Friday, January 28, 2011

FIFA Ranking: February 2011 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on February 2nd.

Only two matches left - the final (Australia - Japan) and third place match (Uzbekistan - Korea Republic) of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

This is how the totals could change for these four teams.

Australia (Loss: 848, PSO loss: 871, PSO win: 894, Win: 917)
Japan (Loss: 824, PSO loss: 843, PSO win: 862, Win: 882)
Korea Republic (Loss: 703, PSO loss: 714, PSO win: 725, Win: 735)
Uzbekistan (Loss: 424, PSO loss: 453, PSO win: 482, Win: 512)

Australia could climb to 16th.
Japan could climb to 17th.
Korea Republic could climb to 32nd.
Uzbekistan could climb to 64th.

In the table below, the values displayed for these four teams are the lowest possible.

Australia will keep their status as AFC first team if they avoid a straight loss (in regular or extra time).

Egypt drop out of the top 10, replaced by Greece.

Best movers:

31 - Uzbekistan
23 - Jordan
21 - Iran and Costa Rica

Uzbekistan could climb higher if they avoid losing against Korea Republic.

Worst movers:

-22 - Egypt
-21 - Gabon
-20 - Zambia

Egypt could drop lower if Korea Republic don't lose against Uzbekistan.

Best climbers in the top 50:

21 - Iran and Costa Rica
17 - Honduras
6 - Australia and Korea Republic

Australia and Korea Republic could climb higher if they avoid losing their matches.

-22 - Egypt
-21 - Gabon
-19 - Algeria

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Montenegro (24th - 25th in December 2010)
Belarus (36th - 37th in January 2011)
Hungary (37th - 41st in January 2011)

Montenegro will improve their ranking only if Japan lose against Australia.

Dominica will return to their best ever ranking - 128th - first achieved in November 2010.

Six teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Romania (57th - 56th in December 2010)
Saudi Arabia (82nd - 81st in July 2006)
Zambia (101st - 96th in October 2009)
Wales (116th - 113th in September 2000)
Singapore (142nd - 140th in October 2007)
Lebanon (172nd - 168th in January 2011)

Saudi Arabia drop out of the AFC top 5 (they are now 7th), replaced by China PR.

Egypt replaced by Ghana as top African team. Côte d'Ivoire up to 2nd. Algeria drop out of the top 5 (they are now 10th), replaced by Burkina Faso.

Costa Rica return to the CONCACAF top 5, with Cuba dropping out. Jamaica fall from 4th to 5th.

