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<title>September 2009 FIFA World Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/september-2009-fifa-world-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>chris</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-09-02 07:59:08</dc:created>
<description>The best part of the monthly rankings release is looking at the change in ratings for particular teams and wondering, &quot;what the hell did they ...</description>
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<title>Scotland up four places to #24</title>
<link>http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/other-news/scotland-up-four-places-to-24.html</link>
<dc:author>Ian Rose</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-04-09 14:08:16</dc:created>
<description>On the strength of a World Cup qualifying win over Iceland, we rose four spots in this month's FIFA rankings to #24.  That's still ...</description>
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<title>Israelis Hungry for More after Friendly Win</title>
<link>http://israel.worldcupblog.org/team-news/israelis-hungry-for-more-after-friendly-win.html</link>
<dc:author>Ibracadabra</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-02-11 16:17:09</dc:created>
<description>Some major sporting and political news coming out of Israel this week with General Elections held yesterday, as well as Bar Rafaeli gracing Sports Illustrated's ...</description>
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<title>FIFA World Rankings: December 2008 </title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-rankings-december-2008.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-12-17 15:40:43</dc:created>
<description>For the final time in 2008, FIFA did their homework and ranked every national team in the federation from 1st to 201st. Not too much ...</description>
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<title>Back in the Top Ten</title>
<link>http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/back-in-the-top-ten.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-11-14 14:32:13</dc:created>
<description>We've clawed our way back into the top 10 of FIFA World Rankings. Hooray? No?

OK, maybe not the most spectacular achievement ever. And we're really ...</description>
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<title>FIFA World Rankings November 2008</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-rankings-november-2008.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-11-12 08:35:19</dc:created>
<description>Not everybody agrees with the FIFA World Rankings. According to our poll, 64% of World Cup Blog readers prefer the World Football Elo Ratings System. ...</description>
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<title>FIFA World Rankings or World Football Elo Ratings - Which is Better?</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-rankings-or-world-football-elo-ratings-which-is-better.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-09-04 17:10:29</dc:created>
<description>The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have ...</description>
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<title>England: Certificate 15</title>
<link>http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/england-certificate-15.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-07-02 07:51:40</dc:created>
<description>Saw this coming, but it still hurts a bit. The latest FIFA World Rankings came out today, and England have dropped six places to 15th.

So ...</description>
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<title>Are Spain the Best Team in the World Now?</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/are-spain-the-best-team-in-the-world-now.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-07-02 06:10:45</dc:created>
<description>FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...</description>
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<title>Scotland falls one to #15</title>
<link>http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/1/scotland-falls-one-to-15.html</link>
<dc:author>Ian Rose</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-04-09 11:54:47</dc:created>
<description>No big surprises in the FIFA World Rankings announced today.  Our draw with Croatia wasn't enough to keep up the good points average of ...</description>
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<title>Inactive Scotland shares 14th in FIFA rankings</title>
<link>http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/1/inactive-scotland-shares-14th-in-fifa-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>Ian Rose</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-02-13 16:18:25</dc:created>
<description>Without a competitive (or otherwise) match since the Euro 2008 qualifiers, Scotland spent another month gathering no points in the FIFA World Rankings, but managed ...</description>
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<title>January 2008 FIFA World Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/january-2008-fifa-world-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-01-17 13:27:11</dc:created>
<description>The first FIFA World Rankings of 2008 have been released and the big news is... well, nothing. It's all the same at the top with ...</description>
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<title>Dear England, More Bad News, Love FIFA</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/dear-england-more-bad-news-love-fifa.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-11-23 17:59:25</dc:created>
<description>The new FIFA World Rankings were announced today, and it's more bad news for England as their Euro 2008 disaster has seen them drop a ...</description>
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<title>September 2007 FIFA World Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/power-rankings/september-2007-fifa-world-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-09-19 10:35:43</dc:created>
<description>Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages - gather around and focus your eyes on the latest edition of the football world rankings ...</description>
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<title>June 2007 FIFA World Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/power-rankings/june-2007-fifa-world-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-06-13 06:57:03</dc:created>
<description>Another month, another set of FIFA world rankings that we can all take a look at and then forget about for another 30 days.  ...</description>
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<title>March 2007 FIFA World Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/power-rankings/march-2007-fifa-world-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-03-14 06:38:33</dc:created>
<description>The numbers have been crunched and we have a new number one team in the world.  For the first time ever Argentina has won ...</description>
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<title>February 2007 FIFA World Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/power-rankings/february-2007-fifa-world-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2007-02-14 08:45:43</dc:created>
<description>Death, taxes and Brazil ranked number one by FIFA.  Those have been the certainties in life for the past 55 months, but alas they ...</description>
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<title>December 2006 FIFA Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/power-rankings/december-2006-fifa-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-12-18 10:44:58</dc:created>
<description>Another month, another set of FIFA rankings and another series of laughs.  As has been the custom for the past five years, Brazil is ...</description>
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<title>September 2006 FIFA Rankings</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/power-rankings/september-2006-fifa-rankings.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-09-13 10:15:28</dc:created>
<description>It is that time of month again when FIFA presents its thoughts on how the world's football teams are ranked.  As is usually the ...</description>
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<title>Down To 23rd</title>
<link>http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/down-to-23rd.html</link>
<dc:author>Daryl</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-08-17 07:35:03</dc:created>
<description>

We've plummeted to 23rd in the latest FIFA World Rankings.

After tasting the dizzy heights of fourth place earlier this year we are now playing catch ...</description>
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<title>Still 3rd</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/still-3rd.html</link>
<dc:author>Mike</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-05-17 10:35:57</dc:created>
<description>What do you know, the Netherlands are still third in the FIFA World Rankings.  Whoop-dee-frickin-doo.</description>
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<title>Let's Help Out American Samoa</title>
<link>http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/lets-help-out-american-samoa.html</link>
<dc:author>WC Bob</dc:author>
<dc:created>2006-04-04 00:02:55</dc:created>
<description>A couple months ago I laid out a blueprint for how American Samoa can improve upon its last ranked position in the FIFA rankings.  ...</description>
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