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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Argentina has maintained the top spot in the latest FIFA rankings released&amp;nbsp;on Thursday, while Brazil moved up five spots to No. 4.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brazil parlayed its victories over Ecuador and Colombia&amp;nbsp;in World Cup qualifying to help boost its ranking. Belgium remains second, followed by Germany and Colombia, which is tied with Brazil.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chile, Portugal, France, Uruguay, Wales, which made it to the semifinals of Euro 2016, round out the top 10.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mexico leads all CONCACAF teams at No. 15, Costa Rica is No. 18, with the United States up four spots to No. 22.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Africa's highest-ranked team is the Ivory Coast at No. 34, while Iran leads all Asian nations at No. 37.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FIFA's newest member, Kosovo, checks in at No. 168 thanks to its 1\u20131 draw with Finland in World Cup qualifying. Guinea-Bissau, St. Kitts and Nevis, Kazakhstan and&amp;nbsp;Comoros each achieved their highest ranking ever.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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