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Friday, August 28, 2009

FIFA Ranking: September 2009 final preview

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

The official deadline for matches was yesterday. FIFA could include more matches, but no later than Sunday.

Germany and Italy tied in 4th place.
Croatia and France swap places in the top 10.

Best movers:

14 - Kyrgyzstan
11 - Congo
10 - Angola

Worst movers:

-22 - Congo DR
-17 - Tajikistan
-11 - Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Samoa

Best movers in the top 50:

7 - Norway
6 - Mexico
5 - Chile

Worst movers in the top 50:

-7 - Uruguay
-6 - Ukraine and Scotland
-4 - Gabon and Hungary

Bahrain replace Saudi Arabia as 5th in AFC. These two teams will meet in September in the Asian 3rd place play-off.

Ghana overtake Nigeria and are tied with Egypt for 3rd in CAF. Gabon drop out of the top 5. It's very close though - 5 African teams between 29th and 35th.

Trinidad and Tobago in the CONCACAF top 5, overtaking Canada and Jamaica.

Chile up to 3rd in CONMEBOL, going past Paraguay and Uruguay.

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Serbia (13th - 14th in July 2009)
Australia (14th - 16th in July 2009)
Benin (78th - 79th in August 2007)
Montenegro (90th - 96th in August 2009)

Four teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Morocco (57th - 55th in June 2009)
Peru (91st - 89th in June 2009)
Congo DR (118th - 102nd in July 2009)
Tonga (193rd - 192nd in July 2007)

