Italy sinks to third in Fifa standings

World champions Italy slipped to third place in FIFA's monthly world rankings while newly-crowned European champions Spain held first place.
Germany leapfrogged Italy into second place while the Netherlands climbed from fifth to fourth and Croatia jumped from seventh to fifth.
Brazil sank from fourth to sixth, its lowest raking in 15 years, due to its poor showings in the qualification round for the 2010 World Cup, two victories in six matches.
Argentina retreated from sixth to seventh place while the once-mighty France dropped out of the top ten and settled in 12th position.
Here is the top 20 in this month's FIFA ranking (previous positions in brackets):
1 Spain (1)
2 Germany (3)
3 Italy (2)
4 Netherlands (5)
5 Croatia (7)
6 Brazil (4)
7 Argentina (6)
8 Czech Republic (8)
9 Portugal (9)
10 Russia (11)
11 Romania (12)
12 France (10)
13 Turkey (14)
14 England (15)
15 Camerun (13)
16 Scotland (16)
17 Bulgaria (17)
18 Greece (18)
19 Ghana (20)
20 Israel (21).