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Switzerland (AP) - The monthly FIFA World Rankings of national soccer teams for May (teams inactive since 1989 and newly recognized federations who have not yet played a full international are not listed.

Previous (February) ranking in parentheses. (Next rankings to be released June 13)

Through May 16, 1995 1, Brazil, 66.05 points (1).

2, Italy, 62.23 (2).

3, Spain, 61.26 (3),

4, Norway, 60.08 (6).

5, Germany, 59.97 (4).

6, Sweden, 59.19 (5).

7, Netherlands, 58.84 (7).

8, Argentina, 57.61 (8).

9, Mexico, 57.54 (9).

10, Ireland, 56.89 (11).

11, Romania, 56.63 (10),

12, Bulgaria, 56.46 (13).

13, Switzerland, 55.13(12). 14, Denmark, 55.02 (15). 15, Russia, 54.26 (17). 16, Portugal, 54.71 (14). 17, France, 53.21 (18). 18, Belgium, 52.82 (21). 19, Colombia, 50.44 (16). 20, Nigeria, 50.17 (19). 21, England, 49.22 (20).

32, Czech Republic, 46.74 (+30).

23, Egypt, 46.27 (26). 24, Greece, 45.73 (23). 25, Tunisia, 45.70 (24). 26, Ghana, 45.57 (27). 27, United States, 45.50 (22). 28, Saudi Arabia, 44.94 (25).
29, Zambia, 44.31 (28).
30, Turkey, 43.36 (37).
31, Scotland, 43.13 (t30).
32, Uruguay, 42.63 (29).
33, Ivory Coast, 42.55 (39).
34, Morocco, 42.45 (32).
35, Japan, 42.15 (33).
36, Poland, 41.94 (34).
37, South Korea, 41.01 (35).
38, Finland, 40.32 (t40).
39, Slovakia, 40.10 (38).
40, Austria, 39.58 (47).
41, Zimbabwe, 39.04 (t40).
42, Iceland, 38.07 (42).
43, Wales, 37.92 (49).
44, Cameroon, 37.83 (36). 45, Senegal, 37.79 (50).

46, Israel, 37.47 (44).

47, United Arab Emirates, 37.07 (46).

48, China, 37.00 (45).

49, Chile, 36.42 (43).

50, Australia, 36.34 (48).

51, Croatia, 36.04 (56).

52, Northern Ireland, 35.87 (54). 53, Hungary, 35.11 (57). 54, Guinea, 34.74 (51). 55, Algeria, 34.65 (53). 56, Mali, 34.38 (59). 57, Honduras, 32.87 (52). 58, Bolivia, 32.42 (55). 59, Kuwait, 32.14 (58). 60, South Africa, 31.81 (62). 61, Lithuania, 31.30 (60). 62, Ecuador, 31.15 (61). 63, Sierra Leone, 31.03 (69). 64, Zaire, 30.71 (70). 65, Qatar, 30.68 (63). 66, Cyprus, 30.27 (65). 67, Canada, 30.22 (64). 68, Gabon, 29.82 (72). 69, Peru, 29.36 (73). 70, Tanzania, 29.26 (67). 71, Uganda, 29.01 (66). 72, Costa Rica, 28.88 (68). 73, Malawi, 28.74 (71). 74, Ukraine, 25.79 (82). 75, Bahrain, 25.55 (75). 76, Latvia, 25.49 (73). 77, Mozambique, 25.19 (84). 78, Niger, 25.09 (77). 79, Oman, 24.82 (76). 80, Trinidad and Tobago, 24.43 (78). 81, Togo, 24.20 (79). 82, Angola, 24.19 (93). 83, Iran, 23.88 (80). 84, Slovenia, 23.25 (81). 85, Yugoslavia, 22.95 (83). 86, Uzbekistan, 22.83 (85). 87, Thailand, 22.50 (86). 88, Macedonia, 21.98 (92). 89, Malta, 21.56 (88). 90, Kenya, 21.35 (t89). 91, Jamaica, 21.15 (89). 92, Iraq, 20.99 (91). 93, Georgia, 20.83 (100). 94, Sudan, 20.27 (107). 95, North Korea, 19.85 (94). 96, Ethiopia, 19.50 (97). 97, El Salvador, 19.47 (87). 98, Burkina Faso, 18.60 (96). 99, Malaysia, 18.56 (95). 100, Hong Kong, 18.11 (98). 101, Albania, 17.92 (99). 102, Liberia, 17.83 (109). 103, Paraguay, 17.51 (101). 104, Congo, 17.49 (102). 105, Mauritania, 16.86 (104). 106, New Zealand, 16.80 (103). 107, Yemen, 16.21 (105).

