according to the FIFA rankings england is at number 14? do u agree?
487562
I put FIFA's rankings on par with "American Idol" voting.\n\nA waste of time and highly un-informative.
1000219
According to the Official FIFA Points Ranking system England are ranked 10th. However this is not an accurate representation as Mexico and the USA,ranked 4th and 5th respectively,play lowly ranked teams on a regular basis to accumulate points.Whereas Argentina,England and Italy are ranked lower due to playing less matches, and as Argentina are favourites to win the World Cup and USA are now out of it,show the system doesn't work.
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here is the rankings 1-205 (this is the most updated rankings)\n\n1 Brazil \n2 Czech Republic \n3 The Netherlands \n4 Mexico \n5 USA  \n5 Spain \n7 Portugal \n8 France \n9 Argentina \n10 England \n    \n11 Nigeria \n11 Denmark \n13 Italy  \n14 Turkey \n15 Cameroon \n16 Sweden \n17 Egypt  \n18 Japan \n19 Germany  \n20 Greece \n    \n21 Tunisia \n22 Uruguay  \n23 Iran  \n23 Croatia \n25 Romania  \n26 Costa Rica  \n27 Colombia \n28 Senegal  \n29 Poland \n29 Korea Republic \n31 Republic of Ireland \n32 Côte d'Ivoire \n33 Paraguay \n34 Saudi Arabia \n35 Switzerland \n36 Morocco  \n37 Russia \n37 Bulgaria \n39 Ecuador \n40 Norway \n    \n41 Slovakia \n42 Honduras \n42 Australia  \n44 Serbia and Montenegro \n45 Ukraine  \n46 Jamaica \n47 Trinidad and Tobago \n48 Ghana  \n49 Finland \n49 Israel  \n51 Guinea \n52 Iraq \n53 South Africa  \n54 Bahrain \n55 Zimbabwe \n56 Belgium  \n57 Angola \n57 Zambia  \n59 Scotland  \n60 Uzbekistan \n    \n61 Togo  \n62 Guatemala \n63 Bosnia-Herzegovina  \n64 Chile  \n65 Belarus  \n66 Peru  \n66 Mali \n68 China PR  \n69 Congo DR  \n70 Latvia  \n71 Slovenia \n71 Venezuela  \n71 United Arab Emirates \n74 Kuwait  \n74 Wales  \n76 Hungary  \n76 Estonia \n78 Qatar  \n79 Austria  \n80 Cuba \n    \n81 Panama \n82 Oman \n83 Canada  \n84 Jordan \n85 Albania  \n86 Libya \n87 Algeria \n88 Korea DPR \n89 Burkina Faso \n90 Syria  \n91 FYR Macedonia \n92 Singapore \n93 Lithuania  \n94 Rwanda  \n95 Kenya  \n96 Northern Ireland \n97 Uganda \n97 Sudan  \n99 Iceland  \n100 Cyprus \n    \n101 Georgia \n102 Bolivia \n103 Botswana \n104 Moldova  \n104 Gabon \n106 Haiti \n107 Malawi \n108 Thailand \n109 Armenia \n110 Indonesia \n111 Congo \n112 Azerbaijan  \n112 Ethiopia \n114 Benin \n115 Palestine  \n115 Hong Kong \n117 India  \n118 New Zealand  \n118 Barbados  \n120 Turkmenistan  \n    \n121 Tajikistan  \n122 Lebanon  \n123 Liechtenstein  \n123 Cape Verde Islands \n125 Malta \n126 Vietnam  \n127 Mozambique  \n127 Malaysia  \n129 Andorra  \n130 El Salvador  \n131 St. Lucia  \n132 Yemen  \n133 St. Kitts and Nevis  \n133 St. Vincent and the Grenadines  \n135 Kazakhstan  \n136 Sri Lanka  \n137 Maldives  \n137 Swaziland  \n139 Faroe Islands \n140 Bangladesh  \n    \n141 Lesotho  \n142 Fiji  \n143 Liberia  \n144 Solomon Islands  \n145 Tahiti  \n146 Mauritius  \n147 Kyrgyzstan  \n147 Vanuatu \n149 Myanmar \n150 Burundi \n151 Madagascar \n152 Luxembourg \n153 Pakistan  \n154 Equatorial Guinea  \n155 Grenada \n156 Chinese Taipei  \n157 Nicaragua  \n158 Surinam  \n159 Chad  \n160 Antigua and Barbuda  \n    \n161 San Marino \n162 Guyana  \n162 Bermuda  \n164 Namibia \n165 Sierra Leone \n166 Gambia \n167 Tanzania \n168 Papua New Guinea \n169 Nepal \n170 Netherlands Antilles \n171 Eritrea \n172 Laos \n173 British Virgin Islands \n174 Dominica \n175 Dominican Republic \n176 Seychelles \n177 Niger \n178 Mauritania \n179 Mongolia \n180 Belize \n    \n181 Central African Republic \n182 Cayman Islands \n183 Samoa \n184 Cambodia \n185 Somalia  \n186 Guinea-Bissau \n187 Tonga  \n188 Afghanistan \n188 New Caledonia \n190 Bhutan \n191 Philippines \n192 Macau \n193 Brunei Darussalam  \n194 Bahamas \n195 Cook Islands  \n196 Puerto Rico  \n197 US Virgin Islands \n198 São Tomé e Príncipe \n199 Anguilla \n200 Djibouti \n    \n201 Aruba \n202 Montserrat \n203 Guam \n204 Turks and Caicos Islands \n205 American Samoa
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I propose that you visits the web site of FIFA you can get all the information of ranking\nWWW.fifa.com
