FIFA Ranking: August 2010 preview

Since there will be no new matches before the August 5th deadline, this will also be the final preview.

FIFA will publish the ranking on August 11th.

Best movers:

8 - New Caledonia
4 - El Salvador and Namibia
3 - Bolivia, Colombia, Indonesia, Korea DPR, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar and Turkmenistan

Worst movers:

-15 - Netherlands Antilles
-11 - Tajikistan
-8 - Seychelles

Best movers in the top 50:

3 - Bolivia and Colombia
1 - Croatia, Latvia, Paraguay, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine

Worst movers in the top 50:

-5 - USA
-4 - Costa Rica
-1 - Israel, Mexico and Peru

Morocco will have their worst ever ranking - 83rd. They were 82nd this month.

Mauritius will return to their worst ever ranking - 183rd, first achieved in August 2009.

Bahrain replace Saudi Arabia in the AFC top 5.

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

1	Spain	1883	0	0
2	Netherlands	1659	0	0
3	Brazil	1524	0	-12
4	Germany	1464	0	0
5	Argentina	1288	0	-1
6	Uruguay	1152	0	0
7	England	1125	0	0
8	Portugal	1062	0	0
9	Egypt	1053	0	0
10	Chile	988	0	0
11	Italy	982	0	0
12	Greece	975	0	0
13	Serbia	969	0	0
14	Croatia	968	1	0
15	Paraguay	961	1	0
16	Russia	956	1	0
17	Switzerland	940	1	0
18	USA	931	-5	-38
19	Slovenia	917	0	0
20	Australia	911	0	0
21	France	890	0	0
22	Norway	878	0	0
23	Ghana	874	0	0
24	Ukraine	870	1	0
25	Mexico	853	-1	-19
26	Côte d'Ivoire	843	0	0
27	Slovakia	829	0	0
28	Turkey	810	0	0
29	Denmark	785	0	0
30	Nigeria	773	0	0
31	Czech Republic	769	0	0
32	Japan	768	0	0
33	Algeria	759	0	0
34	Gabon	755	0	0
35	Sweden	747	0	0
36	Colombia	734	3	9
36	Republic of Ireland	734	0	0
38	Israel	733	-1	0
39	Peru	726	-1	0
40	Cameroon	710	0	0
41	Scotland	699	0	0
42	Romania	697	0	0
43	Bulgaria	672	0	0
44	Korea Republic	651	0	-9
45	Burkina Faso	646	0	0
46	Honduras	627	0	-17
47	Venezuela	592	0	0
48	Belgium	589	0	0
49	Latvia	579	1	0
50	Bolivia	577	3	7
51	Finland	576	0	0
52	Lithuania	571	0	0
53	Costa Rica	562	-4	-22
54	New Zealand	557	0	0
55	Mali	548	0	0
56	Poland	547	0	0
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	546	0	0
58	Ecuador	545	0	0
59	Northern Ireland	540	0	0
60	Austria	536	0	0
61	Benin	535	0	0
62	Hungary	534	0	0
63	Cyprus	523	0	0
64	Tunisia	519	1	0
65	Iran	517	-1	-5
66	FYR Macedonia	504	0	0
66	South Africa	504	0	0
68	Bahrain	465	1	5
69	Uganda	459	1	2
70	Albania	455	1	0
70	Saudi Arabia	455	-2	-16
72	Zambia	449	1	3
73	Montenegro	448	-1	0
74	Malawi	424	0	-1
75	Togo	421	0	0
76	Trinidad and Tobago	417	0	12
77	China PR	405	1	12
78	Belarus	403	-1	0
79	Iceland	385	0	0
80	Mozambique	381	0	4
81	Oman	377	0	3
82	Jamaica	372	1	4
83	Morocco	371	-1	0
84	Wales	366	0	0
85	Kuwait	365	0	0
86	El Salvador	361	4	18
87	Angola	357	-1	1
88	Uzbekistan	351	-1	-1
