FIFA World Rankings October 2007

Argentina are on top of the rankings following two wins in 2010 South American qualifying matches, Brazil are second and Italy third with France in 4th. England are down to 11th after defeat to Russia in Euro 2008 qualifying.

Japan rise to 30th position. South Korea are in 46th position.

The USA are in 18th. Croatia are in 10th after their good results in Euro 2008 qualifying. Scotland are up to 13th position. The Republic of Ireland stay in 32nd.

Source: www.fifa.com

How the rankings are calculated

Match Result: - Win-Draw-Defeat = 3 points - 1 points – 0 points
Importance of match - 1 (friendly match) to 4 (FIFA World Cup™)
Strength of opponent - Position in world ranking (no. 1 = 2.00, no. 30 = 1.70, no. 118 = 0.82 etc.) Formula: [200 minus Position] / 100
Regional strength - Based on results in last three FIFA World Cups (wins per confederation per match)
Period - Since the change to the FIFA World Ranking procedure which came into effect in August 2006 the rankings will no longer take into account the last eight years of results only the last four years of results.
Last four years, gradual decline in importance of results: 100%- 50% - 30% - 20%
Number of matches considered per year - Average points gained from all matches in last 12 months (minimum: 5 matches)

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