After returning to the top ten in November for the first time in almost four years, Italy maintained a spot as one of the ten best national teams in the world for the final FIFA Ranking of 2020. The top ten places remain unchanged since last month, with Belgium first ahead of France and Brazil - the same top three from 2019.

Given the crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19, only 352 international fixtures took place in 2020. This is the lowest figure since 1987 (323) in a calendar year. The next FIFA World Ranking will be published on 18 February 2021.

The FIFA top ten

1) Belgium 1780 points (-)
2) France 1755 points (-)
3) Brazil 1743 points (-)
4) England 1670 points (-)
5) Portugal 1662 points (-)
6) Spain 1645 points (-)
7) Argentina 1642 points (-)
8) Uruguay 1639 points (-)
9) Mexico 1632 points (-)
10) ITALY 1625 points (-)