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US, Germany leap in FIFA rankings

July 20, 2005 18:44 IST
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The United States and Germany leaped up the FIFA world rankings on Wednesday and the Netherlands achieved their highest placing in more than 11 years.

India also rose four places to 131.

The United States rose four places to their highest ranking of sixth after reaching the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. They face Honduras in the final on Thursday.

Germany jumped 10 places to 11th following their run to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup last month where they lost to eventual winners Brazil, who remain top of the rankings.

Argentina moved up one place to second after reaching the Confederations Cup final and the Netherlands also jump one place to third, with the Czech Republic dropping two places to fourth.

Mexico are up one place to fifth while France, stuttering in their World Cup qualification campaign, dropped below the U.S. team, falling two places to seventh.

Leading rankings issued on Wednesday (June position in brackets):
  1.   (1)   Brazil                 846
  2.   (3)   Argentina              787
  3.   (4)   Netherlands            781
  4.   (2)   Czech Republic         778
  5.   (6)   Mexico                 768
  6.  (10=)  United States          765
  7.   (5)   France                 749
  8=   (7)   England                744
  8=   (9)   Spain                  744
10.   (8)   Portugal               739
11.  (21)   Germany                723
12.  (14)   Turkey                 716
13.  (18)   Japan                  715
14.  (11)   Italy                  713
15=  (17)   Iran                   711
15=  (15)   Ireland                711
17.  (12)   Sweden                 710
18.  (18)   Uruguay                703
19=  (16)   Denmark                698
19=  (13)   Greece                 698

Note: FIFA's standings are based on a statistical analysis of countries' results over eight years, weighted according to how recently the matches were played, the strength of the opponents and the importance of each match.

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