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Friday, August 10, 2012

FIFA Ranking: September 2012 preview

Next update: 17 August 2012.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 5 September 2012.

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Mali will be at least 34th (previous best 35th - February 2007).
Central African Republic will be at least 68th (previous best 71 - August 2012).
Dominican Republic will be at least 105th (previous best 116 - May 1996).
American Samoa will be at least 174th (previous best 182 - August 2012).



Mauritania will drop to at least 204th - thus equaling their worst ever ranking - first happened in December 2011.

Three teams will drop to new lows:

Indonesia will drop to at least 167th (previous worst ranking 159 - August 2012).
Swaziland will drop to at least 190th (previous worst ranking 182 - July 2012).
Kyrgyzstan will drop to at least 197th (previous worst ranking 196 - July 2012).

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-58 - Finland and Lithuania
-50 - Hungary
-48 - Belize
-36 - Northern Ireland
-32 - Cameroon
-29 - Vanuatu
-27 - Norway
-26 - Honduras and South Africa

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

68 - Tahiti
61 - New Caledonia
60 - Mali
52 - Bermuda
49 - Cape Verde Islands
48 - Dominican Republic
41 - Algeria
38 - Congo
37 - Korea DPR
31 - Chile, Panama and Samoa

 August 2012 rank - Country - August 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points


