Posted: Wed Dec 19 14:01:13 2001 EST

SPORTSTICKER SOCCER NOTE
*FIFA World Soccer Rankings*
 (as of December 25, 2001)
Rank    Team               Points      Rank: Nov 2001
 1      France               812             1
 2      Argentina            802             2
 3      Brazil               793             3
 4      Portugal             741             4
 5      Colombia             739             5
 6      Italy                734             6
 7      Spain                730             7
 8      Netherlands          722             8
 9      Mexico               714             9
10      England              712            10
11      Yugoslavia           710            12
12      Germany              707            11
13      Paraguay             691            14
14      Czech Republic       689            13
15      Romania              688            15
16      Sweden               676            16
17      Ireland              672            18
18      Denmark              672            17
19      Croatia              668            19
20      Belgium              666            20
21      Russia               665            22
22      Uruguay              664            24
23      Turkey               663            23
24      United States        662            21
25      Slovenia             650            27
26      Norway               650            25
27      Honduras             650            26
28      Tunisia              648            28
29      Iran                 642            29
30      Costa Rica           635            31
31      Saudi Arabia         632            30
32      Trinidad & Tobago    630            32
33      Poland               629            33
34      Japan                626            35
35      South Africa         626            34
36      Morocco              623            36
37      Ecuador              613            37
38      Cameroon             609            38
39      Chile                604            39
40      Nigeria              604            40
41      Egypt                602            41
42      South Korea          599            43
43      Peru                 598            42
44      Ivory Coast          596            46
45      Ukraine              593            44
46      Finland              588            47
47      Slovakia             588            45
48      Australia            586            50
49      Israel               583            48
50      Scotland             577            49