Friday, January 11, 2013

FIFA Ranking: January 2013 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 17 January.

18 teams involved in 9 friendlies - up to Sunday. This is how the points and rankings can change:

Team - Minimum Points - Maximum Points - Worst possible ranking - Best possible ranking


Algeria 818 850 23 21
Ghana 763 788 30 26
Panama 571 594 53 46
Tunisia 570 596 53 44
Morocco 448 461 77 74
Guatemala 412 437 87 80
South Africa 397 436 88 80
Iraq 386 392 92 89
Qatar 331 346 107 103
Oman 328 340 108 103
United Arab Emirates 324 346 109 103
Ethiopia 302 316 113 110
Saudi Arabia 277 293 120 115
Bahrain 269 282 123 117
Tanzania 264 281 126 117
Kuwait 262 276 126 119
Namibia 259 299 126 114
Yemen 106 129 165 160

In the table below, the values used for these teams are the minimum possible.


FIFA ranking release date moved to Thursday

When I read the December 2012 FIFA ranking release, I thought there was a little mistake:

"The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 17 January 2013."

17 January is Thursday, not Wednesday.