Spain No. 1 in FIFA Rankings, Brazil Rises to No. 3

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.

Ranking Team
1 Spain
2 Germany
3 Brazil
4 Portugal
5 Argentina
6 Switzerland
7 Uruguay
8 Colombia
9 Italy
10 England
11 Belgium
12 Greece
13 USA
14 Chile
15 The Netherlands
16 Ukraine
17 France
18 Croatia
19 Russia
20 Mexico

RankingTeam
1Spain
2Germany
3Portugal
4Brazil
5Colombia
6Uruguay
7Argentina
8Switzerland
9Italy
10Greece
11England
12Belgium
13Chile
14USA
15The Netherlands
16France
17Ukraine
18Russia
19Mexico
20Croatia
21Côte d'Ivoire
22Scotland
23Denmark
24Egypt
25Bosnia-Herzegovina
25Sweden
25Algeria
28Ecuador
29Slovenia
30Serbia
30Honduras
32Romania
33Armenia
34Costa Rica
35Panama
36Czech Republic
37Iran
38Ghana
39Turkey
40Austria
41Venezuela
42Peru
43Cape Verde Islands
44Nigeria
45Hungary
46Slovakia
47Japan
47Wales
49Tunisia
50Cameroon
51Guinea
52Finland
53Uzbekistan
54Montenegro
55Korea Republic
55Norway
55Paraguay
58Iceland
59Mali
59Australia
61Burkina Faso
62Libya
63Senegal
64Jordan
65South Africa
66Republic of Ireland
67United Arab Emirates
68Bolivia
69El Salvador
70Albania
71Sierra Leone
72Poland
73Bulgaria
74Trinidad & Tobago
75Saudi Arabia
76Morocco
77Haiti
78Israel
79Zambia
80FYR Macedonia
81Jamaica
82Oman
83Belarus
84Northern Ireland
85Azerbaijan
86Uganda
87Gabon
88Congo DR
89Togo
90Cuba
91Botswana
92Congo
93Estonia
94Angola
94Qatar
96China
97Benin
98Zimbabwe
99Moldova
100Iraq
101Ethiopia
102Niger
103Georgia
104Lithuania
105Bahrain
106Kenya
106Central African Republic
108Kuwait
109Latvia
110Canada
111New Zealand
112Luxembourg
113Equatorial Guinea
114Mozambique
114Lebanon
116Vietnam
117Sudan
118Kazakhstan
119Liberia
120Namibia
121Tajikistan
122Malawi
122Tanzania
124Guatemala
125Burundi
126Dominican Republic
126St Vincent and the Grenadines
128Malta
129Afghanistan
130Cyprus
131Suriname
131Rwanda
133St Lucia
134Gambia
135Syria
136Grenada
137Korea DPR
138New Caledonia
139Mauritania
140Philippines
141Lesotho
142Antigua and Barbuda
142Thailand
144Belize
145Malaysia
146Kyrgyzstan
147Singapore
147India
149Puerto Rico
150Liechtenstein
151Guyana
152Indonesia
153Maldives
153St Kitts and Nevis
155Aruba
156Turkmenistan
157Tahiti
158Hong Kong
159Pakistan
159Nepal
161Barbados
161Bangladesh
163Dominica
164Faroe Islands
165Chad
165Palestine
167São Tomé e Príncipe
168Nicaragua
169Bermuda
170Chinese Taipei
171Guam
172Solomon Islands
173Sri Lanka
173Laos
173Myanmar
176Seychelles
177Curacao (formerly Netherlands Antilles)
178Swaziland
179Yemen
180Mauritius
180Vanuatu
182Fiji
183Samoa
184Comoros
184Guinea-Bissau
186Bahamas
187Mongolia
188Montserrat
189Madagascar
190Cambodia
191Brunei Darussalam
191Timor Leste
191Tonga US
194Virgin Islands
195Cayman Islands
195Papua New Guinea
197British Virgin Islands
197American Samoa
199Andorra
200Eritrea
201South Sudan
202Somalia
202Macau
204Djibouti
205Cook Islands
206Anguilla
207Bhutan
207San Marino
207Turks & Caicos Islands