Belgium still No. 1 in latest FIFA rankings

Belgium national soccer team pose for photographers prior to the start of a friendly soccer match. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

ZURICH – Belgium has kept the No. 1 spot in the FIFA rankings among an unchanged top 18 for February.

With no international matches played by the 20 best teams so far this year, Belgium still leads second-place Argentina and third-place Spain.

World Cup champion Germany is No. 4, followed by Chile and Brazil in a top 10 dominated by European and South American teams.

The three teams which made the biggest moves since the last rankings all come from Asia: Palestine at No. 110 (up 21 spots), Saudi Arabia at No. 55 (up 20 spots), and North Korea at No. 95 (up 18 spots).

Canada moved up three spots to No. 85 out of the 204 nations in the ranking.

FIFA world rankings published Thursday (last month’s rankings in parentheses):

1. Belgium (1)

2. Argentina (2)

3. Spain (3)

4. Germany (4)

5. Chile (5)

6. Brazil (6)

7. Portugal (7)

8. Colombia (8)

9. England (9)

10. Austria (10)

11. Uruguay (11)

12. Switzerland (12)

13. Ecuador (13)

14. Netherlands (14)

15. Italy (15)

16. Romania (16)

17. Wales (17)

18. Croatia (18)

19. Hungary (20)

20. Turkey (21)<

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