The official deadline for matches was yesterday, but based on the ranking prognosis for teams like Palestine and Angola, it seems FIFA will extend the deadline to Sunday.
Pan Arab games involving Libya and Jordan have disappeared and then appeared again on FIFA.com. I know Libya and Jordan wrote to FIFA to have those games removed. However, since those matches are now displayed, I used them to compute the points. Not sure how Hussein feels about this :)
The top 50 is virtually unchanged.
Jamaica drop from 3rd to 5th in CONCACAF, with Panama and Honduras each moving up one spot. Marea Roja now 3rd, behind Mexico and USA.
Samoa go from 10th to 2nd in Oceania, with Solomon Islands dropping out of the top 5.
Best movers:
55 - Samoa
35 - Vietnam
26 - Tonga
Worst movers:
-28 - Zimbabwe and Grenada
-22 - Cuba
-15 - Bangladesh and Libya
Best movers in the top 50:
3 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
2 - Scotland, Wales and Panama
Worst movers in the top 50:
-7 - Jamaica
-2 - Cameroon
-1 - Mexico, Republic of Ireland and Australia
Five teams will improve their best ever ranking:
Bosnia-Herzegovina (20th - 21st in October 2011)
Panama (49th - 50th in February 2009)
Estonia (57th - 58th in September 2011)
Aruba (163rd - 164th in February 1994)
American Samoa (186th - 192nd in October 1998)
Three teams will return to their worst ever ranking
Eritrea (190th - first happened in September 2011)
Macau (197th - first happened in August 2008)
Bhutan (202nd - first happened in May 2001)
Fifteen teams will have their worst ever ranking:
Cyprus (127th - 126th in November 2011)
United Arab Emirates (130th - 124th in August 2009)
Barbados (165th - 161st in November 2011)
Hong Kong (169th - 168th in November 2011)
Myanmar (172nd - 170th in October 2011)
Sri Lanka (180th - 177th in October 2011)
Swaziland (180th - 179th in November 2011)
Kyrgyzstan (191st - 188th in November 2011)
British Virgin Islands (199th - 195th in March 2010)
Brunei Darussalam (202nd - 199th in December 2004)
Mauritania (204th - 201st in November 2011)
Timor-Leste (205th - 203rd in November 2011)
Andorra (206th - 204th in November 2011)
Montserrat (206th - 205th in June 2004)
San Marino (206th - 204th in November 2011)
December 2011 rank - Team - December 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
| 1 | Spain | 1564 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1365 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Germany | 1345 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 1309 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | England | 1173 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Brazil | 1143 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Portugal | 1100 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Croatia | 1091 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Italy | 1082 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Argentina | 1067 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Denmark | 1035 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Russia | 971 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Chile | 970 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Greece | 964 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | France | 915 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 912 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 898 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Sweden | 891 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Japan | 884 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 869 | 3 | 31 |
| 21 | Mexico | 866 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Republic of Ireland | 864 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Australia | 851 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Paraguay | 795 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Norway | 788 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 780 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Serbia | 775 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Turkey | 769 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Ghana | 761 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Algeria | 758 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Egypt | 755 | 0 | -2 |
| 32 | Korea Republic | 752 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Czech Republic | 749 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | USA | 721 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Peru | 712 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Colombia | 709 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Hungary | 665 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Israel | 665 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Venezuela | 661 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Slovakia | 648 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Belgium | 647 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Ecuador | 634 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | Nigeria | 627 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Senegal | 625 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Iran | 616 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Armenia | 612 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Scotland | 599 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | Wales | 591 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | Panama | 589 | 2 | 4 |
