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Friday, April 15, 2011

FIFA Ranking: May 2011 preview (I)

Next update: April 29th, 2011.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 May.


Only two matches left before the deadline, both friendlies.

20 Apr Argentina - Ecuador
23 Apr Mozambique - Tanzania

Here's how the totals can change for these 4 teams:

Argentina (L: 1257, D: 1267, W: 1286)
Ecuador (L: 502, D: 523, W: 567)
Mozambique (L: 325, D: 336, W: 357)
Tanzania (L: 259, D: 265, W: 275)

The value displayed in the table below for each of these teams is the lowest possible value - thus even if they lose, their total won't go down.

Best movers:

11 - Senegal
10 - Afghanistan
9 - Jamaica

Worst movers:

-10 - Ecuador and Congo DR
-9 - Kyrgyzstan
-7 - Cambodia

Ecuador can avoid this by not losing against Argentina.

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Senegal
2 - South Africa
1 - Chile, Slovakia, Denmark and Sweden

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Mexico and Burkina Faso
-1 - Japan, Belgium, Nigeria, Algeria, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Iran, Cameroon and Colombia

Best movers:

11 - Senegal
10 - Afghanistan
9 - Jamaica

Worst movers:

-10 - Ecuador and Congo DR
-9 - Kyrgyzstan
-7 - Cambodia

Ecuador can avoid this by not losing against Argentina.

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Senegal
2 - South Africa
1 - Chile, Slovakia, Denmark and Sweden

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Mexico and Burkina Faso
-1 - Japan, Belgium, Nigeria, Algeria, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Iran, Cameroon and Colombia

Jamaica and Costa Rica switch places, with the Reggae Boyz now 4th in CONCACAF.

