1998 World Cup Soccer
FIFA WORLD CUP RANKING AS OF MAY 1998
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Qualifiers
|
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Qualifiers
|
|
1
|
Brazil
|
x
|
|
26
|
Ecuador
|
|
|
2
|
Germany
|
x
|
|
27
|
Denmark
|
x
|
|
3
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
28
|
Sweden
|
x
|
|
4
|
Mexico
|
x
|
|
29
|
Paraguay
|
x
|
|
5
|
England
|
x
|
|
30
|
Jamaica
|
x
|
|
6
|
Argentina
|
x
|
|
31
|
Austria
|
x
|
|
7
|
Norway
|
x
|
|
32
|
Australia
|
|
|
8
|
Yugoslavia
|
x
|
|
33
|
Bolivia
|
|
|
9
|
Chile
|
x
|
|
34
|
Saudi Arabia
|
x
|
|
10
|
Colombia
|
x
|
|
35
|
Bulgaria
|
|
|
11
|
United States
|
x
|
|
36
|
Belgium
|
x
|
|
12
|
Japan
|
x
|
|
37
|
Peru
|
|
|
13
|
Morocco
|
x
|
|
38
|
Uruguay
|
|
|
14
|
Italy
|
x
|
|
39
|
Portugal
|
|
|
15
|
Spain
|
x
|
|
40
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
16
|
Russia
|
|
|
41
|
Scotland
|
x
|
|
17
|
France
|
x
|
|
42
|
Iran
|
x
|
|
18
|
Egypt
|
|
|
43
|
Kuwait
|
|
|
19
|
Croatia
|
x
|
|
44
|
Cote d' Ivoire
|
|
|
20
|
Korea Republic
|
x
|
|
45
|
Lithuania
|
|
|
21
|
Tunisia
|
x
|
|
46
|
Republic of Ireland
|
|
|
22
|
Romania
|
x
|
|
47
|
Israel
|
|
|
23
|
Zambia
|
|
|
48
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
|
|
24
|
South Africa
|
x
|
|
49
|
Cameroon
|
x
|
|
25
|
Netherlands
|
x
|
|
50
|
Thailand
|
|
Note: Nigeria which is ranked
74th, makes up the 32 teams that qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France.
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