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Friday, January 20, 2012

FIFA Ranking: February 2012 probable ranking

Next update: 3 February 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 February.

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Lots of movement in the top 10:

- Germany will overtake the Netherlands for 2nd in the ranking.
- Portugal will overtake Brazil
- Italy will overtake Croatia
- Denmark will overtake Argentina

Australia will overtake Japan at the top of AFC.

El Salvador will overtake Honduras and Costa Rica, climbing to 5th in CONCACAF.

Turks and Caicos Islands will join the group of teams with 0 points.

Côte d'Ivoire could enter the top 10 if they win all their matches and meet Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia in the knock-out stages.

Probable February 2012 rank - Team - Probable February 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Spain 1566 0 2
2 Germany 1369 1 24
3 Netherlands 1359 -1 -6
4 Uruguay 1317 0 8
5 England 1179 0 6
6 Portugal 1155 1 55
7 Brazil 1152 -1 9
8 Italy 1115 1 33
9 Croatia 1101 -1 10
10 Denmark 1090 1 58
11 Argentina 1081 -1 14
12 Côte d'Ivoire 1038 6 149
13 Chile 996 -1 23
14 Russia 989 -1 18
15 Greece 979 -1 15
16 Ghana 973 10 194
17 Switzerland 950 -1 52
18 France 930 -3 15
19 Sweden 924 -2 33
20 Bosnia-Herzegovina 920 -1 51
21 Republic of Ireland 893 2 29
22 Mexico 882 -1 16
23 Australia 832 -2 -34
24 Norway 793 0 5
25 Serbia 791 2 16
25 Turkey 791 4 22
27 Paraguay 781 0 6
27 Slovenia 781 -2 1
29 Czech Republic 775 2 26
30 Japan 762 -11 -107
31 Senegal 761 12 136
32 Colombia 746 3 37
33 Peru 743 1 31
34 USA 735 -1 14
35 Korea Republic 714 -5 -38
36 Israel 708 1 43
37 Algeria 684 -5 -50
38 Hungary 678 -1 13
39 Slovakia 675 0 27
40 Belgium 663 0 16
41 Ecuador 644 1 10
42 Armenia 639 3 27
43 Wales 635 6 44
44 Venezuela 615 -3 -27
45 Morocco 608 16 85
46 Iran 606 -2 -17
47 Panama 604 0 4
48 Scotland 602 0 3
49 Jamaica 589 3 16
50 Montenegro 585 0 0
51 Romania 583 4 21
52 El Salvador 576 12 70
52 Estonia 576 0 3
54 Nigeria 573 -9 -39
55 South Africa 559 1 8
56 Honduras 549 -5 -30
56 Ukraine 549 -2 -19
58 Egypt 545 -22 -153
59 Tunisia 542 0 1
60 Costa Rica 539 2 17
61 Sierra Leone 533 -1 0
62 Burkina Faso 528 4 29
63 Guinea 510 16 74
64 Cameroon 502 -8 -49
65 Belarus 494 0 -7
66 Libya 489 -3 -25
66 Mali 489 3 13
68 Gabon 487 23 100
69 Cape Verde Islands 477 -11 -72
70 Poland 470 -2 -24
71 Austria 469 0 10
71 Canada 469 3 14
71 Haiti 469 9 36
71 Uzbekistan 469 -4 -26
75 Latvia 463 -5 -3
76 China PR 456 -2 1
77 Iraq 453 -4 -4
78 Albania 452 -1 2
79 Georgia 436 -3 -15
80 Jordan 431 1 5
81 Trinidad and Tobago 430 -3 -18
82 Guatemala 422 7 22
83 Finland 416 2 11
84 Northern Ireland 412 3 9
85 Uganda 411 -3 0
86 Bulgaria 408 -3 -2
87 Saudi Arabia 407 0 4
88 Antigua and Barbuda 405 -4 -2
89 Angola 404 -4 -1
90 Kuwait 399 5 27
91 Guyana 388 1 2
92 Zambia 386 -21 -73
93 Lithuania 383 0 1
94 Togo 380 6 30
95 Oman 377 -5 -16
96 Qatar 372 1 8
97 Bahrain 366 -2 -6
98 Malawi 362 1 3
99 Zimbabwe 348 3 7
100 Vietnam 347 1 3
101 FYR Macedonia 345 2 10
102 Mozambique 332 3 13
103 Iceland 330 1 5
104 Botswana 328 -10 -45
105 Bermuda 321 1 7
106 Korea DPR 314 1 2
107 Bolivia 309 2 0
108 Rwanda 308 2 4
109 Azerbaijan 306 2 6
110 Niger 302 -12 -59
111 Puerto Rico 301 -3 -9
112 Gambia 292 6 21
113 Cuba 290 0 0
114 St. Kitts and Nevis 287 0 2
115 Faroe Islands 285 -1 0
116 Congo DR 281 0 5
117 Lebanon 272 -5 -21
118 Namibia 271 4 12
118 New Zealand 271 0 0
120 Syria 270 -3 -5
121 Kenya 267 0 7
