"Spain leaps to top of FIFA rankings, U.S. falls to 30th"

Spain jumped to the top of the monthly Fifa rankings for the first time after their triumph in the European Championship with Brazil and Argentina, both the drop in the first three.

The United States maintains its fall from the highest echelons of world football, falling nine places to 30, its lowest ranking since he was 30th in March 2007. The Americans were fourth in April 2006.

The teams are ranked based on points awarded for performances in matches in the past four years.

Spain 1-0 victory over Germany on Sunday in the Euro 2008 final which rose three places, making it the sixth team - along with France, Germany, Brazil, Italy and Argentina - to claim the top spot since the ranking began 15 years ago. The Spaniards have 1,557 points

Italy deadline for the quarter was enough to push it to a point at second place with 1404 points, while Germany climbed two places to third with 1364.

Brazil fell to fourth place in the list published on Wednesday, the first time since November 1993 that the five-time champions of the World Cup have been outside the first three.

The squadron of americas encountered from its previous ranking of 21, accumulating 780 points in the last survey. Places that the U.S. team behind countries like Israel (21 meetings), Ivory Coast (28 meetings) and Paraguay (25 meetings).