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Thursday 13 January 2011

FIFA: Egypt retreats to 10th place of world ranking

2011-01-13 02:28:44 GMT2011-01-13 10:28:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

CAIRO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Egypt ranked the 10th place in the January edition of the FIFA world rankings released on Wednesday, the highest among all African and Arab teams.

The Pharaohs, who occupied the ninth place last month, scored 1,036 points in the latest ranking and was overtaken by the Croatian team.

Changing of ranks between the two teams is the only difference among the top 20 teams compared with the December edition.

World champion Spain ended in first, followed by the Netherlands, while Germany ranked the third.

Algeria ranked second at the Arab level, while Ghana obtained the same position in Africa.

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