Confederations Cup - Brazil back on top of the world

Eurosport - Wed, 01 Jul 14:54:00 2009

Confederations Cup winners Brazil returned to the top of the FIFA world rankings for the first time since August 2007 by jumping four places and knocking European champions Spain down to second spot.

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England slipped one place from sixth to seventh despite having a 100 per cent competitive record under new boss Fabio Capello.

Netherlands have dropped to third ahead of world champions Italy while Germany fall two places to fifth.

Russia were the second-biggest movers in the top 10, rising from ninth to sixth ahead of England, Argentina and France.

Confederations Cup finalists the USA moved up two spots to 12th, while 15th-placed Denmark are back in the top 20 one position above Australia who have climbed from 29th.

The rankings are based on performances over the last four years.

FIFA RANKINGS (last month's positions in brackets):

1. (5) Brazil

2. (1) Spain

3. (2) Netherlands

4. (4) Italy

5. (3) Germany

6. (9) Russia

7. (6) England

8. (7) Argentina

9. (10) France

10. (8) Croatia

11. (17) Greece

12. (14) USA

13. (16) Switzerland

14. (20) Serbia

15. (24) Denmark

16. (29) Australia

17. (11) Portugal

18. (38) Ivory Coast

19. (19) Ukraine

20. (17) Uruguay

Reuters

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  1. Engeland is the best, 4 shure

    From Dan, on Thu 15 Oct 7:59PM

  2. WHAT EVER ANYBODY SAIS,ISRAEL IS THE BEST AND DESERVE­ THE FIRST PLACE!!!
    NAGYLA,NAGYLA,NAGYLAAALALALA!!!

    From dorin c, on Thu 15 Oct 5:12AM

  3. Ranking is base on a formula, points are awarded base­ on the team's current ranking, their opponent's­ current ranking, their confederate's ranking,­ their's opponent's ranking, and the­ competition. So it depends on who play who. For­ example, the USA lost to BRA (twice) and ITA at the­ Confed Cup. But because the USA ranks lower than both­ of them and the CONCACAF ranks lower than­ UEFA/CONMEBOL, BRA and ITA didn't gain a lot of­ point. When the USA beat SPA, who was #1 in ranking and­ from UEFA, the USA gained a lot of points. And points­ are multiplied by 3 at Confederate Cup.

    From elson l, on Fri 10 Jul 1:04AM

  4. Russia r not better than England I agree with comment­ no.4 these r not correct

    From Thomas, on Mon 6 Jul 8:51PM

  5. greece, denmark and ukraine should be lower. scotland,­ lreland, sweden and turkey should be much higher!!!

    From dodger, on Sat 4 Jul 12:57AM

  6. Ivory coast better than wales . Truth at last

    From David, on Thu 2 Jul 5:12AM

  7. These are FIFA rakings not something Yahoo had came up­ with.

    From Mo, on Wed 1 Jul 4:21PM

  8. ....How were Netherlands 2nd last month? I'm not­ repeating myself here, so hopefully Yahoo wont delete­ it like they did my last one (not sure what was wrong­ with it), it makes no sense though. Brazil were 5th,­ hadnt won anything, then win the confederations cup and­ go up to 1st. Netherlands who hadnt won anything for­ around 5 years were somehow 2nd? Yet now they just go­ down to 3rd even though Spain have only lost one game­ since 2006....dont delete this, all I've done is­ proved these rankings are totally wrong

    From Jordzibob, on Wed 1 Jul 4:16PM

  9. I think obviously it depends on the quality of the­ teams your playing aswell....but its still stupid, how­ can Spain be knocked off top spot just because they­ lost one game? Netherlands havent done anything,­ Russia, apart from the Euro's havent been better­ than England and neither have Italy. It makes no­ sense....

    From Jordzibob, on Wed 1 Jul 4:10PM

  10. How is Italy above England? They win one game in the­ Confederations Cup against the USA and stay in 4th. ­ These rankings are out of wack.

    From Shaka, on Wed 1 Jul 4:03PM

  11. What do they base these rankings on? Netherlands havent­ won anything for ages.....how can they be third? I like­ Brazil, but until the game against the USA Spain hadnt­ lost since 2006....losing one game knocks them off top­ spot?

    From Jordzibob, on Wed 1 Jul 4:00PM
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