Thursday, 30 October 2008

October 1908

1 England (1)
2 Netherlands (3)
3 Scotland (2)
4 Canada (4)
5 Denmark (NE)
6 Austria (6)
7 South Africa (7)
8 Argentina (5)
9 Hungary (9)
10 Belgium (11)
11 Switzerland (12)
13 Sweden (8)
14 Uruguay (18)
15 Germany (13)
16 Bohemia (14)
17 Wales (15)
18 United States (16)
19 Ireland (19)
20 France (17)

France dropped to the bottom of the rankings after two heavy defeats against new boys Denmark at the London Olympics. The Danes beat the French 9-0 and followed it up with a 17-1 victory to embarrass les bleus.

Uruguay moved up 4 places to fourteenth after an impressive 1-0 win in Buenos Aires against Argentina, who slipped three places to eighth.

Another faller was Sweden who also had a disastrous Olympic campaign losing 12-1 against England and 2-0 against the Netherlands, dropping five places to 13th.

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