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Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz Ranked 50th in World in FIFA/Coca-Cola Rankings

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - November 7, 2012 - 12:57 pm

Above: Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz in action against Antigua

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz remain the top-ranked Caribbean side, according to the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola world rankings.

The Boyz are now ranked 50th in the world, ahead of Bolivia and the Central African Republic and just behind Slovenia.

The ranking represented a two-slot improvement from October.

Haiti remains the second-highest-ranked Caribbean side, with a global ranking of 57th.

Trinidad is the third-ranked Caribbean team, followed by the Dominican Republic, which rose 10 spots to reach 92nd in the world.

St Kitts and Nevis, the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, rose 16 spots to reach 106th in the world and fourth overall in the Caribbean.

Antigua and Barbuda, which recently lost a heartbreaking match to the United States, fell 15 spots in November’s list.

See below for the full November rankings (overall world ranking listed).

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