The United States and Germany leaped up the FIFA world rankings on Wednesday and the Netherlands achieved their highest placing in more than 11 years.
India also rose four places to 131.
The United States rose four places to their highest ranking of sixth after reaching the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. They face Honduras in the final on Thursday.
Germany jumped 10 places to 11th following their run to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup last month where they lost to eventual winners Brazil, who remain top of the rankings.
Argentina moved up one place to second after reaching the Confederations Cup final and the Netherlands also jump one place to third, with the Czech Republic dropping two places to fourth.
Mexico are up one place to fifth while France, stuttering in their World Cup qualification campaign, dropped below the U.S. team, falling two places to seventh.
Leading rankings issued on Wednesday (June position in brackets):1. (1) Brazil 846
2. (3) Argentina 787
3. (4) Netherlands 781
4. (2) Czech Republic 778
5. (6) Mexico 768
6. (10=) United States 765
7. (5) France 749
8= (7) England 744
8= (9) Spain 744
10. (8) Portugal 739
11. (21) Germany 723
12. (14) Turkey 716
13. (18) Japan 715
14. (11) Italy 713
15= (17) Iran 711
15= (15) Ireland 711
17. (12) Sweden 710
18. (18) Uruguay 703
19= (16) Denmark 698
19= (13) Greece 698
Note: FIFA's standings are based on a statistical analysis of countries' results over eight years, weighted according to how recently the matches were played, the strength of the opponents and the importance of each match.
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