Friday, February 26, 2010

FIFA Ranking: February 2010 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.

FIFA will release the February ranking on March 3rd.

Included: matches up to and including February 25th, 2010 - the official deadline for matches. However, FIFA will include at least two more matches - the final (Korea DPR - Turkmenistan) and the third place match (Tajikistan - Myanmar) of the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, since it's an official AFC competition. There's also a Malaysia - Yemen friendly - I'm not so sure about this one being included though.

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

Korea DPR (loss - 318, PSO loss - 321, PSO win - 324, win - 328)
Yemen (loss - 267, draw - 271, win - 281)
Turkmenistan (loss - 156, PSO loss - 167, PSO win - 177, win - 188)
Tajikistan (loss - 155, PSO loss - 161, PSO win - 168, win - 175)
Myanmar (loss - 147, PSO loss - 152, PSO win - 158, win - 163)
Malaysia (loss - 97, draw - 106, win - 124)

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.

If the Malaysia - Yemen match won't be included, Malaysia will have 102 points and Yemen 290.

Montenegro will have their highest ever ranking - 71st, they were 72nd last month.

Two teams will return to their best ever ranking:

Serbia (13th - first achieved in September 2009)
Guam (182nd - first achieved in August 1996)

Morocco will have their worst ever ranking - 70th. They previous low was 67th in November 2009.

Best movers:

12 - Tajikistan
7 - Estonia
6 - Serbia, Slovenia, Peru, Guyana and Swaziland

Tajikistan can still improve.

Worst movers:

-19 - Korea DPR
-13 - Barbados
-12 - Turks and Caicos Islands

Korea DPR's total plunges because they have played 4 friendly matches (final included) against teams ranked below 100.

Best movers in the top 50:

6 - Serbia and Slovenia
5 - Slovakia
4 - Hungary

A good day for Central and Eastern Europe.

Worst movers in the top 50:

-7 - Denmark and Egypt
-6 - Japan and Nigeria
-4 - USA and Korea Republic

Devaluation of points (Egypt and Nigeria), defeats (Japan and Korea Republic) and friendly against a team with a low ranking (USA).

Cameroon overtake Nigeria for Africa's 2nd place.

Mexico are now ranked 1st in CONCACAF, USA drop to 2nd.

Germany up to 4th in Europe, at the expense of Portugal.

