ANKARA - Turkey climbed 6 rows in FIFA World Soccer Ranking for July 2008 to 14th place with 1010 points.
Turkey`s (semi finalist) performance in Euro 2008 Soccer Championship was the driving force behind its advent in the FIFA world rankings. Turkey was knocked out of the tournament by Germany in the semi finals after beating teams like Czech Republic and Croatia.
Top 20 teams of the world are as follows:
1 Spain 1557
2 Italy 1404
3 Germany 1364
4 Brazil 1344
5 Netherlands 1299
6 Argentina 1298
7 Croatia 1282
8 Czech Rep. 1146
9 Portugal 1104
10 France 1053
11 Russia 1023
12 Romania 1021
13 Cameroon 1011
14 Turkey 1010
15 England 1003
16 Scotland 988
17 Bulgaria 930
18 Greece 911
19 Mexico 906
20 Ghana 885