FIFA Ranking Thread.

[Reggaefan]

Soon we will be No.1 in the Caribbean again...Cuba has dropped alot in last few months and JA is rightfully behind us...

Heh heh. I suspect we wont be hearing many complaints from people here about the stupidity of the FIFA rankings. It all looks to make sense now doesnt it?

Recent losses (2-0 to Switzerland) and (1-1 tie at home to Panama) is to be blamed for Jamaica's 7 points drop. No surprises there. Who's T&T's next opponent?

You are forgetting the upcoming tournament (in may) at the Center of excellence which involves T&T, Mexico and two other teams 

Who are the two other teams involved? It would be interesting to see.

[Big Magician]

thats perfect fifa...keep dem brits below us

[Storeboy]

The rankings were never good!  They are not good now either despite our ranking above JA.  I don't care about the rankings.  I want us to beat JA onthe field or I will always believe that we are fool's gold.

[D.H.W]

thats perfect fifa...keep dem brits below us

dey at dey rightfull where dey belong 

[morvant]

ah glad and vex at de same time

fire bun reggaefart

[jamaica2099]

I place my trust only in the ELO Ratings.  But I love FIFA tournaments.

The  G O L D   C U P  is a fifa tournament, isn't it? ( )

The unfortunate thing about the FIFA ranking is that the U-17 and U-20 teams of a nation does not help the rankings. And they have no ranking of their own. 

[black chinee]

I place my trust only in the ELO Ratings.  But I love FIFA tournaments.

The  G O L D   C U P  is a fifa tournament, isn't it? ( )

The unfortunate thing about the FIFA ranking is that the U-17 and U-20 teams of a nation does not help the rankings. And they have no ranking of their own. 

Oh Gawd... yuh grasping at straws now man.....lol..... juss now yuh go want U-12 tuh be part of de rating.....lol

[trinbago]

Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
1  Italy  1606 0       2
2  Brazil  1538 1       18
3  Argentina  1520 -1       -74
4  France  1507 0       11
5  Germany  1390 0       -3
6  Netherlands  1309 0       7
7  Portugal  1300 0       8
8  England  1278 0       0
9  Spain  1238 0       1
10  Czech Republic  1170 0       1
11  Ukraine  1040 0       19
12  Croatia  1011 0       0
13  Cameroon  968 0       0
14  Scotland  953 5       68
15  Romania  930 -1       1
16  Greece  915 -1       10
17  Russia  908 -1       7
18  Poland  902 3       32
19  Turkey  896 -2       4
20  Mexico  891 -2       3
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
21  Switzerland  884 -1       7
22  Sweden  867 2       10
23  Denmark  862 -1       -1
23  Uruguay  862 0       0
25  Côte d'Ivoire  850 0       3
26  Colombia  838 0       13
27  Nigeria  823 0       -1
28  Ghana  819 0       6
29  USA  785 0       3
30  Ecuador  782 0       2
31  Serbia  769 1       12
32  Republic of Ireland  765 -1       -1
33  Northern Ireland  742 0       0
34  Israel  736 -1       -6
35  Paraguay  729 0       18
36  Bulgaria  705 2       10
37  Slovakia  702 -1       3
38  Egypt  694 1       5
39  Senegal  692 1       6
40  Mali  685 0       -1
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
41  Iran  673 1       0
42  Australia  668 1       0
43  Chile  667 -6       -29
44  Japan  656 2       22
45  Finland  649 0       0
46  Tunisia  648 -2       -7
47  Morocco  638 1       14
48  Bosnia-Herzegovina  621 -1       -7
49  Norway  620 0       4
50  Guinea  593 0       4
51  Korea Republic  587 0       2
52  Costa Rica  575 0       5
53  FYR Macedonia  554 1       3
54  Burkina Faso  549 1       0
55  Honduras   542 -3       -28
56  Angola  539 1       19
57  Hungary  521 1       3
58  Uzbekistan  517 2       6
59  South Africa  516 2       18
60  Panama  514 -4       -14
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
61  Congo DR  512 23       127
62  Belgium  502 -3       -10
63  Saudi Arabia  484 -1       7
64  Belarus  479 -1       4
65  Algeria  471 -1       0
66  Togo  466 0       1
67  Trinidad and Tobago   463 -1       -2
68  Zambia  462 1       6
69  Jamaica   457 -1       -2
70  Venezuela  448 1       1
71  Cuba  442 -6       -26
71  Peru  442 -1       -6
73  China PR  433 -1       1
74  Oman  432 -2       0
75  Wales  423 -1       0
76  Slovenia  422 0       3
77  Austria  420 -2       -2
78  Albania  412 -1       6
79  Iraq  402 -1       0
80  Cyprus  401 0       6
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
81  Congo  394 -2       -2
82  Jordan  392 -2       -3
83  Qatar  387 0       0
84  Zimbabwe  379 -2       -10
85  Haiti  372 1       -1
86  Equatorial Guinea  365 1       0
87  Guatemala   363 3       12
88  Cape Verde Islands  357 0       0
89  Libya  350 4       7
90  United Arab Emirates  344 1       -4
90  Moldova  344 2       -1
92  Georgia  343 -7       -31
92  Lithuania  343 -3       -13
94  Canada  342 0       0
95  Kuwait  338 1       0
96  Iceland  335 1       3
97  Bolivia  332 0       0
98  Guyana  328 1       0
99  Ethiopia  320 -4       -20
100  St. Vincent and the Grenadines   318 2       5
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
101  Bahrain   317 -1       0
102  Botswana  315 -1       1
103  Azerbaijan  297 0       -1
104  Latvia  294 0       -3
104  Gabon  294 1       0
106  Uganda  291 0       0
107  Malawi  289 0       0
107  Benin  289 0       0
109  Hong Kong  256 0       0
110  Estonia  254 0       7
111  Syria  253 -1       6
112  Malta  250 -2       3
113  Barbados  245 0       0
114  Sudan  241 0       1
115  Suriname  236 0       0
115  Kazakhstan  236 1       1
117  Tanzania  235 -1       0
118  Mozambique  230 8       42
119  Liberia  224 -1       0
120  Thailand  218 -1       0
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
121  Burundi  217 -1       0
122  Rwanda  212 -1       0
123  Bermuda  206 0       7
124  Kenya  204 -2       0
125  Singapore  193 -1       0
126  Antigua and Barbuda  192 -1       0
127  New Zealand  183 5       17
128  Armenia  180 -1       -4
129  Mauritania  174 0       0
130  Lebanon  171 0       0
131  Namibia  168 -3       -7
132  Gambia  162 1       0
133  Chad  159 1       0
134  Liechtenstein  158 -3       -10
134  Yemen  158 1       0
136  St. Kitts and Nevis  153 1       0
137  Palestine  150 1       0
138  Dominican Republic  149 1       0
139  Vietnam  148 1       0
139  Eritrea  148 1       0
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
141  Korea DPR  144 1       0
142  Mauritius  136 3       14
143  Seychelles  130 -7       -27
144  El Salvador  129 -1       -6
145  Niger  126 -1       0
146  Lesotho  124 1       4
147  Tajikistan  122 -2       0
148  Fiji  119 4       12
149  Indonesia  118 -1       0
150  Bahamas  111 -1       0
151  Swaziland  110 -1       0
152  Solomon Islands  109 2       11
153  Kyrgyzstan  108 -2       0
154  Nicaragua  101 0       3
155  Sierra Leone  100 -2       0
156  Myanmar  98 -2       0
156  Malaysia  98 -2       0
156  Grenada  98 2       3
159  Maldives  89 0       0
159  Vanuatu  89 3       7
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
161  Sri Lanka  85 -1       0
161  Andorra  85 0       1
163  Turkmenistan  72 0       -4
163  St. Lucia  72 1       0
165  Laos  70 0       0
165  India  70 0       0
167  Chinese Taipei  67 0       0
168  Turks and Caicos Islands  64 0       0
169  Tahiti  62 1       7
170  Philippines  58 -1       0
171  Cambodia  55 -1       0
171  Madagascar  55 11       28
173  Brunei Darussalam  51 0       0
174  Netherlands Antilles  47 -4       -8
174  New Caledonia  47 -1       -4
176  Papua New Guinea  45 -1       -2
176  Bangladesh  45 0       0
178  Luxembourg  38 -1       0
179  British Virgin Islands  33 -1       0
180  Central African Republic  30 0       0
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
181  Dominica  28 0       0
182  Pakistan  26 2       0
182  Comoros  26 2       0
184  Nepal  24 2       0
185  Faroe Islands  21 -6       -11
186  Cayman Islands  20 3       0
187  Afghanistan  18 3       0
187  Macau  18 3       0
187  Guinea-Bissau  18 3       0
190  Tonga  15 -2       -6
191  Samoa  14 -4       -8
192  Somalia  13 2       0
193  Mongolia  10 -11     -17
193  Puerto Rico  10 2       0
195  San Marino  8 1       0
196  Bhutan  4 -3       -10
196  Anguilla  4 1       0
198  Cook Islands  2 0       -1
199  US Virgin Islands  0 0       0
199  Montserrat  0 0       0
Rank  Team  Pts:
May 07  +/-Rank
Apr 07  +/-Pts: Apr 07 
199  Guam  0 0       0
199  American Samoa  0 0       0
199  Timor-Leste  0 0       0
199  Belize  0 0       0
199  Djibouti  0 0       0
199  São Tomé e Príncipe  0 0       0
199  Aruba  0 0       0

http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-May-2007,00.html

[dreamer]

We real scrapin' dread. 67. Papyo! Watch nah. Schedule some games wit de damn blacklisted players    before we drop below 70     ... and dey revoke all de European permits in de pipeline fuh we players

[Flex]

CONCACAF

Jamaica - 68
Trinidad & Tobago - 73
Cuba - 78

Full CONCACAF Ranking.

