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Brazil overtakes Spain as No. 1 in FIFA rankings
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April 29, 2010, Thursday
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BRAZIL reclaimed top spot from Spain in the FIFA rankings yesterday, returning to No. 1 for the seventh time since their inception in 1993 and ending the five-month reign of the European champions.
Brazil has now held top spot for a total of 143 months.
World Cup semifinalists Portugal went up a spot to sit third, swapping places with the Netherlands. Argentina rose two places to move to seventh place, while France dropped two spots to fall to 10th in the most notable changes in the top 10.
Only five matches counted toward April rankings, meaning most of the changes due to the devaluation of past results.
Cameroon is up one place to No. 19 and Nigeria two to No. 20 to be the highest ranked African World Cup teams ahead of the first tournament to be staged on that continent.
Egypt is the continent's top-ranked team at No. 13 but won't be going to South Africa after being beaten in a playoff by north African rival Algeria, which is ranked No. 31.
Ivory Coast is ranked No. 27, Ghana is No. 32 with South Africa at No. 90. Only North Korea at No. 106 is the only World Cup team currently ranked lower than the host.
Brazil has now held top spot for a total of 143 months.
World Cup semifinalists Portugal went up a spot to sit third, swapping places with the Netherlands. Argentina rose two places to move to seventh place, while France dropped two spots to fall to 10th in the most notable changes in the top 10.
Only five matches counted toward April rankings, meaning most of the changes due to the devaluation of past results.
Cameroon is up one place to No. 19 and Nigeria two to No. 20 to be the highest ranked African World Cup teams ahead of the first tournament to be staged on that continent.
Egypt is the continent's top-ranked team at No. 13 but won't be going to South Africa after being beaten in a playoff by north African rival Algeria, which is ranked No. 31.
Ivory Coast is ranked No. 27, Ghana is No. 32 with South Africa at No. 90. Only North Korea at No. 106 is the only World Cup team currently ranked lower than the host.
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