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Spain has been ranked No. 1 in the year-end FIFA standings for the
second straight year.
In rankings published Wednesday, the European champion
maintained the leading status it took over last month from South
American champion Brazil.
The Netherlands and world champion Italy stayed third and
fourth as the top 10 remained unchanged.
Cameroon leads the African nations at No. 11, the United
States tops the CONCACAF region at No. 14 and Australia heads the
Asian confederation at No. 21.
World Cup qualifier New Zealand drops five places but still
leads Oceania at No. 82.
Algeria, which also will play in the World Cupnext year,
continued its rise to No. 26 - its best since the rankings were
launched in 1993.
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