| 50 | Cameroon | 588 | -2 | -14 |
| 51 | Montenegro | 585 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | South Africa | 577 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Honduras | 574 | 1 | 4 |
| 54 | Jamaica | 573 | -7 | -36 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 568 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Romania | 562 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Estonia | 555 | 1 | 12 |
| 58 | Cape Verde Islands | 549 | -1 | 5 |
| 59 | Tunisia | 537 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 526 | 1 | 5 |
| 61 | Morocco | 524 | -1 | 0 |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 518 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Belarus | 501 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 495 | 0 | -8 |
| 65 | Poland | 492 | 1 | 5 |
| 66 | Mali | 472 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Latvia | 466 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Zambia | 464 | 11 | 28 |
| 69 | El Salvador | 463 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Austria | 459 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | China PR | 457 | 1 | 2 |
| 72 | Canada | 455 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Georgia | 451 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Iraq | 451 | 8 | 22 |
| 75 | Albania | 450 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 449 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 447 | 9 | 38 |
| 78 | Libya | 446 | -15 | -68 |
| 79 | Gabon | 445 | -2 | 0 |
| 80 | Guinea | 436 | -1 | 0 |
| 81 | Haiti | 429 | -3 | -9 |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 410 | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Oman | 408 | 10 | 21 |
| 84 | Finland | 405 | 4 | 0 |
| 85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 404 | -2 | -14 |
| 85 | Jordan | 404 | -3 | -15 |
| 87 | Northern Ireland | 403 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Angola | 402 | -4 | -10 |
| 89 | Uganda | 398 | 2 | 4 |
| 90 | Guatemala | 397 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Guyana | 387 | 6 | 17 |
| 92 | Qatar | 384 | 3 | 9 |
| 93 | Lithuania | 382 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Malawi | 374 | -7 | -33 |
| 95 | Botswana | 371 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 363 | 2 | 2 |
| 97 | Niger | 361 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 354 | -28 | -108 |
| 99 | Kuwait | 351 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Vietnam | 351 | 35 | 117 |
| 101 | Bahrain | 350 | 1 | 10 |
| 101 | Togo | 350 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | FYR Macedonia | 333 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Iceland | 325 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Mozambique | 322 | 0 | -2 |
| 106 | Rwanda | 313 | 8 | 16 |
| 106 | Sudan | 313 | 6 | 9 |
| 108 | Bermuda | 310 | 1 | 3 |
| 109 | Bolivia | 309 | -3 | 0 |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 309 | -3 | 0 |
| 111 | Korea DPR | 306 | -1 | 0 |
| 111 | Lebanon | 306 | 0 | 1 |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Cuba | 290 | -22 | -100 |
| 114 | Syria | 290 | 1 | -3 |
| 116 | Faroe Islands | 285 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Gambia | 285 | 2 | 5 |
| 116 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 285 | 1 | 1 |
| 119 | New Zealand | 271 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Kenya | 269 | 13 | 29 |
| 121 | Namibia | 264 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | Thailand | 262 | 10 | 19 |
| 123 | Liberia | 258 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Benin | 257 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | Congo DR | 254 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | Suriname | 254 | -3 | -7 |
| 127 | Cyprus | 253 | -1 | 0 |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 252 | -1 | 0 |
| 129 | Central African Republic | 251 | -1 | 0 |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 250 | -10 | -15 |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 247 | -2 | 0 |
| 132 | Liechtenstein | 246 | -2 | 0 |
| 133 | Congo | 245 | -2 | 0 |
| 134 | Grenada | 241 | -28 | -68 |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 230 | 2 | 5 |
| 136 | Moldova | 229 | -1 | 0 |
| 137 | Tanzania | 224 | -1 | -4 |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 220 | 0 | 1 |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 208 | 0 | 1 |
| 140 | Burundi | 203 | 5 | 29 |
| 141 | Belize | 194 | -1 | 0 |
| 142 | Indonesia | 189 | 2 | 13 |
| 143 | Chad | 188 | -2 | 0 |
| 144 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 170 | 2 | 0 |
| 145 | Singapore | 165 | 7 | 19 |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 164 | 1 | 0 |
| 147 | Lesotho | 160 | 1 | 0 |
| 148 | Malaysia | 154 | 7 | 14 |
| 149 | Samoa | 149 | 55 | 149 |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 148 | 1 | 0 |
| 151 | Curacao | 146 | -2 | -8 |
| 151 | Yemen | 146 | -1 | -7 |
| 153 | Nepal | 144 | -10 | -33 |
| 154 | Bahamas | 141 | -1 | 0 |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 141 | -1 | 0 |
| 156 | Malta | 140 | -1 | 0 |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 138 | -15 | -43 |
| 158 | Philippines | 136 | 1 | 6 |
| 159 | Madagascar | 135 | -2 | 0 |
| 160 | Fiji | 133 | -2 | 0 |
