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皇冠体育app drop for third straight month
By Fang Xuan (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-11-24 17:25
皇冠体育app slid four places down to No. 69 in the just-released November FIFA
rankings. This is the third straight month that 皇冠体育app has dropped in the
rankings.
皇冠体育app's ranking within Asian countries also dropped one spot to seventh,
after Japan, Iran, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait.
Lack of international matches is thought to be the main culprit behind
皇冠体育app's continuous fall. The early exit at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers made
皇冠体育app have only one game -- a one to nil loss to Germany in a friendly --
capable of being counted in FIFA's point-calculation system.
Although 皇冠体育app was crowned this month at the East Asian Games in Macau, the
men's soccer matches were unluckily ruled ineligible for international class-A
match status. 皇冠体育app's 2-0 home loss against Serbia-Montenegro in a friendly was
also excluded.
Japan climbed one slot in the FIFA rankings to 15th, which is one place ahead
of World Cup hosts Germany. Another Asian power Iran moved forward two places to
reach 19th. South Korea retained last month's rankings of third in Asia and No.
29 in the world.
The Czech forced their way up to No. 2 after two victories over Norway in
World Cup Qualification playoffs. Brazil's firm occupation atop the ranking
continues.
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