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Friday, April 26, 2013

FIFA Ranking: May 2013 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 9 May 2013.

Only one match left: Zambia - Zimbabwe a friendly scheduled for 28 April 2013.

This is how the points could change:

Zambia (L: 610, D: 616, W: 628) Zambia will be ranked between 48 and 46.
Zimbabwe (L: 330, D: 343, W: 370) Zimbabwe will be ranked between 105 and 100.

In the table below, the values displayed for these teams are the lowest possible.
Best movers:

20 - Grenada
12 - Senegal and St. Lucia
6 - South Africa

Worst movers:

-10 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
-6 - Mongolia
-5 - Georgia

Best movers in the top 50:

5 - Albania
3 - Nigeria
2 - Honduras

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Mexico
-1 - USA, Japan, Norway, Paraguay and Zambia

Zambia could fall another 2 places with a defeat against Zimbabwe.

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Belgium (15 - 16 in January 2003)
Albania (43 - 48 in April 2013)

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



1 Spain 1538 0 0
2 Germany 1428 0 0
3 Argentina 1296 0 4
4 Croatia 1191 0 0
5 Portugal 1163 0 0
6 Colombia 1154 0 0
7 England 1135 0 0
8 Italy 1117 0 0
9 Netherlands 1093 0 0
10 Ecuador 1058 0 2
11 Russia 1052 0 0
12 Côte d'Ivoire 1008 0 0
13 Greece 986 0 0
14 Switzerland 967 1 0
15 Belgium 953 1 0
16 Mexico 945 -2 -26
17 Uruguay 932 0 0
18 France 914 0 0
19 Brazil 902 0 -7
20 Denmark 900 0 0
21 Bosnia-Herzegovina 896 0 0
22 Ghana 874 0 0
23 Chile 847 0 -23
24 Sweden 838 0 0
25 Czech Republic 829 0 0
26 Mali 826 0 0
27 Montenegro 789 0 0
28 Nigeria 780 3 23
29 USA 779 -1 0
30 Japan 773 -1 0
31 Norway 760 -1 0
32 Peru 753 0 1
33 Hungary 749 0 0
34 Romania 746 0 0
35 Algeria 735 0 0
36 Venezuela 703 0 -5
37 Ukraine 675 0 0
38 Panama 663 0 0
39 Republic of Ireland 662 0 0
40 Serbia 659 0 0
41 Tunisia 647 0 0
42 Korea Republic 644 0 0
43 Albania 640 5 44
44 Paraguay 634 -1 -9
44 Turkey 634 0 0
46 Australia 624 0 0
47 Costa Rica 616 0 10
48 Zambia 610 -3 -22
49 Wales 589 0 0
50 Burkina Faso 587 0 0
50 Honduras 587 2 6
52 Bulgaria 583 -1 0
53 Jamaica 571 0 7
54 Slovakia 563 0 0
55 Slovenia 560 0 0
56 South Africa 541 6 11
57 Iran 538 -1 0
58 Bolivia 537 -1 0
59 Haiti 536 2 4
59 Israel 536 -1 0
61 Equatorial Guinea 535 -2 0
62 Cameroon 533 -2 0
63 Poland 529 0 0
64 Central African Republic 528 0 0
65 Libya 524 0 0
66 Uzbekistan 521 0 0
67 Sierra Leone 517 0 0
68 Egypt 512 0 0
69 Belarus 502 0 0
70 Guinea 480 0 0
71 Austria 472 0 0
72 Togo 470 0 0
73 Iceland 469 0 0
74 Morocco 466 0 0
75 Cape Verde Islands 464 0 0
76 Senegal 463 12 33
77 Jordan 462 -1 0
78 Congo 459 -1 0
78 Scotland 459 -1 0
80 Canada 457 -1 0
81 Gabon 450 -1 0
82 Trinidad and Tobago 447 -1 1
83 Finland 444 -1 0
84 FYR Macedonia 441 -1 0
85 El Salvador 440 -1 0
86 Congo DR 435 -1 0
87 Cuba 433 -1 0
87 New Zealand 433 -1 0
89 United Arab Emirates 423 0 0
90 Armenia 421 0 0
91 Uganda 413 1 0
92 Estonia 411 1 0
93 Angola 401 1 0
94 Guatemala 400 0 -1
95 Dominican Republic 396 1 0
96 Georgia 394 -5 -23
97 Iraq 391 -1 -5
98 China PR 388 0 0
99 Benin 381 0 0
100 Niger 362 0 0
101 Qatar 345 1 -1
102 Oman 344 1 0
103 Liberia 334 1 0
