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FIFA World Rankings: Updated Standings Following Latest International Action

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2202822-fifa-world-rankings-updated-standings-following-latest-international-action

Germany remain at the summit of FIFA's World Rankings after Thursday's Sept. 18 update, which sees Colombia, Brazil and France move into stronger positions of power inside the top 10.

England and Italy are also among those to have risen after the first round of qualifiers for the 2016 European Championships in Paris.

Here's a look at the updated rankings, followed by the biggest movers and shakers from across the entire spectrum:

FIFA World Rankings: September 18, 2014 Rank Nation Points Position Change
1. Germany 1765 -
2. Argentina 1631 -
3. Colombia 1488 +1
4. Netherlands 1456 -1
5. Belgium 1444 -
6. Brazil 1291 +1
7. Uruguay 1243 -1
8. Spain 1228 -1
9. France 1202 +1
10. Switzerland 1175 -1
11. Portugal 1150 -
12. Chile 1100 -
13. Italy 1068 +1
14. Greece 1052 -1
15. Costa Rica 988 -
16. Mexico 963 +1
17. USA 936 +1
18. England 935 +2
19. Croatia 928 -3
20. Algeria 926 +4
21. Ecuador 889 -
22. Cote d'Ivoire 879 +3
23. Russia 875 -
24. Ukraine 855 -2
25. Bosnia and Herzegovina 851 -6

FIFA.com

Points are currently deduced through the following formula: Result x Importance of Match x Strength of Opposition x Confederation Strength = Total Points.

FIFA recently introduced fresh weighting for all confederations after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Points awarded are currently multiplied on the following difficulty scale: CONMEBOL 1.00; UEFA 0.99; AFC, CAF, OFC and CONCACAF 0.85, per the governing body's official website. Be sure to check out the details of this points system right here.

All points are awarded on a "World Cup cycle," the four-year period between tournaments, per FIFA's fact sheet. The governing body provided further detail surrounding the latest update on its official website:

Of the 141 international “A” matches taken into account for this month’s ranking, over half of them (80) were continental qualifiers in Europe, Africa and CONCACAF, the other 61 fixtures being friendlies. This takes the total number of international “A” matches played in 2014 so far to 526.

[jvalmer]

Can't believe Greece, and Algeria, is ranked so high.

[catman]

South Korea has fallen to 63rd.