one place to the interconfederation playoffs.
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