FIFA Ranking: October 2008 probable ranking (II)

Probable results computed using the ELORatings (this tends to generate a lot of draws). I choose the result that will exchange the smallest amount of points between the two teams.

New Zealand should climb almost 60 places to 52nd. If results go their way, they could break into the top 50 or even improve on their best ever ranking - 47th in August 2002.

Probable October 2008 rank - Team - Probable 2008 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1643	0	78
2	Germany	1383	1	54
3	Italy	1365	-1	26
4	Brazil	1333	2	81
5	Netherlands	1258	-1	-37
6	Croatia	1254	-1	-12
7	Argentina	1252	0	22
8	Czech Republic	1181	0	47
9	Portugal	1105	0	-15
10	Russia	1076	2	63
11	Turkey	1066	-1	33
12	France	1035	-1	16
13	Cameroon	1027	1	28
14	Bulgaria	968	2	-8
15	Uruguay	947	7	130
16	Romania	927	-3	-80
17	Greece	899	1	-22
18	England	893	-3	-98
19	Ukraine	892	7	93
20	Israel	873	-1	-1
21	Egypt	864	0	23
22	Paraguay	863	3	62
23	USA	861	5	73
24	Mexico	853	0	46
25	Ghana	844	-5	-20
26	Scotland	820	-10	-156
27	Nigeria	818	0	27
28	Côte d'Ivoire	814	-5	0
29	Sweden	791	2	18
30	Colombia	771	-1	-14
31	Poland	763	-1	-16
32	Japan	746	3	39
33	Republic of Ireland	702	5	40
34	Australia	688	5	33
35	Norway	681	-1	-52
36	Denmark	678	0	-18
37	Serbia	671	-4	-75
38	Switzerland	668	5	24
39	Northern Ireland	662	-7	-99
40	Lithuania	661	14	116
41	Guinea	654	0	4
42	Morocco	643	-5	-28
43	Chile	638	-3	-16
44	FYR Macedonia	636	12	117
45	Tunisia	624	-1	-19
46	Ecuador	621	6	65
47	Iran	617	-1	3
48	Senegal	615	-3	-8
49	Honduras	602	11	100
50	Finland	596	-8	-53
51	Mali	587	-4	-17
52	New Zealand	583	59	267
53	Saudi Arabia	568	-5	-5
54	Korea Republic	551	-3	-7
54	Moldova	551	-6	-22
56	Slovakia	548	11	74
57	Algeria	542	19	119
58	Latvia	541	5	62
59	Belgium	537	-4	7
59	Congo	536	40	181
61	Belarus	524	-4	6
62	Wales	520	-9	-29
63	Hungary	507	-13	-54
64	Burkina Faso	502	0	24
65	Peru	493	8	55
66	Venezuela	484	-5	-12
67	Angola	481	-10	-32
67	Uzbekistan	482	-8	-23
69	Gabon	481	-6	-4
70	Zambia	474	-1	18
71	Bahrain	466	-5	-9
72	Bosnia-Herzegovina	448	3	13
73	Austria	446	28	92
73	Costa Rica	445	-1	7
75	Iraq	445	-2	6
76	Libya	433	14	47
77	Qatar	433	5	21
78	Cyprus	431	-13	-45
79	Kenya	429	7	34
80	Benin	427	24	78
81	Albania	418	21	66
82	South Africa	418	-11	-29
83	Bolivia	416	-12	-27
84	Canada	414	-3	2
85	Rwanda	410	0	10
86	Congo DR	409	-18	-52
87	Trinidad and Tobago	405	-7	-9
88	Zimbabwe	394	-5	-12
89	Cuba	393	3	10
89	Togo	391	-12	-29
91	Gambia	388	-1	2
92	Slovenia	385	-13	-30
93	Panama	383	3	18
94	Uganda	374	-7	-18
95	Georgia	372	-18	-49
96	China PR	370	-2	-5
97	Oman	366	-5	-17
98	Guatemala	362	1	6
99	Haiti	356	18	66
100	Mozambique	355	3	4
101	Armenia	351	-3	-7
