Brazil will go to World Cup as top-ranked team
Friday, 7 October 2022
ZURICH, Oct 06 (AP): 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 Thursday.
Brazil won its two warmup games in September - against Ghana and Tunisia - while Belgium lost to the Netherlands in one of its two Nations League games.
Argentina stayed at No. 3 and 2018 World Cup champion France is still at No. 4.