Reigning Caribbean champions Jamaica predictably started the year in the same place they finished – at the top of the Caribbean Football Union rankings.
FIFA’s latest world rankings came out last week. There have been no positional changes in the Caribbean Football Union region, mainly due to the down period last month, when there was little or no action.
Except for a one place drop for Curacao and the Bahamas, the regional teams all maintained their places in the CONCACAF Rankings as well. Curacao dropped to 24th and the Bahamians to 25th in the confederation, following one place drops in the World Rankings as well.
The Cayman Islands remain in 183rd place. They are 30th in the CFU, one ahead of St Lucia and one place behind the US Virgin Islands.
The Jamaicans, preparing for the semi-final phase of CONCACAF qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, moved up two places in the World to 52nd to hold onto to their CFU top ranking and fifth place in the confederation.
All of the teams in the top-10 in the CFU, except CFU number two Trinidad & Tobago, number five Guyana, number seven Puerto Rico and number 10 Suriname improved their positions.
The Soca Warriors dropped two places to 78th, the Guyanese dropped one place to 92nd, while the Puerto Ricans and the Surinamese remained unchanged.
At the summit, reigning world champions Spain continue to lead the way ahead of the Netherlands, Germany and Uruguay, who are still close together in the chasing pack.
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