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World Football Ranking Table 1945 - 1956.

Rank Team Mat-
ches		 Wins Draws Los-
ses		 Goals
Fore		 Goals
Against		 Points Rating
Score
1 Argentina 28 23 3 2 90 21 72 100.000
2 Brazil 44 30 5 9 137 45 95 90.288
3 Paraguay 43 20 9 14 79 72 69 78.932
4 Uruguay 50 27 5 18 127 78 86 76.228
5 Chile 48 21 6 21 93 85 69 71.811
6 Peru 30 11 7 12 55 50 40 68.197
7 Costa Rica 29 23 2 4 100 28 71 63.323
8 Mexico 13 8 0 5 40 21 24 52.523
9 Guatemala 22 10 7 5 54 40 37 51.044
10 Bolivia 32 5 6 21 32 107 21 49.118
11 Honduras 16 8 1 7 38 28 25 41.352
12 Netherlands Antilles 20 8 4 8 42 32 28 39.866
13 Ecuador 31 1 6 24 24 100 9 38.918
14 El Salvador 25 10 2 13 39 55 32 35.338
15 Panama 23 8 3 12 43 59 27 35.071
16 U.S. of America 11 4 1 6 19 32 13 15.432
17 Nicaragua 15 2 0 13 13 71 6 13.683
18 Cuba 9 0 1 8 5 28 1 1.000
. Yugoslavia 15 10 3 2 29 12 33 .
. England 13 9 1 3 40 19 28 .
. Germany 10 8 1 1 37 17 25 .
. South Korea 11 7 2 2 25 26 23 .
. France 10 6 2 2 33 15 20 .
. Austria 8 6 1 1 33 13 19 .
. Spain 11 5 3 3 23 19 18 .
. Sweden 11 5 2 4 26 25 17 .
. Switzerland 9 5 1 3 23 21 16 .
. Republic of Ireland 9 4 1 4 16 14 13 .
. Hungary 5 4 0 1 27 10 12 .
. Italy 7 4 0 3 17 12 12 .
. Belgium 7 3 2 2 19 20 11 .
. Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 5 8 10 .
. Turkey 7 3 1 3 21 17 10 .
. Scotland 8 3 1 4 18 19 10 .
. Malaysia 4 2 1 1 15 11 7 .
. Greece 4 2 0 2 3 2 6 .
. Romania 4 2 0 2 5 5 6 .
. Israel 9 2 0 7 8 21 6 .
. South Vietnam 5 1 2 2 13 12 5 .
. Saar 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 .
. Aruba 5 1 1 3 8 9 4 .
. Northern Ireland 6 1 1 4 8 24 4 .
. Finland 6 0 3 3 8 17 3 .
. Hong Kong 3 0 2 1 6 7 2 .
. Norway 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 .
. Portugal 4 0 2 2 4 16 2 .
. Wales 6 0 2 4 6 15 2 .
. Japan 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 .
. Bulgaria 4 0 1 3 3 7 1 .
. Taiwan 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 .
. Denmark 2 0 0 2 3 7 0 .
. Egypt 2 0 0 2 2 7 0 .
. Philippines 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 .
. Cambodia 2 0 0 2 4 12 0 .
. Haiti 4 0 0 4 2 18 0 .
. Luxembourg 7 0 0 7 5 34 0 .