1 Spain 1605 1606 1617
2 Germany 1474 1437 1478
3 England 1294 1226 1274
4 Uruguay 1236 1196 1258
5 Portugal 1213 1201 1232
6 Italy 1192 1174 1216
7 Argentina 1098 1067 1121
8 Netherlands 1053 1044 1078
9 Croatia 1050 1020 1064
10 Denmark 1017 1006 1046
11 Russia 1016 975 1021
12 Greece 1003 961 1001
13 Brazil 991 950 996
14 France 980 948 997
15 Chile 953 984 1029
16 Côte d'Ivoire 939 901 936
17 Sweden 909 875 918
18 Mexico 862 845 889
19 Czech Republic 854 857 893
20 Ecuador 836 828 890
21 Colombia 835 843 843
22 Japan 829 782 816
23 Switzerland 828 783 847
24 Australia 807 778 821
25 Norway 780 682 753
26 Republic of Ireland 779 753 798
27 Paraguay 747 720 746
28 Hungary 746 646 696
29 Korea Republic 740 723 763
30 Turkey 735 678 716
31 Bosnia-Herzegovina 729 669 717
32 Ghana 707 705 731
33 Slovenia 706 709 784
34 Algeria 693 734 734
35 Serbia 675 606 659
36 USA 672 663 697
37 Wales 658 616 688
38 Libya 655 666 666
39 Mali 650 710 710
40 Egypt 637 629 644
41 Tunisia 627 615 645
42 Slovakia 626 535 616
43 Gabon 624 617 617
44 Zambia 623 614 640
45 Ukraine 621 614 656
46 Scotland 611 540 610
47 Peru 607 548 587
48 Iran 590 561 598
49 Estonia 587 528 572
50 Montenegro 581 551 606
51 Romania 580 542 592
52 Venezuela 570 571 609
53 Belgium 564 562 626
54 Panama 560 591 636
54 Poland 560 547 582
56 Armenia 559 575 622
57 Sierra Leone 529 518 518
58 Nigeria 525 509 525
59 Cameroon 520 459 488
60 Austria 517 534 598
61 Senegal 506 508 508
62 Costa Rica 501 487 518
63 Uzbekistan 493 445 495
64 El Salvador 490 458 508
65 Honduras 486 460 460
66 Jamaica 479 472 514
67 South Africa 474 448 448
68 Morocco 473 478 501
69 China PR 470 421 469
70 Latvia 463 375 450
71 Central African Republic 462 492 492
72 Finland 451 351 393
73 Bolivia 449 468 501
74 Albania 448 403 424
74 Guinea 448 444 472
76 Belarus 447 381 443
77 Benin 446 468 468
78 Cape Verde Islands 441 490 490
79 Canada 439 427 458
80 Haiti 435 389 440
80 Trinidad and Tobago 435 391 431
82 Israel 427 417 503
83 Jordan 425 372 431
84 Iraq 420 419 437
85 Angola 407 416 433
85 Lithuania 407 290 349
87 Burkina Faso 405 400 422
88 Guatemala 399 372 433
88 Uganda 399 396 415
90 Malawi 397 373 395
91 Korea DPR 392 429 429
92 Congo 375 413 413
92 Oman 375 366 395
94 Bulgaria 373 355 388
95 New Zealand 366 366 366
96 Kuwait 359 348 348
97 Georgia 357 360 405
98 Qatar 354 380 380
99 Togo 342 337 369
100 Antigua and Barbuda 337 340 340
101 Northern Ireland 336 236 300
102 Bahrain 331 308 326
102 FYR Macedonia 331 321 364
104 Saudi Arabia 329 328 328
104 Sudan 329 332 332
106 Zimbabwe 328 349 349
107 Mozambique 316 297 324
108 Azerbaijan 308 293 324
109 Guyana 307 276 306
110 Luxembourg 303 326 378
111 Equatorial Guinea 302 302 318
112 Botswana 301 270 283
113 Namibia 298 299 299
113 St. Kitts and Nevis 298 306 306
115 Congo DR 291 311 311
115 Niger 291 263 296
117 Liberia 287 282 314
118 Chad 284 290 290
118 Dominican Republic 284 332 332
120 Bermuda 281 333 333
121 United Arab Emirates 279 278 278
122 Ethiopia 273 303 303
123 Cyprus 266 232 285
123 Turkmenistan 266 266 266
125 Rwanda 264 278 278
126 Kenya 259 254 281
127 Lebanon 254 271 271
128 Tanzania 253 238 252
129 Gambia 251 257 257
130 Iceland 250 258 283
131 Sao Tome e Principe 240 240 240
132 Belize 236 188 188
133 Burundi 234 238 238
133 Thailand 234 244 244
135 Suriname 229 207 207
136 Tahiti 214 282 282
137 Moldova 213 188 235
138 Puerto Rico 210 210 266
139 Nicaragua 203 195 195
140 Tajikistan 202 196 196
141 New Caledonia 200 261 261
142 Grenada 198 206 206
143 Malta 196 181 206
143 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 196 225 225
145 Kazakhstan 195 196 196
146 Vietnam 183 183 183
147 Syria 180 144 294
148 Liechtenstein 177 138 168
149 Cuba 171 175 175
150 Philippines 167 160 168
151 Yemen 154 154 154
152 Palestine 153 161 161
153 Faroe Islands 149 147 189
154 Hong Kong 147 133 151
155 Fiji 146 146 146
156 Vanuatu 142 113 113
157 Aruba 134 134 134
157 Malaysia 134 136 136
159 Indonesia 128 111 111
159 Solomon Islands 128 150 150
161 Maldives 126 108 162
162 Nepal 125 116 179
162 Singapore 125 117 129
164 Afghanistan 122 122 122
165 Curacao 114 129 129
165 Madagascar 114 127 127
167 Lesotho 109 135 135
168 India 106 85 110
169 Bangladesh 103 103 103
169 Guinea-Bissau 103 98 98
171 Barbados 100 81 81
172 Dominica 95 84 84
173 Samoa 93 124 124
174 Tonga 87 87 87
175 Chinese Taipei 83 79 79
176 Cayman Islands 72 65 65
176 Pakistan 72 72 72
178 US Virgin Islands 70 70 92
179 Sri Lanka 68 68 68
180 Bahamas 66 66 66
181 Swaziland 64 39 39
182 American Samoa 61 85 85
183 Mongolia 55 55 55
184 Guam 50 45 45
184 Myanmar 50 52 52
186 Papua New Guinea 46 38 38
187 Eritrea 45 45 45
187 St. Lucia 45 50 50
189 Seychelles 44 39 39
190 Somalia 43 43 43
191 British Virgin Islands 40 40 40
191 Cambodia 40 42 42
193 Comoros 39 39 39
194 Laos 38 38 38
194 Mauritius 38 13 13
196 Cook Islands 25 28 28
196 Kyrgyzstan 25 20 20
198 Djibouti 24 24 24
199 South Sudan 20 20 20
200 Andorra 15 15 41
201 Macau 13 13 13
202 Brunei Darussalam 5 5 5
203 Anguilla 4 4 4
203 Mauritania 4 3 3
205 Timor-Leste 2 2 2
206 Bhutan 0 0 0
206 Montserrat 0 0 0
206 San Marino 0 0 34
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0

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