FIFA Rankings

[Montse]

Somehow we are 5th and the yanks have plummeted 11 places!

 

Rank Team Pts:

Jul 06 +/-Rank

May 06 +/-Pts: May 06

1 Brazil 1630 0 803

2 Italy 1550 11 822

3 Argentina 1472 6 726

4 France 1462 4 713

5 England 1434 5 693

6 Netherlands 1322 -3 554

7 Spain 1309 -2 553

8 Portugal 1301 -1 551

9 Germany 1229 10 533

10 Czech Republic 1223 -8 451

11 Nigeria 1149 0 413

12 Cameroon 1109 3 387

13 Switzerland 1028 22 380

14 Uruguay 985 8 296

15 Ukraine 961 30 352

16 USA 933 -11 177

17 Denmark 927 -6 191

18 Mexico 924 -14 166

19 Paraguay 915 14 262

20 Côte d'Ivoire 909 12 240

 

 

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[_00_deathscar]

Rankings are still a load of b******s, yet fairer than previously.

 

Mexico down 14 whilst the Yanks down 11, yet Mexico reached the 2nd round and the Yanks finished last in their group?

[Rich Gobey]

portugal have been finalists and semi finalists in the last two major tournements and yet are three places behind england.

 

and what the hell caused mexico to drop so far? ranked 4th a month ago, now lower than denmark who falied to even qualify.

 

insanity gone mad.

[johngibo YPC]

Never even heard of the team in 20th!

[charlie clown]

Never even heard of the team in 20th!

 

 

is French for side of an elephant so the team in question must be Vietnam.

[growler]

The USA still ranked quite high for achieving nothing.

[Will]

Is this according to FIFA's new ranking system?

[aka Dus]

It would appear so...:

 

If it is, I would like the Trading Standards Authority in the EU to ask them what the fook they mean by "regional strength"

 

Italy leap to second place

 

 

(FIFA.com) 12 Jul 2006

 

Four-time world champions Italy's latest triumph is also reflected in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. The Azzurri have leaped 11 places to second and are now at the head of the chasing pack behind Brazil, who stay on top.

 

The positions of the teams at the top of the ranking mirror their performances at the 2006 FIFA World Cup?. Besides minor changes to other countries' positions in the Top Ten, there was also one other prime mover, the host nation Germany (9th, up 10), who thanks to convincing displays in front of their home fans find themselves back among the world's best teams for the first time in more than two years. Thanks to their performances at the World Cup, three other big gainers are Switzerland (13th, up 22), the Ukraine (15th, up 30) and Ghana (25th, up 23).

 

The new FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking takes a different look at African football and places teams such as Nigeria and Cameroon, who only narrowly failed to qualify for the World Cup, just outside the Top Ten. As expected, the teams from North America and Asia whom fortune did not favour at the World Cup (Mexico, USA, Iran, Japan and Korea Republic) have slipped down the ranking.

 

A new method has been used to calculate this eagerly awaited first World Ranking since the 2006 FIFA World Cup?, which not only introduces major changes in points allocation and the assessment of the opposition's strength, but also makes such factors as the importance of the match and regional strength easier to understand. This new formula and the big points hauls gained from World Cup matches has led to a complete shake up in the ranking. Besides the effect of the World Cup matches, the change in the evaluation period has also led to a major shift. Now only the last four years (48 months) count, with each year weighted differently.

 

[Andy @ Allerton]

Somehow we are 5th and the yanks have plummeted 11 places!

 

Rank Team Pts:

Jul 06 +/-Rank

May 06 +/-Pts: May 06

1 Brazil 1630 0 803

2 Italy 1550 11 822

3 Argentina 1472 6 726

4 France 1462 4 713

5 England 1434 5 693

6 Netherlands 1322 -3 554

7 Spain 1309 -2 553

8 Portugal 1301 -1 551

9 Germany 1229 10 533

10 Czech Republic 1223 -8 451

11 Nigeria 1149 0 413

12 Cameroon 1109 3 387

13 Switzerland 1028 22 380

14 Uruguay 985 8 296

15 Ukraine 961 30 352

16 USA 933 -11 177

17 Denmark 927 -6 191

18 Mexico 924 -14 166

19 Paraguay 915 14 262

20 Côte d'Ivoire 909 12 240

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Suprised England are even in the top 50.

 

Most. Rubbish. Side. In. The. World.

 

FACT!

[R A Softlad]

portugal have been finalists and semi finalists in the last two major tournements and yet are three places behind england.

 

I think that's called Neville weighting...

[oojason]

The Czechs drop from 2nd to 10th - yet England go up to 5th despite only progressing one more round than the Czechs? Weird... then so is paying too much attention to the FIFA rankings... doh!

[Hassony]

The Czechs drop from 2nd to 10th - yet England go up to 5th despite only progressing one more round than the Czechs? Weird... then so is paying too much attention to the FIFA rankings... doh!

england were in the 1/4 finals, czech went out at the first stage, losing 2 games

[Guest RedLegend]

The USA still ranked quite high for achieving nothing.

 

Whatever about the USA having England in 5th place is a complete joke.

 

FIFA must have forgotten to put the zero in after the five.

[libero]

Rank Team Pts:

Jul 06 +/-Rank

May 06 +/-Pts: May 06

21 Colombia 902 6 221

22 Sweden 886 -6 177

23 Croatia 854 0 168

24 Guinea 850 27 253

25 Ghana 839 23 239

26 Romania 834 -1 149

27 Turkey 824 -13 98

28 Ecuador 821 11 190

29 Egypt 819 -12 111

30 Poland 809 -1 132

31 Tunisia 805 -10 112

32 Greece 780 -12 86

33 Australia 738 9 126

34 Russia 733 3 88

35 Senegal 726 -7 47

36 Serbia and Montenegro 724 8 114

37 Bulgaria 716 0 71

38 Honduras 695 4 83

39 Republic of Ireland 694 -8 23

40 Morocco 681 -4 35

 

Guinea???? Feckin Guinea do they play footie in Guinea???

 

Those stats are just mental and should hold no credence whatsoever.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Honduras ahead of Ireland?

 

My a***

[Maldini]

Sack Staunton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest roger]

Australia are not the 33rd best team in the world. I take these rankings with a pinch of salt. Like everyone else on here...

[Hassony]

Australia are not the 33rd best team in the world. I take these rankings with a pinch of salt. Like everyone else on here...

should they be higher or lower?

[Guest roger]

Is this play yer cards right?

 

[ozziecazzie]

should they be higher or lower?

 

Hey dude, they should be higher, say 250th, as they reached the last 16 of the WC

[Bo Benn]

hm.. although Sweden didn't have a fantastic WC we still managed to get into the last 16 now dropped six places to 22 just behind Colombia that have gained 6 places into 21. Why have the bleeding rankings if they crap anyway??!!