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League table

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  1. 1Estonia10
  2. 1Chile10
  3. 1Lithuania10
  4. 2Uruguay9
  5. 2Trinidad and Tobago9
  6. 2Poland9
  7. 2Latvia9
  8. 2Jamaica9
  9. 2Taiwan9
  10. 2Costa Rica9
  11. 3Armenia8
  12. 3Dominican Republic8
  13. 3Nepal8
  14. 3Ghana8
  15. 3Slovak Republic8
  16. 3Botswana8
  17. 3Moldova8
  18. 3Slovenia8
  19. 3Czechia8
  20. 4Sri Lanka7
  21. 4Argentina7
  22. 4Senegal7
  23. 4Liberia7
  24. 4Romania7
  25. 4North Macedonia7
  26. 4Albania7
  27. 4Croatia7
  28. 4Montenegro7
  29. 4Timor-Leste7
  30. 4Gambia, The7
  31. 4Bolivia7
  32. 4Papua New Guinea7
  33. 4Malawi7
  34. 4Brazil7
  35. 4Ecuador7
  36. 4Namibia7
  37. 4Peru7
  38. 4Bhutan7
  39. 4Colombia7
  40. 4Panama7
  41. 4South Africa7
  42. 4Cote d'Ivoire7
  43. 4Lesotho7
  44. 5Paraguay6
  45. 5Korea, Rep.6
  46. 5Bosnia and Herzegovina6
  47. 5Syrian Arab Republic6
  48. 5Benin6
  49. 5Central African Republic6
  50. 5Bulgaria6
  51. 5Mongolia6
  52. 6Gabon5
  53. 6Mexico5
  54. 6Iraq5
  55. 6Tanzania5
  56. 6Georgia5
  57. 6Sierra Leone5
  58. 6Mauritius5
  59. 6Zambia5
  60. 6Mauritania5
  61. 6Bangladesh5
  62. 6Ukraine5
  63. 6Kenya5
  64. 6Lebanon5
  65. 6Nigeria5
  66. 7Malaysia4
  67. 7Indonesia4
  68. 7India4
  69. 7Qatar4
  70. 7Angola4
  71. 7Uganda4
  72. 7Guatemala4
  73. 7Hungary4
  74. 7Honduras4
  75. 7Philippines4
  76. 7El Salvador4
  77. 7Tunisia4
  78. 8South Sudan3
  79. 8Mozambique3
  80. 8Turkiye3
  81. 8Guinea3
  82. 8Algeria3
  83. 8Guinea-Bissau3
  84. 8Thailand3
  85. 8Uzbekistan3
  86. 8Haiti3
  87. 8Togo3
  88. 8Venezuela, RB3
  89. 8Burundi3
  90. 8Burkina Faso3
  91. 8Jordan3
  92. 8Congo, Rep.3
  93. 8Serbia3
  94. 8Congo, Dem. Rep.3
  95. 8Madagascar3
  96. 8Kyrgyz Republic3
  97. 8Rwanda3
  98. 8Kuwait3
  99. 8Pakistan3
  100. 8Singapore3
  101. 8Zimbabwe3
  102. 8Ethiopia3
  103. 9Kazakhstan2
  104. 9Mali2
  105. 9Morocco2
  106. 9Equatorial Guinea2
  107. 9Russian Federation2
  108. 9Egypt, Arab Rep.2
  109. 9Niger2
  110. 9Nicaragua2
  111. 9Eswatini2
  112. 9Belarus2
  113. 9Cuba2
  114. 9Sudan2
  115. 9Lao PDR2
  116. 9United Arab Emirates2
  117. 9Somalia, Fed. Rep.2
  118. 9Cameroon2
  119. 9Saudi Arabia2
  120. 9Chad2
  121. 9Cambodia2
  122. 9Azerbaijan2
  123. 10Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1
  124. 10Yemen, Rep.1
  125. 10Tajikistan1
  126. 10Turkmenistan1
  127. 10Bahrain1
  128. 10Afghanistan1
  129. 10Myanmar1
  130. 10Eritrea1
  131. 10Djibouti1
  132. 10China1
  133. 10Libya1
  134. 10Oman1
  135. 10Viet Nam1
  136. 10Iran, Islamic Rep.1

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