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Monday, July 26, 2010

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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7 comments:

  1. Hi Edgar and welcome back.
    When the confederations weightings will apply to FIFA rankings?

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  2. Thanks Edgar.

    Lots of zeros this time round.

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  3. Odd they won't include August 10-11 friendlies. There's nothing to add to August ranking otherwise except the T&T-A&B friendly.

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  4. @ilias

    I'm pretty sure they will be: CONMEBOL 1, UEFA 0.99, the rest 0.85. But will know for sure on September 15 - or earlier if FIFA post a special article about the confederation weightings.

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  5. @Soccer-db.Net

    It's not odd. All friendlies will be played after the deadline - even after the semi-official deadline of Sunday, August 8th.

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  6. Hi Edgar,

    I thought, now the 'historical issue' is no longer messing up the fifa-ranking calculation of points, that I should come up with the exact same point-totals as FIFA (and you) do.

    For almost all countries that applies, but I have 5 countries with more than 1 point difference (assuming that a 1 point difference could be caused by rounding): Uganda (-4), Japan (-3), Jamaica (-3), Mali (3) and Eritrea (-2).
    I have compared my list of matches with the FIFA-match database and could find no differences between them, so the starting point for the calculation should be the same.

    Would you be so kind to illustrate your detailed calculation of points for e.g. Uganda for the august 2010 ranking, so that I can find out where I'm making a mistake ?

    Thanks in advance, Ed

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  7. Ed, you should try writing to datainfo@fifa.org and ask them for the detailed point totals for Uganda. They are very helpful and I think it would be better to get them from an official source. If you don't get an answer in ... say... one week, write me an e-mail.

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