September 2009 rank - Team - September 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Brazil 1604 0 -38
2 Spain 1588 0 -2
3 Netherlands 1376 0 -3
4 Germany 1186 0 -9
4 Italy 1186 1 5
6 Russia 1129 0 -32
7 England 1127 0 -8
8 Argentina 1113 0 33
9 Croatia 1101 1 70
10 France 1040 -1 -19
11 USA 974 1 -17
12 Greece 971 -1 -30
13 Serbia 916 1 -9
14 Australia 907 2 11
15 Switzerland 899 -2 -31
16 Denmark 892 -1 -17
17 Portugal 880 0 -1
18 Czech Republic 870 4 20
19 Bulgaria 859 4 20
20 Côte d'Ivoire 852 -2 -22
21 Chile 846 5 29
21 Israel 846 4 24
23 Paraguay 842 -3 -14
24 Mexico 835 6 36
25 Ukraine 829 -6 -40
26 Romania 827 1 13
27 Turkey 826 1 17
28 Uruguay 820 -7 -31
29 Cameroon 819 0 16
30 Scotland 804 -6 -33
31 Northern Ireland 795 1 11
32 Egypt 786 1 7
32 Ghana 786 3 14
34 Nigeria 773 0 0
35 Gabon 759 -4 -30
36 Ecuador 749 0 -19
36 Poland 749 4 43
38 Republic of Ireland 743 -1 -15
39 Costa Rica 735 -1 -7
40 Japan 734 -1 5
41 Sweden 723 0 21
42 Honduras 712 4 48
43 Norway 709 7 103
44 Algeria 707 3 46
45 Slovakia 686 -3 -1
46 Bosnia-Herzegovina 682 -2 2
47 Hungary 669 -4 -12
48 Colombia 657 -3 -11
49 Korea Republic 641 -1 15
50 Venezuela 604 4 21
51 Burkina Faso 602 0 4
52 Tunisia 601 -3 -13
53 Mali 593 5 42
54 Slovenia 576 6 37
55 Guinea 574 2 12
56 FYR Macedonia 569 -3 -20
57 Morocco 561 -2 -9
58 Latvia 555 -2 -8
59 Bolivia 547 4 25
60 Iran 541 1 7
61 Finland 537 -9 -56
62 Lithuania 533 -3 -12
63 Trinidad and Tobago 517 7 39
64 Bahrain 506 1 4
65 Saudi Arabia 505 -1 -15
66 Canada 504 0 6
67 Wales 481 0 -13
68 Belgium 480 -6 -53
69 Jamaica 477 0 -12
70 Austria 473 -2 -20
71 Togo 454 0 -14
72 Uganda 448 3 7
73 South Africa 445 -1 -4
74 Oman 432 6 21
75 Panama 431 3 14
76 Cyprus 429 -3 -16
77 Belarus 420 -3 -24
78 Benin 412 5 12
78 Congo 412 11 34
80 Senegal 410 4 11
81 Zambia 409 -4 -16
82 Libya 407 -7 -34
83 Qatar 400 2 3
84 Mozambique 399 -2 -3
85 El Salvador 398 -4 -10
85 Uzbekistan 398 -6 -14
87 Cuba 393 1 10
88 Moldova 391 -1 2
89 Montenegro 380 7 41
90 Korea DPR 379 -4 -17
91 Peru 363 -2 -15
92 Angola 362 10 30
93 Albania 360 1 13
94 Tanzania 359 -1 9
95 Syria 353 0 10
96 Iceland 345 -4 -13
97 Sudan 343 -6 -24
98 Iraq 340 2 6
99 Gambia 337 -1 0
100 New Zealand 336 -1 0
101 Namibia 331 2 5
102 Fiji 330 -1 -3
103 Barbados 326 3 6
104 Kenya 317 1 -8
105 Malawi 312 3 0
106 Antigua and Barbuda 311 2 -1
107 China PR 307 1 -5
108 Grenada 305 5 0
109 Haiti 304 6 9
110 Kuwait 298 6 6
111 Guatemala 297 -4 -19
112 Cape Verde Islands 296 2 0
112 Georgia 296 -9 -30
114 Estonia 289 -2 -19
115 Thailand 286 2 -1
116 Luxembourg 282 3 -2
117 Rwanda 278 0 -9
118 Congo DR 275 -22 -64
119 Suriname 272 -8 -37
120 Zimbabwe 261 0 -20
121 Sierra Leone 241 4 0
122 Guyana 240 -1 -29
123 United Arab Emirates 238 1 -4
124 Chad 233 2 0
125 Armenia 231 -2 -12
125 Burundi 231 3 11
127 Singapore 223 0 -5
128 Hong Kong 221 6 35
129 Equatorial Guinea 219 0 0
129 Jordan 219 -7 -26
131 Madagascar 208 1 6
132 Indonesia 202 2 16
133 Botswana 201 -2 -6
134 New Caledonia 199 4 31
135 Niger 190 -2 3
136 Ethiopia 181 0 3
136 Kazakhstan 181 -6 -27
138 Vanuatu 177 4 25
139 Azerbaijan 174 -2 -1
140 Malta 166 6 26
141 Nicaragua 165 -2 0
142 Yemen 163 -1 4
143 Liberia 161 -3 0
144 Myanmar 150 3 11
145 Vietnam 149 -1 0
146 Kyrgyzstan 146 14 44
147 Turkmenistan 145 -2 3
148 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 138 2 5
149 India 134 7 22
150 Lebanon 132 -2 -6
151 Liechtenstein 124 -1 -9
152 Malaysia 123 0 3
152 St. Kitts and Nevis 123 -3 -12
154 Bermuda 119 -11 -31
155 Maldives 117 -1 0
156 Swaziland 115 -3 -4
157 Eritrea 114 2 8
158 Sri Lanka 111 -2 -1
159 Philippines 108 -1 0
160 Lesotho 101 4 6
161 Mauritania 99 0 0
162 Solomon Islands 97 -1 -2
163 Faroe Islands 96 0 0
164 Netherlands Antilles 88 1 0
165 Puerto Rico 87 1 0
166 Chinese Taipei 86 6 16
167 Bangladesh 85 2 5
167 Pakistan 85 0 0
169 Somalia 82 -1 0
170 Laos 69 1 -4
171 Cambodia 67 2 3
172 Tajikistan 65 -17 -51
173 Palestine 62 4 5
174 Mongolia 61 1 0
175 Nepal 60 1 0
176 Belize 57 1 0
177 Bahamas 53 2 0
177 Seychelles 53 2 0
179 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 2 0
180 Brunei Darussalam 46 2 0
181 Cayman Islands 44 -11 -32
182 Mauritius 43 1 -2
183 Dominican Republic 40 1 0
184 Guinea-Bissau 38 2 0
184 Samoa 38 -11 -26
186 Cook Islands 34 1 0
186 Guam 34 1 0
188 Djibouti 33 1 0
189 St. Lucia 32 1 0
189 Tahiti 32 1 0
191 Afghanistan 30 1 0
191 British Virgin Islands 30 1 0
193 Macau 28 1 0
193 Tonga 28 -9 -12
195 Andorra 18 0 1
196 Bhutan 17 -1 0
197 Dominica 12 0 0
198 Aruba 11 0 0
199 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
200 Comoros 8 0 0
200 US Virgin Islands 8 0 0
202 Central African Republic 4 0 0
203 American Samoa 0 0 0
203 Anguilla 0 0 0
203 Montserrat 0 0 0
203 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
203 San Marino 0 0 0

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5 comments:

  1. Well done Edgar, right again - at least for Australia! Hopefully we can continue with this run of results - we've got tough matches against S.Korea, Netherlands & Oman H/A Asian Cup Qualifiers.

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  2. Thanks Mr!

    My thanks for the article on FourFourTwo. I think Aidan Ormond wrote it after seeing a link you posted on their forums.
    My thanks to Aidan too, for mentioning my blog.

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  3. Will Spain overtake again Brazil if they beat Belgium and Estonia, and Brazil fails to win at Argentina? Thanks!!!

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  4. Hi Alex!

    No. If Brazil win against Chile and draw against Argentina, they will have 1625 points. Spain with 2 wins will have 1624 points.

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  5. Thanks Edgar!!

    So, let's wait for Brazil to lose in Argentina so that we can restore the world order ;-)

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