FIFA World Rankings

baggio248 · 07-20-2005, 08:09 AM

Since soccer has made it in this forum a few times, I figured I'd post it. I find it hard to believe that the US Team is ranked higher than England. I mean thats great for US Soccer, but in my mind its not a comparison.
Linky to the other 175 ranked teams

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Twenty-six of the top 50 teams are from Europe. Africa has eight, South America six, Asia five, and CONCACAF five.
1 Brazil
2 Argentina
3 Netherlands
4 Czech Republic
5 Mexico
6 USA
7 France
8 England
8 Spain
10 Portugal
11 Germany
12 Turkey
13 Japan
14 Italy
15 Iran
15 Republic of Ireland
17 Sweden
18 Uruguay
19 Denmark
19 Greece
21 Korea Republic
22 Croatia
23 Costa Rica
24 Poland
25 Colombia

kimchicowboy · 07-20-2005, 09:02 AM

KOREA!

what's concacaf?

baggio248 · 07-20-2005, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by kimchicowboy

KOREA!

what's concacaf?

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football

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CONCACAF “The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football” is one of six continental confederations of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) and serves as governing body of football in this part of the world. It is composed of 40 national associations, from Canada in the north to Suriname in the south.
As the administrative body for the region, CONCACAF organizes competitions, offers training courses in technical and administrative aspects of the game, and helps builds football throughout the region. The primary function of the Confederation is the organization of competitions for national teams and clubs. It also conducts qualifying tournaments for FIFA events including the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA world championships at youth levels and in beach football and futsal.

bachviet · 07-20-2005, 09:51 AM

How can USA rank above France, England, Spain, Portugal, or Germany?

The US national team never won in Europe and I don't think we could match with the European powerhouses. Playing in the weak CONCACAF helps a lot in the ranking because team USA could get lots of wins.

07-20-2005, 09:02 AM	#2
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07-20-2005, 09:51 AM	#4
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