Brazil go back to the top of this month's Fifa world rankings after winning the Confederations Cup in South Africa. Brazil are followed by Spain and the Netherlands England are down one in 7th place. France are in 9th. Côte d'Ivoire are the highest African team in 18th. Russia are 6th, with the USA in 12th. 1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Netherlands 4 Italy 5 Germany 6 Russia 7 England 8 Argentina 9 France 10 Croatia 11 Greece 12 USA Turkey 13 Switzerland

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