World Cup 2014: England will not be seeded in Brazil next summer England's failure to qualify as one of eight seeded teams for the 2014 World Cup has been confirmed with the release of the latest Fifa rankings. Hosts Brazil and the top seven ranked qualifiers will be kept apart in the group stages of next year's tournament. England, who climb from 17th to 10th spot, will be in a European pot. "It's pretty unnecessary to worry too much about whether we are the first or second out of the hat [on 6 December]," said England manger Roy Hodgson. It will have come as no great surprise to manager Roy Hodgson that England are not seeded for next summer's World Cup in Brazil - but it instantly makes his and his team's life harder. The lack of a seeding leaves England with the possibility of facing hosts Brazil, holders Spain or the likes of Germany and Argentina when the draw is made. England's best hope may be to end up in a group with Switzerland, a country Hodgson knows well from his spell as national coach there, but he will still feel a measure of confidence providing they can avoid a 'wild card' third team in their group. Hodgson has achieved his main priority of qualifying and seeding would have been a secondary concern. It still, however, leaves England facing the possibility of facing one of world football's superpowers early on in next summer's tournament. Each of the eight seeds will be assigned a group in the World Cup finals draw. Those groups will be completed by teams from three different geographical regions. England will have to face one of Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia and probably Uruguay. Uruguay's place in Brazil depends on them winning a play-off against Jordan next month. If they are beaten in the two-legged tie, the Netherlands will take the final seed ahead of Italy. The rankings' emphasis on recent results rather than teams' record in major tournaments means 2010 World Cup runners-up Netherlands and 2006 winners Italy miss out on being kept apart from the other traditional powerhouses of world football. As fellow European nations, however, they would be kept apart from England. France coach Didier Deschamps, whose side have to win a two-legged play-off to make the finals after being beaten by Spain in their qualifying group, has criticised the system. "From my point of view it's not very logical," said the former Chelsea midfielder. He added that it was a "double punishment" that his side were in Group I, the only European one with five rather than six teams, meaning they had two fewer matches to earn ranking points. Fifa rankings Argentina Colombia As well as a seed and a nation from the European group, each of the World Cup groups will also contain a team from a combined Asia, Oceania and North and Central America pot and one of the lower-ranked African and South American qualifiers or the lowest-ranked European qualifier. Spain remain at the top of the rankings, ahead of Germany who leapfrog Argentina to take second spot. Scotland have climbed 28 places to 35th in the world after beating Croatia and Macedonia in the final two games of their unsuccessful qualification campaign. Wales are up seven places to 45th in the wake of their 1-1 draw with Belgium, while Northern Ireland climb four places to 90th following their 1-1 draw away to Israel.