89	Moldova	350	0	0
90	United Arab Emirates	348	-2	-3
91	Senegal	338	0	0
92	Syria	336	0	2
93	Botswana	327	0	-4
94	Estonia	321	1	0
94	Libya	321	2	3
96	Armenia	318	0	0
97	Panama	314	-3	-9
98	Qatar	300	0	0
99	Jordan	299	-1	-1
100	Korea DPR	288	3	4
101	Canada	287	-1	-8
102	Guinea	286	-1	0
103	Gambia	285	-1	0
104	Thailand	276	1	3
105	Azerbaijan	266	1	0
106	Congo	263	1	0
106	Iraq	263	-2	-13
108	Cape Verde Islands	261	0	0
109	Yemen	249	0	1
110	Georgia	237	1	0
111	Rwanda	235	2	2
111	Tanzania	235	1	0
113	Zimbabwe	233	-3	-5
114	Cuba	215	0	0
115	Namibia	213	4	10
116	Kenya	210	-1	0
117	Luxembourg	209	-1	0
118	Faroe Islands	206	-1	0
119	Guatemala	201	-1	-3
120	Singapore	198	1	0
120	Sudan	198	1	0
122	Guyana	190	-3	-13
123	Congo DR	187	1	2
124	Chad	185	0	0
125	Kazakhstan	184	1	0
126	Suriname	181	-3	-6
127	Barbados	174	1	0
127	Vietnam	174	0	-5
129	Antigua and Barbuda	168	0	0
130	Fiji	167	0	0
131	Haiti	166	-1	-1
132	Grenada	162	1	4
133	Hong Kong	152	2	0
133	Turkmenistan	152	3	2
135	Indonesia	142	3	1
136	Swaziland	136	-2	-19
137	Sierra Leone	130	2	0
138	India	129	-6	-31
139	Malaysia	128	3	4
140	Myanmar	127	3	5
141	Liechtenstein	126	-1	0
142	Burundi	125	-1	0
143	Maldives	117	2	0
144	Ethiopia	116	2	1
145	Equatorial Guinea	110	2	0
145	Niger	110	2	0
145	St. Kitts and Nevis	110	2	0
148	Lebanon	106	3	0
148	Madagascar	106	-4	-15
148	Tajikistan	106	-11	-38
151	Malta	105	1	0
152	Bangladesh	104	1	0
153	Sri Lanka	101	2	5
154	New Caledonia	99	8	17
155	Lesotho	96	-1	-5
156	Liberia	94	0	0
157	Eritrea	92	1	0
158	Bermuda	91	1	0
159	Nepal	88	-3	-6
160	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	87	0	0
161	Nicaragua	86	0	0
162	Vanuatu	84	1	9
163	Kyrgyzstan	78	2	4
164	Pakistan	75	-1	0
165	Chinese Taipei	67	1	-2
165	Netherlands Antilles	67	-15	-41
165	Philippines	67	2	0
168	Mauritania	62	0	0
169	Solomon Islands	60	0	0
170	Puerto Rico	52	0	0
171	Palestine	50	0	2
172	Comoros	43	0	0
173	Cayman Islands	39	0	0
173	Laos	39	0	0
173	Somalia	39	0	0
176	Samoa	38	0	0
177	Bahamas	34	2	0
178	Cambodia	33	2	0
178	Dominica	33	2	0
180	Belize	32	2	0
180	Mongolia	32	2	0
180	Turks and Caicos Islands	32	2	0
183	Mauritius	27	-6	-10
184	Dominican Republic	26	1	0
185	Seychelles	24	-8	-13
186	Tonga	23	0	0
187	Brunei Darussalam	21	0	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	19	0	0
188	St. Lucia	19	0	0
188	Tahiti	19	0	0
191	British Virgin Islands	18	0	0
191	Djibouti	18	0	0
193	Cook Islands	17	0	0
193	Guam	17	0	0
195	Afghanistan	13	-2	-4
196	Macau	12	0	0
197	Bhutan	9	1	0
198	Aruba	7	-1	-4
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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July 2010 FIFA Ranking with no weighting

By request for scaryice.

This is how the July 2010 ranking would look like if no weightings were applied.

