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<SPAN class=art-title2>Rousing return for Vietnam</SPAN> <TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5 width=150 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
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<SPAN class=textblack11px_normal>Vietnam were the biggest movers in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for January, rising an impressive 38 places to rest in 134th position.
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(FIFA.com)</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">17 Jan 2007</SPAN>
<SPAN class=art-text>The first FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of the new year differs little from the last edition of 2006.
Given the limited number of international matches played this month, the top of the list remains largely unchanged.
Nevertheless, while Brazil, Italy, Argentina and France continue to lead the way, Germany (up one) edge ahead of England into fifth place on account of the devaluation of older results in the ranking's calculation. A few positions back, Egypt (19th, up eight) surge up the ladder for the same reason.
By contrast, a string of teams from outside the top 50 profit from good results in recent weeks. Returning to the international arena after a two-year absence with five games in the last month, Vietnam (134th, up 38) are the pick of the bunch, while Haiti (92nd, up 10), Lebanon (110th, up 16), Mauritania (122nd, up 11) and Thailand (124th, up 13) also climb.
It is interesting to note that, in the light of the Comoros' victory over Djibouti in their first ever full international, a result that takes them to 187th place in the pecking order, the world ranking now features all 207 FIFA member associations.
Only 31 new matches - all of them friendlies and most involving Asian teams - have been taken into account in the calculation of the January ranking.Sixteen were played at the end of 2006, the remainder since the turn of the year.
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CONCACAF Rankings
21 Mexico
31 USA
48 Cuba
56 Honduras
57 Jamaica
66 Costa Rica
80 Panama
81 Canada
87 Trinidad and Tobago
92 Haiti
99 Barbados
100 Guyana
104 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
105 Guatemala
114 Surinam
121 Bermuda
136 Dominican Republic
143 St. Kitts and Nevis
147 Bahamas
156 El Salvador
163 Grenada
164 St. Lucia
168 Nicaragua
169 Turks and Caicos Islands
172 Netherlands Antilles
181 Dominica
190 Cayman Islands
192 British Virgin Islands
196 Puerto Rico
197 Anguilla
199 Aruba
199 Belize
199 Montserrat
199 US Virgin Islands
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<SPAN class=textblack11px_normal>Vietnam were the biggest movers in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for January, rising an impressive 38 places to rest in 134th position.</SPAN><SPAN class=textblack11px_bold>(FIFA.com)</SPAN> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(FIFA.com)</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">17 Jan 2007</SPAN>
<SPAN class=art-text>The first FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of the new year differs little from the last edition of 2006.
Given the limited number of international matches played this month, the top of the list remains largely unchanged.
Nevertheless, while Brazil, Italy, Argentina and France continue to lead the way, Germany (up one) edge ahead of England into fifth place on account of the devaluation of older results in the ranking's calculation. A few positions back, Egypt (19th, up eight) surge up the ladder for the same reason.
By contrast, a string of teams from outside the top 50 profit from good results in recent weeks. Returning to the international arena after a two-year absence with five games in the last month, Vietnam (134th, up 38) are the pick of the bunch, while Haiti (92nd, up 10), Lebanon (110th, up 16), Mauritania (122nd, up 11) and Thailand (124th, up 13) also climb.
It is interesting to note that, in the light of the Comoros' victory over Djibouti in their first ever full international, a result that takes them to 187th place in the pecking order, the world ranking now features all 207 FIFA member associations.
Only 31 new matches - all of them friendlies and most involving Asian teams - have been taken into account in the calculation of the January ranking.Sixteen were played at the end of 2006, the remainder since the turn of the year.
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CONCACAF Rankings
21 Mexico
31 USA
48 Cuba
56 Honduras
57 Jamaica
66 Costa Rica
80 Panama
81 Canada
87 Trinidad and Tobago
92 Haiti
99 Barbados
100 Guyana
104 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
105 Guatemala
114 Surinam
121 Bermuda
136 Dominican Republic
143 St. Kitts and Nevis
147 Bahamas
156 El Salvador
163 Grenada
164 St. Lucia
168 Nicaragua
169 Turks and Caicos Islands
172 Netherlands Antilles
181 Dominica
190 Cayman Islands
192 British Virgin Islands
196 Puerto Rico
197 Anguilla
199 Aruba
199 Belize
199 Montserrat
199 US Virgin Islands