Women's World Football Ranking     
2004

Current Rankings


Pos.
Country
 Total Points
2004
Points gained
2004
Move
2004
1    Germany 23.93 -0.42 0
2    USA 23.29 1.79 1
3    North Korea 21.82 0.38 1
4    Norway 21.76 1.36 1
5    Brazil 21.35 1.61 3
6    Denmark 21.1 1.49 4
7    France 20.92 1.22 2
8    Sweden 20.88 -0.89 -6
9    China 20.7 0.44 -3
10    Japan 20.56 1.78 2
11    Canada 20.27 0.2 -4
12    Australia 19.95 1.98 3
13    Italy 19.7 0.77 -2
14    Nigeria 19.6 1.89 3
15    Finland 19.53 2.62 5
16    Mexico 19.25 1.43 0
17    Russia 19.19 0.66 -4
18    Iceland 18.21 0.17 -4
19    England 18.17 0.49 -1
20    South Korea 17.78 0.52 -1
21    Netherlands 17.3 0.6 0
22    Scotland 17.26 0.84 1
23    Czech Rep 16.93 0.45 -1
24    Spain 16.64 0.27 0
25    Rep Ireland 16.49 0.94 5
26    Ukraine 16.21 0.28 1
27    Belarus 16.2 1.32 11
28    Ghana 16.01 0.4 1
29    Switzerland 16 -0.21 -3
30    Costa Rica 15.84 0.07 -2
31    Serbia & Montenegro 15.8 0.32 0
32    Romania 15.6 0.68 5
33    Hungary 15.59 -0.71 -8
34    Poland 15.52 0.39 1
35    Belgium 15.26 -0.16 -3
36    Argentina 15.25 0 -3
37    Greece 15.21 0.88 8
38    New Zealand 15.15 0.11 -2
39    Austria 15.04 0.59 5
40    Taiwan 14.84 0.04 -1
41    Portugal 14.66 -0.02 0
42    Israel 14.58 0.26 4
43    Cameroon 14.39 0.44 8
44    Trinidad & Tobago 14.33 0.34 5
45    Vietnam 14.31 -0.2 -3
46    Slovakia 14.16 -0.63 -6
47    Wales 14.08 0.39 7
48    South Africa 13.96 -1.26 -14
49    Myanmar 13.95 -0.01 1
50    Bulgaria 13.77 -0.25 -3
51    Colombia 13.7 0 2
52    Haiti 13.65 -0.84 -9
53    Croatia 13.56 -0.45 -5
54    Angola 13.51 0.32 9
55    Guatemala 13.51 0 1
56    Panama 13.46 0.43 9
57   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Zimbabwe 13.44 0.65 10
58    Peru 13.41 0 -1
59    Ecuador 13.33 0 -1
60    Faroe Islands 13.32 0.04 1
61    Bolivia 13.3 0 -2
62    Jamaica 13.3 -0.49 -10
63   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 St Lucia 13.23 0 -1
64    Ethiopia 13.15 1.31 19
65    Sierra Leone 13.14 0 -1
66    Thailand 12.98 0.21 2
67   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Kazakhstan 12.98 -0.64 -12
68    N.Ireland 12.83 -0.15 -2
69    Latvia 12.7 -0.59 -9
70    Slovenia 12.66 0.02 -1
71    Uruguay 12.59 0 -1
72    Paraguay 12.58 0 -1
73    Chile 12.5 0 -1
74    India 12.42 0 -1
75    DR Congo 12.42 0 -1
76    Lithuania 12.37 0.2 3
77    Honduras 12.35 0 -2
78    Zambia 12.3 0 -2
79    Uzbekistan 12.27 0 -2
80    Turkey 12.07 0 0
81    Uganda 12.01 0 0
82    Morocco 11.94 0 0
83   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Moldova 11.79 0 1
84    El Salvador 11.54 0 1
85    Estonia 11.41 0.8 6
86    Papua New Guinea 11.33 -0.18 0
87    Bosnia & Herzegovina 11.28 0.21 2
88    Surinam 11.15 0 -1
89    Martinique 11.14 0 -1
90    Mali 11.05 -1.18 -12
91    Egypt 10.66 0 -1
92    Hong Kong 10.54 0.15 3
93    Congo 10.47 10.47 0
94    Venezuela 10.47 0 -1
95   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Reunion Island 10.46 0 -1
96    Indonesia 10.43 -0.16 -4
97    Philippines 10.27 -0.04 -1
98    Gabon 9.82 0 -1
99   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Nicaraguay 9.76 0 -1
100    Algeria 9.72 2.06 3
101    Guam 9.27 -0.28 -2
102    Tahiti 8.64 0 -2
103    Senegal 8.44 8.44 -1
104   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Singapore 8.09 0.68 2
105    Cayman Islands 8.07 0 -4
106    Tonga 7.83 0 -4
107   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Equatorial Guinea 7.56 -0.09 -3
108   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Malaysia 7.42 0 -3
109   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Vanuatu 7.39 0 -2
110   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Nepal 6.73 0 -2
111   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Malta 6.26 -0.05 -2
112   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Bahamas 5.14 0 -2
113    Fiji 4.94 0.06 -2
114    Tanzania 4.37 4.37 -2
115   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Mozambique 4.23 0.17 -2
116    Puerto Rico 4.06 0 -4
117   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Dominican Rep 3.89 0 -3
118   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Swaziland 3.59 -0.07 -3
119   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Dominica 2.78 0 -3
120   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Malawi 2.11 2.11 -2
121   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Eritrea 0.27 0.27 -3
122   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Kiribati -0.18 0 -5
123   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Armenia -0.59 0 -5
124   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Lesotho -0.62 0 -5
125   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Cook Islands -0.74 0 -5
126   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Guinea -2.99 -2.99 -1
127   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Namibia -3.66 0 -6
128   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Western Samoa -6.44 0 -6
129   soccer"width=54height=36border=0 Belize -7.02 0 -6