| 161 | India | 131 | 1 | 12 |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 121 | -2 | -8 |
| 163 | Aruba | 120 | 9 | 28 |
| 163 | Palestine | 120 | 1 | 7 |
| 165 | Barbados | 119 | -4 | -6 |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 116 | -3 | 0 |
| 167 | Chinese Taipei | 114 | -2 | 5 |
| 168 | Mongolia | 106 | -2 | 0 |
| 169 | Hong Kong | 105 | -1 | 0 |
| 170 | Cambodia | 101 | -1 | -2 |
| 171 | Dominica | 100 | 2 | 10 |
| 172 | Myanmar | 99 | -3 | -4 |
| 173 | Maldives | 98 | -7 | -8 |
| 174 | Laos | 96 | 1 | 10 |
| 174 | Vanuatu | 96 | -3 | 0 |
| 176 | Tonga | 88 | 26 | 85 |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 85 | 1 | 8 |
| 178 | US Virgin Islands | 82 | -1 | 0 |
| 179 | Pakistan | 76 | -5 | -11 |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 75 | -1 | 0 |
| 180 | Sri Lanka | 75 | -4 | -10 |
| 180 | Swaziland | 75 | -1 | 0 |
| 183 | Cayman Islands | 74 | -2 | 0 |
| 184 | Tahiti | 73 | -2 | 0 |
| 185 | St. Lucia | 65 | -1 | 0 |
| 186 | American Samoa | 61 | 18 | 61 |
| 187 | Comoros | 55 | -1 | 0 |
| 188 | Seychelles | 53 | -5 | -16 |
| 189 | Somalia | 47 | -2 | -4 |
| 190 | Eritrea | 45 | -6 | -20 |
| 191 | Kyrgyzstan | 42 | -3 | 0 |
| 192 | Guam | 36 | -3 | 0 |
| 193 | Papua New Guinea | 34 | -3 | 0 |
| 194 | Mauritius | 32 | -3 | 0 |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 28 | 1 | 18 |
| 196 | Sao Tome e Principe | 27 | -4 | 0 |
| 197 | Macau | 26 | -4 | 0 |
| 198 | Djibouti | 25 | 2 | 20 |
| 199 | British Virgin Islands | 23 | -5 | 0 |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13 | -5 | 0 |
| 201 | Anguilla | 9 | -4 | 0 |
| 202 | Bhutan | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 202 | Brunei Darussalam | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 204 | Mauritania | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 205 | Timor-Leste | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 206 | Andorra | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 206 | Montserrat | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 206 | San Marino | 0 | -2 | 0 |
THANKS EDGAR
ReplyDeleteFeeling of sadness and anger
For 2 weeks the matches of Libya and jordan
are not in FIFA.com
and now they are !!
Libyan football FD will inquire about that?
Hussein Budejaja
There's still time. FIFA send the list of matches on Monday as far as I remember. Maybe those matches will again be removed.
ReplyDeleteI Hope that Edgar ...
ReplyDeleteI will try with fifa.com today
and Libyan football FD will write tommorow to FIFA to have those games removed...
IF you know somebodey in the fifa.com tell them about this :(
Thanks Edgar
Hussein
It's between Libya FA and FIFA. There's nothing I can do.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have no special contact at FIFA. Au contraire :)
ReplyDeleteIs this a new trend.. FA's asking FIFA to remove matches because it hurt their ranking position?
ReplyDeleteThe more transparency in the ranking, the more manipulation it seems.
johnny
ReplyDeleteTEAMS IN pan arab play with the 2nd team (B) AND OLYMPIC teams ...
Libya and Jordan ask to remove there matches before they play and FIFA remover there matches 2 weeks but the fifa retun these matches!!
WHERE IS THE transparency ??
remove the matches then display!!
EDGAR
ReplyDeleteIt is ok my freind we will try
Hussein
Hussein...I'm Jordanian, also not happy for this...I will appreciate your help if you tell them to remove Jordan Games also from Calculating in FIFA RAnking, since Jordan is in "B" Team in Pan Arab Games...we still have 3 days for this...
ReplyDeleteTarek
Bosnia top 20 country of the world!
ReplyDeleteThis is too little too late. they deserved to be at EURO but UEFA robbed them with Portugal draw.
Wait and see Portugal go to knock out stages of Euro.
I would agree with the above. Not to mention what kind draw for Republic of Ireland against Estonia in the play-offs. No doubt Bosnia were the most unlucky (even Estonia had chances against Rep Ireland).
ReplyDeleteAll in all, money talks, Euro draws near.
@Hussein and Tarek
ReplyDeleteJordan's and Libya's matches were removed again. Good news :) The ranking should be published in 45 minutes.
Edgar
ReplyDeleteYES LIBYA 63
FIFA REMOVED MATCHES OF LIBYA , JORDAN,
SUDIA ARABIA , OMAN ..
EVERY THING IS OK NOW AFTER A DIFCULT WEEK!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 Edgar
HUSSEIN BUDEJAA
@Edgar...This is really good that Jordan Matches removed,even Jordan now in the Final Match of Pan Arab Games...Merry Christmas and Happy new year Edgar...
ReplyDeleteTarek/jordan
could it be that the 3-letter-code of Sudan has changed from "SUD" into "SDN"?
ReplyDelete...cause I'm really a little confused if I have been blind before or if I am confused at the moment...:) http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=sdn/countryInfo.html
btw. there's another thing concerning the 3-letter-codes (but which had already existed before), cause if you click at Mongolia in the ranking-table (http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html#), then it shows "MNG"
ReplyDelete...but if you click at the country-page(http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=mng/countryInfo.html), then it's "MGL"...?
I also noticed the Mongolia problem some time ago and even wrote to FIFA about this.
ReplyDeleteAbout Sudan, I think FIFA are preparing for South Sudan to join FIFA in the near future.