Georgian national football team is in the 57th place in FIFA ranking which was published on July 27. According to the ranking, baskets for the qualifying round of World Championship 2014 will be found out. UEFA unites 53 associations. Georgia is in the 30th place among European teams and it got in the 4th basket. On July 30, European teams will be divided into baskets for the ballot of Mundial 2014 this way:
I basket: Spain (the first place in FIFA-Coca Cola ranking), Holland (2), Germany (3), England (6), Portugal (7), Italy (8), Croatia (9), Norway (12), Greece (13);
II basket: France (15), Montenegro (17), Russia (18), Sweden (19), Denmark (21), Slovenia (22), Turkey (24), Serbia (27), Slovakia (29);
III basket: Switzerland (30), Israel (32), Ireland (33), Belgium (37), Czech Republic (38), Bosnia-Herzegovina (41), Belarus (42), Ukraine (45), Hungary (47);
IV basket: Bulgaria (48), Romania (53), Georgia (57), Lithuania (58), Albania (59), Scotland (61), Northern Ireland (62), Austria (66), Poland (69);
V basket: Armenia (70), Finland (75), Estoania (79), Cyprus (80), Latvia (83), Moldova (85), Macedonia (96), Azerbaijan (111), Faroe Islands (112);
VI basket: Wales (112), Liechtenstein (118), Iceland (121), Kazakhstan (126), Luxembourg (128), Malta (173), Malta (173), Andorra (203), San Marino (203).
As for the ranking, Uruguay, champion of Copa America, advanced with 13 places (247 points) and is in the 5th place.
Mexico ended up the group tournament of Copa America without point and moved from top 10 to the 20th place. Countries of Caribbean Sea have a great progress. The Bahamas advanced with 45 places, United States Virgin Islands – with 44 places and Dominican Republic – with 40 places.
Phridon Kervalishvili
