October 19, 2005

Sweden drop from 10th to 13th place in the FIFA rankings

This might be significant when the draw for the World Cup is done in December. It would appear that Sweden will be ranked in the second group, depending on what other teams make it to the cup. The Czech Republic (who went from fourth to third after losing to Holland!), Turkey and Spain are all ahead of Sweden but have yet to clear the last obstacle, a final qualifying round. Whether all, some or none of these teams go through could have a direct effect on what group Sweden will be seeded in.

Sweden did, however, make the top seeded group for the European Championship qualifiers after Croatia only managed a 0-0 draw against Hungary.

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