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FIFA World Rankings: Macedonia goes backward 10 places

FIFAMacedonia went down 10 places on FIFA/Coca-Cola latest world ranking list and is now on the 83rd place.

The two World Cup qualification defeats by Belgium sent Macedonia backwards on the FIFA rankings. Ten places down and minus 46 points since last month is the result of the 0:2 and 0:1 loses by the Belgian national team.

77. alt Congo 459
77. alt Scotland 459
79. alt Canada 457
80. alt Gabon 450
81. alt Trinidad and Tobago 446
82. alt  Finland 444
83. alt Macedonia 441
84. alt El Salvador 440
85. alt Congo DR 435
86. alt Cuba 433
86. alt New Zealand 433
88. alt Senegal 430

Top 10 in FIFA World Rankings for April 2013:

1. alt Spain 1538
2. alt Germany 1428
3. alt Argentina 1292
4. alt Croatia 1191
5. alt Portugal 1163
6. alt Colombia 1154
7. alt England 1135
8. alt Italy 1117
9. alt Netherlands 1093
10. alt Ecuador 1056

FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual rankings in brackets):

1. (4.) alt Croatia 1191
2. (13.) alt Greece 986
3. (21.) alt Bosnia-Herzegovina 896
4. (27.) alt Montenegro 789
5. (34.) alt Romania 746
6. (40.) alt Serbia 659
7. (44.) alt Turkey 634
8. (48.) alt Albania 596
9. (51.) alt Bulgaria 583
10. (55.) alt Slovenia 560
11. (83.) alt Macedonia 441

FIFA rankings for the Group A members of the 2014 WC qualifications (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (4.) alt Croatia 1191
2. (16.)  alt  Belgium 953
3. (40.) alt Serbia 659
4. (49). alt Wales 589
5. (77.) alt Scotland 459
6. (83.) alt Macedonia 441

The next FIFA rankings will be released on 9 May 2013.

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