{
    "title": "Canada holds 11th spot on global ranking",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:16:20",
    "published_at": "2009-06-26 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-holds-11th-spot-on-global-ranking",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/9GFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s women\u2019s national team remains the 11th ranked team on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women\u2019s World Ranking. Canada dropped four points, but held its position on the most recent 26 June 2009 ranking. It marks the third-consecutive ranking (since December 2008) that Canada has held the 10th position. The\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-holds-11th-spot-on-global-ranking",
    "body": "<p>Canada&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s national team remains the 11th ranked team on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women&rsquo;s World Ranking. Canada dropped four points, but held its position on the most recent 26 June 2009 ranking. It marks the third-consecutive ranking (since December 2008) that Canada has held the 10th position.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe FIFA/Coca-Cola Women&rsquo;s World Rankings looks at each country&rsquo;s international results from the last four years. The ranking takes into account the result, the importance of the match, the strength of the opponent, the regional strength, the time period, and the number of matches per year.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bIn the last three months, Canada played one match &ndash; an 0:4 loss to the world&rsquo;s number-one ranked USA. The match was played at BMO Field in Toronto. Canada is ranked second within CONCACAF with 1,938 points; USA is first with 2,198 points.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThere was but one change to the world&rsquo;s top-10 list: England (1,973) slipped past Norway (1,972) into ninth place on the world list.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b1 USA 2,198<br>\u200b<br>\u200b2 Brazil 2,125<br>\u200b<br>\u200b3 Germany 2,119<br>\u200b<br>\u200b4 Sweden 2,100<br>\u200b<br>\u200b5 Korea DPR 2,026<br>\u200b<br>\u200b6 Denmark 2,018<br>\u200b<br>\u200b7 Japan 1,985<br>\u200b<br>\u200b8 France 1,982<br>\u200b<br>\u200b9 England 1,973<br>\u200b<br>\u200b10 Norway 1,972<br>\u200b<br>\u200b11 Canada 1,938<br>\u200b<br>\u200b12 China PR 1,934<br>\u200b<br>\u200b13 Italy 1,928<br>\u200b<br>\u200b14 Australia 1,892<br>\u200b<br>\u200b15 Russia 1,864</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}