Women's World Football Ranking     
1998

Current Rankings


Pos.
Country
 Total Points
1998
Points gained
1998
Move
1998
1    USA 95.47 -1.13 1
2    China 91.58 -6.27 -1
3    Norway 90.32 -2.82 0
4    Germany 82.66 -1.77 0
5    Sweden 75.74 -0.96 0
6    Denmark 71.99 2.72 1
7    Brazil 71.5 3.18 1
8    Italy 70.52 1 -2
9    France 62.5 -3.26 0
10    Russia 61.19 0.47 1
11    Czech Rep 60.11 -2.88 -1
12    England 60.04 1.34 1
13    Ukraine 58.47 0.07 1
14    Netherlands 57.42 3.68 1
15    Japan 57.01 -3.41 -3
16    Spain 54.75 2.12 0
17    Finland 53.02 3.17 2
18    Australia 52.08 1.4 0
19    Iceland 52 1.24 -2
20    Canada 50.85 3.58 0
21    North Korea 49.26 3.93 1
22    Switzerland 46.47 4.36 3
23    Romania 45.73 0.71 0
24    Guatemala 44.05 44.05 -8
25    Poland 43.76 -2.18 -4
26    Portugal 43.52 2.74 1
27    Hungary 39.94 2 2
28    Scotland 39.43 4.4 7
29    Nigeria 38.67 2.23 3
30    Yugoslavia 38.65 2.84 3
31    Belgium 38.22 -6.3 -7
32    Slovakia 38.07 -3.08 -6
33    Rep Ireland 37.64 -1.22 -5
34    New Zealand 36.81 0.28 -3
35    Bulgaria 36.05 -1.38 -5
36    Mexico 35.64 9.7 5
37    Croatia 35.19 -0.26 -3
38    Costa Rica 34.01 34.01 6
39    Austria 33.39 1.66 -3
40    Haiti 33.05 33.05 -10
41    Belarus 32.45 2.29 -4
42    South Korea 30.2 1.75 -3
43    Argentina 27.6 -2.21 -5
44    Taiwan 27.38 5.91 8
45    Trinidad & Tobago 26.85 1.56 -2
46    Wales 24.48 -1.39 -4
47    Ecuador 24.31 -0.76 -3
48    Ghana 24.29 2.83 5
49    Colombia 23.61 23.61 -8
50    Uruguay 23.56 23.56 -4
51    Latvia 23.36 -1.5 -6
52    Faroe Islands 23.18 0 -4
53    Greece 22.48 -0.77 -6
54    Jamaica 22.02 -0.19 -4
55    Angola 21.5 0 -4
56    N.Ireland 21.32 0 -1
57    Sierra Leone 21.3 0 -1
58    Zambia 21.08 0 -1
59    Papua New Guinea 19.93 -1.51 -5
60    Chile 19.68 -6.49 -20
61    India 19.63 -4.09 -15
62    Turkey 18.49 0.72 -1
63    South Africa 18.26 -4.14 -14
64    Vietnam 18.21 -0.12 -5
65    Cameroon 17.62 17.62 -5
66    Slovenia 17.21 0 -4
67    Bolivia 17.16 -3.88 -9
68    Thailand 15.69 -2.26 -8
69    Myanmar 15.15 0 -6
70    Uzbekistan 13.44 0 -6
71    Peru 13.13 13.13 -1
72    Estonia 11.94 1.27 -6
73    Paraguay 11.61 11.61 -5
74    Indonesia 9.68 0 -7
75    Morocco 9.29 9.29 -5
76    Lithuania 8.72 -2.42 -11
77    El Salvador 7.83 7.83 -4
78    Guam 6.37 0 -9
79    Bosnia & Herzegovina 4.29 -5.34 -11
80    DR Congo 4.24 4.24 0
81    Hong Kong 1.11 0 -11
82    Philippines 0.11 0 -11
83    Israel -5.3 -5.3 -6
84    Honduras -9.12 -9.12 -4
85    Venezuela -9.89 -9.89 -13
86    Egypt -11.96 -11.96 -1
87    Martinique -16.95 -16.95 -3
88    Puerto Rico -98.84 -98.84 -3
89    Fiji -110.6 -110.6 -3

Big Movers of 1998

The United States of America overtook China at the top, having beaten them twice on home soil and drawn with them in China.

Taiwan were the biggest climbers having progressed from their Asian Games group in Thailand annihilating India 13-1 on their way and only losing to North Korea on penalties in the semi final.

Scotland reached the play-offs in the World Cup qualifiers on goals scored ahead of the Czech Republic whom they drew 1-1 home and away after trashing Lithuania 17-0 in Glasgow.

Cost Rica finished 3rd in CONCACAF in Canada with a 4-0 victory over Guatemala having beaten Trinidad & Tobago 3-1 and Haiti 2-1 in group matches.

Mexico reached the final of CONCACAF losing only by a single goal to hosts Canada having got the better of Costa Rica 3-2, hammered Haiti 7-1 and even smashed 8 past Guatemala without reply in the semi final.

Ghana thumped Guinea 11-0 in the qualifying tournament to reach the finals of the African championships where they cruised past South Africa 4-0 in the group stage ending up 2nd in Africa only behind Nigeria.

Chile moved down the most after losing 1-0 to newcomers Peru and 5-1 to Colombia in the South American championships in Argentina.

India moved down after losing heavily 13-1 to Taiwan and 16-0 to China in the Asian Games in Bangkok.

South Africa could only manage a 1-1 home friendly against Morocco and fell 4-0 to Ghana in the African championships.

Venezuela finished bottom of their South America championship group in Argentina.

Bosnia & Herzegovina lost 5-0 away to Israel and were hammered at home to Hungary 9-0 in World Cup qualifiers.

Lithuania who were smashed 17-0 in Scotland lost 3-0 in Estonia to finish bottom of their qualifying group for the World Cup.

The biggest shock of the year was Mexico's 8-0 CONCACAF semi-final thumping of Guatemala in Canada.

With women's football becoming more and more popular, 18 countries joined the rankings resulting in many countries moving several places down. The newcomers were Guatemala, Costa Rica, Haiti, Colombia, Uruguay, Cameroon, Peru, Paraguay, Morocco, El Salvador, DR Congo, Israel, Honduras, Venezuela, Egypt, Martinique and finally in last place Fiji.

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