PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Cuba's runner-up placing at last month's Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals has earned them an 11-place jump in FIFA's world rankings and a climb to joint second in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) ratings.

FIFA's world rankings for March issued yesterday showed Cuba surging up to 60th in the world, the same as Trinidad and Tobago, who they beat 2-1 in the Digicel Cup, while CFU champions Jamaica solidified their position as the Caribbean's number one team, with a five-place climb on FIFA's list.

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz claimed their third CFU title when they beat Cuba 1-0 in the final on February 24 in Barbados and are now up to 41st in the world rankings, remaining fourth in the CONCACAF ratings behind Mexico, sixth in the world, the USA (10th), and Costa Rica (21st).

There is no other positional change in the CFU's top-10, with Haiti, 93rd in the world, remaining fourth and St Lucia fifth at 117th on the FIFA list.

The remainder of the top-10 has St Kitts and Nevis, 119th in the world, in sixth position, followed by Barbados (121st) seventh, St Vincent and the Grenadines (135th) eighth, Grenada (148th) ninth, and Suriname (151st) 10th.

Brazil continued to enjoy a rating of undisputed world number one ahead of France, with Argentina third. The Czech Republic are fourth, followed by Spain.

CFU Rankings - March (world rating in bracket)

1 Jamaica (41)
2 Trinidad & Tobago (60)
2 Cuba (60)
4 Haiti (93)
5 St Lucia (117)
6 St Kitts & Nevis (119)
7 Barbados (121)
8 St Vincent & the Grenadines (135)
9 Grenada (148)
10 Suriname (151)

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