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


1 Spain 1857 0 0
2 Netherlands 1702 0 0
3 Brazil 1425 0 0
4 Germany 1413 0 27
5 Argentina 1257 0 -19
6 England 1163 0 0
7 Uruguay 1094 0 0
8 Portugal 1052 0 0
9 Italy 1019 0 0
10 Croatia 991 0 0
11 Norway 987 0 0
12 Greece 985 0 0
13 Chile 967 1 15
14 Japan 961 -1 0
15 Ghana 918 0 0
16 Serbia 907 0 0
17 Slovenia 903 0 0
18 Russia 896 0 0
19 France 883 0 0
20 Australia 876 0 0
21 Côte d'Ivoire 867 0 0
22 USA 855 0 0
23 Paraguay 847 0 4
24 Montenegro 820 0 0
25 Switzerland 819 0 0
26 Slovakia 809 1 0
27 Denmark 808 1 0
28 Mexico 802 -2 -16
28 Sweden 802 1 0
30 Turkey 795 0 0
31 Korea Republic 754 0 4
32 Czech Republic 722 0 0
33 Israel 709 0 0
34 Republic of Ireland 681 0 0
35 Ukraine 678 0 0
36 Egypt 676 0 0
37 South Africa 671 2 55
38 Belgium 654 -1 0
39 Nigeria 637 -1 0
40 Senegal 613 11 52
41 Algeria 609 -1 0
42 Romania 607 -1 0
43 Honduras 603 0 6
44 Burkina Faso 600 -2 0
45 Bosnia-Herzegovina 594 -1 0
46 Bulgaria 592 -1 0
47 Lithuania 577 -1 0
48 Iran 575 -1 0
49 Cameroon 572 -1 0
50 Albania 564 0 0
50 Colombia 564 -1 -4
52 Hungary 559 0 0
53 Belarus 557 0 0
54 Peru 548 0 0
55 Jamaica 546 9 24
56 Costa Rica 541 -1 1
57 Georgia 536 -1 0
58 Libya 534 0 0
59 Gabon 529 0 0
60 New Zealand 528 0 0
61 Tunisia 527 0 0
62 Armenia 524 0 0
62 Guinea 524 0 0
64 Northern Ireland 520 1 0
65 Scotland 517 1 0
66 Ecuador 502 -10 -34
67 Panama 493 1 5
68 Venezuela 489 -1 -12
69 Botswana 479 0 0
70 Mali 451 0 0
71 Poland 449 0 0
72 Malawi 446 6 16
73 Morocco 445 -1 0
74 Austria 443 -1 0
75 Estonia 440 -1 0
76 Canada 439 -1 0
77 China PR 438 0 6
77 Latvia 438 -1 0
79 Cape Verde Islands 421 0 0
80 Benin 418 0 0
81 Cuba 416 1 5
81 Finland 416 0 0
83 Uzbekistan 403 0 0
84 Uganda 402 0 0
85 FYR Macedonia 398 0 0
86 Moldova 394 0 0
87 El Salvador 391 0 3
88 Saudi Arabia 386 0 0
89 Cyprus 383 0 0
89 Iraq 383 2 3
89 Zambia 383 0 0
92 Qatar 380 -1 0
93 Jordan 378 0 -1
94 Trinidad and Tobago 353 0 9
95 Haiti 348 3 14
96 Bahrain 338 -1 0
97 Grenada 337 2 6
98 Niger 335 -1 0
99 Mozambique 325 -3 -12
100 Antigua and Barbuda 322 0 0
101 Kuwait 320 0 0
102 Bolivia 312 0 0
103 Gambia 308 0 0
104 Angola 295 3 7
104 Sudan 295 1 0
104 Syria 295 0 -2
107 Oman 294 -1 4
108 Azerbaijan 288 -1 0
109 Togo 285 0 0
110 Guyana 284 0 0
111 United Arab Emirates 273 0 0
112 Suriname 267 0 0
113 Central African Republic 263 1 0
114 Tanzania 259 -2 -8
115 Wales 258 0 0
116 Korea DPR 255 2 3
117 Iceland 254 -1 0
118 Sierra Leone 246 3 12
119 St. Kitts and Nevis 245 0 0
120 Thailand 242 0 6
121 Congo 232 1 0
122 Rwanda 228 1 0
123 Kenya 227 1 0
124 Guatemala 222 1 0
125 Luxembourg 221 1 0
126 Congo DR 219 -10 -35
126 Zimbabwe 219 3 7
128 Ethiopia 218 -1 0
129 Yemen 203 -1 -14
130 Indonesia 200 0 -1
131 Dominica 193 0 0
132 Barbados 180 0 -2
132 Puerto Rico 180 1 0
134 Vietnam 172 0 0
135 Tajikistan 171 -1 -1
136 Faroe Islands 168 0 0
136 Guinea-Bissau 168 0 0
138 Madagascar 164 0 2
139 Kazakhstan 151 1 0
140 Namibia 150 1 0
141 Turkmenistan 149 -2 -4
142 Equatorial Guinea 146 0 -2
143 Malaysia 144 1 0
144 Singapore 140 1 0
145 India 139 1 0
146 Hong Kong 138 1 0
147 Nepal 135 3 9
148 Maldives 133 -5 -13
149 Burundi 127 -1 0
149 Chad 127 -1 0
151 New Caledonia 123 0 0
152 Curacao 121 0 0
153 Liechtenstein 116 0 0
153 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 116 0 0
155 Fiji 103 1 0
156 Philippines 96 -1 -8
157 Liberia 93 2 5
158 Cayman Islands 90 -1 0
159 Swaziland 89 -1 0
160 Chinese Taipei 86 1 0
161 Malta 84 2 4
162 Bermuda 80 1 0
163 Bangladesh 79 3 4
164 Afghanistan 77 10 16
165 Vanuatu 76 0 0
166 Nicaragua 75 0 0
167 Myanmar 74 -6 -12
168 Pakistan 72 0 0
169 Kyrgyzstan 70 -9 -17
169 Sri Lanka 70 4 8
171 Palestine 67 -1 0
172 Belize 66 -1 0
172 Dominican Republic 66 -1 0
174 Laos 57 1 0
174 Tahiti 57 1 0
176 Cambodia 56 -7 -12
176 Lesotho 56 1 0
178 Lebanon 51 0 -4
179 Mongolia 48 0 -5
180 Mauritania 45 0 0
181 Eritrea 42 0 0
182 Solomon Islands 40 0 0
183 British Virgin Islands 38 0 0
184 Macau 32 0 -3
185 St. Lucia 31 0 0
186 Samoa 26 0 0
187 Somalia 23 0 0
188 Comoros 19 0 0
189 Mauritius 18 0 0
190 Cook Islands 17 0 0
190 Tonga 17 0 0
192 Djibouti 15 0 0
193 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 0 0
194 Seychelles 11 0 1
195 Guam 10 -1 0
196 Bahamas 9 0 0
196 Bhutan 9 0 0
196 Brunei Darussalam 9 3 3
199 Aruba 7 -1 0
200 Timor-Leste 3 0 0
200 US Virgin Islands 3 0 0
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Andorra 0 0 0
202 Anguilla 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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