Fifa rankings

The new Fifa world rankings were announced today.

Brazil remain number one, with Spain close on their heels. Similarly, Holland and Italy stay third and fourth. Germany, who were equal with Italy, have slipped back and now trail Italy by 54 points.

Despite a disappointing qualifying campaign, Argentina have actually leapfrogged England to take sixth place, but England remain in seventh, because Russia slipped from sixth to 12th.

Despite not qualifying for the World Cup, Croatia are up to eighth, and two other European teams who only made the play-offs are at ninth and tenth: France and Portugal.

Looking at the European play-off qualifiers, France and Portugal are at nine and ten, Russia 12, Greece 16 - these will be the seeds - and Ukraine (22), Slovakia (33), Republic of Ireland (34) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (42) will be the non-seeds.

The biggest riser is Cameroon, up 15 to 14.

As for the other home nations, Northern Ireland are 30th, Scotland 46th and Wales 78th.