what does " in qualifying, finishing nine points of second place Croatia." mean?
Switzerland and Belgium will shake up the seedings ahead of next year's FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil.
The appearance of those two countries in the top bracket of seeds means it is possible that hosts Brazil could be drawn in a group with Italy, or Argentina with Netherlands.
Ottmar Hitzfeld, who on Thursday announced he'll be stepping down after the tournament, led the Swiss through their qualifying campaign unbeaten.
Switzerland won seven of their group matches, drawing the other three and have leaped seven places up the official FIFA rankings to seventh. Belgium were also unbeaten in qualifying, finishing nine points of second place Croatia.
what does " in qualifying, finishing nine points of second place Croatia." mean?
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This sentence is missing the word "ahead." I have inserted it in brackets below:
"Belgium were also unbeaten in qualifying, finishing nine points [ahead] of second place Croatia."
The sentence means: Belgium is in first place, with a qualifying score 9 points better than Croatia's score. Croatia came in second place.
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