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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

FIFA Ranking: January 2013 probable ranking

Next update: 11 January 2013. 

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

Not many changes expected. Cuba will rise again, as the final of the Caribbean Cup will be included in this month's calculation.

Ecuador will improve their best ever ranking - they will be 12th next month.

The January 2013 ranking will be used to compute the points for the 6 February 2013 matches.

Probable January 2013 rank - Team - Probable January 2013 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Spain 1606 0 0
2 Germany 1437 0 0
3 Argentina 1290 0 0
4 Italy 1165 0 0
5 Colombia 1164 0 0
6 England 1151 0 0
7 Portugal 1144 0 0
8 Netherlands 1124 0 0
9 Russia 1070 0 0
10 Croatia 1064 0 0
11 Greece 1033 0 0
12 Ecuador 1007 1 8
13 Switzerland 1004 -1 0
14 Côte d'Ivoire 996 0 1
15 Mexico 994 0 0
16 Uruguay 975 0 0
17 France 949 0 0
18 Brazil 946 0 0
19 Sweden 870 1 0
20 Belgium 868 1 0
21 Japan 845 1 5
22 Denmark 821 1 0
23 Algeria 818 -4 -69
24 Bosnia-Herzegovina 788 3 0
25 Norway 786 -1 -24
26 USA 782 2 0
27 Czech Republic 781 2 0
28 Chile 774 -2 -19
29 Ghana 769 1 -8
30 Montenegro 756 1 0
31 Hungary 750 1 0
32 Mali 723 -7 -86
33 Romania 700 0 0
34 Korea Republic 687 1 1
35 Paraguay 682 2 16
36 Australia 674 0 6
37 Zambia 661 -3 -36
38 Serbia 659 0 0
39 Haiti 650 0 0
40 Turkey 627 0 0
41 Gabon 614 1 5
42 Bolivia 609 0 0
42 Republic of Ireland 609 0 0
44 Peru 603 2 0
45 Tunisia 596 0 -10
46 Slovakia 595 1 0
46 Ukraine 595 1 0
48 Libya 591 6 19
48 Slovenia 591 1 0
50 Nigeria 589 2 8
51 Bulgaria 585 -1 0
52 Egypt 584 -11 -31
53 Central African Republic 581 -1 0
54 Panama 578 -3 -4
55 Venezuela 561 2 10
56 Poland 553 -1 0
57 Jamaica 552 -1 0
58 Honduras 543 0 3
59 Uzbekistan 540 8 27
60 Iran 537 -1 5
61 Guinea 527 -1 0
62 Sierra Leone 526 0 5
63 Albania 518 0 0
64 Canada 517 0 0
65 Belarus 516 0 0
66 Costa Rica 515 0 0
67 Cape Verde Islands 498 2 0
68 Cameroon 495 -7 -28
69 Austria 492 1 0
70 Scotland 490 2 0
71 Trinidad and Tobago 483 -3 -24
72 Georgia 481 1 0
73 Equatorial Guinea 469 6 30
74 Morocco 462 0 -4
75 Armenia 457 0 0
76 Israel 454 2 0
77 South Africa 450 10 34
78 Guatemala 444 2 6
79 Senegal 439 -2 -16
80 FYR Macedonia 436 1 0
81 Togo 435 -10 -56
81 Wales 435 1 0
83 Estonia 433 3 8
84 Finland 431 -1 0
85 Uganda 430 -1 2
86 Angola 423 -2 -5
87 China PR 415 1 5
88 Iraq 404 4 19
89 Burkina Faso 402 0 -6
90 Cuba 399 10 44
91 Iceland 392 -1 0
92 New Zealand 390 -1 0
93 Benin 384 -18 -73
94 Dominican Republic 378 -1 0
95 Jordan 377 -1 2
96 El Salvador 374 7 26
97 Northern Ireland 367 -1 0
98 Korea DPR 363 1 2
99 Sudan 361 2 12
100 Congo DR 354 7 22
100 Zimbabwe 354 1 5
102 Oman 348 -7 -21
103 Burundi 334 1 -8
103 Latvia 334 3 0
105 Niger 331 0 -4
106 New Caledonia 330 2 0
107 Congo 325 2 0
108 Qatar 324 -10 -41
109 Liberia 312 3 0
110 Suriname 311 4 0
111 Mozambique 308 1 -4
112 Bahrain 304 7 29
112 Ethiopia 304 -2 -19
114 Malawi 299 -3 -19
115 United Arab Emirates 298 -19 -69
116 Antigua and Barbuda 293 -1 0
117 Lithuania 284 -1 0
118 Kuwait 281 -1 0
119 Namibia 279 2 5
120 Azerbaijan 277 -2 0
121 Saudi Arabia 275 5 11
122 St. Kitts and Nevis 271 1 0
123 Botswana 268 -2 -6
124 Guyana 267 0 0
125 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 266 0 0
126 Moldova 255 2 0
127 Turkmenistan 254 2 0
128 Lebanon 253 -1 -6
129 Kenya 252 5 6
130 Cyprus 248 2 0
130 Puerto Rico 248 2 0
132 Tanzania 244 -2 -9
133 Sao Tome e Principe 243 -14 -32
133 Vietnam 243 -2 -8
135 Rwanda 236 -1 -10
136 Thailand 235 0 2
137 Grenada 222 1 0
138 Tajikistan 221 -2 -12
139 Tahiti 215 0 0
140 Chad 212 0 0
141 Syria 202 3 16
142 Kazakhstan 200 0 0
143 Barbados 197 0 0
143 Gambia 197 -2 -9
145 Nicaragua 192 0 12
146 Malta 178 0 0
147 Philippines 176 0 2
148 Luxembourg 172 0 0
149 St. Lucia 168 0 0
150 Solomon Islands 166 0 0
151 Aruba 163 0 0
152 Palestine 154 0 2
153 Faroe Islands 151 0 0
154 Liechtenstein 146 0 0
155 Indonesia 145 1 2
156 Singapore 143 -2 -3
157 Bermuda 139 0 0
158 Malaysia 134 0 1
159 Maldives 130 0 0
160 Lesotho 127 -1 -3
161 Dominica 124 0 0
162 Myanmar 114 0 0
163 Hong Kong 111 0 -1
164 Belize 110 3 18
165 Yemen 106 -1 -2
166 India 100 0 4
167 Vanuatu 99 -2 0
168 Bangladesh 90 0 0
169 Fiji 85 0 0
170 Laos 83 1 0
170 Nepal 83 1 0
172 Chinese Taipei 82 -3 -3
173 Samoa 74 0 0
174 Bahamas 66 0 0
174 Guinea-Bissau 66 0 0
174 Montserrat 66 0 0
177 Curacao 65 0 0
178 Swaziland 61 0 0
179 Madagascar 55 0 0
179 Mongolia 55 0 0
181 Guam 53 0 0
182 Brunei Darussalam 52 0 0
182 Timor-Leste 52 0 0
184 Cambodia 50 0 0
185 Tonga 44 0 0
186 Afghanistan 39 0 0
186 US Virgin Islands 39 0 0
188 Papua New Guinea 38 0 0
189 Pakistan 37 0 0
190 Sri Lanka 36 0 0
191 British Virgin Islands 34 0 0
192 Cayman Islands 33 0 0
193 American Samoa 30 0 0
194 Comoros 29 0 0
195 Eritrea 24 1 0
195 Seychelles 24 1 0
197 Macau 23 1 0
198 Kyrgyzstan 20 1 0
198 South Sudan 20 1 0
200 Cook Islands 16 1 0
201 Somalia 14 -6 -13
202 Mauritius 13 0 0
203 Andorra 11 1 0
203 Djibouti 11 -1 -2
205 Anguilla 4 0 0
206 Mauritania 3 0 0
207 Bhutan 0 0 0
207 San Marino 0 0 0
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0

