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Friday, December 7, 2012

FIFA Ranking: December 2012 preview (IV)

Next update: 14 December 2012.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 19 December.

The top 21 teams are already set.

Haiti could climb to 22nd, Dominican Republic to 33rd.



Ecuador, Mali, Aruba, Montserrat and Timor-Leste will improve their best ever ranking.

Côte d'Ivoire will return to their best ever ranking.

Cayman Islands and Seychelles will return to their worst ever ranking.

Brazil, Sri Lanka and Eritrea will fall to new lows.

Spain will again be the Team of the Year (by finishing top of the table in December).

Unless Dominican Republic pull of something extremely unlikely at the 2012 Caribbean Cup, Colombia will be the Best Mover of the year (most points gained since December 2011) with 455 points.

Expect some raised eyebrows in South East Asia. Although Vietnam were eliminated in the group stage of the AFF Suzuki Cup, they will climb at least 6 places, while the Philippines will drop at least 1 spot, even if they advance to the final with two wins against Singapore.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):


87 - Burundi
65 - Montenegro
64 - Zambia
57 - Thailand
56 - Grenada
54 - Colombia
48 - Ecuador
47 - United Arab Emirates
46 - Suriname
44 - Sweden

Most points lost (best case scenario):


-96 - Bermuda
-87 - Belize
-84 - Korea DPR
-82 - Afghanistan
-73 - Republic of Ireland
-72 - Uruguay
-70 - Chad
-69 - Curacao
-62 - Wales
-60 - Chile

Moving up most places (worst case scenario):


22 - Burundi
13 - Thailand
12 - Equatorial Guinea
11 - United Arab Emirates
11 - Sao Tome e Principe
10 - Suriname
10 - Grenada
9 - Guinea
9 - Barbados
8 - Bahamas


Moving down most places (best case scenario):


-23 - Belize
-20 - Bermuda
-19 - Chad
-19 - Afghanistan
-16 - Wales
-16 - Korea DPR
-16 - Curacao
-14 - American Samoa
-13 - St. Kitts and Nevis
-10 - Iran


November 2012 rank - Country - November 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points
 
