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Iran ranked 44th in the world
GENEVA (Nov. 18) XINHUA - Following are the monthly FIFA World Rankings
of national soccer teams for November released in Zurich on Wednesday (previous
ranking in parentheses. Next rankings to be released December 23, 1998):
1. Brazil, 73.59 (1)
2. France, 68.98 (2)
3. Germany, 67.07 (3)
4. Croatia, 66.75 (4)
5. Argentina, 66.22 (5)
6. Czech Republic, 64.37 (7)
7. Yugoslavia, 64.34 (8)
8. Italy, 64.29 (6)
9. Netherlands, 62.41 (9)
10. Mexico, 62.27 (11)
11. England, 61.70 (10)
12. Romania, 59.87 (12)
13. Morocco, 59.66 (13)
14. Norway, 59.12 (14)
15. Spain, 58.37 (16)
16. Chile, 57.81 (15)
17. Sweden, 56.32 (25)
18. Denmark, 55.19 (18)
18. South Korea, 55.19 (19)
20. Tunisia, 54.85 (26)
21. Austria, 54.76 (22)
22. United States, 54.74 (17)
23. Egypt, 54.61 (20)
24. Paraguay, 54.57 (24)
25. Kuwait, 54.29 (38)
26. Zambia, 54.03 (23)
27. Saudi Arabia, 52.72 (30)
28. South Africa, 52.70 (28)
29. Poland, 52.30 (34)
30. Japan, 52.14 (21)
31. Slovakia, 52.06 (29)
32. Colombia, 51.89 (27)
33. Jamaica, 51.87 (32)
34. Belgium, 51.76 (31)
35. Australia, 51.33 (33)
36. Scotland, 49.52 (37)
37. Russia, 49.28 (35)
38. Israel, 49.17 (36)
39. Cameroon, 48.35 (40)
40. Portugal, 47.96 (39)
41. Cote d'Ivoire , 47.11 (43)
42. United Arab Emirates, 46.97 (58)
43. Ukraine, 46.41 (42)
44. Iran, 46.35 (44)
45. Hungary, 6.05 (49)
46. Bulgaria, 45.65 (45)
47. Uruguay, 45.18 (41)
48. Ghana, 44.96 (46)
49. Trinidad and Tobago, 44.88 (47)
50. Angola, 44.59 (48)
51. Thailand, 43.59 (50)
52. Finland, 43.40 (53)
53. Mali, 42.91 (54)
54. Greece, 42.77 (55)
55. Georgia, 42.52 (59)
56. Turkey, 42.51 (60)
57. Ireland, 42.05 (52)
58. Lithuania, 41.57 (61)
59. Iceland, 41.27 (62)
60. Bolivia, 41.24 (63)
61. Algeria, 41.20 (69)
62. Congo (Democratic), 41.19 (65)
63. Ecuador, 40.81 (66)
64. Macedonia, 40.78 (67)
65. Nigeria, 40.53 (68)
66. Costa Rica, 40.43 (51)
67. Guinea, 40.19 (70)
68. Namibia, 40.08 (73)
69. China, 40.04 (57)
70. Peru, 39.65 (64)
71. Oman, 39.48 (108)
72. Zimbabwe, 39.31 (75)
73. Togo, 39.19 (71)
74. Cyprus, 39.10 (80)
75. Burkina Faso, 39.06 (72)
76. Latvia, 38.38 (74)
77. Qatar, 38.21 (56)
78. Mozambique, 37.75 (76)
79. Singapore, 37.25 (77)
80. Senegal, 36.81 (78)
81. Gabon, 36.10 (79)
82. Switzerland, 35.66 (81)
83. Guatemala, 35.57 (82)
84. Slovenia, 34.92 (84)
85. Indonesia, 34.76 (85)
86. Estonia, 34.54 (86)
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