{
    "title": "Canada WNT gains points, but drops a place on world ranking",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 16:15:14",
    "published_at": "2011-09-23 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-wnt-gains-points-but-drops-a-place-on-world-ranking",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/VqFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Canada has gained 11 points in the most recent FIFA/Coca-Cola Women\u2019s World Ranking, however it has slipped back one place to ninth overall on the global list. Canada had the second-biggest gain of all top-10 nations, but it was not enough to pace Korea DPR who had the advantage of three wins in Asi\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-wnt-gains-points-but-drops-a-place-on-world-ranking",
    "body": "<p>Canada has gained 11 points in the most recent FIFA/Coca-Cola Women&rsquo;s World Ranking, however it has slipped back one place to ninth overall on the global list. Canada had the second-biggest gain of all top-10 nations, but it was not enough to pace Korea DPR who had the advantage of three wins in Asian Olympic Qualifying.<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. The ranking comes out four times a year.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bKorea DPR made the biggest jump of all but one of the 132 ranked women&rsquo;s programs, jumping into eighth place with a gain of 40 points. 40-point gain. and pushing Canada back to ninth. Australia made the second-biggest jump amongst Asian nations (10 points) while China PR made the biggest drop (39 points).<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bInside the top-10 nations, there was no movement amongst the top-seven nations with USA, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Sweden, England and France holding on to their positions. Korea DPR, Canada and Australia round out the top-10.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<strong>FIFA/COCA-COLA WOMEN&rsquo;S WORLD RANKING</strong><br>\u200b<br>\u200b1 USA 2151<br>\u200b<br>\u200b2 Germany 2146<br>\u200b<br>\u200b3 Brazil 2121<br>\u200b<br>\u200b4 Japan 2106<br>\u200b<br>\u200b5 Sweden 2085<br>\u200b<br>\u200b6 England 1985<br>\u200b<br>\u200b7 France 1982<br>\u200b<br>\u200b8 Korea DPR 1967<br>\u200b<br>\u200b9 Canada 1964<br>\u200b<br>\u200b10 Australia 1956<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}