/ 10 May 2000

BAFANA 20TH IN LATEST FIFA RANKINGS

BAFANA Bafana are rated 20th in the latest Fifa world football rankings, a jump of four places. Brazil continue to lead the rankings, with the Czech Republic remaining in second spot ahead of world champions. Egypt moved up five places to 32, and Ghana recorded the biggest improvement to jump ten places to 47th thanks largely to two victories over Tanzania.

The Fifa top 20:

Brazil 830; Czech Republic 758; France 751; Spain 736; Argentina 728; Germany 717; Croatia 708; Mexico and Norway 704; Romania 701; Yugoslavia 693; England 678; Denmark 673; Italy 668; Portugal 655; Sweden 651; Paraguay 647; Colombia 645; USA 635; South Africa 633.