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FIFA World Rankings August 2010 (released 11 August)

In the second World Fifa Rankings after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa World Cup winners Spain are still at the top of the rankings followed by beaten finalists The Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Uruguay.

England are the 7th best team in the world in a month of little movement.

Egypt are in 9th and are the top ranked African team.

Japan are in 32nd; South Korea are in 44th position.

The USA are down to18th. Scotland are in 41st position. The Republic of Ireland are in 36th place.

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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