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Friday, November 9, 2012

FIFA Ranking: December 2012 preview

Next update: 16 November 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 19 December.

The 2012 CECAFA Cup draw is scheduled for 12 November, but I've computed the possible minimum and maximum values for the 11 FIFA members involved.

The top 3 will remain unchanged, while Colombia could climb as high as 4th. Even if they lose to Brazil, they won't drop from their current 8th spot.

Ecuador will climb to at least 14th and at most 11th, thus improving their best ever ranking of 17th.

Cayman Islands and Seychelles will return to their worst ever rankings, while Sri Lanka will drop to a new worst ever ranking.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

48 - Ecuador
44 - Zambia
42 - Guinea
42 - Equatorial Guinea
39 - Barbados
37 - Mali
35 - Sao Tome e Principe
30 - Colombia
27 - Libya
27 - Vietnam

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-96 - Bermuda
-87 - Belize
-82 - Afghanistan
-72 - Uruguay
-70 - Chad
-69 - Curacao
-62 - Wales
-60 - Korea DPR
-56 - St. Kitts and Nevis
-55 - American Samoa

November 2012 rank - Country - November 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points


1 Spain 1564 1579 1606
2 Germany 1421 1424 1465
3 Argentina 1349 1232 1305
4 Portugal 1178 1134 1163
5 Italy 1169 1165 1204
6 England 1167 1151 1192
7 Netherlands 1128 1109 1154
8 Colombia 1110 1140 1210
9 Russia 1084 1056 1097
10 Croatia 1078 1064 1064
11 Uruguay 1047 931 975
12 Greece 1004 995 1033
13 Brazil 994 931 1021
14 Mexico 984 994 994
15 Côte d'Ivoire 974 971 995
16 Switzerland 966 956 1004
17 Ecuador 951 999 999
18 France 938 908 949
19 Algeria 907 887 946
20 Belgium 881 868 922
21 Chile 853 793 832
22 Denmark 851 806 850
23 Sweden 826 826 870
24 Japan 810 779 840
25 Czech Republic 806 745 781
26 Norway 778 759 810
27 USA 776 769 807
28 Mali 772 809 809
29 Ghana 762 752 777
30 Hungary 753 750 815
31 Bosnia-Herzegovina 746 732 788
32 Korea Republic 728 686 734
33 Australia 719 597 683
34 Montenegro 691 703 756
35 Paraguay 690 660 660
36 Republic of Ireland 682 609 660
37 Romania 669 646 700
38 Turkey 639 611 660
39 Zambia 633 677 697
40 Bulgaria 627 585 633
40 Egypt 627 609 629
42 Serbia 626 610 659
43 Slovakia 619 595 653
44 Iran 611 512 612
44 Peru 611 592 626
46 Panama 609 582 629
46 Tunisia 609 606 640
48 Venezuela 600 551 584
49 Slovenia 593 591 635
50 Jamaica 586 507 702
51 Bolivia 585 593 641
52 Central African Republic 581 581 581
52 Gabon 581 595 637
54 Poland 579 550 594
55 Ukraine 575 555 595
56 Honduras 572 526 566
57 Haiti 553 382 851
57 Nigeria 553 543 581
59 Libya 545 572 572
60 Canada 526 517 517
61 Sierra Leone 521 521 521
62 Cameroon 520 486 536
63 Cape Verde Islands 511 498 561
64 Costa Rica 509 505 535
65 Georgia 499 462 518
66 Wales 497 435 435
67 Albania 496 504 546
68 Austria 492 492 557
69 Uzbekistan 490 436 513
70 Scotland 488 469 490
71 Guinea 485 527 527
72 Morocco 482 466 490
73 Togo 479 450 491
74 Belarus 478 470 516
75 Senegal 471 441 463
76 Guatemala 467 457 457
77 Benin 457 457 457
78 Israel 452 454 496
79 Angola 446 437 454
79 Trinidad and Tobago 446 345 707
81 Korea DPR 445 317 385
82 Armenia 444 430 457
83 FYR Macedonia 431 417 467
84 Estonia 430 425 444
84 South Africa 430 416 458
86 Oman 428 346 455
86 Uganda 428 368 452
88 China PR 424 397 436
89 Burkina Faso 423 384 408
90 Jordan 420 375 441
91 Finland 411 407 431
92 Dominican Republic 406 291 739
93 New Zealand 404 383 405
94 El Salvador 402 348 348
95 Equatorial Guinea 397 439 439
