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"New FIFA World Rankings"

1 Brazil
2 France
3 Spain
4 Argentina
5 Mexico
6 England
7 Netherlands
8 Turkey
9 Czech Republic
9 Germany
11 United States
12 Italy
13 Cameroon
14 Ireland Republic
14 Denmark
16 Belgium
17 Portugal
18 Sweden
19 Costa Rica
20 Romania

53 Scotland

53 Wales

111 Northern Ireland



England up to 6th, then? Well, I suppose the teams around them have been playing crap, while they've not lost in ages now. Republic of Ireland have stayed right where they were before, in 14th place. Scotland moved up from 59th to 53rd, while Wales fell from 52nd to join Scotland. Northern Ireland moved up one position from 112, but still look far too far down the list.

Strange to see Italy so low in the ranks, and Costa Rica so high. Colombia have also dropped into the mid-20s despite at this time last year being 4th. Czech Republic are climbing at an alarming rate as well, and sit 8th.

Ah well, that's all.

rabid wrote:
> World Cup 1998
>
> Euro 2000
>
> Le Tournie
>
> Confederations cup (unsure of exact name)
>
> France have won the lot in last 5 years hence their top 2 placing.

I thought England won Tournouri de France back in 1998??!!?

Thats the one I was on about, The Confederations Cup!

Plus they've won all 7 of their qualifying matches so far in the Euro 2004 qualifiers, scoring almost 30 goals as well.

World Cup 1998

Euro 2000

Le Tournie

Confederations cup (unsure of exact name)

France have won the lot in last 5 years hence their top 2 placing.

Euro 2000

France won that other cup after the World Cup didn't they, forgotten what it is called. The one where 'Marc Viven Foe' died in. RIP.

How come France are so high up because they were 1 of the first teams knocked out of the World Cup

Rumour has it that Paulo's parents were so poor and uneducated that they traded him when he was just 3 weeks old for a select joint of lamb so they could survive and feed their older kids... apparently they were seen holding 3 week old Paulo infront of a local butcher and shouting 'one chop - one chop'

The rankings work on a system of points for wins, goals scored etc.

Costa Rica are only so high because the opposition they play against are mostly rubbish- in the CONCACAF region they play in the only real opposition they have are the USA, Jamaica and Mexico. A lot of the teams they play against are underfunded, and based in countries where most people die before they're 40.

That, and they've got some good players like Wanchope.

rabid wrote:

> N'ireland... well 111th is a little high i thought, considering they
> havnt scored in something like 9 matches? ok maybe a slight
> exageration but they havnt beaten anyone for donkeys now or so it
> seems.

Nope that is not an exageration. In fact it's more than 9, it's 12.

http://stats.football365.com /intnl/teams/NIR.html