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Spain jumps to second place in latest FIFA list March 26, 2003 18:07 IST Spain have moved above France into second place in the latest FIFA world soccer rankings published on Wednesday. World champions Brazil are still in the top spot with 853 points. Spain, who lead their Euro 2004 qualifying group, have 780 points and France 778. The only other change in the top 10 sees England replaced in eighth place by Mexico. Further down the table Guatemala jumped up 27 places to a best-ever position of 54th after recent victories over Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras in the CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers. Mongolia celebrated their first international win, 2-0 against Guam in February, by moving up four places to 189th. Afghanistan's 2-1 victory over Kyrgyzstan on March 16, their first since returning to the international fold, moved them up five places to 198th. Leading FIFA world soccer rankings (February position in brackets): 1. (1) Brazil 853 points 2. (3) Spain 780 3. (2) France 778 4. (4) Argentina 761 5. (5) Germany 758 6. (6) Netherlands 752 7. (7) Turkey 732 8. (9) Mexico 729 9. (8) England 725 10. (10) United States 723 11. (11=) Denmark 704 12. (11=) Portugal 700 13. (13) Italy 699 14. (14) Ireland 696 15. (15) Czech Republic 685 16. (16) Belgium 683 17. (17) Cameroon 678 18. (18) Paraguay 672 19. (20) South Korea 668 20. (19) Serbia and Montenegro* 667 * = Formerly Yugoslavia.
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