A look the UEFA Nations League

A long overdue post about the new UEFA competition for national teams. There's an in depth article on UEFA's official website.

Please keep in mind the proposed Nations League format is provisional and subject to change.

In the UEFA Nations League, the 54 member associations will be divided into four groups based on coefficient rankings. These groups will then be further divided into playing pools of either three or four teams. The teams in each pool play each other home and away between September and December of the season in question, with the group winners either qualifying for the final four competitions or gaining promotion. The bottom sides face relegation from their division.

In addition, the UEFA Nations League will provide teams with another chance to qualify for the UEFA EURO final tournament.

FIFA Ranking: May 2014 preview

FIFA will release the ranking on 8 May.

8 matches remaining - 6 friendlies and 2 continental qualifiers.

Here's how the points and rankings could change:

Team - Min points - Max points - Min rank - Max rank

Tanzania	222	235	126	118
Burundi	209	227	127	121
Afghanistan	198	237	129	118
Tajikistan	188	229	133	121
Malaysia	143	161	148	137
Philippines	143	171	148	136
Kyrgyzstan	136	170	151	136
Mauritania	115	165	159	136
Nepal	102	123	162	154
Chad	80	105	170	159
Yemen	57	76	180	172
Mauritius	55	148	180	142

FIFA Ranking: April 2014 preview

Only 6 matches - all friendlies.

Here's how the points and rankings could change:

Team - Min points - Max points - Min rank - Max rank

USA	1007	1029	14	13
Mexico	868	891	20	19
Cuba	345	371	94	90
Indonesia	119	166	157	138
Nepal	107	128	160	151
Aruba	87	139	166	149
Guam	68	120	175	154
Yemen	39	60	186	180
Andorra	16	35	199	187

In the table below, the values used for these teams are the minimum possible.

AFC announce major competition changes

A bit of old news.

AFC announced on 24 January 2013 they will be making major changes to the AFC Asian Cup and FIFA World Cup qualification.

Here's the most important part.

FIFA Ranking: March 2014 final preview

Three matches left - all friendlies.

07/Mar Sudan - Chad
07/Mar Lesotho - Swaziland
09/Mar Lesotho - Swaziland

This is how the points and ranking could change for these 4 teams:

Team - Minimum points - Maximum points - Minimum rank - Maximum rank

Sudan	229	238	123	121
Lesotho	161	183	143	137
Chad	81	121	170	157
Swaziland	37	76	187	171

In the table below, I've used the minimum points for these 4 teams.

FIFA Ranking: March 2014 probable ranking

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Yemen, Vietnam and Uzbekistan expected to climb 10 or more places.

Myanmar, Palestine, Laos, Guam, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Tajikistan and United Arab Emirates expected to drop 10 or more.

FIFA Ranking: March 2014 probable results

Here are the probable results used for the March 2014 probable ranking. They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

Before posting comments like: "Hey my team actually beat the other team! It's a mistake!" please read the previous paragraph again and look when these results were posted (Yes, before the matches actually took place!) ;)

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins