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Tico
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Tico asked in SportsFootballFIFA World Cup (TM) · 1 decade ago

Are world rankings a joke?

England are 6th best team in the world! Give me a break.

Results:1.Spain- 2.Holland -3.Germany- 4.Brazil- 5.Argentina

33.Republic of Ireland- 45.Northern Ireland- 47.SCOTLAND- 84.Wales

For Irish fans France are 27th

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    dont take it serious, we all know england aint the 6th best team in the world, they are actually ranked with france & italy during the WC but the only difference is, is that england had an easier group

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    It's because England have only lost 11 competetive games in the last 10 years. In the group stages they won 9/10, by 2-3+ goals virtually every game.

    The World cup performance only accounts for a small amount of their ranking, because they only lost 1 game.

  • 1 decade ago

    The World cup performance only accounts for a small amount of their ranking, because they only lost 1 game.

  • 1 decade ago

    Higher England is ranked, the better for me. Because I know they choke and hype big time and each time they fail, I laugh at them. So if you are a English fan - word of caution, take them with a pinch of salt.

    FIFA has their own way of ranking them based and I believe they have described them clearly. Yeah at the outset they do not make sense, but if one reads the rules of ranking, then it will.

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  • Luis "hand of Devil" Suárez messed the ratings up making it a joke that upset you terribly. calm down and start asking wonderful foolball questions.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's just an estimated ranking and I would never take it seriously =)

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    It is just people's opinion and really does not mean a thing.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Kinda yeah.

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