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Friday, February 8, 2013

FIFA Ranking: February 2013 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 14 February 2013.

Three matches left: a friendly (Nepal - Pakistan) and the final and the 3rd place match of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Nigeria - Burkina Faso and Mali - Ghana).

This is how the points could change:

L = Loss, D = Draw, W = Win, PSO = Penalty shoot-out.

Ghana (L:865, PSO L:893, PSO W:922, W:950)
Nigeria (L:698, PSO L:714, PSO W:731, W:747)
Mali (L:679, PSO L:723, PSO W:768, W:813)
Burkina Faso (L:571, PSO L:594, PSO W:618, W:642)
Nepal (L:80, D:85, W:95)
Pakistan (L:63, D:71, W:88)

In the table below, the values displayed for those teams are the lowest possible.

Brazil will fall to 19th (worst ever ranking) if Ghana defeat Mali after 90 or 120 minutes (i.e. avoiding PSO).



Best movers:

37 - Burkina Faso and Mauritania
32 - Belize
25 - South Africa

Burkina Faso could climb 53 spots in total.

Worst movers:

-34 - Equatorial Guinea
-26 - Gabon
-16 - Egypt and Angola

Best movers in the top 50:

18 - Nigeria
10 - Tunisia
9 - Venezuela

Burkina Faso could become the best climbers in the top 50 if they win the AFCON.

Worst movers in the top 50:

-26 - Gabon
-15 - Libya
-12 - Haiti

Côte d'Ivoire will improve their best ever ranking (12 - 14 in June 2011). Some small consolation... They had the potential to be 4th in the February ranking.

Panama will return to their best ever ranking (43rd in October 2012) or could even climb to 42nd.

Four teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Cyprus (135 - 135 in September 2012)
Kyrgyzstan (200 - 200 in November 2012)
South Sudan (200 - 200 in November 2012)
Cook Islands (202 - 202 in April 2009)

Nine teams will drop to new lows:

Egypt (70 - 64 in March 2012)
Cameroon (79 - 71 in October 2012)
Fiji (171 - 170 in August 2007)
Sri Lanka (193 - 190 in December 2012)
Cayman Islands (195 - 192 in December 2007)
Eritrea (197 - 196 in December 2012)
Somalia (203 - 201 in January 2013)
Djibouti (204 - 203 in January 2013)
Anguilla (206 - 205 in July 2006)


Australia will climb to 2nd in AFC, with Korea Republic dropping to 3rd.

Zambia will drop out of top 5. Côte d'Ivoire will remain first, while Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria and Mali will be in the top 5 - but the exact order depends on the AFCON.

Honduras replace Jamaica as 5th in CONCACAF, Panama climb to 3rd, while Haiti drop to 4th.

England replace Italy as 3rd in Europe.

February 2013 rank - Team - February 2013 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points



