A small step forward for Italy, who, in the new FIFA ranking moves up one spot to the eighteenth place with 1539 points. There is no change in the lead: Belgium is the leader (even if be only one point) on France, with Brazil closing in on the podium. Portugal bypasses Uruguay in sixth place, whilst Argentina advances to only one position away from the top 10. Germany (who will now play in the UEFA Nations League B) collapses instead as they lose two positions (whilst Sweden and the Netherlands move up). The Scandinavians record the clearest improvement, passing from the seventeenth to the fourteenth position.
This is the official FIFA ranking of the first twenty nations:
1) Belgium 1727 points (=)
2) France 1726 (=)
3) Brazil 1676 (=)
4) Croatia 1634 (=)
5) England 1631 (=)
6) Portugal 1614 (+1)
7) Uruguay 1609 (-1)
8) Switzerland 1599 (=)
9) Spain 1591 (=)
10) Denmark 1589 (=)
11) Argentina 1582 (+1)
12) Colombia 1575 (-1)
13) Chile 1565 (=)
14) Sweden 1560 (+3)
15) Holland 1560 (+1)
16) Germany 1558 (-2)
17) Mexico 1540 (-1)
18) Italy 1539 (+1)
19) Wales 1525 (-1)
20) Poland 1518 (+1)
