Women's Football Rankings 2008 - Women's Soccer World Rankings - Ziaian's Women's Football World Rankings

Current Rankings

Pos. Country Total Points
2008 Points gained
2008 Move
2008

1    Germany 2945 -75.4 0
2    USA 2934 81.62 0
3    Brazil 2859 88.14 2
4    North Korea 2832 47.84 -1
5    Sweden 2791 7.04 -1
6    Japan 2767 70.72 3
7    Norway 2765 26.42 -1
8    Canada 2741 33.1 0
9    Australia 2699 -11.12 -2
10    England 2692 19.52 0
11    China 2691 45.76 1
12    France 2673 0.78 -1
13    Denmark 2667 22.56 0
14    Italy 2636 40.86 2
15    Cuba 2608 -5 -1
16    Russia 2594 8.14 1
17    Iceland 2587 82.34 4
18    Finland 2579 -17.6 -3
19    Mexico 2578 -6.4 -1
20    Netherlands 2575 40.48 -1
21    South Korea 2554 114.94 4
22    Ukraine 2522 37.2 1
23    Scotland 2516 90.42 3
24    Spain 2501 23.2 0
25    Czech Rep 2485 -7 -3
26    Nigeria 2455 -68.78 -6
27    Rep Ireland 2437 51.78 0
28    New Zealand 2429 92.4 5
29    Argentina 2408 32.46 -1
30    Switzerland 2374 20.58 1
31    Jamaica 2346 -12.1 -1
32    Austria 2333 51.6 4
33    Vietnam 2330 48.14 2
34    Thailand 2330 11.72 0
35    Belgium 2323 48.66 4
36    Poland 2317 -41.44 -7
37    Ghana 2311 -37.9 -5
38    Romania 2274 15.12 3
39    Serbia 2274 8.6 1
40    Costa Rica 2273 32.3 5
41    Slovakia 2269 37.4 5
42    Belarus 2268 -12.4 -5
43    Wales 2260 14.7 1
44    Portugal 2248 32.62 5
45    South Africa 2240 37.06 6
46    Taiwan 2240 -38.4 -8
47    Slovenia 2238 48.5 7
48    Hungary 2230 -22.3 -5
49    Myanmar 2214 -8 -2
50    Bulgaria 2203 -15 -2
51    Trinidad & Tobago 2198 3.7 2
52    Panama 2195 -5 0
53    Faroe Islands 2179 37.6 9
54    Greece 2176 -81.2 -12
55    Israel 2175 -11.6 0
56    Peru 2174 -5 0
57    Cameroon 2169 -44.8 -7
58    Guatemala 2160 -5 -1
59    N.Ireland 2154 7.9 2
60    Paraguay 2151 -5 -2
61    Ecuador 2149 -5 -2
62    Uruguay 2146 -5 -2
63    Turkey 2138 61.2 11
64    Croatia 2123 26.2 6
65    Colombia 2123 -5 -2
66    Kazakhstan 2121 8.2 1
67    Sierra Leone 2116 -5 -3
68    Haiti 2115 -5 -3
69    Angola 2094 -4.16 -1
70    Zimbabwe 2094 -19.3 -4
71    St Lucia 2092 -5 -2
72    Chile 2085 -5 -1
73    Uzbekistan 2084 -5 -1
74    Ethiopia 2075 -5 -1
75    Equatorial Guinea 2070 170.57 28
76    Bolivia 2067 -5 0
77    Honduras 2064 -5 1
78    Azerbaijan 2064 -12.2 -3
79    Uganda 2042 -5 1
80    India 2042 -5 1
81    DR Congo 2028 -10.7 1
82    Congo 2020 30.5 7
83    Moldova 2016 -5 1
84    Mali 2014 -35.1 -5
85    Venezuela 2013 -5 1
86    Zambia 1999 -4.44 1
87    Bosnia & Herzegovina 1993 32.5 5
88    Martinique 1985 -5 0
89    Suriname 1975 -5 1
90    Algeria 1973 -44.6 -5
91    Lithuania 1971 -99.32 -14
92    Papua New Guinea 1951 1.8 2
93    Morocco 1951 0.04 0
94    Nicaragua 1944 -5 1
95    Reunion Island 1939 -5 1
96    El Salvador 1938 -5 1
97    Bermuda 1927 -5 1
98    Hong Kong 1919 -5 2
99    Philippines 1916 -15.9 0
100    Latvia 1912 -54.12 -9
101    Estonia 1910 -111.06 -18
102    Egypt 1899 -5 -1
103    Gabon 1899 -5 -1
104    Indonesia 1894 -5.52 0
105    Luxembourg 1865 49.58 5
106    St Vincent & Grenadines 1863 -5 -1
107    Tunisia 1851 134.84 14
108    Senegal 1848 -5 -2
109    Antigua & Barbuda 1828 -5 -2
110    Guam 1823 0.05 -2
111    Singapore 1818 0.16 -2
112    Ivory Coast 1789 33.7 5
113    US Virgin Islands 1782 0.82 -2
114    Iran 1779 64 8
115    Dominican Rep 1773 -5 -3
116    Malta 1762 5.2 0
117    Tonga 1759 -5 -4
118    Tahiti 1756 -5 -4
119    Jordan 1746 -5 -1
120    Malaysia 1745 -14.8 -5
121    Vanuatu 1738 -5 -2
122    Puerto Rico 1722 -5 -2
123    Togo 1703 -5 0
124    Cayman Islands 1701 -5 0
125    Benin 1698 -5 0
126    Nepal 1695 -5 0
127    Kenya 1695 -5 0
128    Georgia 1686 -5.9 0
129    Macedonia 1675 103.7 2
130    Fiji 1668 -5 -1
131    Bahamas 1592 -5 -1
132    Tanzania 1579 23.8 0
133    Laos 1573 34.76 1
134    Mozambique 1528 -18.68 -1
135    Solomon Islands 1511 -5 0
136    Armenia 1499 130.51 5
137    Swaziland 1476 2.44 -1
138    Grenada 1465 -5 -1
139    Dominica 1443 -5 -1
140    Brit. Virgin Islands 1427 -5 -1
141    Malawi 1404 -5 -1
142    Eritrea 1348 -5 0
143    Turks & Caicos Islands 1348 -5 0
144    American Samoa 1323 -5 0
145    Namibia 1260 81.54 3
146    Cook Islands 1253 -5 -1
147    Kiribati 1242 -5 -1
148    Lesotho 1214 -5 -1
149    Lebanon 1136 -5 0
150    Guinea 1111 11.7 0
151    Syria 1035 -5 0
152    Maldives 914 -5 0
153    Samoa 884 -5 0
154    Botswana 863 8.44 0
155    Bahrain 806 -5 0
156    Belize 792 -5 0
157    Palestine 668 -5 0

