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Rank 2016
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Team
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Rank 2015
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Rank 1996
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1
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USA
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1
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2
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2
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South Korea
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3
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8
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3
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China
|
2
|
6
|
4
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Singapore
|
10
|
25
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5
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Taiwan
|
18
|
20
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6
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North Korea
|
4
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--
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7=
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Russia
|
8
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4
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7=
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UK
|
22
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5
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9
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Hong Kong
|
28
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27
|
10
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Japan
|
22
|
11
|
11
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Vietnam
|
5
|
7
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12=
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Canada
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9
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16
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12=
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Thailand
|
12
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47
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14
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Hungary
|
20
|
3
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15=
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Brazil
|
22
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52
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15=
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Italy
|
29
|
25
|
17
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Philippines
|
36
|
74
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18
|
Bulgaria
|
29
|
11
|
19
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Germany
|
27
|
10
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20=
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Romania
|
13
|
1
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20=
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Indonesia
|
29
|
70
|
22
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Israel
|
40
|
15
|
23
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Mexico
|
19
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53
|
24
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Iran
|
7
|
9
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25=
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Australia
|
6
|
23
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25=
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France
|
14
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32
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25=
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Peru
|
16
|
--
|
28
|
Kazakhstan
|
28
|
25
|
29
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Turkey
|
20
|
19
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30=
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Armenia
|
26
|
34
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30=
|
Croatia
|
15
|
34
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30=
|
Ukraine
|
11
|
18
|
33
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Mongolia
|
35
|
44
|
34
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India
|
34
|
37
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35=
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Bangladesh
|
33
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--
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35=
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Belarus
|
39
|
21
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37=
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Czech Republic
|
45
|
28
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37=
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Sweden
|
60
|
40
|
39
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Macau
|
35
|
48
|
40
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Serbia
|
40
|
29
|
41
|
Saudi Arabia
|
41
|
--
|
42
|
Poland
|
17
|
13
|
43
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Switzerland
|
45
|
62
|
44
|
Netherlands
|
43
|
59
|
45
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Bosnia - Herzogovina
|
43
|
57
|
46
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Austria
|
60
|
42
|
47
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Portugal
|
52
|
13
|
48
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Syria
|
54
|
--
|
49
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Spain
|
72
|
48
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50=
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Lithuania
|
65
|
32
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50=
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Greece
|
51
|
22
|
52
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Belgium
|
56
|
31
|
53
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New Zealand
|
49
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--
|
54
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Azerbaijan
|
48
|
58
|
55
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Slovakia
|
33
|
17
|
56
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Malaysia
|
57
|
72
|
57
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Argentina
|
52
|
29
|
58
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South Africa
|
55
|
43
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59=
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Costa Rica
|
67
|
--
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59=
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Georgia
|
42
|
30
|
61
|
Estonia
|
70
|
55
|
62
|
Tajikistan
|
64
|
--
|
63=
|
Moldova
|
38
|
41
|
63=
|
Slovenia
|
73
|
44
|
63=
|
Cyprus
|
63
|
69
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66=
|
Sri Lanka
|
70
|
53
|
66=
|
Colombia
|
49
|
46
|
68
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El Salvador
|
95
|
--
|
69=
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Albania
|
77
|
67
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69=
|
Turkmenistan
|
58
|
72
|
71=
|
Finland
|
82
|
39
|
71=
|
Paraguay
|
67
|
--
|
73
|
Macedonia
|
74
|
46
|
74
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Latvia
|
79
|
33
|
75
|
Ireland
|
77
|
61
|
76
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Tunisia
|
75
|
--
|
77=
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Kosovo
|
86
|
--
|
77=
|
Uzbekistan
|
58
|
--
|
79
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Morocco
|
80
|
65
|
80
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Nicaragua
|
82
|
--
|
81
|
Denmark
|
69
|
48
|
82
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Algeria
|
62
|
--
|
83
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Ecuador
|
80
|
--
|
84=
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
92
|
67
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84=
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Norway
|
65
|
37
|
86
|
Venezuela
|
96
|
--
|
87
|
Puerto Rico
|
90
|
--
|
88=
|
Montenegro
|
89
|
|
88=
|
Nigeria
|
88
|
|
90
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Iceland
|
75
|
56
|
91=
|
Chile
|
97
|
71
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91=
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Pakistan
|
85
|
--
|
93
|
Uruguay
|
93
|
--
|
94
|
Trinidad & Tobago
|
82
|
60
|
95
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Luxemburg
|
97
|
--
|
96=
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Cambodia
|
86
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--
|
96=
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Myanmar
|
--
|
--
|
98
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Uganda
|
100
|
--
|
99
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Kenya
|
--
|
--
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100=
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Honduras
|
--
|
--
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100=
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Madagascar
|
--
|
--
|
102
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Jamaica
|
102
|
--
|
103
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Botswana
|
103
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--
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104=
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Egypt
|
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104=
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Ghana
|
101
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--
|
106
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Tanzania
|
106
|
--
|
107=
|
Iraq
|
--
|
--
|
107=
|
Liechtenstein
|
90
|
--
|
109
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Laos
|
--
|
--
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