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Reggae Boyz down 2 places on FIFA Rankings

by April 4th, 2019

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz having suffered back-to-back defeats to end March have dropped two places to 56th on the latest release of the FIFA/Coca Cola World Rankings.

Despite sliding they remain the number one Caribbean team on the rankings and 4th in Concacaf overall behind Mexico (18th, down 1), United States (24th, up 1) and Costa Rica (38th, down 1)

Honduras (60), El Salvador (71), Panama (74), Curacao (82), Trinidad and Tobago (93) and Haiti (100), are the other Concacaf teams inside the top 100.

Belgium meanwhile continues to lead the rankings ahead of reigning world champions France and South American giants Brazil in an unchanged top 3.

England and Croatia complete the top 5.

Rounding out the top 10 are Uruguay, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark.

Uruguay (6th, up 1) are the only other movers within the top ten, whereas a dramatic win for Germany (13th, up 3) saw them overtake defeated opponents the Netherlands (16th, down 2), as well as Sweden (14th, unchanged) and Chile (15th, down 2).

Israel (84th, up 8) enjoyed the biggest jump of all, followed closely by Guatemala (143rd, up 6) and Tanzania (131st, up 6) after the latter booked their CAF Africa Cup of Nations place.

Two other sides preparing to appear at Africa’s showpiece in June, Congo DR (46th, up 5) and Ghana (49th, up 3), were the only two sides to breach the top 50, while Kosovo (127th, plus 3) continued their steady climb up the World Ranking.

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