FIFA new World Rankings (As of 7/17/14)

poeman · Post #1 » by **poeman** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:20 pm

http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankin ... index.html

Rnk Team Pts +/- Pos
1 Germany 1724 1 Up
2 Argentina 1606 3 Up
3 Netherlands 1496 12 Up
4 Colombia 1492 4 Up
5 Belgium 1401 6 Up
6 Uruguay 1330 1 Up
7 Brazil 1241 -4 Down
8 Spain 1229 -7 Down
9 Switzerland 1216 -3 Down
10 France 1202 7 Up
11 Portugal 1148 -7 Down
12 Chile 1098 2 Up
13 Greece 1091 -1 Down
14 Italy 1056 -5 Down
15 USA 989 -2 Down
16 Costa Rica 986 12 Up
17 Croatia 955 1 Up
18 Mexico 930 2 Up
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 917 2 Up
20 England 911 -10 Down
21 Ecuador 901 5 Up
22 Ukraine 898 -6 Down
23 Russia 897 -4 Down
24 Algeria 872 -2 Down
25 Côte d'Ivoire 850 -2 Down
26 Denmark 807 -3 Down
27 Scotland 734 0 Equal
28 Romania 733 1 Up
29 Sweden 724 3 Up
30 Venezuela 720 10 Up

Notables...DAMN what a drop for England!

Ted Lasso · Post #2 » by **Ted Lasso** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:24 pm

I was looking through the list earlier. How did Venezuela go up 10 spots? Did they beat Uruguay or Colombia's subs in a pre-tournament friendly or something?

Matty · Post #3 » by **Matty** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:25 pm

England might be crappy but putting teams like Greece ahead of them?

FIFA rankings were always terrible anyways.

Ted Lasso · Post #4 » by **Ted Lasso** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:48 pm

Matty wrote:England might be crappy but putting teams like Greece ahead of them?

FIFA rankings were always terrible anyways.

This system has a number of issues, but it's perfectly rational to place Greece ahead of England.

If Greece outperform England, on what basis are we going to rank England ahead of them?

Foye · Post #5 » by **Foye** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:33 pm

Back at home.

cgf · Post #6 » by **cgf** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:37 pm

Matty wrote:England might be crappy but putting teams like Greece ahead of them?

FIFA rankings were always terrible anyways.

Well at least in that case the greeks have outperformed the english so what does it matter that the english have a better talent pool when it comes to ranking what they've achieved?

Man of Steel · Post #7 » by **Man of Steel** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:42 pm

I know France were in a bad spot beforehand but the fact that they're still a spot behind the Swiss when the only French loss was a 0-1 off a set-piece to the reigning champions... FIFA gonna FIFA I guess.

Det the Threat · Post #8 » by **Det the Threat** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:47 pm

Who cares for that Fifa ranking?

No one knows what the heck they're basing it on anyways and it's just a list of names...

Post #9 » by **ATL Boy** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:54 pm

Thought for sure Bosnia would drop. Pleasantly surprised they went up.

cgf · Post #10 » by **cgf** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:58 pm

Man of Steel wrote:I know France were in a bad spot beforehand but the fact that they're still a spot behind the Swiss when the only French loss was a 0-1 off a set-piece to the reigning champions... FIFA gonna FIFA I guess.

To be fair though, the swiss did take the finalist that the faced in the knockouts closer to the edge :wink:

Man of Steel · Post #11 » by **Man of Steel** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:13 pm

cgf wrote:To be fair though, the swiss did take the finalist that the faced in the knockouts closer to the edge

yeah, not a knock on the Swiss, more at how awful the French were rated before this tournament. Not a betting man but I'd put money on France reaching at least Semis in 2016 with all that talent they've got.

Ted Lasso · Post #12 » by **Ted Lasso** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:56 pm

cgf wrote:
Man of Steel wrote:I know France were in a bad spot beforehand but the fact that they're still a spot behind the Swiss when the only French loss was a 0-1 off a set-piece to the reigning champions... FIFA gonna FIFA I guess.

To be fair though, the swiss did take the finalist that the faced in the knockouts closer to the edge

Which opponent didn't take Argentina to the edge?

treiz · Post #13 » by **treiz** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:58 pm

How bad are we? :lol:

EArl · Post #14 » by **EArl** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:20 am

Brazil shouldn't hve dropped that low. I would still rank them in the top 5

Post #15 » by **ATL Boy** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:52 am

Man, Spain was number 1 for how many consecutive years? They just dropped to 8 in a month.

EArl · Post #16 » by **EArl** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:57 am

fifa rankings are not the best rankings out there. The way that Spain played though doesn't make me feel bad that they dropped that low though. Lets see how they respond to that.

Post #17 » by **ATL Boy** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:56 am

EArl wrote:fifa rankings are not the best rankings out there. The way that Spain played though doesn't make me feel bad that they dropped that low though. Lets see how they respond to that.

They aren't reliable no, but they do count for something come time for qualifying and World Cup draws, otherwise I don't think anyone would pay any attention to them.

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J-Mezzy · Post #18 » by **J-Mezzy** » Sat Aug 2, 2014 11:35 am

treiz wrote:How bad are we?

Is that Colombia on your avi? Lol.

treiz · Post #19 » by **treiz** » Sun Aug 3, 2014 12:08 pm

J-Mezzy wrote:
treiz wrote:How bad are we?

Is that Colombia on your avi? Lol.

Damn straight it is! How about that James guy eh? :lol:

Great to see you back as well.