FIFA Ranking: November 2008 probable ranking (I)

20 Oct 2008

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Probable results computed using the ELORatings (this tends to generate a lot of draws). See the list of results used for this ranking.

Probably...

Cuba will be the highest climbers due to Gold Cup preliminary matches - they should get three wins at home.
Mexico will return to the top 20 and overtake the USA.

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

1	Spain	1657	0	14
2	Germany	1413	1	77
3	Italy	1356	-1	-9
4	Brazil	1354	0	74
5	Netherlands	1306	0	48
6	Argentina	1214	1	14
7	Croatia	1158	-1	-65
8	Portugal	1099	2	24
9	Czech Republic	1095	-1	-16
10	Russia	1079	-1	3
11	England	1058	3	76
12	Turkey	1050	1	29
13	France	1035	-2	0
14	Bulgaria	1013	1	44
15	Cameroon	1011	-3	-16
16	Israel	1004	0	43
17	Greece	933	0	-12
18	Mexico	906	6	65
19	Romania	892	-1	-35
20	Ukraine	887	-1	-6
21	USA	885	0	24
22	Paraguay	877	0	17
23	Egypt	876	-1	16
24	Nigeria	852	3	34
25	Uruguay	838	-5	-49
26	Ghana	822	-1	-17
27	Côte d'Ivoire	782	2	3
28	Sweden	775	0	-19
29	Japan	761	3	14
29	Scotland	761	-3	-59
31	Denmark	760	0	0
32	Republic of Ireland	749	6	48
33	Australia	748	1	11
34	Switzerland	728	11	87
35	Ecuador	727	7	66
35	Poland	727	-5	-36
37	Chile	715	-1	1
38	Lithuania	711	-1	5
39	Northern Ireland	705	-4	-16
40	Guinea	691	1	21
41	Colombia	689	-8	-50
42	Serbia	650	-2	-23
43	Morocco	648	0	6
44	Iran	638	4	19
45	Honduras	636	5	35
46	Senegal	634	3	19
47	FYR Macedonia	630	-1	-7
48	Tunisia	613	-1	-11
49	Finland	611	-6	-31
50	Mali	601	3	14
51	Saudi Arabia	593	0	4
52	Korea Republic	588	3	36
53	Norway	574	-14	-106
54	Belgium	571	-3	-18
55	Slovakia	551	5	30
56	Costa Rica	541	13	65
57	New Zealand	533	-3	-51
58	Wales	518	3	0
59	Algeria	514	-3	-28
60	Belarus	507	-1	-15
60	Congo	507	-3	-29
62	Latvia	500	2	-1
63	Hungary	497	-1	-10
64	Bosnia-Herzegovina	493	11	47
65	Moldova	492	0	-8
66	Peru	490	-8	-43
67	Burkina Faso	483	-4	-19
68	Angola	474	0	-5
69	Gabon	468	-2	-13
70	Zambia	466	0	-2
71	Bahrain	459	1	-6
72	Cuba	452	26	86
72	Iraq	452	5	9
72	Venezuela	452	-6	-32
75	Slovenia	450	-2	-7
76	Austria	441	6	19
77	Bolivia	439	-3	-17
77	Libya	439	-1	-5
77	Qatar	439	1	3
80	Uzbekistan	416	-10	-52
81	Kenya	412	-2	-21
82	Congo DR	408	3	-3
83	Rwanda	406	4	-4
84	Benin	405	-3	-24
85	Panama	404	6	19
86	South Africa	401	-1	-10
87	Canada	400	-3	-15
88	Togo	395	3	10
89	Trinidad and Tobago	393	-1	-11
90	Albania	392	-7	-24
91	Zimbabwe	388	0	3
92	Oman	384	2	4
93	Uganda	382	2	6
94	China PR	371	2	-3
95	Gambia	360	-5	-29
96	Iceland	358	7	13
96	Mozambique	358	4	3
98	Ethiopia	348	4	0
98	Syria	348	1	-13
100	Haiti	341	4	1
