Brazil rises to No. 3 in rankings
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DEFENDING World Cup champion Spain will travel to Brazil as the No. 1 team in the FIFA rankings, and the host nation will kick off as No. 3.
Spain and Germany remain 1-2 in FIFA’s monthly standings, while Brazil leapfrogs No. 4 Portugal.
Argentina and Switzerland both climb two places to Nos. 5 and 6. Colombia drops three to No. 8.
Group D rivals Uruguay, Italy and England are also all in the top 10.
No. 11 Belgium is the lowest-ranked of the seeded World Cup teams.
The United States at No. 13 leads CONCACAF nations. Algeria, at No. 22, is top-ranked in Africa and No. 43 Iran heads Asian confederation teams.
Australia, No. 62, is the lowest-ranked team at the World Cup.
Greece falls to 12th and France drops one place to 17th. Croatia, which plays Brazil in the opening World Cup match on June 12, rises two places to 18th.
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