<p>With Belgium still at No. 1, FIFA released its final rankings list for 2020 on Friday and set the seedings for the European portion of the World Cup qualifying draw.</p>.<p>Defending World Cup champion France is in second place, with Brazil third and England fourth. European champion Portugal rounds out the top five, with Spain in sixth.</p>.<p>FIFA will host the European draw on Dec. 7. The 10 top-seeded teams include Italy, which was seeded second four years ago and failed to qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia after ending up in a group with Spain.</p>.<p>The Netherlands, ranked 14th, took the last top-seeded place, dropping No. 16 Switzerland into pot 2.</p>.<p>The 10 group winners will qualifying automatically for the 2022 tournament in Qatar. The 10 runners-up will enter the playoffs, joined by two teams from the Nations League groups.</p>.<p>Argentina moved up one place to No. 7 after two rounds of World Cup qualifying in South America. Uruguay fell one place to No. 8.</p>.<p>At No. 9, Mexico is the highest-ranked team from the CONCACAF region, while the United States stayed at No. 22.</p>.<p>Senegal leads African nations at No. 20, while Japan is Asia's top-ranked team at No. 27. World Cup host Qatar dropped two places to No. 59.</p>
<p>With Belgium still at No. 1, FIFA released its final rankings list for 2020 on Friday and set the seedings for the European portion of the World Cup qualifying draw.</p>.<p>Defending World Cup champion France is in second place, with Brazil third and England fourth. European champion Portugal rounds out the top five, with Spain in sixth.</p>.<p>FIFA will host the European draw on Dec. 7. The 10 top-seeded teams include Italy, which was seeded second four years ago and failed to qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia after ending up in a group with Spain.</p>.<p>The Netherlands, ranked 14th, took the last top-seeded place, dropping No. 16 Switzerland into pot 2.</p>.<p>The 10 group winners will qualifying automatically for the 2022 tournament in Qatar. The 10 runners-up will enter the playoffs, joined by two teams from the Nations League groups.</p>.<p>Argentina moved up one place to No. 7 after two rounds of World Cup qualifying in South America. Uruguay fell one place to No. 8.</p>.<p>At No. 9, Mexico is the highest-ranked team from the CONCACAF region, while the United States stayed at No. 22.</p>.<p>Senegal leads African nations at No. 20, while Japan is Asia's top-ranked team at No. 27. World Cup host Qatar dropped two places to No. 59.</p>