Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
Table of contents
| Points | 1997 Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 73.67 | 1 |
| 2 | France | 69.21 | 6 |
| 3 | Germany | 67.75 | 2 |
| 4 | Croatia | 66.64 | 19 |
| 5 | Argentina | 65.29 | 17 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 64.79 | 3 |
| 7 | Italy | 64.53 | 9 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 64.16 | 20 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 62.77 | 22 |
| 10 | Mexico | 61.89 | 5 |
| 11 | England | 61.36 | 4 |
| 12 | Chile | 59.49 | 16 |
| 13 | Romania | 59.08 | 7 |
| 14 | Spain | 58.63 | 11 |
| 15 | Morocco | 58.60 | 15 |
| 16 | Norway | 58.51 | 13 |
| 17 | USA | 57.04 | 26 |
| 18 | Denmark | 55.91 | 8 |
| 19 | Egypt | 55.49 | 8 |
| South Korea | 55.49 | 27 | |
| 21 | Japan | 54.57 | 14 |
| 22 | Paraguay | 54.37 | 29 |
| 23 | Zambia | 54.23 | 21 |
| 24 | Colombia | 53.92 | 10 |
| 25 | Sweden | 53.13 | 18 |
| 26 | Tunisia | 52.96 | 23 |
| 27 | Russia | 52.87 | 12 |
| 28 | Belgium | 52.52 | 41 |
| 29 | Austria | 52.45 | 25 |
| 30 | Jamaica | 52.32 | 39 |
| 31 | South Africa | 51.98 | 31 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 50.67 | 33 |
| 33 | Slovakia | 50.30 | 34 |
| 34 | Poland | 50.24 | 48 |
| 35 | Uruguay | 48.99 | 40 |
| 36 | Australia | 48.08 | 35 |
| 37 | Cameroon | 48.01 | 53 |
| Iran | 48.01 | 46 | |
| 39 | Scotland | 47.88 | 37 |
| 40 | Israel | 47.52 | 61 |
| 41 | Portugal | 46.83 | 30 |
| 42 | Georgia | 45.58 | 69 |
| 43 | Thailand | 45.45 | 54 |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.03 | 55 |
| 45 | Ivory Coast | 44.98 | 52 |
| 46 | Angola | 44.90 | 58 |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 44.69 | 36 |
| 48 | China | 44.40 | 55 |
| 49 | Ukraine | 44.30 | 49 |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 43.65 | 51 |
| 1997 | FIFA Top 50 World Rankings |
