Ques: Who received the first place in the FIFA world rankings released recently?
a. Argentina
b. India
c. Belgium
d. Brazil
Ans: a
Related facts:
- World football controller body FIFA (Federation International de Football Association) on 3rd September, 2015 released men FIFA world football rankings.
- In the rankings with 1442 points Argentina topped, while the second and third place was shared by Belgium and Germany respectively.
1 | Argentina | 1442 |
2 | Belgium | 1269 |
3 | Germany | 1248 |
4 | Colombia | 1224 |
5 | Brazil | 1209 |
6 | Portugal | 1186 |
7 | Romania | 1176 |
8 | England | 1149 |
9 | Wales | 1146 |
10 | Chile | 1143 |
- The Indian football team at 155th in the latest FIFA rankings which was 156th last year.
- July 10, 2015 FIFA issued Women’s World Rankings, with the US was ranked the top with 2189 points, while Germany (2115 points) and France (2081 points) received the second and third place respectively.
- FIFA Women’s World Rankings, India was ranked 56th with 1425 points as compared to 55th place last year.
Reference:
http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y=2015/m=9/news=chile-climb-eighth-austria-achieve-personal-best-2675057.html
http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/