Thursday, June 7, 2018

    FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking : Poland and Uruguay climb ahead of Russia 2018

    Poland and Uruguay climb ahead of Russia 2018 
    The recent flurry of pre-2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ friendly matches has left its mark on the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. While positions are maintained at the very top of the table, where Germany (1st, unchanged) and Brazil (2nd, unchanged) still lead the way, the Russia-bound duo of Poland (8th, up 2) and Uruguay (14th, up 3) have succeeded in making strides within the top 20.

    Wales (18th, up 3) have also climbed into that elite group, while further down the Ranking El Salvador (72, up 13), Azerbaijan (105, up 21), New Zealand (120, up 13), Kosovo (141, up 11), and Papua New Guinea (166, up 14) all registered significant gains.

    There is cause to celebrate, too, for Syria (73, up 3), Lebanon (79, up 3) and Gibraltar (195, up 1), with all three - along with the aforementioned Kosovans - having ascended to their best-ever positions on the global ladder.

    The Ranking makes less pleasant reading for Spain (10th, down 2), who swapped places with the Poles, Tunisia (21, down 7) and the Turks and Caicos Islands (206th, down 4), who slumped to the bottom of the table after joining Anguilla, Bahamas, Eritrea, Somalia and Tonga on zero points.




    The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 19 July 2018.

    Leader
    Germany (unchanged)

    Moves into top 10
    None

    Moves out of top 10
    None


    Matches played in total
    74

    Most matches played
    Botswana, Madacascar (4 each)

    Biggest move by points
    Azerbaijan (up 76 points)

    Biggest move by ranks

    Azerbaijan (up 21 ranks)

    Biggest drop by points
    Tunisia (down 102 points)

    Biggest drop by ranks

    Guyana (down 18 ranks)

    Newly ranked teams
    None


    Teams that are no longer ranked
    None

    Inactive teams, not ranked

    None

    source: fifa.com, 7 june 2018 [ link ]

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