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Every month, the FIFA world national teams ranking leader was for the first time in history the Argentina national team. The South Americans pushed the world champion Italy out of the first place, who in February ended Brazil's 55-month hegemony.
Argentina earned 81 ranking points by defeating France in Paris in February, jumping from 3rd place to the top of the list. Italians remain in second place, while Brazilians drop to third. There are no more changes in the top ten.
The Lithuanian national team, losing to Mali, lost 10 ranking points and dropped from 72nd place to 76th.
Other Lithuanian rivals in the European Championship qualifying group hold similar positions as last month - Ukraine remains 11th, Scotland rises to 16th place, Georgia and the Faroe Islands move up one spot each to 85th and 182nd positions respectively.
The biggest leap among European teams in the past month was made by Finland (15 positions, from 48th to 33rd place), while among all teams worldwide, the Panama national team in the CONCACAF region jumped 20 spots, from 74th to 54th place.
FIFA World National Teams Ranking as of March 2007
(position, country, points, position in previous ranking)
1. Argentina 1616 (3)
2. Italy 1592 (1)
3. Brazil 1557 (2)
4. France 1515 (4)
5. Germany 1390 (5)
6. England 1339 (6)
7. Netherlands 1313 (7)
8. Portugal 1288 (8)
9. Czech Republic 1195 (9)
10. Spain 1161 (10)
11. Ukraine 1037 (11)
12. Croatia 982 (12)
13. Greece 961 (13)
14. Romania 919 (15)
15. Sweden 914 (16)
16. Scotland 911 (20)
17. Switzerland 906 (14)
18. Cameroon 893 (17)
19. Ghana 881 (22)
20. Ivory Coast 875 (21)
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76. Lithuania 425 (72)
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85. Georgia 374 (86)
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98. Latvia 314 (96)
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106. Estonia 266 (106)
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182. Faroe Islands 32 (183)
