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

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