Soccer: Italy slip from 5th to 11th in FIFA rankings
World Cup exit puts Azzurri out of top ten
14 July, 12:29
(ANSA) - Rome, July 14 - Former world champions Italy slipped
from 5th to 11th in FIFA's world soccer rankings after their
early World Cup exit, the sport's ruling body said Wednesday.Freshly crowned champs Spain were top, followed by beaten finalists Netherlands in second and Brazil, down two spots to third. Italy was overtaken not only by the world's top teams but also by Egypt, who weren't at the World Cup, and Chile, beaten by Brazil in the second round.
Slovakia, whose 3-2 win over Marcello Lippi's men put the then holders out, gained 7 spots to 27th.
Uruguay, the surprise package of the South Africa tournament in reaching their first semi-final in 60 years, soared ten places to 6th.
Here's FIFA's new Top 40: TEAM POINTS CHANGE 1 SPAIN 1883 +1 2 NETHERLANDS 1659 +2 3 BRAZIL 1536 -2 4 GERMANY 1464 +2 5 ARGENTINA 1289 +2 6 URUGUAY 1152 +10 7 ENGLAND 1125 +1 8 PORTUGAL 1062 -5 9 EGYPT 1053 +3 10 CHILE 988 +8 11 ITALY 982 -6 12 GREECE 975 +1 13 USA 969 +1 13 SERBIA 969 +2 15 CROATIA 968 -5 16 PARAGUAY 961 +15 17 RUSSIA 956 -6 18 SWITZERLAND 940 +6 19 SLOVENIA 917 +6 20 AUSTRALIA 911 0 21 FRANCE 890 -12 22 NORWAY 878 0 23 GHANA 874 +9 24 MEXICO 872 -7 25 UKRAINE 870 -2 26 IVORY COAST 843 +1 27 SLOVAKIA 829 +7 28 TURKEY 810 +1 29 DENMARK 785 +7 30 NIGERIA 773 -9 31 CZECH REPUBLIC 769 +2 32 JAPAN 768 +13 33 ALGERIA 759 -3 34 GABON 755 +8 35 SWEDEN 747 +2 36 IRELAND 734 +5 37 ISRAEL 733 -11 38 PERU 726 +15 39 COLOMBIA 725 -4 40 CAMEROON 710 -21 photo: ex-Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro despairs as Italy go out to Slovakia
