The United States will head into the Women’s World Cup as the top-ranked team in FIFA’s rankings.
The latest rankings from the world governing body sees the USWNT – the defending world champions – maintain the top spot they have held since June 2017.
European champions England are fourth with Germany and Sweden above them. France round out an unchanged top five.
Spain are up to sixth while Brazil are now eighth, both jumping one spot ahead of Canada and the Netherlands respectively.
Australia, who will host the tournament alongside New Zealand, complete the top 10.
This summer’s tournament kicks off on July 20 and will run to August 20.
Tournament debutants Zambia will be the lowest-ranked team represented, coming in at 77th in the world.
Which teams will be playing at the World Cup?
The nations in the top 10 of FIFA’s women’s world rankings will all be playing in the World Cup, as well as 22 others.
Four of those teams head into the tournament outside the top 50, with 77th-placed Zambia the lowest-ranked nation competing.
Panama (52), Haiti (53), South Africa (54) and Morocco (73) are the other teams facing a tough task to get out of their groups.
Here is how the groups were drawn:
- Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
- Group B: Australia, Canada, Nigeria,…
