Spain stays leader of the FIFA World Ranking ahead of Brazil and the Netherlands, but there is considerable movement in the lower half of the top ten: Portugal (4th, up 2) have overtaken Italy (5th, down 1) and Germany (6th, down 1), while England (7th, up 1) continue to climb the global ladder and have swapped places with France (8th, down 1). Croatia (10th, up 1) have returned to the top ten after a two-month absence.
Final Draw and groups of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa
Australia (19th, up 4) have leapt into the top 20 following their victory over Indonesia during qualification for the AFC Asian Cup 2011. Egypt managed with place 14 their best result ever.
| Rank | Team | Points | Rank +/- |
| 1 |
Spain |
1602 |
0 |
| 2 |
Brazil |
1589 |
0 |
| 3 |
Netherlands
|
1261 |
0 |
| 4 |
Portugal |
1214 |
+2 |
| 5 |
Italy |
1183 |
-1 |
| 6 |
Germany |
1157 |
-1 |
| 7 |
England |
1120 |
+1 |
| 8 |
France |
1077 |
-1 |
| 9 |
Argentina |
1075 |
0 |
| 10 |
Croatia |
1051 |
+1 |
| 11 |
Greece |
1032 |
-1 |
| 12 |
Russia |
1009 |
0 |
| 13 |
Chile |
974 |
+1 |
| 14 |
Egypt |
967 |
+3 |
| 15 |
Serbia |
950 |
-2 |
| 16 |
USA |
948 |
+2 |
| 17 |
Mexico |
921 |
-2 |
| 18 |
Uruguay |
902 |
+1 |
| 19 |
Australia |
898 |
+4 |
| 20 |
Cameroon |
887 |
0 |
| 55 |
Austria |
582 |
+1 |
The next FIFA World Ranking will be published on
livetipsportal.com on the 28th of April 2010!
