Friday, February 1, 2013

FIFA Ranking: February 2013 preview

Next update: 8 February 2013.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

130 - Belize
98 - Burkina Faso
91 - Mauritania
72 - South Africa
63 - Congo
60 - El Salvador
45 - Congo DR
44 - Costa Rica
42 - Tunisia
39 - Ghana

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-134 - Equatorial Guinea
-110 - Gabon
-104 - Algeria
-62 - Angola
-55 - Japan
-55 - Zambia
-55 - Egypt
-45 - Libya
-45 - Guinea
-35 - Colombia

Best movers (worst case scenario):


37 - Mauritania
27 - Belize
19 - Burkina Faso
16 - Congo
15 - South Africa, Mauritius and El Salvador
12 - Congo DR
5 - Costa Rica
4 - Cape Verde Islands, Togo and Turkmenistan

Worst movers (best case scenario):

-32 - Equatorial Guinea
-22 - Gabon
-14 - Angola
-9 - Burundi
-8 - Algeria, Libya and Guinea
-7 - Egypt
-6 - Liberia
-5 - Zambia

FIFA decided to consider CHAN matches as friendlies and they have added some CHAN games played in December 2012. That's why for instance Mauritania and Mauritius climb in the rankings.

January 2013 rank - Country - January 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points
1 Spain 1606 1557 1590
2 Germany 1437 1401 1437
3 Argentina 1290 1236 1281
4 Italy 1165 1144 1183
5 Colombia 1164 1093 1129
6 England 1151 1121 1160
7 Portugal 1144 1129 1166
8 Netherlands 1124 1094 1136
9 Russia 1070 1029 1055
10 Croatia 1064 1021 1059
11 Greece 1033 1007 1047
12 Ecuador 1007 935 999
13 Switzerland 1004 974 1031
14 Côte d'Ivoire 996 983 1203
15 Mexico 994 944 1016
16 Uruguay 975 950 1005
17 France 949 929 968
18 Brazil 946 924 965
19 Sweden 870 863 908
20 Belgium 868 817 864
21 Japan 834 758 779
22 Algeria 829 725 725
23 Denmark 819 825 851
24 Norway 810 780 827
25 Mali 807 679 987
26 Bosnia-Herzegovina 788 768 814
26 Ghana 788 827 997
28 USA 782 736 802
29 Czech Republic 781 763 797
30 Chile 774 786 815
31 Montenegro 756 756 756
32 Hungary 750 713 758
33 Romania 700 698 744
34 Korea Republic 687 643 696
35 Paraguay 682 657 681
36 Australia 674 649 682
37 Serbia 659 651 668
38 Haiti 650 584 629
39 Zambia 646 591 591
40 Turkey 627 616 658
41 Bolivia 609 556 607
41 Republic of Ireland 609 598 634
43 Peru 603 606 634
44 Slovakia 595 589 643
44 Ukraine 595 556 597
46 Panama 594 595 647
47 Libya 591 514 546
47 Slovenia 591 573 631
49 Gabon 588 478 478
50 Bulgaria 585 590 590
51 Central African Republic 581 581 581
52 Nigeria 573 568 777
53 Tunisia 570 612 612
54 Egypt 566 490 511
55 Venezuela 561 599 599
56 Poland 555 528 560
56 Uzbekistan 555 548 575
58 Jamaica 552 544 621
59 Honduras 543 510 581
60 Iran 537 513 543
61 Guinea 527 482 482
62 Sierra Leone 526 517 517
63 Albania 518 489 528
64 Canada 517 485 485
65 Belarus 516 484 540
66 Costa Rica 515 559 613
67 Cameroon 500 464 483
68 Austria 492 470 510
69 Scotland 490 472 511
70 Cape Verde Islands 486 512 741
71 Trinidad and Tobago 483 466 503
72 Georgia 481 446 491
73 Equatorial Guinea 469 335 335
74 Morocco 461 481 481
75 Armenia 457 457 473
76 Israel 454 461 495
77 Togo 451 488 658
78 Angola 443 381 381
79 Senegal 439 426 426
80 FYR Macedonia 436 417 465
81 Uganda 435 435 435
81 Wales 435 444 493
83 Estonia 433 426 454
84 Finland 431 414 455
85 South Africa 423 495 713
86 China PR 415 375 434
87 Guatemala 412 394 421
88 Cuba 399 399 399
89 Iceland 392 370 422
89 Iraq 392 379 392
91 New Zealand 390 390 390
92 Burkina Faso 389 487 689
93 Benin 384 384 384
94 Dominican Republic 378 378 378
95 Jordan 375 367 386
96 El Salvador 374 434 461
97 Niger 371 355 355
