Jul 13 2006, 05:26 PM
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Despite the new criteria, the rankings do offer a few noteworthy anomalies, however.
They include:
* England's points rating climbing despite their dismal WC performances.
* Sweden slipping six places to 22nd. Paraguay, whom the Swedes knocked out en route to the group stages, duly move in the opposite direction, climbing fourteen places to 19th.
* Serbia and Montenegro rising eight places despite losing all three of their matches and returning home with a minus-eight goal difference.
* Saudi Arabia being demoted a whopping 47 places to 82nd in the world. Tunisia, with whom the Saudis drew at the World Cup, and whose final goal difference was superior by just one score, fall just eight places to 31st. Clearly, it was a significant goal.
* Portugal falling to eighth in the rankings despite beating England on the way to the WC semi-finals.
* Mexico falling fourteen places as punishment for the unforgivebale crime of being beaten in extra-time by third-ranked Argentina in the WC's best game.
* WC-absentees Uruguay climbing eight places to a lofty 14th and being ranked above Mexico.
* Guinea, a country which F365 wasn't entirely aware played football, being ranked 24th in the world. Greece, reigning champions of a continent which produced six of the quarter-finalists and all four of the semi-finalists, are a distant 32nd.
* South Korea being demoted 27 places. Togo, who lost all three of their matches, including a defeat to the Koreans, rise fourteen places to be ranked ahead of the Koreans.
* Scotland being ranked inside the top 50.
Hmm... does anyone know how FIFA did the math? They include:
* England's points rating climbing despite their dismal WC performances.
* Sweden slipping six places to 22nd. Paraguay, whom the Swedes knocked out en route to the group stages, duly move in the opposite direction, climbing fourteen places to 19th.
* Serbia and Montenegro rising eight places despite losing all three of their matches and returning home with a minus-eight goal difference.
* Saudi Arabia being demoted a whopping 47 places to 82nd in the world. Tunisia, with whom the Saudis drew at the World Cup, and whose final goal difference was superior by just one score, fall just eight places to 31st. Clearly, it was a significant goal.
* Portugal falling to eighth in the rankings despite beating England on the way to the WC semi-finals.
* Mexico falling fourteen places as punishment for the unforgivebale crime of being beaten in extra-time by third-ranked Argentina in the WC's best game.
* WC-absentees Uruguay climbing eight places to a lofty 14th and being ranked above Mexico.
* Guinea, a country which F365 wasn't entirely aware played football, being ranked 24th in the world. Greece, reigning champions of a continent which produced six of the quarter-finalists and all four of the semi-finalists, are a distant 32nd.
* South Korea being demoted 27 places. Togo, who lost all three of their matches, including a defeat to the Koreans, rise fourteen places to be ranked ahead of the Koreans.
* Scotland being ranked inside the top 50.
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