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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (2307)7/4/2002 2:10:46 PM
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2002 World Ranking for Football -updated-

PL Country GP W D L F A GOALS PTS +/- over '98 Placing
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1.Brazil 87 60 14 13 191- 82 134
2.Germany 85 50 18 17 176-106 118
3.Italy 70 39 17 14 110- 67 95
4.Argentina 60 30 11 19 102- 71 71
5.England 50 22 15 13 68- 44 59
6.Spain 45 19 12 14 71- 53 50 +1
7.France 44 21 7 16 86- 61 49 -1
8.Sweden 42 15 11 16 71- 65 41 +4
9.Russia/USSR 37 17 6 14 64- 44 40
10.Yugoslavia 37 16 8 13 60- 46 40 -2
11.Uruguay 40 15 10 15 65- 57 40 -1
12.Holland 32 14 9 9 56- 36 37 -1
13.Hungary 32 15 3 14 87- 57 33
14.Poland 28 14 5 9 42- 36 33
15.Mexico 41 10 11 20 43- 79 31 +2
16.Belgium 36 10 9 17 46- 63 29 +2
17.Austria 29 12 4 13 43- 47 28 -2
18.Czechoslovakia 30 11 5 14 44- 45 27 -2
19.Romania 21 8 5 8 30- 32 21
20.Chile 25 7 6 12 31- 40 20
21.Paraguay 19 5 7 7 25- 34 17 +2
22.Denmark 13 7 2 4 24- 18 16 +5
23.Cameroon 17 4 7 6 15- 29 15 +3
24.Scotland 23 4 7 12 25- 41 15 -3
25.Switzerland 22 6 3 13 33- 51 15 -3
26.Portugal 12 7 - 5 25- 16 14 -1
27.United States 22 6 2 14 25- 45 14 +4
28.Bulgaria 26 3 8 15 22- 53 14 -4
29.Croatia 10 6 - 4 13- 8 12 +1
30.Ireland 13 2 8 3 10- 10 12 +6
31.South Korea 21 3 6 12 19- 49 12 +12
32.Turkey 10 5 1 4 20- 17 11 +15
33.Northern Ireland 13 3 5 5 13- 23 11 -5
34.Peru 15 4 3 8 19- 31 11 -5
35.Nigeria 11 4 1 6 14- 16 9 -3
36.Morocco 13 2 4 7 12- 18 8 -3
37.Colombia 13 3 2 8 14- 23 8 -3
38.Norway 8 2 3 3 7- 8 7 -3
39.Costa Rica 7 3 1 3 9- 12 7 +3
40.Senegal 5 2 2 1 7- 6 6 0
41.East Germany 6 2 2 2 5- 5 6 -4
42.Wales 5 1 3 1 4- 4 5 -4
43.Japan 7 2 1 4 6- 7 5 +13
44.South Africa 6 1 3 2 8- 11 5 +7
45.Algeria 6 2 1 3 6- 10 5 -6
46.Tunisia 9 1 3 5 5- 11 5 -5
47.Saudi Arabia 10 2 1 7 7- 25 5 -7
48.North Korea 4 1 1 2 5- 9 3 -4
49.Cuba 3 1 1 1 5- 12 3 -4
50.Iran 6 1 1 4 4- 12 3 -4
51.Honduras 3 - 2 1 2- 3 2 -3
52.Ecuador 3 1 - 2 2- 4 2 0
53.Israel 3 - 2 1 1- 3 2 -4
54.Egypt 4 - 2 2 3- 6 2 -4
55.Jamaica 3 1 - 2 3- 9 2 -3
56.Kuwait 3 - 1 2 2- 6 1 -3
57.Australia 3 - 1 2 0- 5 1 -3
58.Bolivia 6 - 1 5 1- 20 1 -3
59.Iraq 3 - - 3 1- 4 0 -3
60.Slovenia 3 - - 3 2- 7 0 0
61.Canada 3 - - 3 0- 5 0 -3
62.Dutch East Indies 1 - - 1 0- 6 0 -3
63.Utd Arab Emirates 3 - - 3 2- 11 0 -3
64.China 3 - - 3 0- 9 0 0
65.New Zealand 3 - - 3 2- 12 0 -4
66.Greece 3 - - 3 0- 10 0 -4
67.Haiti 3 - - 3 2- 14 0 -4
68.Zaïre 3 - - 3 0- 14 0 -4
69.El Salvador 6 - - 6 1- 22 0 -4

This table is based on 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw
because that was the point system used from the beginning of World Cup history.
Only in recent years have 3 pts been given for a win.
Only matches in the World Cup finals (not qualifying games) are counted.
Matches decided on penalties are counted as draws in this table.
The red (negative) and blue (positive) numbers on the far right of the table
indicate the changes from 1998 to 2002.

Comment to the updated table:

No changes in the top five of the list. Spain took advantage of France's
poor showing and edged past them by one point.
Sweden climbed four more places and is now on a very respectable 8th position.
Former minnows South Korea, Turkey and Japan all made giant leaps on the table
and Senegal in their first ever tournament managed to put almost 30 teams
with WC records behind them, not bad.
Saudi Arabia suffered the heaviest fall from 40 to 47.
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