1 Spain 1564 1606 1606
2 Germany 1421 1437 1437
3 Argentina 1349 1290 1290
4 Portugal 1178 1144 1144
5 Italy 1169 1165 1165
6 England 1167 1151 1151
7 Netherlands 1128 1124 1124
8 Colombia 1110 1164 1164
9 Russia 1084 1070 1070
10 Croatia 1078 1064 1064
11 Uruguay 1047 975 975
12 Greece 1004 1033 1033
13 Brazil 994 946 946
14 Mexico 984 994 994
15 Côte d'Ivoire 974 995 995
16 Switzerland 966 1004 1004
17 Ecuador 951 999 999
18 France 938 949 949
19 Algeria 907 887 887
20 Belgium 881 868 868
21 Chile 853 793 793
22 Denmark 851 821 821
23 Sweden 826 870 870
24 Japan 810 840 840
25 Czech Republic 806 781 781
26 Norway 778 810 810
27 USA 776 782 782
28 Mali 772 809 809
29 Ghana 762 777 777
30 Hungary 753 750 750
31 Bosnia-Herzegovina 746 788 788
32 Korea Republic 728 686 686
33 Australia 719 648 668
34 Montenegro 691 756 756
35 Paraguay 690 666 666
36 Republic of Ireland 682 609 609
37 Romania 669 700 700
38 Turkey 639 627 627
39 Zambia 633 697 697
40 Bulgaria 627 585 585
40 Egypt 627 615 615
42 Serbia 626 659 659
43 Slovakia 619 595 595
44 Iran 611 512 552
44 Peru 611 603 603
46 Panama 609 582 582
46 Tunisia 609 606 606
48 Venezuela 600 551 551
49 Slovenia 593 591 591
50 Jamaica 586 520 645
51 Bolivia 585 609 609
52 Central African Republic 581 581 581
52 Gabon 581 609 609
54 Poland 579 550 550
55 Ukraine 575 595 595
56 Honduras 572 540 540
57 Haiti 553 481 860
57 Nigeria 553 581 581
59 Libya 545 572 572
60 Canada 526 517 517
61 Sierra Leone 521 521 521
62 Cameroon 520 523 523
63 Cape Verde Islands 511 498 498
64 Costa Rica 509 515 515
65 Georgia 499 481 481
66 Wales 497 435 435
67 Albania 496 518 518
68 Austria 492 492 492
69 Uzbekistan 490 513 513
70 Scotland 488 490 490
71 Guinea 485 527 527
72 Morocco 482 452 468
73 Togo 479 491 491
74 Belarus 478 516 516
75 Senegal 471 455 455
76 Guatemala 467 438 438
77 Benin 457 457 457
78 Israel 452 454 454
79 Angola 446 443 443
79 Trinidad and Tobago 446 414 699
81 Korea DPR 445 350 361
82 Armenia 444 457 457
83 FYR Macedonia 431 467 467
84 Estonia 430 425 425
84 South Africa 430 416 416
86 Oman 428 346 384
86 Uganda 428 416 428
88 China PR 424 410 410
89 Burkina Faso 423 408 408
90 Jordan 420 364 391
91 Finland 411 431 431
92 Dominican Republic 406 304 731
93 New Zealand 404 390 390
94 El Salvador 402 348 348
95 Equatorial Guinea 397 439 439
96 Iceland 392 392 392
97 Iraq 390 366 390
98 Zimbabwe 383 349 349
99 Congo DR 360 332 332
100 Northern Ireland 356 367 367
101 Malawi 337 318 318
102 Ethiopia 333 323 323
102 Sudan 333 349 349
104 New Caledonia 330 330 330
104 Qatar 330 365 365
106 St. Kitts and Nevis 327 271 271
107 Niger 324 321 351
108 Latvia 322 334 334
109 United Arab Emirates 320 367 367
110 Kuwait 318 253 303
110 Mozambique 318 312 312
112 Lebanon 313 241 282
112 Saudi Arabia 313 240 306
114 Liberia 312 312 312
115 Congo 309 325 325
116 Guyana 305 267 267
117 Botswana 299 274 274
117 Namibia 299 274 274
119 Lithuania 296 284 284
120 Chad 282 212 212
121 Antigua and Barbuda 281 231 519
122 Rwanda 280 246 246
123 Azerbaijan 277 277 277
124 Bahrain 270 242 293
125 Suriname 265 311 311
126 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 263 266 266
127 Cyprus 258 248 248
128 Burundi 255 342 342
129 Turkmenistan 254 254 254
130 Kenya 248 246 271
130 Puerto Rico 248 248 248
132 Moldova 241 255 255
133 Sao Tome e Principe 240 275 275
134 Tanzania 237 253 253
135 Bermuda 235 139 139
136 Nicaragua 233 180 180
137 Tajikistan 225 233 233
138 Vietnam 217 251 251
139 Tahiti 215 215 215
140 Kazakhstan 200 200 200
141 Cuba 198 212 407
142 Gambia 186 186 186
143 Philippines 184 171 184
144 Belize 179 92 92
144 Luxembourg 179 172 172
146 St. Lucia 175 168 168
147 Syria 172 167 245
148 Palestine 168 139 181
149 Grenada 166 222 222
149 Malta 166 178 178
149 Solomon Islands 166 166 166
152 Thailand 160 217 240
153 Barbados 158 197 197
154 Aruba 154 163 163
155 Dominica 151 124 124
156 Myanmar 149 114 114
157 Liechtenstein 147 146 146
158 Lesotho 140 130 130
159 Faroe Islands 138 151 151
160 Maldives 135 130 130
161 Curacao 134 65 65
162 Yemen 131 108 211
163 Malaysia 127 130 146
163 Singapore 127 133 152
165 Indonesia 124 143 143
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 90 90
172 Hong Kong 108 99 143
173 Madagascar 106 55 55
174 Vanuatu 99 99 99
175 Guinea-Bissau 98 66 66
176 Chinese Taipei 90 85 155
177 Laos 87 83 83
177 Tonga 87 44 44
179 American Samoa 85 30 30
180 Pakistan 72 37 37
181 Guam 71 53 101
182 Sri Lanka 68 36 36
183 Bahamas 66 66 66
183 Montserrat 66 66 66
185 Swaziland 56 61 61
186 Mongolia 55 55 55
187 Brunei Darussalam 52 52 52
187 Timor-Leste 52 52 52
189 Cayman Islands 51 33 33
190 US Virgin Islands 50 39 39
191 Cambodia 49 50 50
192 Eritrea 45 24 24
193 Somalia 43 27 27
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 20
202 Djibouti 17 13 13
203 Andorra 13 11 11
203 Mauritius 13 13 13
205 Anguilla 4 4 4
206 Mauritania 3 3 3
207 Bhutan 0 0 0
207 San Marino 0 0 0
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0

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