Friday, January 29, 2010

FIFA Ranking: January 2010 preview (IV)

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 January 21st, 2010.

FIFA will publish the ranking on February 3rd.

I might post a final update on Monday, if I can find the time.

Three matches left: Nigeria - Algeria (2010 ACN third place match), Ghana - Egypt (2010 ACN final) and Jamaica - Canada (friendly). I'm not so sure about Jamaica - Canada being included.

Here's how the totals can change for these six teams:

Egypt (1012 - loss, 1034 - PSO loss, 1056 - PSO win, 1077 - win)
Nigeria (862 - loss, 902 - PSO loss, 937 - PSO win, 972 - win)
Ghana (823 - loss, 852 - PSO loss, 882 - PSO win, 911 - win)
Algeria (784 - loss, 819 - PSO loss, 855 - PSO win, 890 - win)
Canada (527 - loss, 540 - draw, 566 - win)
Jamaica (387 - loss, 399 - draw, 423 - win)

In the ranking table, the value displayed for these teams is the minimum possible value. This means that even if they lose, their total can't drop.

Egypt could climb to 8th with a win against Ghana.

Best movers:

25 - Yemen
18 - Gambia
17 - Malawi and Tajikistan

Worst movers:

-29 - Nicaragua
-21 - Burundi
-17 - Guinea

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Egypt
7 - Ghana
4 - Gabon

Both Egypt and Ghana can still improve.

Worst movers in the top 50:

-8 - Cameroon
-6 - Côte d'Ivoire and Mali
-5 - Algeria

Algeria could limit the damage and could even improve their best ever ranking with a win against Nigeria.

Saudi Arabia overtake Bahrain for 4th place in AFC.

Egypt will be the new African top team even if they lose against Ghana in the 2010 ACN final.

Three teams will have their best ever ranking:

Egypt (13th - 15th in January 2009)
Venezuela (47th - 48th in April 2004)
Montenegro (72nd - 73rd in November 2009)

Mongolia will return to their best ever ranking - 170th first achieved in November 2009.

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Tunisia (56th - first achieved in March 2008)
Tahiti (195th - first achieved in November 2009)

Four teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Romania (38th - 36th in October 2009)
Sweden (43rd - 42nd in July 2009)
Morocco (65th - 63rd in November 2009)
Guinea-Bissau (195th - 194th in December 2009)

