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Why Brazil are World Cup favorites (1:33)

Brazil are the clear-cut favorite to win the World Cup. There is a time and a place for it.

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Brazil will go to the World Cup as the top-ranked team after extending their lead over second-place Belgium.

They are the only nation to have competed in every World Cup finals and will be looking to win their sixth crown.

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In September, Brazil and Belgium played two warm-up games, with Brazil beating Tunisia and Belgium losing to the Netherlands.

France remained at the top of the rankings.

The World Cup will take place in the Middle East.

There's a World Cup finals schedule.

Saudi Arabia will be the 51st ranked team. The lowest ranked team in the world will beGhana.

England, the United States, Wales and Iran are ranked in the top 20.

Italy is the highest-ranked team that didn't qualify for the World Cup. Spain fell one place to 7th.

The world's 11th-ranked team is Germany, which won the world's best player award in the year of the world champion.

Russia rose two places to 33 despite not playing a recognised game in 2022.