February 2011 rank - Team - February 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Spain 1887 0 0
2 Netherlands 1723 0 0
3 Germany 1485 0 0
4 Brazil 1446 0 0
5 Argentina 1367 0 29
6 England 1195 0 0
7 Uruguay 1152 0 0
8 Portugal 1090 0 0
9 Croatia 1075 0 0
10 Greece 1016 1 0
11 Norway 995 1 0
12 Russia 982 1 0
13 Italy 965 1 0
14 Chile 947 1 -3
15 Ghana 940 1 16
16 Slovenia 897 1 0
17 USA 869 1 2
18 France 867 0 0
19 Slovakia 854 1 0
20 Australia 848 6 52
21 Switzerland 841 1 0
22 Serbia 837 1 0
23 Paraguay 832 1 0
24 Japan 824 5 48
24 Montenegro 824 1 0
26 Côte d'Ivoire 813 -5 -32
27 Mexico 803 0 8
28 Denmark 802 0 12
29 Sweden 759 4 47
30 Czech Republic 751 0 0
31 Turkey 741 0 0
32 Egypt 712 -22 -324
33 Korea Republic 703 6 54
34 Ukraine 702 0 0
35 Republic of Ireland 681 0 0
36 Belarus 655 1 -5
37 Hungary 632 4 0
38 Northern Ireland 615 5 0
39 Honduras 613 17 82
40 Nigeria 604 -8 -126
41 Burkina Faso 598 1 -21
42 Bosnia-Herzegovina 583 3 1
43 Cameroon 582 -5 -68
44 Iran 570 21 79
45 Austria 569 1 0
46 Guinea 564 0 -5
47 South Africa 562 4 12
48 Costa Rica 560 21 93
48 Tunisia 560 -4 -32
50 Colombia 558 -2 0
51 Bulgaria 555 -2 0
52 Israel 551 -2 0
53 Scotland 542 -1 0
54 Ecuador 537 -2 -5
55 Algeria 532 -19 -146
55 Lithuania 532 0 0
57 Romania 531 -1 0
58 Belgium 526 0 0
59 Jamaica 525 0 3
60 Panama 518 7 43
61 Gabon 516 -21 -124
62 Armenia 514 -2 -1
63 Venezuela 513 -3 -2
64 New Zealand 506 -1 0
65 Cuba 498 -3 -14
66 Albania 497 -2 0
67 Botswana 496 -13 -39
68 Peru 486 -2 0
69 Senegal 459 1 -6
70 Libya 451 1 0
71 Georgia 449 1 0
71 Poland 449 1 0
73 Cape Verde Islands 444 2 0
74 Morocco 443 3 6
75 China PR 431 4 12
76 Latvia 429 0 -11
77 Uzbekistan 424 31 139
78 Finland 422 1 3
79 FYR Macedonia 418 2 0
80 Canada 414 4 3
81 Moldova 411 3 0
82 Saudi Arabia 410 -4 -13
83 Benin 403 -11 -46
84 Jordan 399 23 113
84 Mali 399 -16 -75
86 Uganda 394 -3 -22
87 Estonia 386 -1 0
88 Iraq 381 10 47
89 Malawi 371 2 16
90 Qatar 368 15 78
91 Cyprus 367 -2 0
92 Grenada 358 2 9
93 Bahrain 355 0 4
94 Mozambique 351 -2 -2
94 Trinidad and Tobago 351 -7 -22
96 Haiti 349 -6 -9
96 Niger 349 -2 0
98 El Salvador 347 18 96
99 Azerbaijan 344 -2 1
99 Bolivia 344 -3 0
101 Kuwait 330 -2 2
101 Zambia 330 -20 -88
103 Togo 313 -2 0
104 Antigua and Barbuda 303 -1 4
105 Syria 302 5 25
106 Sudan 301 -6 -13
107 Angola 297 -19 -71
108 Gambia 290 -3 0
109 Korea DPR 288 0 5
110 Oman 281 -6 -16
111 United Arab Emirates 278 -9 -26
112 Guyana 273 -1 -2
113 Zimbabwe 264 5 18
114 Central African Republic 263 -2 0
114 Iceland 263 -1 2
116 Wales 261 -3 0
117 Suriname 257 -2 0
118 St. Kitts and Nevis 242 3 0
119 Congo 239 3 0
120 Thailand 237 -1 -7
121 Congo DR 234 7 23
122 Sierra Leone 233 1 0
123 Tanzania 232 -3 -11
124 Ethiopia 231 0 0
125 Yemen 230 2 8
126 Guatemala 220 -9 -27
127 Kenya 208 -2 -17
128 Dominica 196 1 0
129 Indonesia 192 -3 -32
130 Puerto Rico 187 1 3
131 Luxembourg 185 1 5
132 Barbados 183 -2 -4
133 Turkmenistan 182 0 9
134 Vietnam 172 2 5
135 Faroe Islands 171 -1 0
135 Rwanda 171 -1 0
137 Kazakhstan 161 0 0
138 Namibia 157 0 1
139 Chad 147 1 0
140 Malaysia 145 2 0
141 Tajikistan 141 2 0
142 Singapore 139 -3 -12
143 Hong Kong 138 3 10
144 Burundi 134 -4 -13
145 India 126 -1 -6
146 Guinea-Bissau 121 1 0
147 Liechtenstein 116 1 0
148 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 110 -4 -22
149 Myanmar 108 0 -1
150 Netherlands Antilles 107 0 0
151 Fiji 103 0 0
152 Philippines 101 1 4
153 New Caledonia 97 2 8
154 Chinese Taipei 93 -2 -9
155 Madagascar 91 -1 0
156 Cayman Islands 88 0 0
157 Bangladesh 84 1 0
158 Liberia 82 1 0
158 Swaziland 82 1 0
160 Maldives 81 1 0
161 Nicaragua 79 -4 -7
161 Sri Lanka 79 1 0
163 Malta 76 0 0
163 Vanuatu 76 3 9
165 Equatorial Guinea 72 -1 0
166 Cambodia 68 -1 0
167 Bermuda 67 5 12
168 Dominican Republic 66 -1 0
169 Belize 64 4 10
169 Laos 64 -1 0
171 Lesotho 62 -1 0
172 Lebanon 61 -4 -3
173 Pakistan 56 -2 0
174 Nepal 54 -1 0
175 Kyrgyzstan 50 0 0
176 Mauritania 49 0 0
177 British Virgin Islands 41 0 0
178 Eritrea 40 0 0
178 Palestine 40 0 0
178 Solomon Islands 40 0 0
181 St. Lucia 37 0 0
182 Mongolia 32 0 0
183 Tahiti 31 0 0
184 Samoa 26 0 0
185 Somalia 23 0 0
186 Comoros 19 0 0
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 19 0 0
188 Cook Islands 17 0 0
188 Guam 17 0 0
188 Tonga 17 0 0
191 Mauritius 16 0 0
192 Djibouti 15 0 0
193 Macau 14 0 0
194 Bahamas 13 0 0
195 Afghanistan 10 0 0
195 Seychelles 10 0 0
197 Bhutan 9 0 0
197 Brunei Darussalam 9 0 0
199 Aruba 7 0 0
200 US Virgin Islands 5 0 0
201 Timor-Leste 3 0 0
202 Andorra 2 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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1 comment:

  1. Hi Edgar,

    I see you have a new page layout; looks good!

    With the Caribbean Cup and Central America Cup both completed, it would be great to see your updated WC2014 CONCACAF Qualifying seeding projections.

    Thanks!

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