96 Iceland 392 377 392
97 Iraq 390 327 397
98 Zimbabwe 383 349 349
99 Congo DR 360 332 361
100 Northern Ireland 356 340 422
101 Malawi 337 295 389
102 Ethiopia 333 300 410
102 Sudan 333 325 392
104 New Caledonia 330 330 330
104 Qatar 330 308 365
106 St. Kitts and Nevis 327 271 271
107 Niger 324 321 351
108 Latvia 322 334 334
109 United Arab Emirates 320 326 367
110 Kuwait 318 248 314
110 Mozambique 318 312 312
112 Lebanon 313 241 321
112 Saudi Arabia 313 223 339
114 Liberia 312 312 312
115 Congo 309 310 355
116 Guyana 305 262 472
117 Botswana 299 274 274
117 Namibia 299 267 289
119 Lithuania 296 284 323
120 Chad 282 212 212
121 Antigua and Barbuda 281 234 492
122 Rwanda 280 228 264
123 Azerbaijan 277 250 333
124 Bahrain 270 231 307
125 Suriname 265 226 693
126 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 263 220 530
127 Cyprus 258 248 295
128 Burundi 255 207 383
129 Turkmenistan 254 254 254
130 Kenya 248 192 307
130 Puerto Rico 248 248 248
132 Moldova 241 255 255
133 Sao Tome e Principe 240 275 275
134 Tanzania 237 203 317
135 Bermuda 235 139 139
136 Nicaragua 233 180 180
137 Tajikistan 225 233 233
138 Vietnam 217 244 285
139 Tahiti 215 215 215
140 Kazakhstan 200 200 200
141 Cuba 198 174 491
142 Gambia 186 186 186
143 Philippines 184 156 190
144 Belize 179 92 92
144 Luxembourg 179 172 221
146 St. Lucia 175 168 168
147 Syria 172 163 252
148 Palestine 168 133 193
149 Grenada 166 111 769
149 Malta 166 157 178
149 Solomon Islands 166 166 166
152 Thailand 160 159 240
153 Barbados 158 197 197
154 Aruba 154 163 163
155 Dominica 151 124 124
156 Myanmar 149 105 165
157 Liechtenstein 147 146 168
158 Lesotho 140 126 138
159 Faroe Islands 138 151 151
160 Maldives 135 130 130
161 Curacao 134 65 65
162 Yemen 131 108 211
163 Malaysia 127 116 166
163 Singapore 127 113 170
165 Indonesia 124 119 207
165 Samoa 124 74 74
167 Afghanistan 121 39 39
167 Fiji 121 85 85
169 India 116 96 96
169 Nepal 116 83 83
171 Bangladesh 114 81 107
172 Hong Kong 108 82 195
173 Madagascar 106 55 55
174 Vanuatu 99 99 99
175 Guinea-Bissau 98 66 66
176 Chinese Taipei 90 80 204
177 Laos 87 78 137
177 Tonga 87 44 44
179 American Samoa 85 30 30
180 Pakistan 72 37 63
181 Guam 71 48 159
182 Sri Lanka 68 36 36
183 Bahamas 66 66 66
183 Montserrat 66 66 66
185 Swaziland 56 53 79
186 Mongolia 55 55 55
187 Brunei Darussalam 52 52 52
187 Timor-Leste 52 52 77
189 Cayman Islands 51 33 33
190 US Virgin Islands 50 39 39
191 Cambodia 49 50 50
192 Eritrea 45 24 291
193 Somalia 43 27 294
194 Seychelles 39 24 24
195 Papua New Guinea 38 38 38
196 Comoros 36 29 29
197 British Virgin Islands 34 34 34
198 Cook Islands 28 16 16
199 Macau 22 23 23
200 Kyrgyzstan 20 20 20
200 South Sudan 20 20 243
202 Djibouti 17 13 13
203 Andorra 13 11 50
203 Mauritius 13 13 13
205 Anguilla 4 4 4
206 Mauritania 3 3 3
207 Bhutan 0 0 26
207 San Marino 0 0 249
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0

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5 comments:

  1. Argentina minimum points are higher than maximum points...

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    1. The first column (1349) was the actual November points.
      The second column (1232) is the minimum December points.
      The third column (1305) is the maximum December points.

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    2. Can you put a rank for deceber please

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    3. @Kav,

      It's up now:

      FIFA Ranking: December 2012 final preview.

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