Wales Move Up Six Places

By Martin Williams
June 9 2004

Wales' four game unbeaten run following the defeat to Russia in the Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs has seen them rise six places in the FIFA World Rankings. Mark Hughes side have moved up from 66th to 60th.

Rank Team Pts:
Jun 04 		Rank: May 04 Change since
May 04		 Rank: Dec 03 Change since
Dec 03
1 Brazil 842 1 0 1 0
2 France 812 2 0 2 0
3 Spain 785 3 0 3 0
4 Mexico 735 6 2 7 3
5 Argentina 733 5 0 5 0
5 Netherlands 733 4 -2 4 -2
5 Turkey 733 7 0 8 1
8 Germany 726 9 1 12 4
9 USA 724 8 -1 11 2
10 Italy 723 11 1 10 0
11 Czech Republic 719 10 -1 6 -5
12 Cameroon 717 12 0 14 2
13 England 711 13 0 8 -5
14 Republic of Ireland 705 15 1 14 0
15 Denmark 696 14 -1 13 -2
16 Nigeria 691 16 0 35 19
17 Belgium 670 17 0 16 -1
18 Sweden 667 21 3 19 1
19 Iran 663 18 -1 28 9
20 Croatia 662 25 5 20 0
Rank Team Pts:
Jun 04 		Rank: May 04 Change since
May 04		 Rank: Dec 03 Change since
Dec 03
20 Korea Republic 662 19 -2 22 1
22 Portugal 661 20 -2 17 -5
23 Japan 658 26 3 29 6
24 Saudi Arabia 657 24 0 26 2
25 Paraguay 654 27 2 22 -3
26 Costa Rica 652 22 -4 17 -9
26 Poland 652 29 2 25 -2
26 Senegal 652 31 3 33 5
29 Egypt 649 34 5 32 3
29 Uruguay 649 28 -2 21 -9
31 Romania 645 23 -8 27 -4
31 Russia 645 30 -2 24 -8
33 Morocco 639 32 -1 38 5
33 Tunisia 639 33 -1 45 11
35 Greece 627 35 0 30 -5
36 Norway 616 37 1 42 6
37 Colombia 615 36 -1 39 2
37 Ecuador 615 41 3 37 -1
39 South Africa 613 40 1 36 -3
40 Bulgaria 609 38 -2 34 -6
Rank Team Pts:
Jun 04 		Rank: May 04 Change since
May 04		 Rank: Dec 03 Change since
Dec 03
41 Slovenia 608 39 -2 31 -10
42 Finland 586 42 0 40 -2
42 Jordan 586 43 0 47 4
44 Serbia and Montenegro 581 46 2 41 -3
45 Iraq 580 44 -1 43 -2
46 Mali 579 45 -1 54 8
47 Switzerland 576 47 0 44 -3
48 Zimbabwe 560 48 0 53 5
49 Australia 558 89 40 82 33
50 Venezuela 554 49 -1 57 7
51 Jamaica 553 50 -1 46 -5
52 Algeria 552 53 1 62 10
53 Latvia 551 52 -1 51 -2
54 Qatar 550 58 4 65 11
55 Honduras 547 51 -4 49 -6
55 Scotland 547 64 8 54 -2
57 Bahrain 546 60 3 64 7
57 Israel 546 57 -1 51 -7
59 Kuwait 544 54 -5 48 -11
60 Wales 543 66 6 66 6
Rank Team Pts:
Jun 04 		Rank: May 04 Change since
May 04		 Rank: Dec 03 Change since
Dec 03
61 Slovakia 542 55 -6 50 -11
61 Thailand 542 59 -3 60 -2
63 Oman 538 62 -1 62 -1
64 Bosnia-Herzegovina 529 61 -3 59 -5
65 Chile 527 77 12 80 15
65 China PR 527 67 1 86 20
65 Congo DR 527 63 -4 56 -11
65 Iceland 527 56 -12 58 -10
69 Côte d'Ivoire 525 75 6 70 1
70 Austria 524 73 3 67 -3
71 Ukraine 523 65 -6 60 -11
72 Peru 522 81 9 74 2
73 Burkina Faso 520 72 -1 78 5
74 Hungary 519 68 -6 72 -2
75 Estonia 517 71 -4 68 -7
76 United Arab Emirates 516 70 -6 75 -1
77 Trinidad and Tobago 515 76 -1 70 -7
77 Zambia 515 80 2 68 -10
79 Kenya 513 74 -5 72 -7
80 Cuba 510 78 -2 75 -5
Rank Team Pts:
Jun 04 		Rank: May 04 Change since
May 04		 Rank: Dec 03 Change since
Dec 03
80 New Zealand 510 96 15 88 7
82 Libya 508 69 -13 83 1
83 Syria 504 85 2 85 2
83 Uzbekistan 504 79 -5 81 -3
85 Angola 503 87 2 83 -2
86 Belarus 502 82 -4 90 4
87 Guatemala 493 83 -4 77 -10
88 Haiti 487 86 -2 96 8
89 Ghana 486 84 -5 78 -11
90 Turkmenistan 483 88 -2 99 9
91 Albania 481 91 0 89 -2
92 Guinea 479 92 0 101 9
93 FYR Macedonia 474 90 -3 92 -1
94 Togo 471 100 6 94 0
95 Canada 466 93 -2 87 -8
96 Vietnam 463 94 -2 98 2
97 Bolivia 462 103 6 99 2
97 Indonesia 462 95 -3 91 -7
97 Uganda 462 102 3 103 4
100 Rwanda 449 98 -2 109 9
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110 Northern Ireland 421 114 3 122 11
112 Azerbaijan 417 116 4 119 7

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