Friday, May 21, 2010

FIFA Ranking: May 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.

Included: matches up to and including May 20th, 2010.

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

No changes in the top 10.

Two countries will improve their best ever ranking:

Montenegro (64th - 65th last month)
Comoros (171st - 172nd last month)

Burkina Faso will return to their best ever ranking 49th, first achieved in November 2009.

Macau will return to their worst ever ranking - 197th, achieved in August 2008.

Two countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Congo DR (121st - 118th in September 2009)
Lebanon (160th - 159th in May 2009)

Best movers:

7 - South Africa
6 - Oman
4 - Slovakia, Mozambique, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Brunei Darussalam

Worst movers:

-14 - Cambodia
-10 - Congo DR
-8 - Ecuador

Best movers in the top 50:

4 - Slovakia
3 - Burkina Faso
2 - Uruguay, Ukraine, Switzerland, Honduras, Costa Rica, Republic of Ireland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-8 - Ecuador
-3 - Chile
-2 - Slovenia, Israel, Lithuania

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

1 Brazil 1611 0 0
2 Spain 1565 0 0
3 Portugal 1249 0 0
4 Netherlands 1231 0 10
5 Italy 1184 0 0
6 Germany 1082 0 -25
7 Argentina 1076 0 -8
8 England 1068 0 0
9 Croatia 1051 0 -1
10 France 1044 0 0
11 Russia 1015 0 12
12 Egypt 967 1 0
13 Greece 964 -1 -4
14 USA 957 0 7
15 Serbia 947 1 3
16 Uruguay 899 2 -3
17 Mexico 895 0 -41
18 Chile 888 -3 -60
19 Cameroon 887 0 0
20 Australia 886 0 3
21 Nigeria 883 -1 0
22 Norway 882 0 3
23 Ukraine 875 2 20
24 Switzerland 866 2 12
25 Slovenia 860 -2 0
26 Israel 857 -2 0
27 Romania 853 1 10
28 Côte d'Ivoire 846 -1 0
29 Czech Republic 827 0 0
30 Algeria 821 1 0
31 Paraguay 820 -1 -2
32 Turkey 812 1 14
33 Ghana 800 -1 -2
34 Slovakia 777 4 35
35 Colombia 776 -1 -1
36 Denmark 767 -1 0
37 Sweden 761 0 4
38 Honduras 734 2 7
39 Bulgaria 711 0 -29
40 Costa Rica 710 2 4
41 Republic of Ireland 709 2 19
42 Gabon 700 -1 -7
43 Scotland 699 1 15
44 Ecuador 694 -8 -69
45 Japan 682 0 8
46 Latvia 652 0 0
47 Korea Republic 632 0 13
48 Finland 613 1 8
49 Burkina Faso 611 3 22
50 Lithuania 608 -2 -8
50 Venezuela 608 -1 3
52 Bosnia-Herzegovina 604 -1 0
53 Peru 578 0 -1
54 Mali 575 0 0
55 Tunisia 574 0 0
56 Northern Ireland 566 1 11
57 Hungary 565 -1 -2
58 Poland 561 0 9
59 Belgium 539 3 21
60 Benin 531 -1 0
61 FYR Macedonia 521 -1 0
61 Iran 521 -1 0
63 Canada 516 0 0
64 Montenegro 500 1 0
65 Bolivia 499 2 8
66 Saudi Arabia 495 0 0
67 Cyprus 486 1 -2
68 Austria 479 -4 -30
69 Bahrain 475 0 0
70 Morocco 463 0 -6
71 Zambia 456 0 4
72 El Salvador 452 -1 0
73 Uganda 440 1 3
74 Wales 436 1 7
75 Panama 434 1 13
76 Senegal 422 1 8
77 Togo 418 -4 -20
78 New Zealand 410 0 -3
79 Albania 406 1 0
80 Iraq 405 2 11
81 Jamaica 399 -2 -13
82 Belarus 397 -1 0
83 South Africa 391 7 22
84 China PR 387 1 -3
85 Mozambique 383 4 5
86 Malawi 382 -4 -12
87 Guinea 381 0 0
88 Angola 379 -3 -11
89 Moldova 378 -5 -14
90 Iceland 367 1 0
91 Haiti 362 -4 -19
91 Oman 362 6 16
93 Gambia 361 0 0
94 Uzbekistan 354 0 0
95 Trinidad and Tobago 353 -4 -14
96 Qatar 351 -1 0
97 Kuwait 350 -1 2
98 Syria 343 0 1
99 Armenia 311 0 0
100 United Arab Emirates 310 0 0
101 Libya 309 1 4
