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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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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

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.