Brazil’s victory over Argentina in the Copa America final 2007 earned them the top spot in the FIFA World Rankings released on Wednesday, the Albicelestes boastings with the second place.

Seleção’s performance didn’t remain unnoticed and aside from rivers of ink flowing across the globe after their clean sweep, FIFA crowned them football kings in Italy’s detriment, who completes the podium with 1368 points.

The World champions saw both Argentina and Brazil cruise by them after a thrilling Copa America that offered football fans an alluring competition to feast their eyes on for almost three weeks.

Raymond Domenech’s team stand fourth and pushes down Germany one position, while the Netherlands climb three. Croatia makes a surprising appearance on the seventh spot, ahead of Portugal and Spain, two teams that lost two positions each after this last round-up.

The top ten is completed by Mexico, Hugo Sanchez’s boys putting on quite a fight in Copa America winning the group ahead of Brazil, but falling to a blustering Argentina in the semifinal, 3-0. England plummets four places all the way to the 12 position, with Romania breathing down their backs only 29 points behind.

The biggest jump was made by Vietnam's national team, who skipped 25 places and landed on the 117th, at the opposite pole being Burkina Faso and Jamaica with 25 positions lost.