Big Movers of 2004

Despite the Americans winning the Olympics in Athens, it was once again Germany who finished top of the rankings with the Olympic winners moving into 2nd place, replacing Sweden who fell to 8th in the table.

Ethiopia moved up the most after finishing 4th in Africa, losing to Ghana on penalties, having beaten hosts South Africa 2-1 in the group stage.

Belarus enjoyed 2-0 wins away to Kazakhstan and Israel and thrashed Kazakhstan 8-1 at home in European qualifiers.

Zimbabwe defeated hosts South Africa 2-1 but failed to reach the semi-finals of the African Cup on goal difference.

Angola earned a 3-2 win at home to a superior South Africa who had already all but eliminated them after a convincing win in the first leg of the Olympic qualifiers.

Panama moved up in the rankings mainly due to a 3-0 victory over Jamaica in an Olympic qualifier played in Costa Rica.

Finland also had a successful year with a 1-1 draw in Italy and a 2-0 win away to Switzerland before doing the double over Russia 1-0 at home and 3-1 away from home in Euro qualifiers, though they only moved up 5 places.

South Africa had a very disappointing year losing an Olympic qualifier 3-2 away to Angola before hosting the African Cup where they lost 3-0 to Ghana and 2-1 to Zimbabwe and Ethiopia for an early exit.

Mali drew 2-2 at home to Algeria and lost the away match by a single goal but after the withdrawal of DR Congo and Gabon were awarded a place in the finals in South Africa where they were soundly beaten 3-0 by Algeria and finished bottom of their group.

Kazakhstan lost 2-0 at home to Belarus and were hammered 8-0 in the away match and also drew blanks at home to Estonia in European qualifiers.

Jamaica moved down in the rankings mainly due to their 3-0 defeat to Panama in an Olympic qualifier played in Costa Rica.

Latvia were outclassed 4-0 by Lithuania and 5-0 by Estonia in the Baltic Cup played in Lithuania.

Haiti were brushed aside 5-0 by Mexico and 6-2 by Trinidad and Tobago in Olympic qualifiers in Costa Rica.

The most surprising result of the year was Russia's 5-2 victory away to France in a European qualifier, while Myanmar's 17-0 mauling of the Maldives in a friendly in Vietnam was the highest-scoring result.

There were 6 new countries in the rankings. Congo moved into 93rd place after a 2-2 draw away and a 2-0 win at home to Equatorial Guinea and a creditable goalless draw in Cameroon in African qualifiers, followed by Senegal, Tanzania, Malawi, Eritrea and Guinea who occupied the 126th place after being dumped out of the African qualifiers 13-0 at home and 9-0 away to Ghana.

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