January 2010 rank - Team - January 2010 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Spain 1627 0 0
2 Brazil 1568 0 0
3 Netherlands 1288 0 0
4 Italy 1209 0 0
5 Portugal 1176 0 0
6 Germany 1173 0 0
7 France 1117 0 0
8 Argentina 1082 0 -3
9 England 1076 0 0
10 Croatia 1053 0 11
11 Greece 1030 2 14
12 Russia 1026 0 0
13 Egypt 1012 11 180
14 USA 963 0 -17
15 Chile 955 0 19
16 Mexico 947 1 16
17 Switzerland 924 1 0
18 Serbia 916 1 0
19 Cameroon 914 -8 -121
20 Uruguay 909 0 0
21 Nigeria 868 1 20
22 Côte d'Ivoire 865 -6 -69
23 Australia 857 -2 -6
24 Ukraine 848 -2 0
25 Czech Republic 828 0 0
26 Denmark 827 2 7
27 Ghana 823 7 76
27 Israel 823 -1 0
29 Paraguay 806 0 0
30 Bulgaria 801 0 0
31 Algeria 784 -5 -39
32 Norway 772 0 12
33 Slovenia 767 -2 0
34 Honduras 759 3 21
35 Ecuador 753 2 15
36 Slovakia 752 -3 0
37 Republic of Ireland 746 -2 0
38 Romania 745 -2 0
39 Colombia 736 0 0
40 Japan 729 3 20
40 Northern Ireland 729 0 0
42 Turkey 728 -1 0
43 Sweden 727 -1 6
44 Gabon 706 4 46
45 Costa Rica 699 -1 -2
46 Scotland 665 0 0
47 Venezuela 646 3 0
48 Bosnia-Herzegovina 645 3 3
49 Korea Republic 634 3 9
49 Latvia 634 -4 -43
51 Burkina Faso 616 -2 -34
51 Hungary 616 3 3
53 Mali 598 -6 -64
54 Finland 576 1 -16
55 Bolivia 573 1 0
56 Tunisia 572 -3 -42
57 Poland 567 1 11
58 Saudi Arabia 538 5 28
59 Bahrain 529 1 5
60 Canada 527 -4 -46
61 Austria 523 0 0
62 Lithuania 522 0 0
63 Iran 499 1 -9
64 FYR Macedonia 495 1 0
65 Belgium 491 1 0
65 Morocco 491 2 14
67 Benin 483 -8 -49
68 Cyprus 471 0 0
68 Peru 471 0 0
70 Togo 468 1 1
71 El Salvador 464 7 51
72 Montenegro 456 2 0
73 Zambia 449 11 69
74 Uganda 447 1 -8
75 Uzbekistan 431 1 -9
76 Wales 420 1 0
77 Panama 406 -7 -63
78 New Zealand 400 4 0
79 Belarus 397 1 -9
80 South Africa 390 5 13
81 Jamaica 387 0 -16
82 Malawi 384 17 58
82 Mozambique 384 -10 -78
84 Trinidad and Tobago 382 -2 -18
85 Korea DPR 377 1 1
86 Iraq 375 2 11
87 China PR 373 6 33
88 Angola 371 7 34
89 Qatar 370 -3 -6
90 Guinea 360 -17 -98
91 Senegal 359 -2 -2
92 Kuwait 358 12 57
93 Oman 352 -14 -58
94 Iceland 349 -2 3
95 Haiti 347 -5 -1
96 Moldova 338 -2 0
97 Albania 336 -1 0
98 Gambia 333 18 110
99 Thailand 332 6 36
100 Cape Verde Islands 331 -3 0
100 Syria 331 -9 -16
102 Armenia 321 -2 0
103 Congo 320 -2 0
104 Estonia 315 -2 7
105 Yemen 294 25 118
106 Rwanda 276 -4 -32
107 Jordan 275 4 20
108 Tanzania 267 -2 -23
109 Namibia 251 4 5
109 Sudan 251 -1 -17
111 Congo DR 248 -4 -23
112 Kenya 244 -14 -83
113 United Arab Emirates 241 -1 -7
114 Azerbaijan 235 0 -1
115 Libya 233 0 1
116 Vietnam 231 7 28
117 Zimbabwe 228 -8 -37
118 Faroe Islands 222 -1 0
119 Botswana 220 -1 1
120 Singapore 217 -10 -43
121 Ethiopia 204 1 0
122 Georgia 202 2 0
123 Kazakhstan 201 2 1
124 Luxembourg 195 4 10
125 Cuba 191 -6 -27
126 Guyana 186 1 -5
127 Antigua and Barbuda 184 3 8
128 Barbados 171 1 -10
129 Fiji 167 3 0
130 India 166 4 8
131 Guatemala 164 -10 -41
132 Sierra Leone 159 6 14
133 Grenada 158 5 13
133 Turkmenistan 158 8 19
135 Bermuda 157 7 19
136 Indonesia 154 -16 -52
137 Hong Kong 153 6 16
138 Equatorial Guinea 152 -3 0
138 Swaziland 152 -3 0
140 Maldives 146 -3 0
141 Myanmar 144 -1 2
142 Suriname 133 2 0
143 Chad 130 2 0
144 Malta 129 2 1
145 Lebanon 127 3 2
146 New Caledonia 126 1 0
147 Burundi 124 -21 -71
148 Tajikistan 123 17 36
149 Lesotho 120 1 0
150 Bangladesh 117 -1 -5
151 Sri Lanka 115 0 0
152 Nepal 112 0 0
153 Liechtenstein 110 1 0
154 Vanuatu 108 1 0
155 St. Kitts and Nevis 106 1 0
156 Madagascar 105 2 0
156 Pakistan 105 0 -1
158 Kyrgyzstan 103 1 0
159 Malaysia 100 1 -2
160 Liberia 98 1 0
161 Mauritania 93 8 23
162 Chinese Taipei 92 0 -1
162 Eritrea 92 1 0
162 Nicaragua 92 -29 -73
162 Niger 92 1 0
166 Puerto Rico 89 -1 2
167 Philippines 85 0 2
168 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 82 -16 -30
169 Netherlands Antilles 80 -1 0
170 Mongolia 61 1 0
171 Solomon Islands 60 1 0
172 Palestine 57 1 0
173 Cambodia 56 2 0
174 Turks and Caicos Islands 45 3 0
175 Seychelles 44 3 0
176 Bahamas 43 4 0
176 Comoros 43 0 -3
178 Mauritius 40 3 0
179 Cayman Islands 39 4 3
179 Laos 39 -1 -5
179 Somalia 39 -9 -25
182 Dominica 38 15 26
182 Samoa 38 0 0
184 Cook Islands 34 0 0
184 Guam 34 0 0
186 Belize 33 -13 -24
187 St. Lucia 32 -1 0
188 Macau 31 -1 0
189 Tonga 28 -1 0
190 Dominican Republic 26 0 0
191 British Virgin Islands 25 0 0
191 Brunei Darussalam 25 0 0
193 Djibouti 23 -4 -4
194 Afghanistan 20 -1 0
195 Guinea-Bissau 19 -1 0
195 Tahiti 19 -1 0
197 Bhutan 17 -1 0
198 Aruba 11 0 0
199 US Virgin Islands 8 0 0
200 Central African Republic 4 0 0
200 Timor-Leste 4 0 0
202 Andorra 3 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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2 comments:

  1. شاهد ظلم الحكم في مبارة الجزائر ومصر النصف النهائي http://3rbusiness.com/vb/showthread.php?p=8458

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  2. les algerien en coup du monde

    l'arbitre ny'a pas neutre

    algerie is the best team

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