108, Singapore, 15.57 (106).

109, Gambia, 15.05 (108).

110, Madagascar, 14.03 (110).

111, India, 13.98 (111).

112, Luxembourg, 13.97 (113).

113, Belarus, 13.95 (120).

114, Moldova, 13.89 (112).

115, Namibia, 13.04 (114).

116, Estonia, 12.85 (115). 117, Surinam, 12.67 (119).

118, Turkmenistan, 12.63 (15) 119, Syria, 12.57 (118).

120, Bermuda, 12.53 (117).

121, Fiji, 11.73 (121).

122, Jordan, 11.07 (122).

123, Venezuela, 11.03 (123).

124, Guinea-Bissau, 11.02 (124).

125, Burma, 10.95 (125).

126, Barbados, 10.74 (126).

127, Puerto Rico, 10.59 (127).

128, St. Vincent-Grenadines, 10.14(128).

129, Swaziland, 9.90 (129).

130, Burundi, 9.89 (130).

131, St. Lucia, 9.70 (131).

132, Bangladesh, 9.14 (132).

133, Armenia, 8.95 (144).

134, San Marino, 8.92 (134).

(tie), Lebanon, 8.92 (133).

136, Lesotho, 8.35 (135).

137, Faeroe Islands, 8.32 (136). 138, Mauritius, 7.25 (137).

139, Haiti, 7.13 (139).

140, Indonesia, 7.09 (138).

141, Panama, 6.75 (140).

142, Azerbaijan, 6.58 (148).

143, St. Kitts and Nevis, 6.56 (142). 144, Antigua, 6.54 (141).

145, Nepal, 6.37 (143).

146, Sri Lanka, 6.21 (145).

147, Grenada, 6.15 (146).

148, Botswana, 6.00 (147).

149, Benin, 5.27 (149).

150, Tahiti, 4.43 (150). 151, Vietnam, 3.95 (151).

152, Cayman Islands, 3.70 (t153).

153, Guatemala, 3.63 (152).

154, Guyana, 3.60 (155).

155, Netherlands Antilles, 3.58 (t153).

156, Liechtenstein, 3.12 (156).

157, Kazakhstan, 2.97 (157).

168, Somalia, 2.86 (158).

159, Pakistan, 2.79 (159).

150, Tajikistan, 2.69 (160).

161, Dominican Republic, 2.26 (161).

162, Laos, 1.72 (162).

163, Maldive Islands, 1.60 (163).

164, Cape Verde, 1.58 (164).

165, Solomon Islands, 1.45 (165).

166, Dominica, 1.35 (166).

167, Brunei, 0.81 (167).

168, Kyrgyzstan, 0.70 (t168). 169, Libya, 0.68 (1168).

170, Nicaragua, 0.65 (170).

171, Seychelles, 0.53 (171).

172, Dijibouti, 0.41 (172).

173, Taiwan, 0.13 (173).

174, Philippines, 0.07 (174). 175, Vanuatu, 0.03 (175).

176, Aruba, 0.02 (176).

177, Central African Republic, 0.01 (177).

178, Macao, 0.00 (t178) (tie), Chad, 0.00 (t178)