Day Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 England have risen to seventh in the latest FIFA world rankings despite their dismal display at the World Cup. Though FIFA's statistics rated England's performance in South Africa as their worst-ever display at a World Cup, Italy's even greater disaster and Portugal's lacklustre tournament saw both sides plummet below Fabio Capello's side. Italy dropped to 11th in the list, hit by the loss of their points from winning the last World Cup, while Portugal slip to eighth following their mediocre displays and the loss of their points from their run to the semi-finals in Germany four years ago. Only Uruguay overtook England. Newly-crowned world champions Spain move to the top of rankings ahead of second-placed Netherlands, while pre-tournament number ones Brazil slip down to third. Germany and Argentina both climbed two spots to fourth and fifth place respectively, while Uruguay's outstanding tournament sees them climb 10 places to sixth. Paraguay also climbed the table, picking up 15 places after their solid showing - but France have now slipped to 21st after their abysmal displays. Not that the French should be too worried: the only other time they have slipped out of the world's top 20 was in April 1998 - just a few weeks before they won the World Cup for the first time in their nation's history. Ranking (previous position in brackets) 1 (2) Spain 2 (4) Netherlands 3 (1) Brazil 4 (6) Germany 5 (7) Argentina 6 (16) Uruguay 7 (8) England 8 (3) Portugal 9 (12) Egypt 10 (18) Chile 11 (5) Italy 12 (13) Greece 13 (14) USA 13 (15) Serbia 15 (10) Croatia 16 (31) Paraguay 17 (11) Russia 18 (24) Switzerland 19 (25) Slovenia 20 (20) Australia 21 (9) France 22 (22) Norway 23 (32) Ghana 24 (17) Mexico 25 (23) Ukraine 26 (27) Côte d'Ivoire 27 (34) Slovakia 28 (29) Turkey 29 (36) Denmark 30 (21) Nigeria 31 (33) Czech Republic 32 (45) Japan 33 (30) Algeria 34 (42) Gabon 35 (37) Sweden 36 (41) Republic of Ireland 37 (26) Israel 38 (53) Peru 39 (35) Colombia 40 (19) Cameroon 41 (43) Scotland 42 (28) Romania 43 (39) Bulgaria 44 (47) Korea Republic 45 (48) Burkina Faso 46 (38) Honduras 47 (49) Venezuela 48 (59) Belgium 49 (40) Costa Rica 50 (46) Latvia http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/14072010/58/world-cup-2010-england-flops-climb-world-rankings.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 what a load of crap.7th my @rse,theyve forgot the 0 after the 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Scotland. Come on lads. Wales? FFS! you aint even on the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 France down to 21st from 9th made me larf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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