Spain and the Netherlands team they defeated in the 2010 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup South Africa™ Final continue to stride crystal clear atop of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association CocaCola World Rankings, thanks to victories in Union of European Football Associations EURO 2012 qualifying round.There was however, significantly movement below them on the latest installment of the world ladder. The Ex-Champ Brazil (3rd - up 2) has reclaimed a podium-position, while Germany (4th - down 1) and Argentina (5th – down 1) have lost match.
In the Meanwhile, Italy (9th – up 2) has come back to the top 10 after an absence of two hundred and ten days approximately. The last and ex-world champions’ good form continued last month with victories over Slovenia, their main rivals in the EURO 2012 qualifiers and Ukraine. Italia’s progress is at the expense of Greece who has been backed to 12th following two months in the top-ten.
There were also some noticeable movers in the top fifty of April’s Ranking, with Israel (33rd – up 25), Belgium (37th – up 25), Albania (50th – up 23) and Algeria (40th – up 15) making the biggest climb moves of the teams in the top fifties. Four teams, Montenegro (24th – up 1), Albania and Libya (58th – up 13) and Antigua and Barbuda (100th – up 1).
All said four teams are currently in their highest ever positions since the launch of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association Coca Cola World Rankings in nineteen ninety. One hundred and twenty four international league matches have been played since the last edition of the Rankings five weeks ago, which has quite doubled the total number of games played in 2011 to two hundred and forty eight.Of these One hundred and twenty four matches, fifty were qualifiers for confederation championships (29 in Union of European Football Associations – 21st in CAF). The other seventy four games were friendliest.
