Women's World Football Ranking     
2000

Current Rankings


Pos.
Country
 Total Points
2000
Points gained
2000
Move
2000
1    Norway 27.78 4.24 2
2    Germany 25.22 2.03 2
3    China 24.46 -0.67 -1
4    USA 24.23 -1.27 -3
5    Sweden 23.46 1.34 1
6    Brazil 23.27 0.83 -1
7    Canada 23.19 4.24 13
8    Russia 22.54 0.94 -1
9    France 21.82 1.06 0
10    Netherlands 21.55 1.43 2
11    Denmark 21.52 1.11 0
12    Nigeria 21.17 2.57 10
13    England 20.9 0.41 -3
14    Australia 20.67 1.03 1
15    Italy 20.57 -0.95 -7
16    Czech Rep 20.54 0.84 -2
17    Iceland 20.44 1.14 1
18    North Korea 20.08 0.7 -1
19    Portugal 19.52 1.78 11
20    Japan 19.38 0.53 1
21    Finland 19.28 0.29 -2
22    Belgium 19.26 1.39 7
23    Ukraine 19.05 -0.67 -10
24    Hungary 18.77 0.56 0
25    Switzerland 18.67 0.29 -2
26    Scotland 18.66 0.61 -1
27    Mexico 18.47 1.75 14
28    Spain 18.39 -1.04 -12
29    Romania 18.23 0.2 -3
30    Bulgaria 17.93 0.98 8
31    Yugoslavia 17.75 0.21 0
32    Haiti 17.73 1.21 11
33    Poland 17.73 -0.24 -5
34    Rep Ireland 17.7 0.32 -1
35    Argentina 17.47 1.71 11
36    Taiwan 17.44 0.34 -1
37    Slovakia 17.27 0.07 -3
38    New Zealand 17.14 0.09 -2
39    Ghana 16.61 0.56 6
40   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Kazakhstan 16.58 0 2
41    Costa Rica 16.51 -0.33 -1
42    Jamaica 16.34 1.37 13
43    South Korea 16.33 -1.08 -11
44    Belarus 16.25 -0.76 -7
45    Guatemala 16.16 -1.82 -18
46    Austria 16.04 -0.11 -2
47    Croatia 15.94 -0.95 -8
48    Trinidad & Tobago 15.57 -0.08 -1
49    Greece 15.44 0.74 10
50    South Africa 15.36 0.92 13
51    Ecuador 15.29 0 -3
52    Wales 15.27 -0.01 -3
53    Uruguay 15.22 0.03 -2
54    Colombia 15.2 0 -4
55    Latvia 15.16 0 -3
56    Faroe Islands 15.14 0 -3
57   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 St Lucia 14.94 0 -1
58    Angola 14.9 0 -2
59    Sierra Leone 14.87 0 -2
60    Zambia 14.84 0 -2
61    Papua New Guinea 14.68 0 -1
62    Chile 14.64 0 -1
63    N.Ireland 14.61 -0.41 -9
64    Peru 14.56 0.84 8
65    Cameroon 14.53 0.18 -1
66    Vietnam 14.32 0 -1
67    Bolivia 14.29 0 0
68    Myanmar 14.01 0 0
69    Slovenia 13.97 -0.33 -3
70    Uzbekistan 13.95 0 -1
71    India 13.9 0 -1
72    Turkey 13.77 -0.71 -10
73    Thailand 13.74 0 -2
74    Indonesia 13.24 0 0
75    El Salvador 13.16 0.18 2
76    Lithuania 13.1 0 0
77    Israel 12.99 1.63 6
78    Paraguay 12.9 -0.61 -5
79    DR Congo 12.47 0 0
80    Guam 12.28 0 0
81    Morocco 12.2 -0.98 -6
82    Bosnia & Herzegovina 11.79 -0.27 -1
83    Philippines 11.71 0 -1
84    Estonia 11.56 -1.41 -6
85   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Zimbabwe 11.47 0.81 2
86    Martinique 11.23 1.74 4
87    Hong Kong 11.02 0.99 1
88   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Moldova 10.88 -0.03 -4
89    Venezuela 10.48 0 -4
90    Egypt 10.36 0.17 -4
91    Honduras 10.08 0 -4
92   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Reunion Island 9.99 -0.31 -2
93   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Nicaraguay 9.04 -0.48 -4
94   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Nepal 3.16 0 -3
95   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Malaysia 1.21 0 -3
96    Puerto Rico -2.02 0 -3
97    Fiji -3.68 0 -3

Big Movers of 2000

Norway moved to the top of the rankings after winning the Olympic Games in Australia with an extra-time victory over the USA while bronze medal winner Germany moved up into 2nd place.

Mexico enjoyed emphatic friendly wins in the USA, 4-1 over South Korea and 7-0 against Guatemala.

Canada defeated some of the top teams in friendly matches, beating Denmark 3-2 in Nigeria, winning 2-0 away to Australia, overcoming China on penalties in Newcastle, thrashing Guatemala 12-0 in Louisville and drawing 1-1 away to the USA before picking up a 3-1 win against their illustrious hosts.

Jamaica played in the first Caribbean Cup where they cruised 4-1 past Bermuda.

South Africa hosted and reached the final of the African Cup beating Ghana 1-0 in the semi final.

Portugal defeated Switzerland 2-0 away and Italy 1-0 at home in European qualifiers.

Haiti qualified for the final group of the Caribbean Cup after a 1-0 home win over Jamaica and won the tournament with a 3-1 victory over hosts St Lucia.

Argentina had emphatic friendly wins in Guatemala smashing El Salvador 6-0 and putting 5 past their hosts without reply.

Guatemala who lost 5-0 at home to Argentina in a friendly, suffered even heavier defeats in America where they took part in the Gold Cup and were crushed 14-0 by China before being hammered 7-0 by Mexico and 12-0 by Canada.

Spain lost 2-1 at home to France, before being thrashed 7-0 in Sweden and taken apart 6-1 at home to Denmark.

South Korea were stunned 2-0 away to Hong Kong and thumped 4-1 by Mexico in America in friendly matches.

Turkey were swept aside 6-0 in Hungary and lost 3-2 at home to Greece in Euro qualifiers.

Ukraine lost home matches 6-1 to Germany and 2-1 to England in European qualifiers.

The biggest surprise of the year was Portugal's 2-0 win in Switzerland in a Euro qualifier.

Three more countries joined the rankings. St Lucia moved in at 57, Zimbabwe at 87 and Reunion Island took up the 90th place on arrival.

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