England, France and Spain were among the lowest-ranked nations in a survey of public interest in the national team conducted in twelve countries which have qualified for the World Cup, reports Sport Business. Brazil and Argentina topped the table with 74 per cent and 73 per cent respectively of those surveyed saying they were either "interested" or "very interested" in the national team.

The survey was conducted by research company Sport+Markt among around 1,000 respondents in each of the markets, aged 16 to 69.

Host nation South Africa was third, on 69 per cent. But Spain only scored 53 per cent, France 44 per cent and England 42 per cent.