Swiss among WCup seeds, Italy miss out

Switzerland  will be among the eight seeded
teams at the World Cup draw in December
after they leapt to seventh in the latest Fifa
rankings announced on Thursday, while Italy
were edged out.
Spain, Argentina, Germany, Colombia, Belgium
and hosts Brazil will also be seeded, as will
Uruguay, if they beat Jordan in a two-leg
playoff next month.
If Uruguay do not qualify, Netherlands, joint
eighth with Italy in the rankings, will take their
place among the seeds.
Fifa previously ruled that Brazil plus the top
seven ranked teams would be seeded for the
draw.
Portugal, Greece, Croatia and Ukraine will be
the seeded teams in next Monday's draw for
the European zone playoff round, which also
features France, Iceland, Sweden and Romania.