FIFA Retrospective Ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. The rankings for the 1950 tournament were as follows:
Final group
- Uruguay
- Brazil
- Sweden
- Spain
Eliminated at the first group stage
- Yugoslavia
- Switzerland
- Italy
- England
- Chile
- United States
- Paraguay
- Mexico
- Bolivia
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