The top-seeded teams for the Dec. 5 World Cup tournament draw, including Germany but not Croatia , were set Wednesday when FIFA published new rankings the day after four continents completed qualifying.

Co-hosts the United States , Canada and Mexico will be joined in the pot of No. 1 seeds by top-ranked Spain , defending champions Argentina , France , England , Portugal , Brazil , the Netherlands , Belgium and Germany.

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Croatia, semifinalists in 2022 and beaten finalists by France in 2018, were edged down into Pot 2 f

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