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This is the rankings as they are now, direct from FIFA website: http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-May-2006,00.html\n\nThis website explains ranking system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings
458146
i think England has a glorious chance this year, look at the quality of their squad, the first tim is so balance, honest.. maybe they have weaknesses on second layer but as long as everybody fit, England may come as champion world cup this year
1087246
In this world cup its a toss up. Their game just started so i don't know the reslut. But I think they will place in the top 3 if not the top 5.
797145
england are NOT the best team in the world on paper, they're just quite good. world rankings mean sweet f.a. sorry guys - the USA was 4th going in to the world cup. england haven't beaten a big side in a competitive game in years - i think the last one that could be considered a 'big' side would be argentina in 2002 - and that was in the group stage, against an admittedly poor argentina side, from a spot kick. come on people! just admit england are sh.it\n\nteams that could win:\nportugal\ngermany\nspain\nitaly (but i wouldn't bank on it)
1131330
Pretty far, actually. According to FIFA, they are #2 in the world's rankings after Brazil. I'd say if they keep doing well, they've got a real chance for the cup.
662853
I place England among 5 European teams i think can win the world cup. And like i have always postulated, it the European continent's turn to win it.\n\nGermany, France, Italy, England and Czech Republic make up the five.
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Yes, because I don't think that England has their best team right now. They are suffering from alot of injuries, like Pakistan.
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Turkey currently stands at 14 in the FIFA rankings - they're not a bad team.  Honestly, I was stunned they didn't qualify.  I think they'll win (or come close) in 2010 - if they qualify.  Thing is, I think the 2010 World Cup will be good for them, because it will be about the SPORT, not the politics around them.  Considering it's hosted in South Africa next time 'round, it really will be all about the game and not your political stance. I really, really think they have a good chance of coming close in the next cup.  They're a strong team and play well.
1043943
well they rank the team before and after the WC
1179790
England's performances so far have been laclustre - but they have qualified for the quarter finals! They have not yet met any teams from the 'A' list yet, eg Germany, Argentina etc, so we will have to see if their luck holds out.
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brazil are the official favourites this time, but England are second. come on England
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http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/rank/procedures/0,2540,3,00.html\n\nThe FIFA ranking system was introduced in 1993 and is supposed to be a reliable measure for comparing national teams, but if you look at the previous World Cup in 2002, and prior to that in 1998 you would discover that it is not reliable.\n\nIf you look at the ranking system in May prior to those World Cup's starting, and then at the outcome of the World Cup, you'd find that out of 8 teams: Winners, Second, Third, Fourth, then the 4 Quarter Finalists, only two were ranked in the top 8, and you don't have to be a genius to believe Brazil are the top team.\n\nFrance won the World Cup in 1998 yet were ranked 18th, even Egypt and Morroco were ahead of them.\n\nBrazil won the World Cup in 2002 and were ranked 3rd, France were ranked 1st yet had a terrible tournament.\n\nIf you want to bet on the World Cup don't use the ranking system, it is not an indicator of World Cup performance.
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1 BRAZIL\n2 ARGENTINA\n3 ENGLAND\n4 NETHERLANDS\n5 PORTUGAL\n6 GERMANY\n7 ITALY\n8 SPAIN\n9 FRANCE\n10 UKRAINE\n11 GHANA\n12 SWEDEN\n13 SWITZERLAND\n14 AUSTRALIA\n15 ECUADOR\n16 MEXICO