1 Spain 1590 0 -16
2 Germany 1437 0 0
3 Argentina 1281 0 -9
4 England 1160 2 9
5 Italy 1157 -1 -8
6 Colombia 1129 -1 -35
6 Portugal 1129 1 -15
8 Netherlands 1108 0 -16
9 Croatia 1059 1 -5
10 Russia 1055 -1 -15
11 Greece 1020 0 -13
12 Côte d'Ivoire 999 2 3
12 Ecuador 999 0 -8
14 Switzerland 993 -1 -11
15 Mexico 968 0 -26
16 Uruguay 950 0 -25
17 France 929 0 -20
18 Brazil 924 0 -22
19 Ghana 865 7 77
20 Belgium 864 0 -4
21 Sweden 863 -2 -7
22 Denmark 825 1 6
23 Chile 815 7 41
24 Bosnia-Herzegovina 814 2 26
25 Czech Republic 797 4 16
26 Norway 780 -2 -30
27 Japan 779 -6 -55
28 Montenegro 756 3 0
29 Romania 744 4 44
30 USA 736 -2 -46
31 Hungary 728 1 -22
32 Algeria 725 -10 -104
33 Nigeria 698 19 125
34 Paraguay 681 1 -1
35 Mali 679 -10 -128
36 Serbia 668 1 9
37 Australia 649 -1 -25
38 Korea Republic 643 -4 -44
39 Peru 634 4 31
39 Republic of Ireland 634 2 25
41 Turkey 616 -1 -11
42 Panama 612 4 18
42 Tunisia 612 11 42
44 Bolivia 607 -3 -2
45 Venezuela 599 10 38
46 Ukraine 597 -2 2
47 Zambia 591 -8 -55
48 Bulgaria 590 2 5
49 Slovakia 589 -5 -6
50 Haiti 584 -12 -66
51 Central African Republic 581 0 0
51 Honduras 581 8 38
53 Costa Rica 577 13 62
54 Slovenia 573 -7 -18
55 Burkina Faso 571 37 182
56 Jamaica 570 2 18
57 Uzbekistan 557 -1 2
58 Iran 543 2 6
59 Poland 528 -3 -27
60 South Africa 525 25 102
61 Sierra Leone 517 1 -9
62 Libya 514 -15 -77
63 Cape Verde Islands 512 7 26
64 Scotland 511 5 21
65 Belarus 503 0 -13
66 Israel 495 10 41
67 Togo 494 10 43
68 Wales 493 13 58
69 Georgia 491 3 10
70 Egypt 490 -16 -76
71 Albania 489 -8 -29
72 Canada 485 -8 -32
73 Guinea 482 -12 -45
74 Morocco 481 0 20
75 Gabon 478 -26 -110
76 Austria 470 -8 -22
77 Trinidad and Tobago 466 -6 -17
78 FYR Macedonia 465 2 29
79 Cameroon 464 -12 -36
80 Armenia 462 -5 5
81 El Salvador 434 15 60
82 Estonia 426 1 -7
82 Senegal 426 -3 -13
84 Uganda 424 -3 -11
85 Finland 414 -1 -17
86 Congo DR 400 15 45
87 Cuba 399 1 0
88 Guatemala 394 -1 -18
89 Iraq 392 0 0
90 New Zealand 390 1 0
91 Congo 388 18 63
92 Jordan 386 3 11
93 Benin 384 0 0
94 Angola 381 -16 -62
95 Dominican Republic 378 -1 0
96 China PR 375 -10 -40
97 Niger 374 0 3
98 Iceland 370 -9 -22
99 United Arab Emirates 364 4 18
100 Zimbabwe 359 2 5
101 Qatar 357 5 26
102 Korea DPR 354 -3 -9
102 Northern Ireland 354 -4 -13
104 Sudan 343 -4 -18
105 Oman 338 3 10
106 New Caledonia 336 1 6
107 Equatorial Guinea 335 -34 -134
108 Saudi Arabia 328 10 51
109 Latvia 325 -5 -9
110 Kuwait 311 10 35
110 Suriname 311 2 0
112 Mozambique 310 1 2
113 Malawi 304 1 5
114 Ethiopia 303 -4 -13
115 Burundi 301 -11 -33
116 Antigua and Barbuda 293 -1 0
117 Lithuania 287 -1 3
118 Azerbaijan 283 0 6
119 Bahrain 280 -2 -2
119 Liberia 280 -8 -32
121 Turkmenistan 275 8 21
122 St. Kitts and Nevis 271 -1 0
123 Namibia 268 3 9
124 Guyana 267 -2 0
125 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 266 -2 0
126 Kenya 264 1 8
127 Tanzania 258 -3 -6
128 Botswana 254 -4 -10
129 Puerto Rico 248 2 0
130 Rwanda 246 7 10
131 Lebanon 241 -1 -12
132 Belize 240 32 130
132 Tajikistan 240 3 0
134 Vietnam 239 0 -3
135 Cyprus 232 -4 -16
135 Sao Tome e Principe 232 -2 -11
137 Moldova 228 -9 -27
138 Syria 223 -2 -14
139 Grenada 222 0 0
140 Chad 221 1 9
141 Thailand 220 -3 -8
142 Kazakhstan 216 0 16
143 Tahiti 215 -3 0
144 Barbados 188 -1 -9
145 Gambia 187 -2 -10
145 Nicaragua 187 0 -5
147 Philippines 176 0 0
148 Luxembourg 174 0 2
149 Malta 173 -3 -5
150 St. Lucia 168 -1 0
151 Solomon Islands 166 -1 0
152 Aruba 163 -1 0
153 Palestine 160 -1 6
154 Liechtenstein 153 0 7
155 Faroe Islands 151 -2 0
156 Hong Kong 143 7 32
157 Bermuda 139 0 0
158 Singapore 134 -4 -12
159 Malaysia 130 -1 -4
159 Maldives 130 0 0
161 Dominica 124 0 0
162 Lesotho 121 -2 -6
163 Indonesia 117 -7 -28
164 Myanmar 107 -2 -7
165 Yemen 106 0 0
166 Vanuatu 102 1 3
167 India 98 -1 -2
168 Mauritania 94 38 91
169 Bangladesh 90 -1 0
170 Chinese Taipei 87 2 5
171 Fiji 85 -2 0
172 Laos 83 -2 0
173 Nepal 80 -3 -3
174 Samoa 74 -1 0
175 Bahamas 66 -1 0
175 Guinea-Bissau 66 -1 0
175 Montserrat 66 -1 0
178 Curacao 65 -1 0
179 Pakistan 63 10 26
179 Swaziland 63 -1 2
181 Madagascar 55 -2 0
181 Mongolia 55 -2 0
183 Cambodia 53 1 3
183 Guam 53 -2 0
185 Brunei Darussalam 52 -3 0
185 Timor-Leste 52 -3 0
187 Mauritius 48 15 35
188 Tonga 44 -3 0
189 Afghanistan 39 -3 0
189 US Virgin Islands 39 -3 0
191 Comoros 38 3 9
191 Papua New Guinea 38 -3 0
193 Sri Lanka 36 -3 0
194 British Virgin Islands 34 -3 0
195 Cayman Islands 33 -3 0
196 American Samoa 30 -3 0
197 Eritrea 24 -2 0
197 Macau 24 0 1
197 Seychelles 24 -2 0
200 Kyrgyzstan 20 -2 0
200 South Sudan 20 -2 0
202 Cook Islands 16 -2 0
203 Somalia 14 -2 0
204 Andorra 11 -1 0
204 Djibouti 11 -1 0
206 Anguilla 4 -1 0
207 Bhutan 0 0 0
207 San Marino 0 0 0
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0


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4 comments:

  1. Thanks Edgar !!

    how will be the Qul Draw of the CAN 2015 ??
    I heard it will be the same of Qul of CAN 2012

    11 groups every group 4 teams

    the top will be the best 11 in CAN 2013

    and other teams will be by the fifa ranking this month


    Hussein Budejaja - Libya

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  2. next update (march probable results) on 1st of march ?

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  3. Qul Draw of the CAN 2015 ??


    http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualifications_%C3%A0_la_Coupe_d'Afrique_des_nations_de_football_2015


    Hussein Budejaja - Libya

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  4. @Hussein

    Is that official? I've seen no news on CAF's website.

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