The FIFA today released the new FIFA /Coca-Cola World Ranking. Italy remains atop the rankings, France has advanced to second place forcing Brazil into third place. Closing out the top ten are Germany, Argentina, Portugal, Spain, England, Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
Jamaica has moved from 69th to 68th and is now the top ranked Caribbean team and the 7th ranked CONCACAF team. There were significant moves made by CONCACAF teams. USA moved up 13 places to be ranked 16th in the world and 1st in CONCACAF, Mexico dropped 6 places to 26th in the world and 2nd in CONCACAF. The most significant move was that of Canada who moved 38 places to be ranked 56th in the world and 6th in CONCACAF.
See top ten CONCACAF Table below
Team FIFA rank Places moved since last ranking USA 16 + 13 Mexico 26 - 6 Costa Rica 46 + 6 Panama 52 + 8 Honduras 55 0 Canada 56 + 38 Jamaica 68 + 1 Trinidad 73 - 6 Cuba 78 - 7 Guatemala 81 + 6
What counts towards the ranking?
- FIFA World Cup final competition matches - FIFA World Cup qualifying competition matches - Continental Championship final competition matches - Continental Championship qualifying competition matches - Friendly matches
Ranking points are calculated based on the following criteria
- Points for a win, draw or defeat - Type of competition (multiplication factor) - Strength of opponent (multiplication factor) - Strength of confederation in question (multiplication factor)
Additionally, the results a team has recorded in the previous twelve months are most important. Results from previous years are also taken into account but their value decreases annually until four years after the match was played (100% of ranking points for matches played in the last 12 months, 50% of ranking points for matches played in the last 12-24 months previously, 30% for matches played in the last 24-36 months and 20% for matches played in the last 36-48 months) at which point the result no longer has any impact on the ranking.
