Italy topple Brazil in Fifa's international power rankings

Italy, the current world champions, have toppled Brazil at the top of the (useless) Fifa world rankings. It's the first time since 1993 that the Italians have claimed the top spot, with Brazil slipping to second after more than four years at number one. There is no other movement in the top eight with England staying in sixth (ha ha) behind Argentina, France and Germany. Scotland are up six places to 20th, the Republic of Ireland (46th) have jumped three places ahead of Northern Ireland (49th), with Wales ranked down at No. 75, below the likes of Burkina Faso and Guinea.

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1  Italy
2 Brazil
3 Argentina
4 France
5 Germany
6 England
7 The Netherlands
8 Portugal
9 Czech Republic
10 Spain  

11 Ukraine
12 Croatia
13 Greece
14 Switzerland
15 Romania
16 Sweden
17 Cameroon
18 Denmark
19 Mexico
20 Scotland  

21 Côte d'Ivoire
22 Ghana
23 Poland
24 Uruguay
25 Ecuador
26 Turkey
27 Russia
28 USA
29 Serbia
30 Paraguay

31 Colombia
32 Iran
33 Slovakia
34 Chile
35 Mali
36 Nigeria
37 Bulgaria
38 Senegal
39 Australia  
40 Israel

41 Japan
42 Egypt
43 Morocco
44 Korea Republic
45 Tunisia
46 Republic of Ireland
47 Norway
48 Finland
49 Northern Ireland
50 Uzbekistan

51 Cuba
52 Belgium
53 FYR Macedonia
54 Costa Rica
55 Bosnia-Herzegovina
56 Jamaica
57 Burkina Faso
58 Angola
59 Honduras
60 South Africa  

61 Austria
62 Guinea
63 Saudi Arabia
64 Hungary
65 Zambia
66 Venezuela
67 Peru
68 Trinidad and Tobago
69 Togo
70 Belarus

71 Slovenia
72 Lithuania
73 Cyprus
74 Panama
75 Wales
76 Oman
77 Qatar
78 Cape Verde Islands
79 China PR
80 Algeria  

81 Iraq
82 Congo DR
83 Moldova
84 Kuwait
85 Jordan
86 Georgia
87 Canada
88 Albania
89 United Arab Emirates
90 Guatemala

91 Ethiopia
92 Haiti
93 Congo
94 Zimbabwe
95 Iceland
96 Latvia
97 Libya
98 Bahrain
99 Gabon
100 St. Vincent and the Grenadines