104 New Caledonia 333 1 0
105 Zimbabwe 330 -4 -19
106 Mozambique 329 0 -1
107 Ethiopia 328 0 0
108 Saudi Arabia 324 0 0
109 Malawi 323 0 0
110 Latvia 322 0 0
111 Lithuania 316 0 0
112 Tajikistan 312 0 0
113 Kuwait 311 0 0
113 Suriname 311 0 0
115 Korea DPR 309 0 -1
116 Tanzania 306 0 1
117 Bahrain 291 0 0
118 Antigua and Barbuda 288 0 0
119 Northern Ireland 285 0 0
120 Azerbaijan 276 0 0
121 Grenada 275 20 68
122 Kenya 266 0 0
123 Cyprus 262 0 0
124 Burundi 261 0 0
125 Botswana 257 0 0
125 Namibia 257 0 0
125 Puerto Rico 257 0 0
128 Guyana 248 0 0
129 Lebanon 242 0 0
130 Belize 239 0 0
131 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 236 -10 -35
132 Vietnam 234 0 0
133 Turkmenistan 232 -2 -3
134 Sudan 224 -1 0
135 Tahiti 221 -1 0
136 Rwanda 219 -1 0
137 St. Kitts and Nevis 218 -1 0
138 Syria 215 -1 0
139 Moldova 214 -1 0
140 Afghanistan 210 -1 0
140 St. Lucia 210 12 42
142 Thailand 208 -2 0
143 Kyrgyzstan 206 -1 0
144 Kazakhstan 199 0 0
144 Philippines 199 -1 -5
146 Barbados 188 -1 0
147 Gambia 187 -1 0
148 Liechtenstein 182 -1 0
148 Luxembourg 182 -1 0
150 India 178 -1 0
151 Hong Kong 176 -1 0
152 Aruba 163 1 0
153 Palestine 162 -2 -8
154 Bangladesh 161 0 0
155 Lesotho 154 1 0
156 Malta 153 1 0
157 Nicaragua 150 2 0
158 Myanmar 149 -3 -6
159 Maldives 146 -1 -6
160 Sao Tome e Principe 144 0 0
161 Faroe Islands 143 0 0
161 Malaysia 143 2 2
163 Solomon Islands 142 -1 0
164 Bermuda 139 0 0
165 Singapore 133 0 0
166 Chad 131 0 0
167 Dominica 124 0 0
168 Laos 118 0 0
168 Pakistan 118 0 0
170 Indonesia 117 0 0
171 Nepal 108 0 0
172 Vanuatu 102 1 0
173 Yemen 100 1 0
174 Sri Lanka 99 -2 -4
175 Mauritania 94 0 0
176 Chinese Taipei 90 0 0
177 Fiji 85 0 0
178 Samoa 74 0 0
179 Bahamas 66 1 0
179 Guinea-Bissau 66 1 0
179 Montserrat 66 1 0
182 Curacao 65 1 0
182 Guam 65 1 0
182 Swaziland 65 1 0
185 Mongolia 61 -6 -6
186 Brunei Darussalam 52 0 0
186 Timor-Leste 52 0 0
188 Madagascar 51 0 0
189 Mauritius 50 0 0
190 Cambodia 45 -1 -5
191 Tonga 44 0 0
192 Comoros 41 0 0
193 US Virgin Islands 39 0 0
194 Papua New Guinea 38 0 0
195 British Virgin Islands 34 0 0
196 Cayman Islands 33 0 0
197 American Samoa 30 0 0
198 Eritrea 24 0 0
199 Seychelles 22 0 0
200 South Sudan 20 0 0
201 Cook Islands 16 0 0
202 Macau 14 0 0
202 Somalia 14 0 0
204 Djibouti 11 0 0
205 Andorra 9 0 0
206 Anguilla 4 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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5 comments:

  1. @edgar, can u tell me from where do u get the actual no. win , loss n drawn matches like the ones u posted above for zimbabwe n zambia.

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    1. Those numbers are simply the amount of points each team would have in the May ranking, depending on the result of their match on 28 April. Since Zambia beat Zimbabwe, they will have 628 points and Zimbabwe will have 330 points in May.

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  2. I would be interested in seeing a revised version of the rankings which excluded all WINS that actually lower a team's ranking score from the calculation. It would be interesting to see how much certain countries are being "lowered" by having to play very weak teams.

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