article_snippet.sent: Algeria is Africa's best at No 21, and No 40
article_snippet.sent: Iran is the best-ranked Asian team.
article_snippet.sent: Alex Sanchez's Chile are 16th'll be joined by Japan, South Korea, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, China and Iraq among the top seeds for the Asian qualifying draw for the World Cup in Russia in 2018, in which 40 teams are split into eight groups of five ahead of Tuesday's draw.
article_snippet.sent: Anguilla are now the lowest-ranked international side at No 209 after losing 8-0 on aggregate to Nicaragua in the first round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying last month.
article_snippet.sent: Seeding for the European qualifying groups will be decided by the July rankings ahead of the July 25 draw in St. Petersburg, Russia.
article_snippet.sent: Anguilla (208) (March ranking in brackets)
highlights_snippet.sent: World Cup finalists Germany and Argentina retain first and second spot .