International

Belarus - 72
Trinidad & Tobago - 73
Oman - 74

Full International Ranking.

[pass(10trini)]

I just can't get these rankings.

[Storeboy]

I just can't get these rankings.

Don't hurt your brains, brother!  There is nothing to get. 

[Jayerson]

I believe a ranking below 70 will affect the ability of our players to secure British work permits. I could be wrong but I believe that the cut off is a ranking below 70.

[mukumsplau]

oh mih lord...well i guess it was comin after our horrendous gold cup...i wonder how this will affect our 'portsmouth trio' as well as jason scotland who hav ah work permit jumbie...

[E-man]

we lost 30 points, Canada and US added almost 200 points. El Salvador gained 60 points and moved up to 130th rank.

[jamaica2099]

Maybe FIFA is seeing the futre in their crystal ball.

[E-man]

If you look here: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tri/ranking/gender=m/index.html

This doesn't include Gold Cup matches yet - it has the Haiti friendly (Digicel shield) as the last match used. The Mexican u-23 didn't count.
I wish they would also show which matches from 2 years ago or however far they go back are being dropped from the ranking.

Here's a comparative graph of TRI, JAM, USA and MEX over the years - edit: that link won't recreate the graph - you have to enter the countries manually

[Deeks]

Don't bust your brains over rankings. It is usefull but not very important. To me at least.

[jonny]

July Concacaf Ranking :

10 Mexico up 16
14 USA up 2
50 Costa Rica down 4
52 Canada up 4
57 Panama down 5
63 Honduras down 8
65 Trinidad & Tobago up 8
75 Guatemala up 6
90 Cuba down 12
92 Haiti up 3
93 Jamaica down 25
100 Guyana down 2

World

64  South Africa
65  Trinidad and Tobago
65  Hungary

[WestCoast]

let the ponging begin

[arrow]

you highlighted the wrong row

93 Jamaica down 25  [/b][/color]

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Finally the rankings look fair lol

[Bourbon]

Still doh take it on as much. Buh like dem 8 goalls do it to dem boy wheyyy!!

[jamaica2099]

I recalled a prediction I made after the England tour debacle that the Jamaica/Reggae Boyz ranking would be in the 100's by the time Boxhill's reign was over.
Only 3 months left to see if my prediction will come to pass.

[Peong]

I recalled a prediction I made after the England tour debacle that the Jamaica/Reggae Boyz ranking would be in the 100's by the time Boxhill's reign was over.
Only 3 months left to see if my prediction will come to pass.

You make more predictions than Ms. Cleo.
Again you blaming Boxhill, when is Bora who take a shit side to Asia to collect every kind of goal imaginable, and the players who were willing to take so much licks.

Looking at Hungary's placing I don't think their league would have much to offer our players except money.
Oh I guess getting an EU work permit is not too hard there.

[capodetutticapi]

mexico deserve to be in top 10.

[Madd Ras#13]

mexico deserve to be in top 10.

agreed...

[Peong]

Brazil take over the #1 spot.

[dcs]

 Dais like falling in a bottomless pit.  25 spots in one month 

Dat go be hard to take.  Imagine Guyana at 100 might be looking to pass dem with only 15 points separating them.

I wonder if we go make a big fall sometime...I hope not but we eh have nothing to predict when we scheduled to lose points from old matches.  I sure the US have something in place already and might even schedule matches taking that into consideration.  Allyuh programmers need to fix we up with something.

[jamaica2099]

Dais like falling in a bottomless pit.  25 spots in one month 

Dat go be hard to take.  Imagine Guyana at 100 might be looking to pass dem with only 15 points separating them.

I wonder if we go make a big fall sometime...I hope not but we eh have nothing to predict when we scheduled to lose points from old matches.  I sure the US have something in place already and might even schedule matches taking that into consideration.  Allyuh programmers need to fix we up with something.

Check out the thrashing the U-20 Reggae Boyz getting from Argentina in their PanAm match now on ESPN Deportes.