by the year top of FIFA's world rankings with their conquerors
France in second place.
Croatia, third place finishers at France 98, won 'Best Mover of the
Year' for the second time since 1994, jumping up 15 places from
their year end ranking in 1997 to number four, behind Germany,
the team they beat in the quarter-finals.
Two Asian teams made late charges to earn places in the top 30,
Japan jumping 10 places to 20 while Iran, recent winners of the
Asian Games title, soared 17 places to 27.
Final 1998 FIFA rankings (ranking, last month's ranking, points)
1. (1) Brazil 73.44
2. (2) France 68.86
3. (3) Germany 66.87
4. (4) Croatia 66.75
5. (5) Argentina 66.22
6. (7) Yugoslavia 64.70
7. (8) Italy 63.82
8. (6) Czech Republic 63.80
9. (11) England 63.13
10. (10) Mexico 61.93
11. (9) Netherlands 61.67
12. (12) Romania 60.01
13. (13) Morocco 59.58
14. (14) Norway 58.99
15. (15) Spain 56.63
16. (16) Chile 57.81
17. (18) South Korea 57.17
18. (17) Sweden 56.27
19. (-18) Denmark 55.10
20. (30) Japan 55.01
21. (20) Tunisia 54.88
22. (21) Austria 54.76
23. (22) U.S. 54.74
24. (25) Kuwait 54.69
25. (24) Paraguay 54.57
26. (28) South Africa 53.64
27. (44) Iran 53.61
28. (23) Egypt 53.56
29. (26) Zambia 53.31
30. (27) Saudi Arabia 53.25