ZURICH, Switzerland -- England's failure to qualify for next year's European Championship likely will cost the team a seeding in Sunday's qualifying draw for the 2010 World Cup.
England dropped one spot to 12th in the FIFA world rankings issued Friday, leaving the English 10th among the European teams behind top-ranked Argentina and No. 2 Brazil.
European teams will be drawn into nine qualifying groups in Durban, South Africa. The nine seeded European teams are expected to be Italy, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Croatia and Greece.
The United States dropped one spot to 19th despite last weekend's 1-0 exhibition victory at South Africa.
Defending European champion Greece moved up three spots to 11th, Turkey went from 28th to 16th, Colombia from 25th to 17th and Bulgaria from 34th to 18th.
