LONDON, Oct 19 - Leading FIFA world soccer
rankings issued on Wednesday (September position in brackets): 1. (1) Brazil 840 2. (2) Netherlands 797 3. (4) Czech Republic 783 4. (3) Argentina 778 5. (6) France 776 6. (5) Mexico 769 7. (7) United States 768 8. (8) Spain 764 9= (11) England 754 9= (9) Portugal 754 11. (12) Turkey 743 12. (13) Italy 736 13. (10) Sweden 733 14. (14) Denmark 730 15. (15) Germany 712 16. (16) Japan 711 17. (25) Uruguay 709 18. (20) Greece 706 19. (24) Croatia 702 20. (19) Costa Rica 700 Note: FIFA's standings are based on a statistical analysis
of countries' results over eight years, weighted according to
how recently the matches were played, the strength of the
opponents and the importance of each match.
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