FIFA World Rankings April 2007

Argentina are still top of the rankings following three wins in 2010 South American qualifying matches, Brazil are second and Italy third with Spain in 4th. England stay at 11th.

Japan have dropped one place to 36th position. South Korea have dropped 3 more places to 50th position.

The USA gain 7 places to be 21st. Croatia drop one place to 13th. Scotland also drop one place to 15th position. The Republic of Ireland drop 6 more places to 42nd.

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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