101	Cyprus	337	-21	-93
102	Guatemala	329	-13	-65
102	Sudan	329	4	3
104	Cape Verde Islands	322	0	-18
104	Georgia	322	-7	-46
106	Korea DPR	315	1	0
107	Tanzania	312	3	5
108	Equatorial Guinea	310	13	26
109	Malawi	309	0	-1
110	Barbados	306	4	6
111	Jamaica	304	5	9
112	Armenia	302	-11	-51
113	El Salvador	299	7	14
114	Botswana	294	1	-2
115	Guyana	293	3	3
116	Jordan	289	-4	-14
116	United Arab Emirates	289	-6	-18
118	Montenegro	285	-1	-9
119	Thailand	278	-7	-25
120	New Caledonia	275	2	0
121	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	268	4	7
122	Chad	260	-3	-28
123	Burundi	259	5	7
124	Namibia	255	2	-4
125	Kazakhstan	252	6	5
125	Sierra Leone	252	8	20
127	Bermuda	251	2	0
128	Kuwait	242	-4	-30
129	Suriname	237	-21	-74
130	Indonesia	220	9	9
131	Madagascar	209	5	-11
132	Luxembourg	207	-9	-66
133	Singapore	205	-1	-28
134	Eritrea	200	6	0
135	Estonia	199	2	-19
135	Fiji	199	3	-18
135	Grenada	199	6	7
138	Antigua and Barbuda	192	-5	-40
139	Swaziland	181	2	-11
140	Puerto Rico	180	4	0
141	Azerbaijan	179	2	-12
141	Liberia	179	12	20
143	Vanuatu	175	4	0
144	India	172	4	-1
145	Yemen	169	3	-4
146	Tajikistan	166	9	11
147	Netherlands Antilles	160	4	-9
148	Niger	157	2	-15
149	Turkmenistan	154	9	39
150	Malta	153	-4	-23
151	Lebanon	151	0	-18
152	Liechtenstein	145	-17	-82
153	Maldives	129	1	-27
154	Kyrgyzstan	128	-27	-125
155	Hong Kong	119	-25	-131
156	Myanmar	114	1	-2
157	Mauritania	112	-12	-66
158	Lesotho	109	1	-4
159	St. Kitts and Nevis	106	-3	-17
160	Cayman Islands	101	2	0
161	Philippines	100	4	11
161	Solomon Islands	100	2	0
163	Vietnam	99	2	10
164	Malaysia	97	-4	-12
165	Seychelles	93	-1	-3
166	Pakistan	90	2	3
167	Sri Lanka	89	-2	0
168	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	1	0
169	Chinese Taipei	82	4	11
169	Laos	82	21	54
171	Bahamas	81	-1	0
172	Cambodia	78	10	35
173	St. Lucia	77	-12	-31
174	Mauritius	74	-3	0
175	Nepal	73	0	5
176	Guinea-Bissau	72	-4	0
177	Belize	71	-4	0
178	British Virgin Islands	67	-2	0
179	Dominican Republic	66	-2	0
180	Samoa	64	-2	0
181	Bangladesh	57	-2	2
182	Afghanistan	50	0	7
183	Brunei Darussalam	46	1	10
184	Nicaragua	45	-3	0
185	Palestine	34	-5	-16
186	Bhutan	32	1	0
186	Djibouti	32	0	-3
186	Tahiti	32	1	0
186	Tonga	32	1	0
190	Dominica	25	1	0
191	Mongolia	24	1	0
192	Aruba	22	1	0
193	Andorra	19	-9	-17
194	Timor-Leste	17	6	17
194	US Virgin Islands	17	0	0
196	Comoros	13	-1	0
197	Macau	10	-1	-1
198	Somalia	8	-1	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	Faroe Islands	0	-2	-7
200	Guam	0	0	0
200	Montserrat	0	0	0
200	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
200	San Marino	0	0	0

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