Canada holds onto fourth place in CONCACAF

Canada’s men’s national team held onto fourth position amongst CONCACAF countries in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings. The latest rankings, released today, have Canada two points (and two places) behind Honduras in the overall rankings: Canada’s 578 points from the past four years are ranked 55th amongst all FIFA national associations.



México (15th in the world) and the United States (19th) remain one-two amongst CONCACAF countries. Behind Honduras (53rd) and Canada (55th), next on the CONCACAF tree are Panama (67th), Haiti (69th), Costa Rica (70th) and Cuba (71st). Trinidad & Tobago (81st), Jamaica (97th), St. Vincent & the Grenadines (101st) and Guatemala (106th) round out the CONCACAF top-12.



The top-five countries in the world are still Argentina, Brasil, Italia, España (Spain) and Deutschland (Germany). Their positions did not change from November to December.



Canada finished the 2007 season with a record of four wins, three draws and three losses. The highlight of the season was reaching the semi-final of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.



In 2008, Canada will start the road to the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 with a two-match series against St. Vincent & the Grenadines in the June. Should they advance, they are expected to face (barring an upset) México, Jamaica and Honduras. The six-game round-robin series (home-and-home with each opponent) will run from August to November 2008. México, however, will first have to defeat the winner of Belize vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica will have to defeat the winner of Bahamas vs. British Virgin Islands, and Honduras will have to defeat the winner of Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico.



World – CONCACAF – Country – Points

15t1t Méxicot982

19t2t USAt876

53t3t Hondurast578

55t4t Canadat576

67t5t Panamat487

69t6t Haitit467

70t7t Costa Ricat466

71t8t Cubat453

81t9t Trinidad and Tobagot406

97t10t Jamaicat348