Brazil remains in third position, but sees Germany come closer

PARIS, May 18th 2011 (AFP) – Germany, fourth in world ranking by FIFA, had 27 points more than Brazil, which is the third in the ranking. Even with the approach of Germany, Brazil’s team follows behind Netherlands which is the second and Spain that remains the best football team in the world.

In the ranking published on Wednesday did not change between the first 10 teams, where Argentina remains in fifth and Uruguay in seventh place. But among the top best twenty, Chile and Japan switched the positions, coming in 13th and 14th, respectively.

Among the Latin American countries, Mexico was down two places, going to the 28th place, after losing 16 points, now totaling 802. The worst fall was the Equator team, which fell eight places to be now the 64th.

They also lost one position each, Colombia (50th), Costa Rica (56th) and Venezuela (68th)

FIFA World’s ranking of May 18th:

1. Spain 1857
2. Netherlands 1702
3. Brazil 1425
4. Germany 1413
5. Argentina 1267
6.England 1163
7. Uruguay 1094
8. Portugal 1052
9. Italy 1019
10. Croatia 991
11. Norway 987
12. Geece 985
13. Chile 967 (+1)
14. Japan 961 (-1)
15. Ghana 918
16. Serbia 907
17. Slovenia 903
18. Russia 896
19. France 883
20. Australia 876
...
23. Paraguay 847
28. Mexico 802 (-2)
50. Colombia 564 (-1)
54. Peru 548
56. Costa Rica 541 (-1)
64. Equator 523 (-8)
68. Venezuela 489 (-1)
102. Bolivia 312

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