Big Movers of 2008

All points were multiplied by 100 to get rid of decimal points and make the differences between the teams more visible.
Germany remained at the top despite the USA winning the Olympics and North Korea lifted the Asian Cup as expected but were overtaken by Brazil into 3rd place.
Equatorial Guinea were the biggest movers after 1-0 wins over Nigeria and Cameroon and a 5-2 victory against Congo in the African Cup which they hosted and won by defeating South Africa 2-1 in the final.
Tunisia qualified for the African Cup for the first time after a goalless draw in Algeria and a 2-1 win in the return match. They picked up a point in as they held Nigeria to a goalless draw in the finals at Equatorial Guinea.
Turkey were undefeated in 2008 and picked up 5 victories including a 6-0 thrashing of Estonia away from home.
Faroe Islands Enjoyed a 4-1 win in Lithuania and went unbeaten throughout the year.
Iran achieved a 3-2 win over Taiwan in an Asian Cup qualifier in Vietnam.
Estonia lost 2-1 to the lowest ranked European team Armenia in Macedonia where they were also beaten 1-0 by Malta.
Lithuania were beaten 3-1 by Macedonia in Azerbaijan and 4-3 at home to Luxembourg.
Greece finished bottom of their Euro qualifiers group ending the year with 5-0 and 6-4 home losses to Serbia and Slovenia respectively.
Latvia found the going tough and even lost 3-0 away to Luxembourg.
The biggest Surprise was Macedonia's 3-1 win over Lithuania.
The highest score was South Korea's 13-0 mauling of Malaysia in the Asian qualifiers in Thailand.
There were no new teams in 2008.

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