Shortly after the conclusion of Euro 2012,
Aruba hosted and won the lesser known ABCS Tournament by overcoming Curacao 3-2
and defeating Suriname
1-0 in the final. The tournament introduced Bonaire to the Football Rankings as
they moved in to the 201st spot after being thumped 8-0 and 9-2 by Suriname and Curacao
respectively. Another noteworthy result in July was Guam’s 3-0 victory over Macau in the East Asian Championship qualifiers played on
their home soil.
In August Brazil
moved up into 2nd place in the rankings with an impressive 3-0 win
in Sweden while Argentina triumphed 3-1 away to Germany and Slovakia upset their Danish hosts
by the same scoreline. Chile
fell 3-0 in Ecuador while the
U.S.A. silenced Mexico with a single goal at the Azteca and Croatia suffered a 4-2 home defeat to Switzerland. Syria’s political unrest seemed to have affected
them on the pitch in the Nehru Cup as they lost 2-1 to hosts India and then to the Maldives whom they had twice
demolished 12-0 in 1997.
Friday, August 31, 2012
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