FIFA World Rankings: Brazil take the top spot, USA up to 12th, and Australia up to 16th

The latest FIFA World Rankings are out and Brazil has overtaken Spain for the top spot with their win in the 2009 Confederations Cup. The United States saw their ranking improve with a strong performance to reach the finals but the biggest mover into the top 20 were Australia (moved up 13 spots) and the Ivory Coast (moved up 20 spots). Here are the latest rankings for Wednesday July 1, 2009.

Ranking	Team	Pts Jul 09	+/- Ranking Jun 09		+/- Pts Jun 09
1	Brazil	1672	4		384
2	Spain	1590	-1		-171
3	Netherlands	1379	-1		-63
4	Italy	1229	0		-63
5	Germany	1207	-2		-171
6	Russia	1161	3		-6
7	England	1135	-1		-90
8	Argentina	1091	-1		-112
9	France	1082	1		15
10	Croatia	1031	-2		-169
11	Greece	1001	6		79
12	USA	983	2		36
13	Switzerland	930	3		-1
14	Serbia	925	6		55
15	Denmark	909	9		73
16	Australia	886	13		107
17	Portugal	879	-6		-125
18	Côte d’Ivoire	874	20		129
19	Ukraine	869	0		-22
20	Uruguay	860	-3		-62
21	Czech Republic	850	-6		-93
22	Paraguay	846	-9		-115
23	Bulgaria	839	0		1
24	Scotland	837	-2		-3
25	Israel	822	0		-5
26	Romania	814	2		24
27	Chile	811	10		65
28	Turkey	809	-16		-155
29	Cameroon	803	-8		-52
30	Costa Rica	789	11		95
30	Gabon	789	18		173
32	Northern Ireland	784	-5		-36
33	Mexico	777	-7		-45
34	Nigeria	773	-4		3
35	Ghana	772	1		22
36	Ecuador	760	8		74
37	Republic of Ireland	758	-3		-4
38	Egypt	754	2		35
39	Honduras	753	-4		-8
40	Japan	722	-9		-44
41	Poland	706	-2		-16
42	Sweden	702	-11		-64
43	Slovakia	687	-1		-6
44	Hungary	681	-1		-6
45	Bosnia-Herzegovina	680	-12		-83
46	Colombia	675	-1		-3
47	Algeria	661	19		171
48	Korea Republic	634	-2		-20
49	Tunisia	614	2		17
50	Norway	606	-3		-32

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