Rank - Team - Points with no weighting - July FIFA Rank - July FIFA Points - Rank difference

1	Spain	3358	1	1883	0
2	Netherlands	2937	2	1659	0
3	Brazil	2906	3	1536	0
4	Germany	2724	4	1464	0
5	Argentina	2444	5	1289	0
6	Croatia	2248	15	968	9
7	Italy	2127	11	982	4
8	Russia	2113	17	956	9
9	England	2048	7	1125	-2
10	Greece	2028	12	975	2
11	Portugal	1967	8	1062	-3
12	Uruguay	1950	6	1152	-6
13	France	1915	21	890	8
14	Serbia	1900	13	969	-1
15	USA	1898	13	969	-2
16	Egypt	1782	9	1053	-7
17	Paraguay	1766	16	961	-1
18	Turkey	1740	28	810	10
19	Czech Republic	1736	31	769	12
20	Chile	1731	10	988	-10
21	Mexico	1699	24	872	3
22	Romania	1688	42	697	20
23	Scotland	1684	41	699	18
24	Ukraine	1678	25	870	1
25	Israel	1643	37	733	12
26	Côte d'Ivoire	1635	26	843	0
27	Australia	1633	20	911	-7
28	Ghana	1620	23	874	-5
29	Norway	1619	22	878	-7
30	Bulgaria	1603	43	672	13
31	Switzerland	1585	18	940	-13
32	Cameroon	1564	40	710	8
33	Denmark	1551	29	785	-4
34	Japan	1512	32	768	-2
35	Sweden	1503	35	747	0
36	Republic of Ireland	1462	36	734	0
37	Northern Ireland	1455	59	540	22
38	Colombia	1453	39	725	1
39	Slovakia	1428	27	829	-12
40	Nigeria	1424	30	773	-10
41	Gabon	1364	34	755	-7
42	Slovenia	1355	19	917	-23
43	Algeria	1324	33	759	-10
44	Poland	1313	56	547	12
45	Finland	1291	51	576	6
46	Honduras	1272	46	644	0
47	Korea Republic	1248	44	660	-3
48	Hungary	1206	62	534	14
49	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1200	57	546	8
50	Mali	1180	55	548	5
51	Venezuela	1175	47	592	-4
52	Burkina Faso	1167	45	646	-7
53	Costa Rica	1158	49	584	-4
54	Belgium	1134	48	589	-6
55	Iran	1123	64	522	9
56	Peru	1112	38	726	-18
57	Tunisia	1099	65	519	8
58	Saudi Arabia	1097	68	471	10
59	Bolivia	1086	53	570	-6
60	FYR Macedonia	1078	66	504	6
61	Latvia	1070	50	579	-11
61	Ecuador	1070	58	545	-3
63	Lithuania	1069	52	571	-11
64	Morocco	1047	82	371	18
65	Cyprus	1018	63	523	-2
66	South Africa	989	66	504	0
67	Benin	977	61	535	-6
68	Austria	922	60	536	-8
69	Bahrain	921	69	460	0
70	Uganda	881	70	457	0
71	Zambia	875	73	446	2
71	Belarus	875	77	403	6
73	Wales	873	84	366	11
74	Canada	859	100	295	26
75	New Zealand	857	54	557	-21
76	Togo	842	75	421	-1
77	Mozambique	832	80	377	3
78	Senegal	829	91	338	13
78	Guinea	829	101	286	23
80	Albania	812	71	455	-9
81	Moldova	797	89	350	8
81	Panama	797	94	323	13
83	Uzbekistan	792	87	352	4
84	Trinidad and Tobago	791	76	405	-8
84	China PR	791	78	393	-6
86	Oman	788	81	374	-5
87	Iceland	770	79	385	-8
88	Jamaica	760	83	368	-5
89	Angola	757	86	356	-3
90	Libya	732	96	318	6
91	Malawi	725	74	425	-17
92	Iraq	722	104	276	12
93	El Salvador	719	90	343	-3
94	Gambia	701	102	285	8
95	Montenegro	698	72	448	-23
96	Cape Verde Islands	695	108	261	12
97	Armenia	694	96	318	-1
98	Syria	681	92	334	-6
99	Qatar	680	98	300	-1
100	Congo	675	107	263	7
101	Kuwait	668	85	365	-16
102	Cuba	666	114	215	12
103	Korea DPR	643	103	284	0
104	United Arab Emirates	635	88	351	-16
105	Botswana	622	93	331	-12
106	Tanzania	621	112	235	6
107	Jordan	598	98	300	-9
