The team now languishes at 108th, behind countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman, New Caledonia and Cape Verde islands.

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The Wallis and Futuna islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia may be scattered across the southern rim of the Pacific, separated from France by oceans and continents.

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