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If you take the FIFA Rankings into account then you can see how amazing South Africa's performance was against Mexico who are 17th.
South Africa qualified due to being the host and if the country was judged on performances leading up to the World Cup 2010, on paper they would not have stood a chance and this the public must appreciate, as their performance so far relating to stats is the performance of the tournament so far.
The USA's draw against England is not so much as a shock as people would have it as they are ranked 14th and the 3 Lions 6th.
South Korea's performance is also on par with SA's and they also deserve a special mention, considering not much has been written about their 2 - 0 win against the Greeks who were ranked 13th compared to the 47th of the Republic of China
FIFA Rankings 1 - 49
1 Brazil Brazil 1611 0 Equal 0
2 Spain Spain 1565 0 Equal 0
3 Portugal Portugal 1249 0 Equal 0
4 Netherlands Netherlands 1231 0 Equal 10
5 Italy Italy 1184 0 Equal 0
6 Germany Germany 1082 0 Equal -25
7 Argentina Argentina 1076 0 Equal -8
8 England England 1068 0 Equal 0
9 France France 1044 1 Up 0
10 Croatia Croatia 1041 -1 Down -11
11 Russia Russia 1015 0 Equal 12
12 Egypt Egypt 967 1 Up 0
13 Greece Greece 964 -1 Down -4
14 USA USA 957 0 Equal 7
15 Serbia Serbia 947 1 Up 3
16 Uruguay Uruguay 899 2 Up -3
17 Mexico Mexico 895 0 Equal -41
18 Chile Chile 888 -3 Down -60
19 Cameroon Cameroon 887 0 Equal 0
20 Australia Australia 886 0 Equal 3
21 Nigeria Nigeria 883 -1 Down 0
22 Norway Norway 882 0 Equal 3
23 Ukraine Ukraine 875 2 Up 20
24 Switzerland Switzerland 866 2 Up 12
25 Slovenia Slovenia 860 -2 Down 0
26 Israel Israel 857 -2 Down 0
27 Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 856 0 Equal 10
28 Romania Romania 853 0 Equal 10
29 Turkey Turkey 830 4 Up 32
30 Algeria Algeria 821 1 Up 0
31 Paraguay Paraguay 820 -1 Down -2
32 Ghana Ghana 800 0 Equal -2
33 Czech Republic Czech Republic 793 -4 Down -34
34 Slovakia Slovakia 777 4 Up 35
35 Colombia Colombia 776 -1 Down -1
36 Denmark Denmark 767 -1 Down 0
37 Sweden Sweden 761 0 Equal 4
38 Honduras Honduras 734 2 Up 7
39 Bulgaria Bulgaria 711 0 Equal -29
40 Costa Rica Costa Rica 710 2 Up 4
41 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 709 2 Up 19
42 Gabon Gabon 700 -1 Down -7
43 Scotland Scotland 699 1 Up 15
44 Ecuador Ecuador 694 -8 Down -69
45 Japan Japan 682 0 Equal 8
46 Latvia Latvia 652 0 Equal 0
47 Korea Republic Korea Republic 632 0 Equal 13
48 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 611 4 Up 22
49 Venezuela Venezuela 608 0 Equal 3
49 Lithuania Lithuania 608 -1 Down -8
Rankings 50 to 100
51 Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 604 0 Equal 0
52 Finland Finland 584 -3 Down -21
53 Peru Peru 578 0 Equal -1
54 Mali Mali 575 0 Equal 0
55 Tunisia Tunisia 574 0 Equal 0
56 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 566 1 Up 11
57 Hungary Hungary 565 -1 Down -2
58 Poland Poland 561 0 Equal 9
59 Belgium Belgium 541 3 Up 23
60 Benin Benin 531 -1 Down 0
61 Iran Iran 521 -1 Down 0
61 FYR Macedonia FYR Macedonia 521 -1 Down 0
63 Canada Canada 516 0 Equal 0
64 Montenegro Montenegro 500 1 Up 0
65 Bolivia Bolivia 499 2 Up 8
66 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 498 0 Equal 3
67 Cyprus Cyprus 486 1 Up -2
68 Austria Austria 479 -4 Down -30
69 Bahrain Bahrain 475 0 Equal 0
70 Morocco Morocco 463 0 Equal -6
71 Zambia Zambia 456 0 Equal 4
72 El Salvador El Salvador 452 -1 Down 0
73 Uganda Uganda 440 1 Up 3
74 Panama Panama 434 2 Up 13
75 Senegal Senegal 422 2 Up 8
76 Togo Togo 418 -3 Down -20
77 Wales Wales 415 -2 Down -14
78 New Zealand New Zealand 410 0 Equal -3
79 Albania Albania 406 1 Up 0
80 Iraq Iraq 405 2 Up 11
81 Jamaica Jamaica 399 -2 Down -13
82 Belarus Belarus 397 -1 Down 0
83 South Africa South Africa 392 7 Up 23
84 China PR China PR 387 1 Up -3
85 Mozambique Mozambique 383 4 Up 5
86 Malawi Malawi 382 -4 Down -12
87 Guinea Guinea 381 0 Equal 0
88 Angola Angola 379 -3 Down -11
89 Moldova Moldova 378 -5 Down -14
90 Iceland Iceland 367 1 Up 0
91 Oman Oman 362 6 Up 16
91 Haiti Haiti 362 -4 Down -19
93 Gambia Gambia 361 0 Equal 0
94 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 354 0 Equal 0
95 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 353 -4 Down -14
96 Qatar Qatar 351 -1 Down 0
97 Kuwait Kuwait 350 -1 Down 2
98 Syria Syria 343 0 Equal 1
99 Estonia Estonia 320 5 Up 24
100 Armenia Armenia 311 -1 Down 0
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