FIFA World Rankings July 2007

Brazil are back on top of the rankings after winning the 2007 Copa America. Argentina are second and Italy drop to third with France in 4th. England fall out of the top 10 and are at 12th.

Japan move up to 36th position. South Korea fall to 58th position.

The USA are in 14th. Croatia are in 7th after their good results in Euro 2008 qualifying. Scotland are up to 22nd position. The Republic of Ireland drop down one in the rankings to 39th.

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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