K minus 7 days - FIFA World Rankings
The last update before the World Cup, the June edition of FIFA/Coca Cola World Cup Rankings has been announced and due to a flurry of friendlies played in the last month, there's been a few shuffles in the positions. Spain and Germany still sit on the top two positions but the two Portuguese speaking nations , hosts Brazil and Portugal, exchanged their positions at 3 and 4
Argentina and Switzerland both gained two positions and the biggest loser in the top ten Colombia dropped three positions to be placed at 8 below Uruguay at 7. Four time champions Italy maintained its position while England found themselves in top ten at the expense of Greece, who lost 2 places to go below Belgium
Out of the thirty-two nations appearing in the World Cup, five nations retained their positions, including Netherlands and Nigeria while Costa Rica has been the biggest riser, gaining six positions to 28. Bosnia went up four places to 21 and Algeria by three places to 22. On the other end of the coin, Iran and Cameroon lost six positions each to 43 and 56 respectively, the biggest fall for the World Cup nations while Honduras and Australia fell by three positions, ending up at 33 and 62 respectively. The Socceroos cemented their position as the worst ranked team of the tourney
Outside the World Cup, Palestine has gained a phenomenal 71 places up to 94th position, their best rank ever while Saudi Arabia lost 15 positions to 90th rank. There have been a total of 112 new matches that were considered into the rankings
The next update of the Ranking would be after the World Cup, Spain is expected to retain the top position after the end of the Cup
Out of the thirty-two nations appearing in the World Cup, five nations retained their positions, including Netherlands and Nigeria while Costa Rica has been the biggest riser, gaining six positions to 28. Bosnia went up four places to 21 and Algeria by three places to 22. On the other end of the coin, Iran and Cameroon lost six positions each to 43 and 56 respectively, the biggest fall for the World Cup nations while Honduras and Australia fell by three positions, ending up at 33 and 62 respectively. The Socceroos cemented their position as the worst ranked team of the tourney
Outside the World Cup, Palestine has gained a phenomenal 71 places up to 94th position, their best rank ever while Saudi Arabia lost 15 positions to 90th rank. There have been a total of 112 new matches that were considered into the rankings
The next update of the Ranking would be after the World Cup, Spain is expected to retain the top position after the end of the Cup
About Rankings
FIFA World Rankings are supposed to reflect the whereabouts of a particular team's plight at the World Stage and the Rankings are more significant in a major tournament season like the approaching 2014 FIFA World Cup. Apart from assessing relative strengths of the competing teams, Rankings are used to determine the seedings, draws at the World events...
FIFA updates the Rankings every month or so which reflect the performance of a team over the last 4 years... Since the Rankings were introduced in December 1992 when Germany was announced to be the Top team, Brazil held the top echelon for the longest time
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