Spain leads World Cup fair play standings
Published
Jul. 5, 2010 3:11 p.m. ET

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Spain is the best behaved World Cup team, leading the fair play standings which ranks teams according to sporting behavior on and off the field.
According to standards set by a FIFA panel of coaching experts, Spain leads with 925 points, 44 ahead of South Korea with Argentina a further 11 points back in third.
Spain completed its three group matches without collecting a yellow card, and has received only three bookings in winning two knockout matches to reach the semifinals.
Uruguay, which reached the semifinals after a notorious handball against Ghana, is in 11th place, just ahead of the United States.
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Mexico is last of the 16 teams eligible to be ranked after playing at least four matches.
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