THURSDAY, 1.00PM:
SOUTH AFRICA is ranked 22 internationally and second in Africa after Zambia in the latest Fifa rankings issued on Wednesday. Brazil became the first team to log over 70 points. (ranking end of 1996 in brackets)
1 Brazil(1) 71.85 points; 2 Spain (8) 63. 38; 3 Denmark (6) 62.35; 4 Romania (16) 60.90; 5 Germany (2) 60.74; 6 Netherlands (9) 60.54; 7 Russia (7) 60.51; 8 England (12) 59. 99; 9 Italy (10) 59.66; 10 Mexico (11) 59.11; 11 France (3) 58.75; 12 Colombia (4) 57.69; 13 Argentina (22) 57.34; 14 Czech Republich (5) 56.65; 15 Morocco (27) 56.52; 16 Norway (14) 55.34; 17 Japan (21) 55.75; 18 Bolivia (39) 54.54; 19 Zambia (20) 54.54; 20 Bulgaria (15) 53.69; 21 Slovakia (30) 53.58; 22 South Africa (19) 53.39;
23 Paraguay (38) 52.80; 24 Scotland (29) 52.77; 25 Sweden (17) 52.46; 26 USA (18) 52.14; 27 Chile (26) 52.06; 28 Tunisia (23) 51.86; 29 Portugal (13) 51.66; 30 Ecuador (33) 50.72.