102	Syria	350	-5	-14
103	Ethiopia	346	5	22
104	Iceland	345	3	13
105	Cape Verde Islands	340	-16	-51
106	Suriname	327	-22	-78
106	United Arab Emirates	326	2	3
108	Chad	321	19	85
109	Korea DPR	311	7	15
110	Sudan	310	-4	-23
111	Malawi	309	-1	-8
112	Tanzania	308	5	18
113	Thailand	308	2	3
114	Guyana	299	-2	-16
115	Jordan	298	-2	-8
116	Botswana	295	-1	-4
117	Jamaica	295	-11	-44
118	Montenegro	294	18	96
119	Equatorial Guinea	285	-32	-107
120	Barbados	282	14	80
121	New Caledonia	282	-25	-86
122	Kuwait	271	-3	-14
123	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	262	24	89
124	El Salvador	261	7	41
125	Namibia	259	-4	2
126	Burundi	252	-1	15
126	Kyrgyzstan	253	-2	0
128	Bermuda	251	-3	6
129	Hong Kong	251	-6	-5
130	Kazakhstan	247	-10	-23
131	Fiji	238	12	53
132	Singapore	234	-3	5
133	Sierra Leone	233	12	52
134	Antigua and Barbuda	225	-12	-31
134	Azerbaijan	221	3	28
136	Madagascar	221	6	31
137	Estonia	218	-9	-16
138	Indonesia	213	-6	3
139	Liechtenstein	208	-9	-17
140	Eritrea	199	-5	0
141	Grenada	192	-2	0
141	Swaziland	192	0	2
143	Puerto Rico	180	3	0
144	Mauritania	178	-4	-13
145	Malta	175	-12	-34
146	India	173	5	7
147	Niger	173	25	95
148	Lebanon	170	-1	-3
149	Netherlands Antilles	169	-2	-4
150	Yemen	167	-14	-31
151	Liberia	159	-7	-24
152	Maldives	156	3	23
152	Tajikistan	155	1	19
154	Luxembourg	142	-2	-3
155	St. Kitts and Nevis	138	4	25
156	Vanuatu	135	-6	-36
157	Lesotho	118	-1	-1
158	Turkmenistan	114	0	0
159	Myanmar	112	1	0
160	Malaysia	109	1	1
161	St. Lucia	108	0	0
162	Cayman Islands	101	22	65
163	Solomon Islands	100	-10	-40
164	Seychelles	97	-7	-20
165	Vietnam	90	1	-2
166	Philippines	89	1	0
167	Pakistan	87	1	-1
168	Sri Lanka	86	-4	-9
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	-6	-13
170	Bahamas	81	-5	-13
171	Mauritius	74	-2	-8
172	Guinea-Bissau	72	0	0
173	Belize	71	0	0
173	Chinese Taipei	71	2	3
175	British Virgin Islands	68	-5	-11
175	Nepal	68	1	4
177	Dominican Republic	66	-1	0
178	Samoa	64	-1	0
179	Bangladesh	56	0	-6
180	Palestine	50	-7	-21
181	Nicaragua	45	-1	0
182	Afghanistan	43	0	3
182	Cambodia	43	-1	0
184	Andorra	37	2	4
185	Brunei Darussalam	36	-1	0
186	Djibouti	35	-4	-5
187	Bhutan	32	0	0
187	Tahiti	32	0	0
187	Tonga	32	0	0
190	Laos	28	0	1
191	Dominica	25	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	0	0
193	Aruba	22	0	0
194	US Virgin Islands	17	0	0
195	Comoros	13	0	0
196	Macau	11	0	0
197	Somalia	8	0	0
198	Faroe Islands	7	0	0
199	Central African Republic	6	0	0
200	American Samoa	0	0	0
200	Anguilla	0	0	0
200	Cook Islands	0	0	0
200	Guam	0	0	0
200	Montserrat	0	0	0
200	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
200	San Marino	0	0	0
200	Timor-Leste	0	0	0

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