War and soccer

Since December, 2002, the Iraqi national men's soccer team has dropped 22 positions in international rankings. It is now #75 in the world, only 4 positions ahead of Canada.

Other countries embroiled in civil war that are ahead of Canada in world rankings:

Russia #28
Israel #43
Democratic Republic of Congo #59

Canada does, however, outrank Monserrat, an island completely vacated after a volcanic eruption.

Afghanistan's women's soccer team has yet to achieve an international ranking.

Posted by chrisdye on September 30, 2003 with category tags of

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I think you should look for a sociolinguistic connection. I think that countries that call soccer something that sounds vaguely like football do much better than those that call it something else like soccer, jam leg or Katie Couric.
   comment by Chronomorph (#11) on October 1, 2003

   

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