The top 12 of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking remains unchanged, with Spain still leading the way ahead of Germany, Colombia, Argentina and the Netherlands.
Movement on the global ladder has nevertheless been provided by the CONCACAF Gold Cup – the continental showdown of teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean – which took place in the USA last month. The Americans, who won their fifth title, have risen three places to 19th on the back of their flawless performance, returning to the top 20 after an absence of two-and-a-half years as the best-placed CONCACAF team at the expense of Mexico (20th, unchanged). The Mexicans lost in the semi-finals of the Gold Cup to Panama, who have climbed 11 places to 40th as a result of their exploits.
In addition to the 22 Gold Cup matches, 53 friendlies were played in the past five weeks, including 46 in Africa alone, bringing the number of internationals played so far this year to 515.
The composition of the top 50 by confederation has changed in favour of CONCACAF following the Gold Cup, as follows: UEFA 27, CONMEBOL 9, CAF 7 (down 1), CONCACAF 5 (up 2), AFC 2 (down 1), OFC 0.
For your information, the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking is celebrating an important anniversary this month: the first edition was published 20 years ago, in August 1993.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 12 September 2013.
Summary
Leader- Spain (unchanged)
Moves into top ten- none
Moves out of top ten- none
Matches played in total- 75
Most matches played- USA (7 matches)
Biggest move by points- USA (up 95 points)
Biggest move by ranks- Mauritania (up 21 ranks)
Biggest drop by points- Equatorial Guinea (down 184 points)
Biggest drop by ranks- Equatorial Guinea (down 32 ranks)
Newly ranked teams- none
Teams that are no longer ranked- none
The top 50 rankings:
S/N Team Pts
1----Spain 1484
2----Germany 1257
3----Colombia 1219
4----Argentina 1210
5----Netherlands 1165
6----Italy 1142
7----Portugal 1099
8----Croatia 1098
9----Brazil 1089
10--Belgium 1079
11--Greece 1038
12--Uruguay 998
13--Bosnia-Herzegovina 995
14--England 994
15--Switzerland 987
16--Russia 979
17--Ecuador 972
18--Côte d'Ivoire 962
19--USA 960
20--Mexico 879
21--Chile 871
22--Peru 855
23--France 838
24--Ghana 830
25--Norway 801
26--Czech Republic 797
27--Denmark 788
28--Montenegro 774
28--Ukraine 774
30--Sweden 765
31--Hungary 749
32--Mali 735
33--Romania 732
34--Algeria 730
35--Nigeria 700
36--Cape Verde Islands 696
37--Japan 695
38--Albania 689
39--Venezuela 688
40--Panama 679
41--Serbia 661
42--Costa Rica 651
43--Honduras 640
44--Republic of Ireland 639
45--Slovenia 634
46--Wales 630
46--Australia 630
48--Burkina Faso 618
49--Paraguay 614
50--Scotland 610
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