Canadian women ranked eighth by FIFA

Canada was ranked eighth on the most recent FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking released on 22 July. The Canadian team lost 75 points after successive losses at the recent FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011. The team fell below 2,000 points, but remained amongst the top-10 nations.



The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Rankings looks at each country’s international results from the last four years. The ranking takes into account the result, the importance of the match, the strength of the opponent, the regional strength, the time period, and the number of matches per year. The ranking comes out four times a year.



There was no movement amongst the top-5 nations, with England making the big jump from 10th to 6th overall. As expected, Korea DPR dropped out of the top-10 while AFC champion Australia moved into the top-10.



The next FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 23 September.



OVERALL RANKING

1 USA 2162

2 Germany 2146

3 Brazil 2121

4 Japan 2101

5 Sweden 2085

6 England 1997

7 France 1981

8 Canada 1953

9 Australia 1946

10 Norway 1940