Earlier we saw that Colombia were the top ranked team after the Group Stage. As of now, they are tied with Argentina at the top but Argentina are slightly ahead in terms of decimal points. Not to forget, the official rankings remains the same till the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup 2014.
However, FIFA Prognosis Tool lets us calculate the total points as of now and we can rank the teams accordingly. Top two teams swapped places, Germany are still on the third place. Belgium and Netherlands have gained one place each while Uruguay and Switzerland have dropped places after they were knocked out of the World Cup.
Let’s look at the top ten teams before the start of the tournament:
Rank | Team | Points |
1 | Spain | 1485 |
2 | Germany | 1300 |
3 | Brazil | 1242 |
4 | Portugal | 1189 |
5 | Argentina | 1175 |
6 | Switzerland | 1149 |
7 | Uruguay | 1147 |
8 | Colombia | 1137 |
9 | Italy | 1104 |
10 | England | 1090 |
You can check the official rankings of all teams here
Let’s have a look at the current rankings calculated by the FIFA prognosis tool:
Rank | Team | Points | Rank before the World Cup | Rank after Group Stage | Points before the World Cup | Points after Group Stage |
1 | Argentina | 1555 | 5 | 2 | 1175 | 1442 |
2 | Colombia | 1555 | 8 | 1 | 1137 | 1449 |
3 | Germany | 1486 | 2 | 3 | 1300 | 1407 |
4 | Belgium | 1468 | 11 | 5 | 1074 | 1369 |
5 | Netherlands | 1393 | 15 | 6 | 981 | 1310 |
6 | Uruguay | 1330 | 7 | 4 | 1147 | 1393 |
7 | France | 1254 | 17 | 9 | 913 | 1188 |
8 | Spain | 1229 | 1 | 8 | 1485 | 1229 |
9 | Switzerland | 1216 | 6 | 7 | 1149 | 1278 |
10 | Brazil | 1174 | 3 | 10 | 1242 | 1174 |
Note: Uruguay, Spain and Switzerland have been knocked out of the World Cup.