FIFA Ranking: June 2012 preview (II)

The 2012 June ranking will be published on 6 June. The official deadline for matches is 31 May. However, in the article connected to the May FIFA Ranking it says:

The June edition will undoubtedly bring more movement with it, as friendlies are played in Europe to warm up for UEFA EURO 2012 and another batch of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifiers influence the calculations. 

The first qualifiers will take place on 1 June, after the official deadline, so for the June ranking I will use Sunday, 3 June 2012, as deadline for matches. Not sure if FIFA will do the same.



Spain's top spot in danger. And the danger is coming from... Uruguay. La Celeste will certainly climb to 2nd with a win against Venezuela on home ground and at least a draw against Russia in Moscow, but in order to grab the top spot they need to defeat Russia and also Spain to lose their 3 friendlies (Serbia, Korea Republic and China).

Portugal will drop at least 1 spot, even if they win their friendlies against Macedonia and Turkey.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-116 - Portugal
-84 - Liechtenstein
-47 - Cuba
-34 - Kazakhstan
-31 - Romania and Italy
-26 - Guyana and Croatia
-25 - Costa Rica
-21 - Sweden

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

43 - Chad
32 - Paraguay and Albania
23 - Wales
15 - Scotland
14 - Ecuador and Cyprus
13 - Congo and New Zealand
11 - Japan

