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Posted: Wednesday January 19, 2000 01:41 PM

FIFA World Rankings
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- The monthly FIFA World Rankings of national soccer teams for January. (Next rankings to be released Feb. 16, 2000):
Rank	Team	Points	Prev.
1	Brazil	839	1
2	Czech Republic	774	2
3	France	765	3
4	Spain	753	4
5	Germany	739	5
6	Argentina	721	6
7	Norway	718	7
8	Romania	715	8
9	Croatia	713	9
10	Mexico	706	10
11	Denmark	696	11
12	England	695	12
13	Yugoslavia	694	13
14	Italy	685	14
15	Portugal	672	15
16	Sweden	663	16
17	Paraguay	647	17
18	Russia	643	18
19	Netherlands	640	19
20	Scotland	638	20
21	Slovakia	626	21
22	United States	619	22
23	Chile	618	23
24	Colombia	614	25
25	Morocco	613	24
26	Israel	609	T26
(tie)	Ukraine	609	T26
28	Tunisia	604	31
29	Austria	603	28
30	Turkey	597	29
(tie)	South Africa	597	30
32	Poland	589	32
33	Belgium	588	33
34	Greece	580	34
35	Ireland	575	35
36	Zambia	571	36
37	Bulgaria	563	37
38	Egypt	558	T38
39	Saudi Arabia	556	T38
40	Slovenia	544	40
41	Jamaica	539	41
42	Peru	538	42
43	Iran	535	T48
(tie)	Iceland	535	T43
(tie)	Trinidad and Tobago	535	T43
46	Hungary	533	T45
(tie)	Uruguay	533	T45
48	Switzerland	531	47
49	Ivory Coast	529	T53
50	Ghana	526	T48
51	Lithuania	524	50
52	South Korea	522	51
53	Angola	516	52
54	United Arab Emirates	515	T53
55	Uzbekistan	513	55
56	Finland	508	56
57	Cameroon	501	58
58	Japan	500	57
59	Congo (Zaire)	493	59
60	Thailand	492	0
61	Bolivia	490	61
62	Latvia	488	62
(tie)	Cyprus	488	63
64	Costa Rica	481	64
65	Ecuador	476	65
66	Georgia	475	66
67	Zimbabwe	473	67
68	Macedonia	469	68
69	Estonia	462	70
70	Mali	460	T71
71	Hoduras	458	69
72	Gabon	456	74
73	Guatemala	454	73
74	Burkina Faso	453	T71
75	Bosnia-Herzegovina	446	75
76	Nigeria	444	76
77	Cuba	441	T77
78	Iraq	440	T77
79	Senegal	439	79
80	Canada	435	81
81	Namibia	432	80
82	Kuwait	428	82
83	Albania	427	83
(tie)	Northern Ireland	427	84
85	Armenia	425	85
86	Algeria	421	86
87	Togo	413	87
88	China	412	88
89	Indonesia	410	T89
(tie)	Australia	410	T89
91	Guinea	406	91
92	Oman	405	92
93	Moldova	398	93
94	Republic of Congo	396	94
(tie)	El Salvador	396	T95
96	Belarus	395	T95
97	Azerbaijan	390	97
98	Wales	389	98
99	Haiti	384	99
100	New Zealand	381	100
101	Mozambique	380	101
102	Vietnam	374	102
103	Kenya	373	103
104	Singapore	372	104
105	Liberia	370	105
106	India	358	106
107	Qatar	357	107
108	Uganda	342	108
109	Syria	339	109
110	Venezuela	335	110
111	Lebanon	334	111
112	Faeroe Islands	330	112
113	Barbados	322	113
114	Malawi	321	114
115	Jordan	317	115
116	Malta	308	116
117	Malaysia	307	117
118	Mauritius	293	118
119	Hong Kong	288	122
120	Tajikistan	285	119
121	Sierra Leone	273	120
12	Grenada	271	121
123	Libya	265	T130
(tie)	Luxembourg	265	T123
(tie)	Kazakstan	265	T123
126	Liechtenstein	257	125
127	Myanmar (Burma)	254	126
128	Tanzania	253	T127
(tie)	Swaziland	253	T127
130	Turkmenistan	251	129
131	Bangladesh	247	T130
132	Sudan	244	132
133	Burundi	238	133
134	Madagascar	231	134
135	Fiji	227	135
136	Bahrain	223	136
137	St. Kitts and Nevis	217	137
138	St. Lucia	214	T151
(tie)	Panama	214	138
140	Tahiti	210	139
141	Benin	204	140
142	St. Vincent and Grenadines	198	141
143	Ethiopia	188	142
144	Maldives	185	143
145	Solomon Islands	182	144
146	Andorra	180	T145
(tie)	Rwanda	180	T145
148	Dominica	178	T149
149	Antigua and Barbuda	176	T147
(tie)	Cayman Islands	176	T147
151	San Marino	175	T149
152	Gambia	174	T151
153	Sri Lanka	173	153
154	Lesotho	170	154
155	Dominican Republic	165	155
156	Laos	164	156
157	Nepal	159	157
158	Yemen	149	158
159	Kyrgyzstan	147	159
160	Mauritania	145	160
161	British Virgin Islands	141	161
162	Suriname	138	162
163	Bermuda	137	T163
(tie)	Niger	137	T163
165	Botswana	130	165
166	Chad	127	166
167	Netherlands Antilles	123	167
168	Eritrea	118	T168
(tie)	Cambodia	118	T168
170	Palestine	114	170
171	Guyana	107	171
172	North Korea	106	172
173	Guinea-Bissau	93	173
174	Taiwan	91	174
175	Central African Republic	87	175
176	Macao	85	176
177	Cape Verde Islands	80	T177
(tie)	Tona	80	T177
179	Samoa	79	179
(tie)	Pakistan	79	179
181	Philippines	75	181
182	Cook Islands	73	182
183	Papua New Guinea	72	183
184	Vanuatu	63	184
185	Brunei	59	185
186	Puerto Rico	56	186
187	Sao Tome e Principe	49	187
188	Equatorial Guinea	48	188
189	Bahamas	47	189
190	Belize	46	190
191	Aruba	44	191
192	Seychelles	43	192
193	Nicaragua	40	193
194	U.S. Virgin Islands	32	194
195	Djibouti	21	195
196	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	196
197	Somalia	14	197
198	American Samoa	6	T198
(tie)	Mongolia	6	T198
200	Guam	4	T200
(tie)	Montserrat	4	T200
202	Anguilla	3	202
Teams inactive since 1991 and newly recognized federations who have not yet played a full international are not listed.

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