108	Georgia	591	111	237	3
108	Suriname	591	123	187	15
110	Thailand	589	105	273	-5
111	Rwanda	569	113	233	2
112	Congo DR	562	124	185	12
113	Kenya	557	115	210	2
114	Sudan	556	121	198	7
115	Zimbabwe	541	110	238	-5
116	Estonia	538	95	321	-21
117	Guyana	526	119	203	2
118	Namibia	524	119	203	1
119	Haiti	523	130	167	11
120	Barbados	502	128	174	8
121	Guatemala	486	118	204	-3
122	Azerbaijan	481	106	266	-16
123	Antigua and Barbuda	456	129	168	6
124	Kazakhstan	449	126	184	2
125	Luxembourg	434	116	209	-9
126	Chad	423	124	185	-2
127	Equatorial Guinea	421	147	110	20
128	Burundi	418	141	125	13
129	Yemen	411	109	248	-20
130	Singapore	409	121	198	-9
131	Grenada	408	133	158	2
132	Fiji	396	130	167	-2
132	Ethiopia	396	146	115	14
134	Hong Kong	382	135	152	1
135	Vietnam	378	127	179	-8
136	Indonesia	361	138	141	2
137	Swaziland	358	134	155	-3
137	Sierra Leone	358	139	130	2
139	Madagascar	338	144	121	5
140	Bermuda	336	159	91	19
141	Liberia	328	156	94	15
142	Eritrea	318	158	92	16
143	Liechtenstein	306	140	126	-3
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	299	160	87	16
145	Malta	295	152	105	7
146	Niger	287	147	110	1
147	Netherlands Antilles	279	150	108	3
148	India	273	132	160	-16
149	Turkmenistan	269	136	150	-13
150	Myanmar	261	143	122	-7
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	260	147	110	-4
152	New Caledonia	258	162	82	10
153	Faroe Islands	254	117	206	-36
154	Mauritania	253	168	62	14
155	Tajikistan	249	137	144	-18
156	Lebanon	235	151	106	-5
157	Malaysia	232	142	124	-15
158	Lesotho	219	154	101	-4
159	Maldives	211	145	117	-14
160	Nicaragua	210	161	86	1
161	Solomon Islands	208	169	60	8
162	Vanuatu	203	163	75	1
163	Sri Lanka	187	155	96	-8
164	Philippines	182	167	67	3
165	Kyrgyzstan	177	165	74	0
166	Puerto Rico	173	170	52	4
167	Bahamas	149	179	34	12
168	Nepal	148	156	94	-12
169	Bangladesh	146	153	104	-16
170	Chinese Taipei	144	166	69	-4
171	Pakistan	143	163	75	-8
172	Mauritius	133	177	37	5
173	Dominican Republic	132	185	26	12
174	Samoa	128	176	38	2
174	Turks and Caicos Islands	128	182	32	8
176	Seychelles	119	177	37	1
177	Laos	115	173	39	-4
178	Cambodia	99	180	33	2
179	Palestine	98	171	48	-8
180	Belize	92	182	32	2
181	Cayman Islands	88	173	39	-8
182	Mongolia	85	182	32	0
183	Somalia	77	173	39	-10
184	Tonga	72	186	23	2
185	Brunei Darussalam	67	187	21	2
186	Comoros	64	172	43	-14
186	St. Lucia	64	188	19	2
186	Tahiti	64	188	19	2
189	Guinea-Bissau	62	188	19	-1
190	British Virgin Islands	60	191	18	1
191	Djibouti	53	191	18	0
192	Afghanistan	51	193	17	1
193	Dominica	50	180	33	-13
194	Cook Islands	34	193	17	-1
194	Guam	34	193	17	-1
196	Macau	30	196	12	0
196	Bhutan	30	198	9	2
198	Aruba	22	197	11	-1
199	US Virgin Islands	17	199	5	0
200	Andorra	9	201	2	1
201	Timor-Leste	8	200	4	-1
202	American Samoa	0	202	0	0
202	Anguilla	0	202	0	0
202	Central African Republic	0	202	0	0
202	Montserrat	0	202	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	202	0	0
202	San Marino	0	202	0	0

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