  Armenia improves position, claims 86th spot in FIFA World Ranking December 22, 2016 - 15:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has climbed one spot in this month's FIFA World Ranking, claiming the 86th position with 412 points. The country's 3-2 win over Montenegro helped the national football team jump the largest number of spots last month, bouncing a total of 38 places to secure the 87th spot among 205 teams included in the report. This month, Argentina top the standings, followed by Brazil, Germany, Germany and Chile. Read also:Armenian athletes won a total of 170 medals in 2016   Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent.   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaArmenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
