Iran seven spots up in latest FIFA rankings

IRNA - Iran leaped seven places in the latest FIFA rankings released by the world soccer`s governing body Monday.
Iran stood 28th on 649 points, following the Asian leader South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Brazil stayed top with France and Spain tucking at its heels.
Leading FIFA world soccer rankings are as follows (November`s position in brackets):
1. (1) Brazil 848 points
2. (2) France 827
3. (3) Spain 798
4. (6) Netherlands 752
5. (4) Argentina 744
6. (10) Czech Republic 743
7. (5) Mexico 740
8. (8) England 738
8. (7) Turkey 738
10. (11) Italy 734
11. (12) United States 732
12. (9) Germany 729
13. (13) Denmark 715
14= (14) Cameroon 712
14= (15) Ireland 712
16. (16) Belgium 696
17= (19) Costa Rica 682
17= (18) Portugal 682
19. (17) Sweden 677
20. (20) Croatia 673
Note: FIFA`s standings are based on a statistical analysis of countries` results over eight years, weighted according to how
recently the matches were played, the strength of the opponents and the importance of each match.