China is ranked 83rd with 389 points in the latest world
football association rankings from FIFA, released on Wednesday.
Brazil, Italy and Argentina are still the top three teams, but
England has overpassed Germany to take fifth place.
The leading Asian teams are Iran, Australia and Uzbekistan.
China moved up one spot on the Asian tally, overtaking Oman for
10th place.
(CRI January 18, 2007)