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Cuba Drops 20 positions in FIFA Ranking
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 30 (acn) Cuba descended 20 positions in the FIFA world ranking after its disappointing performance in the 2011 Gold Cup recently held in the United States.


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Cuba now accumulates 330 points, placing in the 101st position of that
ranking. In the Gold Cup, Cuba lost its three games versus Mexico (0-5),
Costa Rica (0-5) and Panama (1-6)

The official ranking is led by World and European champion Spain, with
1,871 points, followed by world runner-up Netherlands, Germany and
England, in that order.

The best Latin American country is Brazil, despite descending from the
third to the fifth position, while Mexico, after its victory at the Gold
Cup rose to the ninth place and Argentina moved down 4 to the tenth.

On the Latin American region the other teams among the first 100 are
Uruguay (18), Chile (27) and Paraguay (32). Ten South American squads and
Mexico and Costa Rica as guests will participate from July 1 through the
24th in the 2011 America Cup, to be held in several Argentinean cities.
 

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