LUNCH HOUR World champions Germany will end the year at the top of the FIFA rankings.The final 2014 edition of the world governing bodys rankings were released on Thursday, with the top 20 remaining unchanged. That means Joachim Lows Germany side will end a year that saw them win the World Cup for a fourth time at the summit, ahead of Argentina and Colombia. Belgium and Netherlands round off the top five, the former one of the years biggest movers as they gained 319 points in 2014.No Asian Football Confederation (AFC) or Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) nations are represented in the top 50, which has a new member in the form of Zambia while Nigeria dropped one place from 42nd to 43rd in the world. *Talking point - any surprises on the rankings?
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:05:43 +0000
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