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Turkey climbs to top 10 in FIFA rankings  Turkey climbed into the top ten for the first time in four years while European champions Spain remained top of the FIFA world rankings for a third consecutive month yesterday  |
| Turkey recorded one of the biggest changes in the top positions mainly due to last month's 1-0 friendly victory over Chile. While Fatih Terim's side sneaked into the top ten, fellow EURO 2008 semifinalist Russia slipped to 12th.
With European countries not due back in competitive action until the start of 2010 World Cup qualification this weekend, Spain stayed ahead of world champion Italy and EURO 2008 runner up Germany. Italy climbed into second place in the rankings, based on national team performances over the past four years, despite being held to a 2-2 draw by Austria in another friendly. Germany was 2-0 winner over Belgium last month but slipped down to third after losing points overall. Brazil is the best ranked non-European team in sixth place, followed immediately by South American rival Argentina. Argentina was unable to benefit from its gold medal success at the Beijing Olympics because the men's tournament, predominantly involving players aged under 23, is not including in the FIFA ranking system. |
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