Classifica Fifa: le prime 80 squadre (maggio 1998)
Classifica Fifa - ranking
| rank | team | points 05/98 | rank 04/98 | change 04/98 | rank 12/97 | change 12/97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 71.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Germany | 64.84 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 64.81 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Mexico | 61.39 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | England | 60.06 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -1 |
| 6 | Argentina | 60.04 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 11 |
| 7 | Norway | 59.65 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 6 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 59.36 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 12 |
| 9 | Chile | 58.98 | 6 | -3 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | Colombia | 58.16 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | United States | 58.08 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 15 |
| 12 | Japan | 57.74 | 11 | -1 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 | Morocco | 57.15 | 10 | -3 | 15 | 2 |
| 14 | Italy | 56.71 | 16 | 2 | 9 | -5 |
| 15 | Spain | 56.37 | 9 | -6 | 11 | -4 |
| 16 | Russia | 56.23 | 17 | 1 | 12 | -4 |
| 17 | France | 56.08 | 25 | 8 | 6 | -11 |
| 17 | Egypt | 56.08 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 15 |
| 19 | Croatia | 55.55 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | Korea Republic | 55.40 | 24 | 4 | 27 | 7 |
| 21 | Tunisia | 55.07 | 26 | 5 | 23 | 2 |
| 22 | Romania | 54.97 | 22 | 0 | 7 | -15 |
| 23 | Zambia | 54.96 | 19 | -4 | 21 | -2 |
| 24 | South Africa | 54.75 | 21 | -3 | 31 | 7 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 54.20 | 14 | -11 | 22 | -3 |
| 26 | Ecuador | 53.05 | 30 | 4 | 28 | 2 |
| 27 | Denmark | 52.88 | 20 | -7 | 8 | -19 |
| 28 | Sweden | 52.84 | 27 | -1 | 18 | -10 |
| 29 | Paraguay | 52.49 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 30 | Jamaica | 52.25 | 31 | 1 | 39 | 9 |
| 31 | Austria | 51.61 | 28 | -3 | 25 | -6 |
| 32 | Australia | 51.53 | 33 | 1 | 35 | 3 |
| 33 | Bolivia | 51.18 | 34 | 1 | 24 | -9 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 50.77 | 38 | 4 | 33 | -1 |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 50.48 | 42 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
| 36 | Belgium | 50.17 | 32 | -4 | 41 | 5 |
| 37 | Peru | 50.15 | 35 | -2 | 38 | 1 |
| 38 | Uruguay | 50.00 | 37 | -1 | 40 | 2 |
| 39 | Portugal | 49.21 | 39 | 0 | 30 | -9 |
| 40 | Slovakia | 49.08 | 36 | -4 | 34 | -6 |
| 41 | Scotland | 48.02 | 44 | 3 | 37 | -4 |
| 42 | Iran | 47.64 | 46 | 4 | 46 | 4 |
| 43 | Kuwait | 46.99 | 41 | -2 | 44 | 1 |
| 44 | Cote d' Ivoire | 46.83 | 43 | -1 | 52 | 8 |
| 45 | Lithuania | 46.80 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 46 | Republic of Ireland | 46.47 | 47 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| 47 | Israel | 45.83 | 40 | -7 | 61 | 14 |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.49 | 49 | 1 | 55 | 7 |
| 49 | Cameroon | 45.46 | 48 | -1 | 53 | 4 |
| 50 | Thailand | 45.33 | 52 | 2 | 54 | 4 |
| 51 | China PR | 45.29 | 51 | 0 | 55 | 4 |
| 52 | Georgia | 45.18 | 57 | 5 | 69 | 17 |
| 53 | Turkey | 44.73 | 54 | 1 | 43 | -10 |
| 54 | Poland | 44.26 | 55 | 1 | 48 | -6 |
| 55 | Greece | 44.12 | 56 | 1 | 42 | -13 |
| 56 | Angola | 43.62 | 59 | 3 | 58 | 2 |
| 57 | Algeria | 43.44 | 58 | 1 | 59 | 2 |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 43.39 | 50 | -8 | 51 | -7 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 42.61 | 53 | -6 | 50 | -9 |
| 60 | Guinea | 42.57 | 61 | 1 | 65 | 5 |
| 61 | Finland | 42.12 | 62 | 1 | 60 | -1 |
| 62 | Hungary | 41.96 | 73 | 11 | 77 | 15 |
| 63 | Congo DR (Zaire) | 40.85 | 64 | 1 | 76 | 13 |
| 64 | Ukraine | 40.32 | 63 | -1 | 49 | -15 |
| 65 | Ghana | 40.04 | 60 | -5 | 57 | -8 |
| 66 | Mali | 39.58 | 66 | 0 | 80 | 14 |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 39.29 | 68 | 1 | 106 | 39 |
| 68 | El Salvador | 38.76 | 65 | -3 | 64 | -4 |
| 69 | Mozambique | 38.54 | 71 | 2 | 67 | -2 |
| 70 | Qatar | 38.33 | 72 | 2 | 70 | 0 |
| 71 | FYR Macedonia | 37.86 | 89 | 18 | 92 | 21 |
| 72 | Iceland | 37.46 | 76 | 4 | 72 | 0 |
| 73 | Togo | 37.07 | 77 | 4 | 78 | 5 |
| 74 | Nigeria | 36.90 | 69 | -5 | 71 | -3 |
| 75 | Guatemala | 36.82 | 67 | -8 | 83 | 8 |
| 76 | Namibia | 36.65 | 78 | 2 | 86 | 10 |
| 77 | Canada | 36.31 | 74 | -3 | 66 | -11 |
| 78 | Senegal | 36.29 | 81 | 3 | 85 | 7 |
| 79 | Gabon | 35.98 | 80 | 1 | 63 | -16 |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 35.98 | 79 | 0 | 79 | 0 |