New Delhi, June 9:Indian women moved one rung up to the 60th slot in the latest FIFA World Rankings, which were released on Friday.
The Indians were placed 61st in the previous rankings released by the world football governing body in March.
In the latest rankings, Indian eves are placed one step below Croatia and just above Iran.
USA have held on to their top position in the rankings, followed by the European quartet of Germany (2nd), Sweden (3rd), England (4th) and France (5th).
There have been changes below, however, with Spain (6th, plus 1) and Canada (7th, minus 1) swapping places and Brazil (8th, plus 1) and the Netherlands (9th, minus 1) doing likewise, along with a good few other teams in the Top 50.
Among the sides occupying that elevated part of the Ranking, Denmark (13th, plus 2), Nigeria (40th, plus 2) and Philippines (46th, plus 3) have all made modest moves, though the biggest changes can be found further down.
IR Iran (61st, plus 6), Lebanon (138th, plus 4) and Pakistan (157th, plus 4) have all made significant jumps, though the highest climbers of all are Bhutan (171st, plus 7), courtesy of wins over Jordan (73rd, minus 5) and Timor-Leste (156th, minus 3). The biggest fallers are Indonesia (105th, minus 6), who have slipped six places. UNI
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