ZURICH: The top 25 in FIFA s world rankings released Wednesday (previous month s ranking in parentheses):

1. Spain (1), 1,627 points.

2. Brazil (2), 1,568.

3. Netherlands (3), 1,288.

4. Italy (4), 1,209.

5. Portugal (5), 1,176.

6. Germany (6) 1,173.

7. France (7), 1,117.

8. Argentina (8), 1,082.

9. England (9), 1,076.

10. Egypt (24), 1,069.

11. Croatia (10), 1,053.

12. Greece (13), 1,030.

13. Russia (12), 1,026.

14. United States (14), 963.

15. Nigeria (22), 956.

16. Chile (15), 955.

17. Mexico (17), 947.

18. Switzerland (18), 924.

19. Serbia (19), 916.

20. Cameroon (11) 914.

21. Uruguay (20) 909.

22. Ivory Coast (16), 865.

23. Australia (21), 857.

24. Ukraine (22), 848.

25. Czech Republic (25), 828. -AP