Argentina Top FIFA Rankings Ahead of Copa America
Argentina are also hot favourites to win Copa America with the bookmakers after sending goal scoring trident Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain to the event
- Written by Agence-France Presse
- Updated: June 02, 2016 06:23 pm IST
Highlights
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Argentina top latest FIFA rankings ahead of Belgium and Colombia
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Argentina are also hot favourites to win Copa America as per bookmakers
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Argentina begin their Copa America campaign against Chile on June 7
Argentina remain top of FIFA's rankings ahead of Belgium and Colombia with continental championships in Europe and Latin America about to begin.
The Centenary Copa America gets underway on Friday in the United States with holders Chile ranked fifth, Brazil seventh and Uruguay ninth.
Argentina are also hot favourites with the bookmakers after sending goalscoring trident of Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain to the event.
And with Euro 2016 starting June 10 in France, Germany are ranked fourth, title holders Spain sixth, Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal eighth and dark horses Austria are tenth having pushed England out of the top ten.
France are a distant 17th, while British bookmakers however quote the Euro hosts as hot favourites to become champions for a third time after 1984 and 2000.
FIFA rankings as of June 2:
1. Argentina
2. Belgium
3. Colombia (+1)
4. Germany (+1)
5. Chile (-2)
6. Spain
7. Brazil
8. Portugal
9. Uruguay
10. Austria (+1)