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FIFA World Rankings August 2011 (released 24 August)

In the World Fifa Rankings of 2011 for August, The Netherlands have overtaken World Cup winners Spain at the top of the rankings, followed by Germany, England, Copa America winners Uruguay and Brazil down in sixth place.

Ivory Coast are still the top African team in 15th.

Japan are in 15th after winning the Asian Cup in Qatar; South Korea are in 33rd position.

The USA are in 28th place. Scotland are in 55th position. The Republic of Ireland are in 31st place, Northern Ireland 59th.

Source: www.fifa.com

How the FIFA World 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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