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

1 Spain 1642 0 15
2 Brazil 1594 0 26
3 Netherlands 1324 0 36
4 Italy 1226 0 17
5 Germany 1208 1 35
6 Portugal 1201 -1 25
7 France 1171 0 54
8 England 1109 1 33
9 Argentina 1087 -1 5
10 Greece 1074 2 44
11 Croatia 1050 0 -3
12 Russia 1042 1 16
13 Serbia 980 6 64
14 Chile 971 2 16
15 Mexico 968 2 21
15 Switzerland 968 3 44
17 Egypt 967 -7 -102
18 USA 954 -4 -9
19 Uruguay 936 2 27
20 Cameroon 888 0 -26
21 Nigeria 879 -6 -77
22 Côte d'Ivoire 874 0 9
23 Australia 867 0 10
24 Ukraine 851 0 3
25 Czech Republic 843 0 15
26 Israel 821 1 -2
27 Slovenia 819 6 52
28 Ghana 818 -1 -5
29 Paraguay 815 0 9
30 Bulgaria 813 0 12
31 Slovakia 811 5 59
32 Algeria 804 -1 20
33 Denmark 799 -7 -28
34 Norway 798 -2 26
35 Honduras 776 -1 17
36 Romania 774 2 29
37 Ecuador 761 -2 8
38 Colombia 757 1 21
39 Republic of Ireland 748 -2 2
40 Northern Ireland 747 0 18
41 Turkey 739 1 11
42 Sweden 737 1 10
43 Gabon 706 1 0
44 Costa Rica 701 1 2
45 Scotland 681 1 16
46 Japan 672 -6 -57
47 Latvia 662 2 28
48 Hungary 645 4 30
49 Bosnia-Herzegovina 644 -1 -1
49 Venezuela 644 -2 -2
51 Burkina Faso 638 0 22
52 Finland 635 2 59
53 Korea Republic 616 -4 -18
54 Mali 595 -1 -3
55 Tunisia 587 0 14
56 Austria 567 5 44
57 Saudi Arabia 555 2 17
58 Bolivia 546 -3 -27
59 Poland 540 -2 -27
60 Lithuania 530 2 8
61 Canada 512 -4 -55
62 Peru 510 6 39
63 Bahrain 507 -3 -23
64 FYR Macedonia 506 0 11
65 Benin 503 2 20
66 Cyprus 495 2 24
67 Iran 493 -4 -6
68 Belgium 490 -2 -1
69 Togo 483 1 15
70 Morocco 482 -5 -10
71 Montenegro 456 1 0
72 El Salvador 452 -1 -11
73 Zambia 449 0 0
74 Uganda 447 0 0
75 Uzbekistan 442 0 11
76 Wales 421 0 1
77 Jamaica 407 1 4
78 Panama 402 -1 -4
79 Belarus 400 1 3
80 New Zealand 398 -1 -2
81 South Africa 391 0 0
82 Malawi 388 0 4
83 China PR 385 4 12
84 Mozambique 382 -2 -2
85 Trinidad and Tobago 380 -1 -2
86 Angola 379 2 8
87 Iraq 373 -1 -2
88 Kuwait 368 4 10
89 Guinea 367 1 6
90 Haiti 363 5 16
91 Iceland 355 3 6
92 Qatar 354 -3 -16
93 Oman 351 0 -1
94 Senegal 347 -3 -12
95 Gambia 344 3 11
96 Albania 335 1 -1
97 Estonia 332 7 17
98 Cape Verde Islands 331 2 0
99 Moldova 330 -3 -8
100 Thailand 329 -2 -4
101 Syria 325 -1 -6
102 Armenia 320 0 -1
102 Congo 320 1 0
104 Korea DPR 318 -19 -60
105 Rwanda 282 2 7
106 Jordan 270 0 -6
107 Yemen 267 -2 -27
108 Tanzania 264 0 -2
109 Azerbaijan 252 5 16
110 Sudan 251 -1 0
111 Namibia 249 -2 -2
112 Congo DR 248 -1 0
113 Kenya 244 -1 0
114 Vietnam 231 2 0
115 United Arab Emirates 230 -2 -11
116 Libya 227 -1 -6
117 Zimbabwe 224 0 -5
118 Faroe Islands 223 0 1
119 Botswana 218 0 -1
120 Guyana 205 6 19
120 Singapore 205 0 -12
122 Ethiopia 204 -1 0
123 Antigua and Barbuda 203 4 19
124 Cuba 200 1 9
124 Georgia 200 -2 -2
126 Luxembourg 196 -2 1
127 Kazakhstan 191 -4 -10
128 Guatemala 174 3 10
129 Fiji 167 0 0
130 India 164 0 -2
131 Grenada 163 2 5
132 Swaziland 161 6 9
133 Sierra Leone 159 -1 0
134 Bermuda 156 1 0
134 Turkmenistan 156 0 -1
136 Indonesia 155 0 0
136 Tajikistan 155 12 32
138 Equatorial Guinea 151 0 -1
139 Myanmar 147 2 3
140 Maldives 146 0 0
141 Barbados 136 -13 -35
142 Hong Kong 134 -5 -19
143 Suriname 133 -1 0
144 Chad 132 -1 2
145 New Caledonia 126 1 0
146 Burundi 123 1 -1
147 Lesotho 120 2 0
148 Lebanon 116 -3 -11
148 Malta 116 -4 -13
150 Liechtenstein 112 3 2
150 Nepal 112 2 0
152 Sri Lanka 111 -1 -4
152 St. Kitts and Nevis 111 3 5
154 Vanuatu 108 0 0
155 Pakistan 107 1 2
156 Madagascar 105 0 0
157 Bangladesh 102 -7 -15
158 Nicaragua 101 4 9
159 Liberia 98 1 0
160 Malaysia 97 -1 -3
161 Kyrgyzstan 95 -3 -8
162 Chinese Taipei 93 0 1
162 Mauritania 93 -1 0
164 Eritrea 92 -2 0
164 Niger 92 -2 0
166 Netherlands Antilles 90 3 10
167 Puerto Rico 89 -1 0
168 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 86 0 4
169 Philippines 85 -2 0
170 Mongolia 61 0 0
171 Solomon Islands 60 0 0
172 Cambodia 56 1 0
173 Palestine 48 -1 -9
174 Bahamas 44 2 1
174 Seychelles 44 1 0
176 Comoros 43 0 0
177 Mauritius 40 1 0
178 Cayman Islands 39 1 0
178 Laos 39 1 0
178 Somalia 39 1 0
181 Samoa 38 1 0
182 Belize 34 4 1
182 Cook Islands 34 2 0
182 Guam 34 2 0
185 Dominica 33 -3 -5
186 St. Lucia 32 1 0
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 32 -12 -13
188 Macau 31 0 0
189 Tonga 28 0 0
190 Dominican Republic 26 0 0
191 British Virgin Islands 25 0 0
191 Brunei Darussalam 25 0 0
193 Djibouti 23 0 0
194 Afghanistan 20 0 0
195 Guinea-Bissau 19 0 0
195 Tahiti 19 0 0
197 Bhutan 17 0 0
198 Aruba 11 0 0
199 US Virgin Islands 9 0 1
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. Hi!
    When are you going to make the probable results-post for the friendlies at Wednesday?

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  2. On Wednesday morning - I need FIFA to publish the official rankings first.

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