Less than five days after
Germany won the 2014 FIFA
World Cup in Brazil
, the European country has
returned to the top of FIFA
world rankings for the first time
in around 20 years.

According to the latest list
published on
Thursday, 17 July,
2014, Germany moved up one
place to depose former table
topper Spain on the strength of
their 1-0 defeat of Argentina at
Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana
stadium in Brazil.
Lionel Messi’s Argentina are
placed second, an improvement
of three places, with the
Netherlands leaping 12 rungs
into third after their impressive
World Cup third place finish.
The James Rodriguez-inspired
Colombia move up to fourth (+4),
ahead of Belgium (+6) and
Uruguay, while disappointing
Brazil dropped four spots to
seventh.

* Germany national football
team

Deposed world champions Spain
slumped seven spots to their
new modest placing of eighth,
with Switzerland and France (+7)
completing the top ten.
Costa Rica’s remarkable charge
to
the quarterfinals was rewarded
with a jump of 12 places to 16th.
England’s woeful first round exit
resulted in Roy Hodgson’s side
dropping ten places to 20th.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles, who
exited the World Cup in the
round of 16
, moved up 10 spots to current
34th position in the world and
3rd in Africa.
Both Algeria and Cote d’Ivoire
dropped two points each but
they still remain the best two
teams on the African continent,
respectively.
Egypt maintains its 4th position,
while Ghana also remains ranked
5th in Africa, despite dropping
one point in the latest ranking.

Below is the top 20 of the new

FIFA rankings:

1. Germany (+1)
2. Argentina (+3)
3. Netherlands (+12)
4. Colombia (+4)
5. Belgium (+6)
6. Uruguay (+1)
7. Brazil (-4)
8. Spain (-7)
9. Switzerland (-3)
10. France (+7)
11. Portugal (-7)
12. Chile (+2)
13. Greece (-1)
14. Italy (-5)
15. USA (-2)
16. Costa Rica (+12)
17. Croatia (+1)
18. Mexico (+2)
19. Bosnia and Herzegovina (+2)
20. England (-10)
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I think Nigeria should have been btw 20-30. And No 1 in africa or better still, No 2 behing Algeria. And why is the 4ma world no 1 In no 8? thats V bad. I still don't understand the criteria fifa dey use to rate team.

Good for Germany.