122 Liechtenstein 263 8 17
123 Liberia 258 0 0
124 Suriname 254 1 0
125 Cyprus 252 1 -1
126 Central African Republic 251 2 0
127 Sudan 250 -7 -15
128 Dominican Republic 247 1 0
129 Congo 245 2 0
129 Thailand 245 -5 -12
131 Grenada 240 1 -1
131 Luxembourg 240 -4 -12
133 Belize 238 0 8
134 Benin 237 2 9
135 Ethiopia 230 -2 0
136 Kazakhstan 225 3 5
137 Tanzania 224 0 -1
138 Tajikistan 218 2 0
139 United Arab Emirates 212 -1 -11
140 Chad 207 2 19
141 Moldova 205 -6 -24
142 Burundi 199 -1 0
143 Nicaragua 189 2 24
144 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 172 0 1
145 Indonesia 161 -2 -22
146 Yemen 159 3 6
147 Singapore 155 0 -6
148 Turkmenistan 154 -2 -10
149 Malaysia 153 -1 -4
150 Lesotho 152 3 8
151 Samoa 149 -1 0
152 Nepal 144 1 0
153 Curacao 142 -1 -4
154 Bahamas 141 1 0
154 India 141 4 3
156 Philippines 139 1 0
157 Bangladesh 138 1 0
158 Madagascar 135 2 0
159 Fiji 133 2 0
159 Malta 133 -3 -7
161 Palestine 128 1 7
162 Hong Kong 126 6 17
162 New Caledonia 126 4 10
164 Equatorial Guinea 123 -13 -24
165 Aruba 120 -1 0
166 Chinese Taipei 116 1 6
166 Guinea-Bissau 116 -4 -5
168 Barbados 107 -3 -12
169 Mongolia 106 0 0
170 Laos 105 4 9
171 Cambodia 104 -1 3
172 Vanuatu 103 2 7
173 Myanmar 99 -1 0
174 Maldives 98 -1 0
175 Dominica 95 -4 -5
176 Sao Tome e Principe 91 20 64
177 Tonga 88 -1 0
178 Afghanistan 85 -1 0
179 Swaziland 83 1 8
180 US Virgin Islands 82 -2 0
181 Pakistan 76 -2 0
182 Solomon Islands 75 -2 0
182 Sri Lanka 75 -2 0
184 Tahiti 73 0 0
185 Cayman Islands 72 -2 -2
186 St. Lucia 65 -1 0
187 American Samoa 61 -1 0
188 Comoros 55 -1 0
189 Seychelles 53 -1 0
190 Eritrea 45 -1 0
191 Somalia 43 -1 0
192 Kyrgyzstan 42 -1 0
193 Guam 36 -1 0
194 Papua New Guinea 34 -1 0
195 Mauritius 32 -1 0
196 Macau 29 1 3
197 Cook Islands 28 -2 0
198 British Virgin Islands 23 0 0
198 Djibouti 23 0 0
200 Anguilla 9 1 0
201 Bhutan 6 1 0
201 Brunei Darussalam 6 1 0
203 Mauritania 4 1 0
204 Timor-Leste 2 1 0
205 Andorra 0 1 0
205 Montserrat 0 1 0
205 San Marino 0 1 0
205 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 -5 -13

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6 comments:

  1. I guess Elo can kiss Equatorial Guinea's ass.

    I'm looking forward to seeing how high they'll boost up the table.

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  2. Oh and we'll contrast that to Senegal's drop. Pathetic team. Team being the key word. I don't know what happened between qualifying and the tournament.

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  3. @Lorric

    Equatorial Guinea has recently had an influx of foreign-born players.

    See their AFCON squad.

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  4. how come india will gain 3pts as didn't play ny match b4 15 feb?hey add me on FB??my FB name is Snowlion Scholes Negi.

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  5. why Mexico goes back to #22 ?????

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  6. @kshitij

    Because the 2011 AFC Asian Nations Cup defeat vs. Korea Republic will be more than 12 months old. I don't use Facebook, but you can follow me on Twitter: @FootballRanks

    @Anonymous (Mexico)

    Based on probable results Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire will overtake Mexico. Japan will fall below Mexico as the 2011 AFC Asian Nations Cup loses value. If Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire don't perform as expected, Mexico could climb one place to 20th.

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