May 2012 rank - Country - May 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1442	1344	1456
2	Germany	1345	1250	1338
3	Uruguay	1309	1256	1365
4	Netherlands	1207	1162	1262
5	Portugal	1190	984	1074
6	Brazil	1165	1093	1184
7	England	1132	1020	1145
8	Croatia	1114	991	1088
9	Argentina	1076	1056	1137
10	Denmark	1069	964	1084
11	Russia	1049	896	1031
12	Italy	1041	937	1010
13	Chile	968	958	994
14	Greece	961	895	984
15	Côte d'Ivoire	951	892	943
16	France	938	870	934
17	Sweden	931	891	910
18	Republic of Ireland	891	856	907
18	Switzerland	891	802	919
20	Mexico	867	807	889
21	Australia	862	820	873
22	Ghana	816	795	818
23	Colombia	812	768	880
24	Norway	805	768	883
25	Paraguay	801	833	833
26	Czech Republic	798	732	816
27	Bosnia-Herzegovina	792	756	844
28	Slovenia	781	716	795
29	USA	779	737	810
30	Japan	753	764	822
31	Korea Republic	746	719	775
32	Serbia	725	703	799
33	Turkey	720	657	762
34	Slovakia	716	649	773
35	Hungary	692	677	735
36	Peru	691	688	771
37	Ecuador	679	693	803
38	Algeria	667	598	734
39	Mali	656	601	682
40	Zambia	640	577	635
41	Wales	635	658	722
42	Gabon	621	573	612
43	Venezuela	613	590	660
44	Belgium	604	549	651
45	Romania	603	526	572
46	Libya	602	570	650
47	Armenia	598	579	649
48	Scotland	596	611	672
49	El Salvador	591	538	576
50	Ukraine	589	529	611
51	Jamaica	576	520	575
52	Iran	575	536	619
52	Panama	575	537	586
54	Estonia	574	526	625
55	Montenegro	569	562	620
56	Tunisia	563	529	591
57	Egypt	559	536	598
58	Israel	558	427	586
59	Costa Rica	549	491	524
60	Morocco	548	474	554
61	Sierra Leone	542	409	567
62	Honduras	540	521	563
63	Nigeria	537	477	520
64	Cameroon	526	440	515
65	Poland	514	464	518
66	China PR	508	481	527
67	South Africa	500	482	532
68	Guinea	499	450	531
69	Belarus	494	497	497
70	Uzbekistan	493	503	583
71	Haiti	486	490	490
72	Iraq	476	474	519
73	Austria	475	474	524
74	Latvia	465	423	460
75	Canada	450	442	488
76	Cape Verde Islands	449	457	699
77	Senegal	448	433	517
78	Angola	440	379	460
79	Finland	430	390	476
80	Burkina Faso	426	386	450
81	Jordan	420	395	458
82	Trinidad and Tobago	419	425	425
83	Guatemala	396	386	439
84	Albania	384	416	451
84	Qatar	384	340	377
86	Korea DPR	376	375	375
86	Kuwait	376	383	383
88	Togo	374	302	426
89	Lithuania	373	367	502
89	Saudi Arabia	373	369	369
91	Congo	366	379	508
92	Oman	363	346	413
93	Uganda	362	341	406
94	Bahrain	361	359	359
95	Georgia	360	359	359
96	Bulgaria	354	299	435
97	Vietnam	347	343	343
98	FYR Macedonia	342	304	407
99	Guyana	341	315	315
100	Antigua and Barbuda	338	330	330
100	Northern Ireland	338	336	420
102	Malawi	332	303	365
103	Equatorial Guinea	330	298	376
104	Zimbabwe	328	329	407
105	Rwanda	327	278	387
106	Botswana	321	292	330
107	Bermuda	318	318	318
108	Bolivia	308	312	420
109	Azerbaijan	305	310	310
110	Mozambique	300	282	408
111	St. Kitts and Nevis	298	298	298
112	Liberia	296	277	376
113	Gambia	292	277	406
113	Sudan	292	291	338
115	Chad	289	332	332
116	Sao Tome e Principe	288	288	288
117	Kenya	285	286	338
118	Faroe Islands	284	279	279
119	Luxembourg	283	264	343
120	Namibia	281	239	340
120	United Arab Emirates	281	284	284
122	Niger	274	250	370
123	Central African Republic	271	245	366
124	Benin	269	261	469
124	Congo DR	269	257	330
126	Syria	268	263	263
127	Burundi	267	248	248
128	Liechtenstein	261	177	177
129	Lebanon	260	201	266
130	New Zealand	256	269	405
131	Iceland	255	231	369
131	Tajikistan	255	254	254
133	Cyprus	252	266	266
133	Suriname	252	255	255
135	Dominican Republic	247	247	247
136	Cuba	244	197	197
137	Kazakhstan	243	189	209
138	Ethiopia	236	220	306
138	Puerto Rico	236	205	233
140	Belize	235	236	236
141	Thailand	232	234	234
142	Moldova	222	212	259
143	Grenada	221	206	206
144	Turkmenistan	220	219	219
145	Tanzania	217	208	311
146	Nicaragua	211	202	243
147	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	191	196	196
148	Philippines	172	162	170
149	Nepal	164	164	164
150	Malta	161	161	195
151	Indonesia	159	159	159
152	Bangladesh	156	157	157
153	Malaysia	153	147	159
154	Palestine	151	147	165
155	New Caledonia	150	123	203
156	Samoa	149	106	197
157	Yemen	148	141	141
158	Singapore	145	143	152
159	Curacao	138	137	137
160	Fiji	133	125	170
161	Bahamas	132	132	132
161	Hong Kong	132	123	142
163	Lesotho	131	109	204
164	India	122	121	121
164	Maldives	122	120	120
166	Madagascar	121	128	128
167	Aruba	120	120	120
168	Chinese Taipei	117	115	115
169	Guinea-Bissau	116	111	111
170	Afghanistan	115	114	114
171	Barbados	106	87	87
172	Vanuatu	103	91	144
173	Laos	96	96	96
174	Dominica	95	95	95
175	Cambodia	94	93	93
175	Myanmar	94	94	94
177	Mongolia	88	88	88
177	Tonga	88	88	88
179	Swaziland	86	86	86
179	Tahiti	86	68	159
181	Pakistan	80	82	82
182	US Virgin Islands	78	78	78
183	Solomon Islands	75	68	97
184	Sri Lanka	74	74	74
185	Cayman Islands	72	72	72
186	American Samoa	61	61	61
187	Comoros	60	54	54
188	St. Lucia	52	52	52
189	Seychelles	47	48	48
190	Eritrea	45	45	45
191	Somalia	43	43	43
192	Mauritius	37	37	37
193	Papua New Guinea	34	34	98
194	Guam	32	32	32
195	Kyrgyzstan	29	24	59
196	Cook Islands	28	28	28
197	Djibouti	23	23	23
198	Macau	16	17	17
199	British Virgin Islands	13	13	13
200	Anguilla	9	9	9
201	Bhutan	4	4	4
201	Brunei Darussalam	4	5	5
201	Mauritania	4	4	4
204	Timor-Leste	2	2	2
205	Andorra	0	0	81
205	Montserrat	0	0	0
205	San Marino	0	0	0
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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