98 Northern Ireland 367 347 368
99 Korea DPR 363 361 361
100 Sudan 361 343 343
101 Congo DR 355 400 400
102 Zimbabwe 354 359 359
103 United Arab Emirates 346 334 364
104 Burundi 334 301 301
104 Latvia 334 325 375
106 Qatar 331 336 357
107 New Caledonia 330 336 336
108 Oman 328 320 338
109 Congo 325 388 388
110 Ethiopia 316 303 303
111 Liberia 312 280 280
112 Suriname 311 311 311
113 Mozambique 308 310 310
114 Malawi 299 304 304
115 Antigua and Barbuda 293 293 293
116 Lithuania 284 287 287
117 Bahrain 282 265 280
118 Azerbaijan 277 268 283
118 Saudi Arabia 277 279 328
120 Kuwait 276 287 311
121 St. Kitts and Nevis 271 271 271
122 Guyana 267 267 267
123 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 266 266 266
124 Botswana 264 262 262
124 Tanzania 264 234 258
126 Namibia 259 268 268
127 Kenya 256 238 264
128 Moldova 255 228 248
129 Turkmenistan 254 275 275
130 Lebanon 253 241 289
131 Cyprus 248 232 293
131 Puerto Rico 248 248 248
133 Sao Tome e Principe 243 232 232
134 Vietnam 242 239 287
135 Tajikistan 240 240 240
136 Syria 237 223 283
137 Rwanda 236 247 247
138 Thailand 228 220 259
139 Grenada 222 222 222
140 Tahiti 215 215 215
141 Chad 212 221 221
142 Kazakhstan 200 189 216
143 Barbados 197 188 188
143 Gambia 197 187 187
145 Nicaragua 192 187 187
146 Malta 178 160 199
147 Philippines 176 171 176
148 Luxembourg 172 160 202
149 St. Lucia 168 168 168
150 Solomon Islands 166 166 166
151 Aruba 163 163 163
152 Palestine 154 152 160
153 Faroe Islands 151 151 151
154 Liechtenstein 146 153 184
154 Singapore 146 134 169
156 Indonesia 145 117 182
157 Bermuda 139 139 139
158 Malaysia 134 130 166
159 Maldives 130 130 130
160 Lesotho 127 121 121
161 Dominica 124 124 124
162 Myanmar 114 107 122
163 Hong Kong 111 115 199
164 Belize 110 240 240
165 Yemen 106 106 147
166 India 100 98 111
167 Vanuatu 99 102 102
168 Bangladesh 90 90 90
169 Fiji 85 85 85
170 Laos 83 87 87
170 Nepal 83 80 109
172 Chinese Taipei 82 87 87
173 Samoa 74 74 74
174 Bahamas 66 66 66
174 Guinea-Bissau 66 66 66
174 Montserrat 66 66 66
177 Curacao 65 65 65
178 Swaziland 61 63 63
179 Madagascar 55 55 55
179 Mongolia 55 55 55
181 Guam 53 53 53
182 Brunei Darussalam 52 52 52
182 Timor-Leste 52 52 52
184 Cambodia 50 53 53
185 Tonga 44 44 44
186 Afghanistan 39 39 39
186 US Virgin Islands 39 39 39
188 Papua New Guinea 38 38 38
189 Pakistan 37 37 88
190 Sri Lanka 36 36 36
191 British Virgin Islands 34 34 34
192 Cayman Islands 33 33 33
193 American Samoa 30 30 30
194 Comoros 29 38 38
195 Eritrea 24 24 24
195 Seychelles 24 24 24
197 Macau 23 24 24
198 Kyrgyzstan 20 20 20
198 South Sudan 20 20 20
200 Cook Islands 16 16 16
201 Somalia 14 14 14
202 Mauritius 13 48 48
203 Andorra 11 11 11
203 Djibouti 11 11 11
205 Anguilla 4 4 4
206 Mauritania 3 94 94
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. According to FIFA site Zambia will have 553 points in February. Is that because they still count friendly vs Angola they gonna exclude in Feb ?

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  2. Yes, in the prognosis-tool FIFA still counts this match and also the friendly Tanzania-Zambia (22/12/2012 1:0) that will also be excluded in February.
    Zambia will have 591 pts in Feb.

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  3. Just FYI, FIFA is now showing a PRK - LAO friendly Feb 6.

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  4. @Ed

    Thanks for the help, as usual.

    @Ryan

    Yes, it's been added and then removed.

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