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England ranked 20th in the world
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England have fallen to 20th in the latest Fifa world rankings, their lowest position since May 1996. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28341146The drop of 10 places following a poor World Cup means they are behind Bosnia-Hercegovina, Costa Rica and the USA.
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If only there was a thread about this already.
Oh wait, there is. |
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Typo, missed a 0 off
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We've probably gone back up after 4 wins in a row...
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We've probably gone back up after 4 wins in a row...
That said, looking at the rankings the teams that have overtook England in that period didn't exactly play any powerhouses either. Algeria moved from 20th to 15th on the back of beating 109th ranked Malawi twice. Ukraine moved from 24th to 19th for beating Macedonia (99) and Belarus (96). Estonia are ranked 88, and England got more points in that match than Algeria or Ukraine did in either of theirs. However, San Marino are 208 in the world and England got considerably less than Ukraine and Algeria for their wins in that one. It's all really close. Scotland are 36, Slovenia 37 - wins in the next 2 for England would give a good amount of points and probably see a leap up the rankings. The Slovenia one is worth more of course as it's a qualifier. |
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I'm looking forward to the Faroe Islands shooting up the rankings after beating Greece last night.
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I'm looking forward to the Faroe Islands shooting up the rankings after beating Greece last night.
England supposedly up to 13th. Top 20: 1 Germany 2 Argentina 3 Colombia 4 Belgium 5 Netherlands 6 Brazil 7 = France 7 = Portugal 9 Spain 10 Uruguay 11 Italy 12 Switzerland 13 England 14 Chile 15 Romania 16 Costa Rica 17 Czech Republic 18 Algeria 19 Croatia 20 Mexico |
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New rankings out tomorrow, found a blogger who tracks these, reckons Faroe Islands will be up 82 places to 105.
England supposedly up to 13th. Top 20: 1 Germany 2 Argentina 3 Colombia 4 Belgium 5 Netherlands 6 Brazil 7 = France 7 = Portugal 9 Spain 10 Uruguay 11 Italy 12 Switzerland 13 England 14 Chile 15 Romania 16 Costa Rica 17 Czech Republic 18 Algeria 19 Croatia 20 Mexico |
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Never mind England, Wales are up to 34th. This pleases me.
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Wales now up to 22nd, England 14th, Scotland 29th, NIreland 42nd. All rising.
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Wales now up to 22nd, England 14th, Scotland 29th, NIreland 42nd. All rising.
Some rise isn't it. |
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1. Germany
2. Belgium 3. Argentina 4. Colombia 5. Brazil 6. Netherlands 7. Portugal 8. Uruguay 9. France 10. Spain 11. Switzerland 12. Romania 13. Italy 14. Costa Rica 15. England 16. Czech Republic 17. Slovakia 18. Croatia 19. Chile 20. Austria --------- 22. Wales 28. Scotland 44. Northern Ireland 60. Republic of Ireland |
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1. Germany
2. Belgium 3. Argentina 4. Colombia 5. Brazil 6. Netherlands 7. Portugal 8. Uruguay 9. France 10. Spain 11. Switzerland 12. Romania 13. Italy 14. Costa Rica 15. England 16. Czech Republic 17. Slovakia 18. Croatia 19. Chile 20. Austria --------- 22. Wales 28. Scotland 44. Northern Ireland 60. Republic of Ireland |
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England now up to 9th and Wales 10th, both above Spain!
The rankings are all over the place since the new procedure, far too volatile http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranki.../men/uefa.html |
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These rankings are just ridiculous. Wales really the 10th best team in the world? Cape Verde were 38th in the last rankings?
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These rankings are just ridiculous. Wales really the 10th best team in the world? Cape Verde were 38th in the last rankings?
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These rankings are just ridiculous. Wales really the 10th best team in the world? Cape Verde were 38th in the last rankings?
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Romania in 8th, wow.
Top of their current qualifying group featuring the the giants that are Northern Ireland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Finland and Greece. Faroe Islands are actually ahead of 2 teams in that group which says a lot. Romania have failed to reach the last 4 world Cups and 2 of the last 3 Euros, going out in the group stage without winning a match the one time they did make it in '08. |
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It's an absolute joke. Wales have achieved nothing in football and yet they're in top 10. The system seriously needs looking at.
In competitive matches since July 2013, our record is P11 W5 D3 L3. England's is P13 W9 D2 L2. But because you beat lower ranked teams, you get less points per game than we got for beating teams that were in the top 10 in the world. It's a form league, simple as. |
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Wales above us, its about time the table was done proper
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Wales above us, its about time the table was done proper
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You know exactly how the rankings work, how they are weighted and what matches they take into account. In the same way you can't judge a PL season on a month's worth of games, you can't judge a whole country's footballing pedigree on the two-year window in which the rankings are calculated.
In competitive matches since July 2013, our record is P11 W5 D3 L3. England's is P13 W9 D2 L2. But because you beat lower ranked teams, you get less points per game than we got for beating teams that were in the top 10 in the world. It's a form league, simple as. |
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Perhaps we should just give England the number 1 spot and leave them there, to stop them whinging
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It is a shame that Portugal never goes very far in big stages despite their rankings
![]() They have a few great individual players ; some of the best in the world but sadly that's not enough. |
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If Wales had beaten Israel they were forecast to move upto 4th, not sure what a draw has done to the rankings.
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