FIFA Ranking: November 2009 preview (III)

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.

Included: matches up to and including November 15th, 2009.

Next update: November 20th, 2009.

October 2009 rank - Country - October 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Brazil	1632	1572	1592
2	Spain	1629	1595	1622
3	Netherlands	1340	1263	1311
4	Italy	1215	1183	1215
5	Germany	1161	1155	1200
6	Argentina	1103	1085	1085
7	England	1101	1063	1063
8	Croatia	1087	1050	1050
9	France	1049	1088	1192
10	Portugal	1042	1082	1181
11	USA	1025	980	1000
12	Russia	982	1019	1132
13	Switzerland	961	924	924
14	Cameroon	949	1035	1035
15	Czech Republic	928	843	863
16	Greece	921	895	1028
17	Chile	909	891	926
18	Mexico	904	931	931
19	Côte d'Ivoire	903	907	967
20	Serbia	892	868	900
21	Paraguay	879	800	849
22	Ukraine	857	842	957
23	Bulgaria	854	811	827
24	Australia	848	863	863
25	Uruguay	838	871	960
26	Israel	837	837	837
27	Denmark	830	787	835
28	Egypt	798	819	888
29	Algeria	781	700	822
30	Colombia	775	736	736
30	Northern Ireland	775	737	737
32	Nigeria	763	848	848
33	Slovakia	758	755	800
34	Republic of Ireland	755	706	826
35	Honduras	754	738	752
36	Romania	752	763	763
37	Norway	751	780	780
38	Ghana	746	731	753
39	Turkey	737	729	729
40	Japan	735	682	709
41	Sweden	728	727	772
42	Bosnia-Herzegovina	721	643	773
43	Costa Rica	707	676	731
44	Ecuador	697	750	750
45	Gabon	691	660	660
46	Scotland	687	665	665
47	Latvia	683	670	670
48	Korea Republic	671	625	664
49	Slovenia	663	615	756
50	Hungary	645	603	603
51	Mali	632	662	662
51	Venezuela	632	646	646
53	Canada	631	573	623
54	Tunisia	629	613	613
55	Burkina Faso	616	650	650
56	Poland	609	546	575
57	Finland	606	605	605
58	Austria	524	520	586
59	Lithuania	523	526	526
60	Bolivia	522	573	573
61	Bahrain	519	519	519
62	Iran	518	511	530
63	Morocco	511	476	476
64	Saudi Arabia	500	501	501
65	Cyprus	489	472	472
66	FYR Macedonia	476	478	517
67	Benin	475	534	534
68	Belgium	474	479	503
69	Jamaica	469	443	463
70	Panama	464	468	468
71	Guinea	461	449	449
72	Trinidad and Tobago	459	421	421
73	Belarus	444	426	464
74	Peru	439	426	467
75	Montenegro	436	414	456
76	Cuba	432	331	331
77	Uganda	428	428	428
78	Wales	418	426	426
79	Oman	417	403	434
80	Togo	403	467	467
80	Uzbekistan	403	408	437
82	El Salvador	397	408	408
83	New Zealand	383	433	433
84	Mozambique	382	461	461
85	South Africa	381	371	389
86	Haiti	377	383	383
87	Iceland	372	346	346
88	Moldova	371	339	339
89	Senegal	368	362	362
90	Malawi	365	337	337
91	Korea DPR	359	398	398
92	Barbados	355	238	238
93	Iraq	349	348	364
94	Qatar	347	374	395
95	Syria	344	340	363
96	Zambia	340	358	358
97	Albania	334	327	327
98	Angola	330	325	360
99	Tanzania	328	291	291
100	Armenia	325	323	323
101	Cape Verde Islands	316	316	316
102	China PR	313	328	328
103	Estonia	306	303	303
104	Kenya	304	292	292
105	Grenada	303	298	298
106	Antigua and Barbuda	300	216	216
107	Congo	297	320	320
108	Fiji	291	174	174
109	Kuwait	283	290	314
110	Thailand	280	290	324
111	Namibia	271	246	246
112	Congo DR	256	261	261
113	Sudan	253	247	247
114	Rwanda	246	254	254
115	Suriname	242	133	133
115	United Arab Emirates	242	247	264
117	Georgia	234	203	203
117	Guyana	234	232	232
119	Singapore	228	206	247
120	Libya	225	228	228
121	Kazakhstan	224	227	227
122	Faroe Islands	218	220	220
122	Gambia	218	218	218
124	Burundi	214	214	214
125	Azerbaijan	213	194	237
125	Botswana	213	218	218
127	Hong Kong	207	137	264
128	Jordan	204	185	185
129	Indonesia	201	180	233
130	Guatemala	200	203	203
131	Zimbabwe	197	265	265
132	Ethiopia	182	182	182
133	Luxembourg	177	185	185
134	Vietnam	172	168	216
135	Nicaragua	165	165	165
136	Equatorial Guinea	163	163	163
137	Kyrgyzstan	161	103	103
138	India	160	163	163
139	Yemen	158	189	189
140	Myanmar	157	163	163
141	New Caledonia	148	147	147
142	Turkmenistan	145	139	139
143	Liechtenstein	139	110	110
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	139	136	136
145	Lebanon	136	129	129
146	Malta	132	128	176
147	Chad	130	130	130
148	Maldives	129	133	133
148	Swaziland	129	152	152
150	Bermuda	128	133	133
150	Malaysia	128	110	174
152	Sierra Leone	117	137	137
153	Eritrea	115	115	115
154	Madagascar	113	108	108
155	Philippines	108	83	83
156	Lesotho	106	119	119
156	St. Kitts and Nevis	106	94	94
158	Sri Lanka	103	108	108
159	Vanuatu	99	101	101
160	Liberia	98	98	98
161	Chinese Taipei	88	93	93
162	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
163	Niger	86	86	86
164	Netherlands Antilles	85	80	80
165	Bangladesh	82	82	82
165	Somalia	82	82	82
167	Pakistan	80	88	88
168	Tajikistan	76	88	88
169	Mauritania	70	70	70
170	Laos	69	55	55
171	Cambodia	68	59	59
172	Mongolia	61	61	61
173	Nepal	60	53	53
173	Solomon Islands	60	60	60
175	Belize	57	57	57
176	Palestine	53	54	54
177	Bahamas	47	47	47
178	Brunei Darussalam	46	25	25
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	45	45
180	Cayman Islands	44	36	36
180	Seychelles	44	44	44
182	Dominican Republic	41	41	41
183	Guinea-Bissau	38	29	29
183	Mauritius	38	40	40
183	Samoa	38	38	38
186	Cook Islands	34	34	34
186	Djibouti	34	34	34
186	Guam	34	34	34
189	Afghanistan	32	25	25
189	St. Lucia	32	32	32
191	Macau	28	31	31
191	Tonga	28	28	28
193	British Virgin Islands	25	25	25
194	Tahiti	19	19	19
195	Bhutan	17	17	17
196	Dominica	12	12	12
197	Aruba	11	11	11
198	Timor-Leste	9	5	5
199	Comoros	8	46	46
199	US Virgin Islands	8	8	8
201	Andorra	4	3	3
201	Central African Republic	4	4	4
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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