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17 comments:

  1. niger 3- gabon 0 (AWD)

    did you put that EDGAR

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Hussein Budejaja (Libya)

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  2. See you in January Edgar. Happy holidays! :)

    Wow, plenty of African teams are getting the legs cut out from under them.

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  3. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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  4. FIFA changed the publishing day for 2013 from Wednesday to Thursday. So the first ranking in 2013 will be out on Thursday January 17th.

    I think FIFA did this to put the deadline for matches being taken into account solid on Sunday. So no more fiddling around with Thursday and maybe Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

    Am I correct or is is something completely else?

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  5. @Hussein

    No, I didn't put it, as the announcement was made 1 day after I posted this. It's included in the January 2013 ranking.

    @Lorric and Anonymous

    Thanks!

    @Tobcoach

    Yes, noticed in December. For a couple of days they kept the "Monthly on Wednesday" text. They changed it this morning :)

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  6. Belize have qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup!

    Costa Rica and Honduras join them. A draw was required between Panama and El Salvador to decide who will join them due to them having equal records. El Salvador won this draw, thus Panama and Guatemala will play off for the last available place.

    Tournament hosts Costa Rica will play El Salvador in one semi final and Honduras will play Belize in the other.

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    1. Panama defeat Guatemala to take the last available place in the Gold Cup.

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  7. any idea when an update is due?

    Ivory Coast on course to become a top 5 ranked country (2 out of 2). Algeria bound to drop big after two losses (and probably a third).

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    1. Ivory Coast have won that group. They can put out a B team if they want for Algeria. If Algeria beat Ivory Coast, they'll barely drop.

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    2. Cote d'Ivoire B Team:
      Yeboah - Boka, Ismael Traore, Kolo Toure, Lolo - Razack, Ya Konan, Gradel - Kone, Bony, Lacina Traore

      Still pretty much the best team at the AFCON with only Ismael and Razack unknown quality... Besides I'm pretty sure Drogba will want to start after being benched.

      Hope they win it just for ranking purposes.

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  8. Côte d'Ivoire still on course for 4th place on FIFa Rankings in February. ALso Ghana can make a nice leap, back into the top 20 if they do well in the remaining matches. Algeria will lose a bunch of points (-104) and could drop outside the top 30. So as axpected a big reshuffle in the African continent.

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  9. I thought the Algeria draw would hurt them. Good to hear. I guess not only does it have to do with good results but also with the rather mediocre 2010 AFCON being less important (2 wins, 2 losses)

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  10. @Lorric

    Suprised by Belize - good for them! However, for me at least, Nicaragua qualifying 4 years ago (if I'm not mistaken) was even more suprising.

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    1. Why? Nicaragua have a comparable population to other Central American countries, while Belize is tiny and have always been worse than Nicaragua. Beating Nicaragua was their first win in the competition ever. They also came 4th while Nicaragua came 5th when they qualified.

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  11. Bosnia, THE BEST! :)

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  12. @Lorric

    Looking at historical results (if my memory doesn't play tricks on me) Nicaragua were at the wrong side of some heavy beatings. Belize were also losing, but by smaller margins.

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    1. I'm not sure. They were both minnows, just stepping stones to be stepped on by the other 5 teams, both got smacked around, but Nicaragua got the better of Belize when they met I believe.

      Anyway, remember it was Belize's first ever win in the competition this year when they beat Nicaragua.

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