World Cup champion Spain stayed at the top of FIFA’s world rankings on Wednesday, and Germany and England have risen after back-to-back wins in European Championship qualifiers.
The new rankings have France, which lost a home Euro 2012 qualifier to Belarus, dropping six places to No. 27 — its worst position since the rankings were introduced in 1993.
Spain’s 4-1 loss to Argentina in a friendly last week meant its lead narrowed over the second-place Netherlands. Germany are ranked third while Brazil slipped one place to fourth.
