Source: Xinhua
06-05-2008 13:23
Special Report: 2008 European ChampionshipsANKARA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Turkey climbed 5 rows in FIFA World Ranking for June 2008 to 2Oth place with 877 points, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday.
Turkey collected 21 points in June with three victories in the friendly games against Finland, Uruguay and Slovakia, under preparations for Euro 2008 Soccer Championship.
Among Turkey's rivals in Group A of the Euro 2008 Soccer Championship, Czech Republic is 6th, Portugal is 11th and Switzerland is 44th in the FIFA's World Ranking.
Turkey will go on its first match in the tournament against Portugal in Geneva on Saturday, June 7th.
Top 20 teams of the world are as follows:
1 Argentina 1,559
2 Brazil 1,513
3 Italy 1,424
4 Spain 1,303
5 Germany 1,274
6 Czech Rep. 1,246
7 France 1,143
8 Greece 1,133
9 England 1,123
10 Netherlands 1,111
11 Portugal 1,094
12 Romania 1,069
13 Cameroon 1,041
14 Mexico 1,020
15 Croatia 1,017
16 Ghana 986
17 Scotland 978
18 Bulgaria 949
19 Colombia 904
20 Turkey 877
Editor:Zhang Ning
