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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