The United States will start the June Women's World Cup ranked number one in the world. Pia Sundhage's side top FIFA's list ahead of Germany, the tournament hosts, and Brazil in third.
Germany will be looking to claim their third successive World Cup title and kick off the tournament on June 26 with a match against Canada in Berlin.
FIFA Women's World Rankings (as at March 18, 2011):
1. United States 2. Germany 3. Brazil 4. Japan 5. Sweden 6. Canada 7. France 8. North Korea 9. Norway 10. England 11. Australia 12. Italy 13. Denmark 14. Netherlands 15. China PR 16. South Korea 16. Iceland 18. Spain 19. Finland 20. Russia 21. Ukraine 22. Mexico 23. Scotland 24. New Zealand 25. Czech Republic
