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Haitians keep CFU top spot

T&T at number three

Tuesday, December 25th 2007

Digicel Caribbean Cup champions Haiti will celebrate the new year as the number one Caribbean Football Union (CFU) team despite slipping three spots down the FIFA Coca Cola Rankings.

After achieving an all-time best 66th on the world list together with the CFU top spot in November, the Haitians dipped to 69th on FIFA's December ratings list released this past weekend, but remain head of the CFU rankings.

Cuba dropped one spot on the FIFA list to No.71 and retain the CFU number two spot, and Trinidad and Tobago stepped closer to the CFU front-runners by moving up two places to 81st on FIFA's list as the region's number three team.

Jamaica climbed two places up the CFU list to number four with their number 97 ranking, to displace St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and Guyana, who both suffered huge slides on the world list.

SVG, who were the highest ranked English-speaking Caribbean team last month, tumbled 24 places down FIFA's list to 101st and are now fifth in the CFU.

Guyana plunged to 128th spot, a whopping 35 places down from their November world rating of 93rd, and now share sixth in the CFU with Barbados.

Bermuda, 147th on the FIFA list, are eighth in the CFU, while Antigua and Barbuda (151) and Suriname (153) complete the region's Top-Ten.

Mexico and the USA remain firm as CONCACAF's top teams.

The Mexicans, 15th in the world, stay number one in CONCACAF ahead of the USA (19), and Honduras are a distant third in the confederation at number 53 on the FIFA list.

Canada (55) and Panama (67) are fourth and fifth, respectively, in CONCACAF, with Haiti sixth, followed by Costa Rica (70), Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica completing CONCACAF's Top-Ten.

There is no change among the world's top teams, with Argentina at number one, stalked by Brazil and Italy, with Spain fourth and Germany fifth. -CMC