India drops down in FIFA rankings August 17, 2005 22:25 IST
After losing to lower ranked Fiji in international friendlies, India dropped down a place to 132nd in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday.
India lost in both the matches played in Fiji, that helped the tiny pacific island nation to climb four places to 137 in the new list. The 1-2 defeat at Suva on August 14 was India's third consecutive defeat in the international arena since losing 0-3 to Pakistan in Lahore on June 18.
World champions Brazil continued to occupy the top spot followed by Argentina and The Netherlands in second and third spot. Former world champions France took the ninth spot. The top two Asian teams in the list were Iran and Japan, who were 15th and 17th respectively.
Rankings: 1. Brazil 837 points 2. Argentina 782 3. Netherlands 780 4. Czech Republic 777 5. Mexico 770 6. USA 768 7. England 743 8. Spain 739 9. France 737 9. Portugal 737 11. Germany 722 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
