Dwayne De Rosario and Team Canada rank 83rd worldwide. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)World Cup-winner Spain remains atop the latest soccer FIFA rankings, while Croatia and Russia returned to the top 10 using victories in 2012 European Championship qualifiers.
France bounced back into the top 20, rising seven places to No. 18, after sinking to a historic low last month.
Canada jumped five places to No. 83 after tying Ukraine 2-2. Ukraine dropped nine spot to No. 35.
The United States fell seven places to No. 25 having played only friendlies since the World Cup, while European and African teams gathered ranking points from higher-value continental qualifiers.
Spain won both of its Euro 2012 matches this month and continues to lead the Netherlands, which also had a pair of victories, in second.
Brazil rose to No. 3 in a swap with fourth-ranked Germany. Argentina was fifth, followed by England, Uruguay, Portugal and Croatia.
Russia's Euro 2012 wins over Ireland and Macedonia lifted it 15 spots to No. 10, edging African champion Egypt into 11th place.
Slovenia was at a best-ever No. 15, ahead of Italy which fell three places.
International soccer's newest member, Montenegro, continued its recent surge to No. 26 following a victory over Switzerland and a draw away to England.
Australia heads the Asian countries at No. 21, and New Zealand leads Oceania at No. 51.
Victories in 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers fired Guinea and Niger up the standings.
Guinea was No. 47, up 34 places after a 1-0 upset win against Nigeria, and Niger was rewarded for shocking Egypt 1-0 with a rise of 54 spots to No. 100.
The Central African Republic was bottom of the rankings after a three-year absence from play, but improved to 112th of 207 countries after beating World Cup team Algeria 2-0.
