Soccer: Ireland up five places in FIFA rankings

Mick McCarthy's Ireland team has moved up five places to 30th in the FIFA World rankings.

Draws away to Portugal (5th) and Holland (10th) in the World Cup Qualifiers helped the team move up from 35th.

FIFA rankings (last month in brackets):

1 (1) Brazil 807 points,

2 (2) France 792,

3 (3) Argentina 770,

4 (5) Italy 750,

5 (4) Portugal 735,

6 (6) Czech Republic 732,

7 (7) Spain 725,

8 (11) Germany 714,

9 (8) Paraguay 713,

10 (9) Holland 709.

Selected others:

14 (16) England 677,

23 (28) Scotland 627,

30 (35) Republic of Ireland 611,

98 (96) Northern Ireland 430;

109 (109) Wales 399.