{
    "title": "Canada moves back up into 12th spot",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:12:01",
    "published_at": "2009-12-18 09:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-moves-back-up-into-12th-spot",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/dFFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s women\u2019s national team is the 12th ranked country on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women\u2019s World Ranking. Canada, whose title partner is Winners and whose presenting partner is Teck, remains the second-ranked team within CONCACAF behind the world\u2019s number-one ranked nation, USA. The FIFA/Coca-Cola Wome\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-moves-back-up-into-12th-spot",
    "body": "<p>Canada&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s national team is the 12th ranked country on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women&rsquo;s World Ranking. Canada, whose title partner is Winners and whose presenting partner is Teck, remains the second-ranked team within CONCACAF behind the world&rsquo;s number-one ranked nation, USA.<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>\u200bCanada moved up one spot from the last ranking in September (from 13th to 12th), slipping ahead of China PR. The only other movement on the top-12 list was France moving into ninth place ahead of Denmark.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada is looking forward to competing in next year&rsquo;s CONCACAF Women&rsquo;s Gold Cup, the competition that will qualify two or three teams from the region to the FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup Germany 2011. Canada has qualified for each of the past four FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cups.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bFIFA/Coca-Cola Women&rsquo;s World Ranking<br>\u200b<br>\u200b1 USA 2,210<br>\u200b<br>\u200b2 Germany 2,149<br>\u200b<br>\u200b3 Brazil 2,122<br>\u200b<br>\u200b4 Sweden 2,067<br>\u200b<br>\u200b5 Korea DPR 2,026<br>\u200b<br>\u200b6 Japan 2,010<br>\u200b<br>\u200b7 Norway 2,001<br>\u200b<br>\u200b8 England 1,977<br>\u200b<br>\u200b9 France 1,968<br>\u200b<br>\u200b10 Denmark 1,955<br>\u200b<br>\u200b11 Italy 1,947<br>\u200b<br>\u200b12 Canada 1,939<br>\u200b<br>\u200b13 China PR 1,938<br>\u200b<br>\u200b14 Australia 1,892<br>\u200b<br>\u200b15 Russia 1,850</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}