102 Congo 308 -1 0
103 Jordan 300 0 -1
104 Estonia 296 0 0
105 Korea DPR 285 1 -7
106 Thailand 276 -1 -18
107 Rwanda 269 0 0
108 Tanzania 261 0 2
109 Azerbaijan 259 1 2
110 Zimbabwe 258 3 10
111 Namibia 251 1 0
112 Yemen 248 -3 -10
113 Kenya 243 1 0
114 Cape Verde Islands 241 3 5
114 Guatemala 241 1 0
116 Botswana 235 0 -2
117 Vietnam 231 1 0
118 Sudan 220 3 9
119 Antigua and Barbuda 218 0 1
120 Georgia 217 -1 0
121 Congo DR 215 -10 -38
122 Guyana 205 0 0
123 Ethiopia 200 0 -4
124 Grenada 198 0 0
125 Faroe Islands 196 0 0
126 Cuba 194 -1 -2
127 Luxembourg 193 0 0
127 Singapore 193 0 0
129 Kazakhstan 182 0 2
130 Sierra Leone 181 3 19
131 Swaziland 171 0 6
132 Fiji 167 -2 0
133 India 163 -1 -1
134 Bermuda 160 0 0
135 Barbados 155 0 -2
135 Tajikistan 155 0 -2
137 Indonesia 153 0 0
137 Suriname 153 3 6
139 Hong Kong 150 0 0
139 Turkmenistan 150 -2 -3
141 Equatorial Guinea 142 0 0
142 Maldives 129 1 0
143 Chad 128 1 0
144 Burundi 127 1 0
145 New Caledonia 126 1 0
146 Malaysia 123 1 0
147 Myanmar 122 -5 -19
148 Madagascar 121 1 6
149 Liechtenstein 117 -1 0
150 Liberia 114 2 2
151 St. Kitts and Nevis 113 0 0
152 Lesotho 109 -3 -6
153 Vanuatu 108 0 0
154 Netherlands Antilles 103 3 5
155 Eritrea 101 4 6
155 Nicaragua 101 0 0
157 Bangladesh 100 3 6
157 Malta 100 -3 -3
159 Sri Lanka 99 -3 0
160 Lebanon 98 -3 0
161 Nepal 96 0 4
162 Niger 92 -1 0
163 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 91 1 0
164 Mauritania 81 1 0
165 Pakistan 78 1 0
166 Puerto Rico 76 2 0
167 Chinese Taipei 75 -1 -3
168 Kyrgyzstan 74 -7 -18
169 Philippines 67 1 12
170 Solomon Islands 60 -1 0
171 Comoros 43 1 0
172 Mauritius 40 1 0
173 Cayman Islands 39 1 0
173 Laos 39 1 0
173 Palestine 39 1 0
173 Somalia 39 1 0
177 Samoa 38 2 0
178 Seychelles 37 -4 -2
179 Belize 36 2 2
179 Mongolia 36 1 0
181 Bahamas 34 0 0
181 Cook Islands 34 0 0
183 Dominica 33 1 0
184 Turks and Caicos Islands 32 1 0
185 Cambodia 30 -14 -24
186 Tonga 28 0 0
187 Dominican Republic 26 0 0
188 Djibouti 23 0 0
189 Afghanistan 21 4 4
189 Brunei Darussalam 21 4 4
191 Guinea-Bissau 19 -2 0
191 St. Lucia 19 -2 0
191 Tahiti 19 -2 0
194 British Virgin Islands 18 -2 0
195 Guam 17 -2 0
196 Bhutan 15 1 4
197 Macau 13 -1 -2
198 Aruba 11 -1 0
199 US Virgin Islands 5 0 0
200 Timor-Leste 4 0 0
201 Andorra 2 0 0
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Anguilla 0 0 0
202 Central African Republic 0 0 0
202 Montserrat 0 0 0
202 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
202 San Marino 0 0 0

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3 comments:

  1. Thanks for the hard work.

    I imagine the next FIFA ranking period will be a massive nightmare to contend with!

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  2. We are waiting expectantly for your WC prediction! It would be great If tou could give the one based on ELO ratings, but also another one based on your own expectations/feeling.

    Best regards,

    Juan

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  3. I think the Ziaian football rankings at rankfootball.com is very good. I have been following this site for a while now.
    I have included the link in my name as I don't have my own web page.

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