Friday, July 5, 2013

FIFA Ranking: August 2013 preview (I)

FIFA will publish the ranking on August 8th.

It's quite an active month: Gold Cup, COSAFA Cup, CHAN qualifiers and the East Asian Cup.

For this month, I've changed the preview approach. I won't be looking at minimum and maximum points, but at best and worst possible ranking.

Moving up (worst case scenario):

9 - Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
8 - Cameroon
6 - Suriname and Botswana

Moving down (best case scenario):

-12 - Aruba
-10 - Vietnam and Bahamas
-8 - Togo

July 2013 rank - Country - Worst possible rank - Best possible rank


1 Spain 1 1
2 Germany 2 2
3 Colombia 3 3
4 Argentina 4 4
5 Netherlands 5 5
6 Italy 6 6
7 Portugal 7 7
8 Croatia 8 8
9 Brazil 9 9
10 Belgium 10 10
11 Greece 11 11
12 Uruguay 12 12
13 Côte d'Ivoire 19 15
14 Bosnia-Herzegovina 13 13
15 England 14 14
16 Switzerland 16 15
17 Russia 17 16
18 Ecuador 18 17
19 Peru 22 20
20 Mexico 23 18
21 Chile 21 19
22 USA 30 19
23 France 23 21
24 Ghana 24 23
25 Norway 25 24
26 Czech Republic 26 25
27 Denmark 27 26
28 Mali 36 31
28 Montenegro 28 27
28 Ukraine 28 27
31 Sweden 30 29
32 Hungary 32 31
33 Romania 34 32
34 Algeria 35 33
35 Nigeria 40 34
36 Venezuela 39 36
37 Albania 38 35
37 Japan 44 35
39 Costa Rica 53 32
40 Australia 49 37
41 Serbia 42 38
42 Burkina Faso 53 42
43 Korea Republic 58 38
44 Republic of Ireland 45 40
45 Slovenia 46 41
46 Wales 48 42
47 Tunisia 56 44
48 Paraguay 51 45
49 Cape Verde Islands 50 44
50 Scotland 52 46
51 Panama 69 40
52 Bulgaria 56 50
52 Iran 54 48
54 Austria 57 51
55 Honduras 72 38
55 New Zealand 58 53
57 Turkey 59 55
58 Uzbekistan 62 56
59 South Africa 73 58
60 Zambia 72 56
61 Guinea 78 56
62 Egypt 64 57
63 Slovakia 65 59
64 Israel 67 60
65 Finland 69 62
66 Armenia 71 64
67 Equatorial Guinea 72 65
68 Bolivia 68 61
69 Haiti 88 53
70 Libya 73 67
71 Cameroon 63 50
72 Togo 86 80
73 Iceland 75 70
74 Senegal 85 75
75 Poland 77 72
76 Jordan 76 71
77 Jamaica 82 75
78 Belarus 79 73
79 Morocco 85 73
80 Uganda 85 76
81 Gabon 88 73
82 Cuba 98 46
83 Sierra Leone 85 78
84 Congo DR 96 82
85 United Arab Emirates 88 82
86 Estonia 90 84
87 Trinidad and Tobago 95 57
88 Canada 101 56
89 Central African Republic 93 87
90 Congo 101 85
90 Dominican Republic 91 85
92 FYR Macedonia 94 89
93 Guatemala 96 87
94 El Salvador 100 57
95 Ethiopia 105 98
96 Angola 101 87
97 New Caledonia 97 90
98 Georgia 100 94
99 Oman 99 92
100 China PR 108 86
101 Iraq 107 102
102 Mozambique 125 96
103 Liberia 105 100
104 Lithuania 109 103
105 Saudi Arabia 110 105
106 Tajikistan 117 112
107 Niger 119 96
108 Malawi 120 100
109 Suriname 103 99
110 Kuwait 114 110
111 Northern Ireland 111 106
112 Korea DPR 112 107
112 Qatar 113 108
114 Zimbabwe 126 99
115 Benin 116 111
116 Botswana 110 90
117 Azerbaijan 118 113
118 Bahrain 120 115
119 Latvia 122 117
120 Burundi 137 119
121 Tanzania 132 114
122 Antigua and Barbuda 125 119
123 Grenada 127 121
123 Kenya 136 115
125 Cyprus 129 123
125 Moldova 129 123
127 Namibia 141 103
128 Guyana 132 126
129 Lebanon 124 118
130 Belize 144 58
131 Puerto Rico 133 128
132 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 134 130
133 Malta 135 131
134 Rwanda 140 121
134 Sudan 139 126
136 Turkmenistan 131 125
137 Kyrgyzstan 137 133
138 Thailand 139 134
139 St. Kitts and Nevis 140 135
140 Afghanistan 141 138
141 Luxembourg 142 139
141 St. Lucia 144 142
143 Syria 149 147
144 Philippines 143 141
145 Vietnam 158 155
146 India 147 145
147 Barbados 148 146
148 Hong Kong 145 144
148 Liechtenstein 150 148
150 Kazakhstan 151 149
151 Palestine 152 150
152 Bangladesh 160 157
153 Aruba 169 165
154 Maldives 154 152
154 Tahiti 156 153
156 Singapore 157 154
157 Bermuda 158 155
158 Nicaragua 160 157
159 Malaysia 163 160
160 Chad 162 159
161 Lesotho 170 144
162 Solomon Islands 153 151
163 Myanmar 166 163
164 Gambia 164 161
165 Dominica 164 161
166 Sao Tome e Principe 166 163
167 Pakistan 169 165
168 Indonesia 172 168
169 Nepal 173 169
170 Yemen 176 173
171 Sri Lanka 173 169
172 Mauritania 174 135
173 Laos 175 172
174 Faroe Islands 177 174
175 Chinese Taipei 178 175
176 Guam 179 176
177 Montserrat 181 178
178 Curacao 182 179
179 Swaziland 183 153
180 Guinea-Bissau 183 180
181 Bahamas 192 191
182 Brunei Darussalam 184 182
182 Mauritius 188 144
182 Timor-Leste 184 182
185 Madagascar 186 184
186 Mongolia 188 187
187 Samoa 189 188
187 US Virgin Islands 191 190
189 Tonga 190 189
189 Vanuatu 180 177
191 Comoros 193 192
191 Fiji 186 184
193 British Virgin Islands 198 198
194 Cayman Islands 193 192
195 American Samoa 195 194
196 Eritrea 196 195
197 Papua New Guinea 197 197
198 Cambodia 199 199
198 South Sudan 203 203
200 Seychelles 195 140
201 Somalia 200 200
202 Macau 201 201
203 Djibouti 202 202
204 Cook Islands 204 204
205 Andorra 205 205
206 Anguilla 206 206
207 Bhutan 207 207
207 San Marino 207 207
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 207 207

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5 comments:

  1. It is better idea to apprach best&worst ranking,which will be more easy&effective for readers.It will be good if you can keep both:min/max rank and points.Thanks for your good efforts Edgar.
    Tarek/jordan

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  2. Please bring back min. max points, Edgar !!

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  3. OK - I will implement your suggestions in my next update. Didn't know the min/max points could stir such emotions :)

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    1. Please do the min/max rankings as well if it's not too much work! I was gonna rely on those for the August rankings...

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