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Spain move top of world rankings
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July 02, 2008 14:41 IST

Newly crowned European champions Spain have climbed to the top of latest world rankings published by world soccer's governing body FIFA on Wednesday.

It is the first time since the introduction of the rankings in 1992 that Spain, who were rated fourth last month, have been listed as the world's best team.

The ranking system is based on international results over the past four years with more points awarded for wins in major tournaments.

Germany [Images], losers of Sunday's Euro 2008 [Images] final, climbed two places to third position behind Italy [Images], who rose one spot despite going out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage.

A look at the top 50 teams:
RankingTeamPoints
1Spain1557
2Italy1404
3Germany1364
4Brazil [Images]1344
5Netherlands1299
6Argentina1298
7Croatia1282
8Czech Republic1146
9Portugal1104
10France [Images]1053
11Russia [Images]1023
12Romania1021
13Cameroon1011
14Turkey1010
15England [Images]1003
16Scotland988
17Bulgaria930
18Greece911
19Mexico906
20Ghana885
21Israel876
22Uruguay870
23Colombia869
24Egypt842
25Paraguay832
26Sweden801
26Nigeria801
28C�te d'Ivoire790
29Ukraine786
30USA780
31Norway778
32Poland773
33Northern Ireland750
34Japan [Images]745
35Serbia740
36Denmark722
37Morocco689
37Iran689
39Guinea670
40Australia668
41Republic of Ireland666
42Senegal658
43Chile654
44Finland653
45Switzerland [Images]645
46Belgium637
47Tunisia629
48Honduras624
49Saudi Arabia623
50Moldova622



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