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Friday, July 18, 2014

FIFA Ranking: August 2014 probable ranking

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 14 August.

22 matches left to be played.

Of the teams involved in these matches, the one that could climb highest is Sierra Leone. They could climb to 43rd. This means the top 42 is already set.


Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Costa Rica (15 - 16 in July 2014)
Venezuela (29 - 30 in July 2014)

Some teams will reach their best ranking in the last couple of years:

Romania (27 - 26 in September 2009) - 4 years and 11 months
Senegal (at least 60 - 43 in January 2012) - 2 years and 7 months

Others will drop to their worst ever ranking in the last couple of years:

Australia (at most 77 - 89 in May 2004) - 10 years and 3 months
El Salvador (at most 124 - 131 in September 2008) - 5 years and 11 months
Chinese Taipei (at most 179 - 180 in April 2009) - 5 years and 4 months
Zambia (at most 81 - 83 in September 2011) - 2 years and 11 months

Costa Rica will be ranked above USA for the first time ever.
Venezuela will be ranked above Sweden for the first time ever.
Armenia will be ranked above Slovenia for the first time in the last 7 years.
Angola will be ranked above Zambia for the first time in the last 5 years and 4 months.

Probable August 2014 rank - Team - Probable August 2014 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Germany 1736 0 12
2 Argentina 1604 0 -2
3 Netherlands 1507 0 11
4 Colombia 1495 0 3
5 Belgium 1407 0 6
6 Uruguay 1316 0 -14
7 Brazil 1241 0 0
7 Spain 1241 1 12
9 Switzerland 1218 0 2
10 France 1212 0 10
11 Portugal 1152 0 4
12 Chile 1100 0 2
13 Greece 1092 0 1
14 Italy 1069 0 13
15 Costa Rica 1023 1 37
16 Croatia 964 1 9
17 Mexico 942 1 12
18 USA 937 -3 -52
19 Bosnia-Herzegovina 925 0 8
20 England 915 0 4
21 Ecuador 910 0 9
22 Ukraine 901 0 3
23 Russia 899 0 2
24 Algeria 880 0 8
25 Côte d'Ivoire 840 0 -10
26 Denmark 818 0 11
27 Romania 740 1 7
28 Scotland 738 -1 4
29 Sweden 724 0 0
29 Venezuela 724 1 4
31 Serbia 723 0 6
32 Turkey 711 0 -3
33 Nigeria 673 1 9
34 Hungary 656 4 14
35 Czech Republic 650 0 4
36 Armenia 648 5 13
36 Ghana 648 2 6
38 Egypt 645 -2 0
39 Slovenia 643 -2 -1
40 Austria 624 3 10
41 Wales 623 3 17
42 Tunisia 617 0 -4
43 Sierra Leone 597 21 128
44 Honduras 596 -4 -41
45 Japan 593 0 -11
46 Slovakia 584 0 -4
47 Iceland 573 0 3
48 Paraguay 564 0 -2
49 Iran 563 0 0
50 Montenegro 553 0 -6
51 Uzbekistan 528 1 5
52 Peru 522 7 35
53 Norway 512 0 -8
54 Cameroon 507 -1 -13
55 Finland 502 0 -6
56 Jordan 500 1 0
57 Korea Republic 499 -1 -2
58 Burkina Faso 493 0 -2
59 Senegal 491 3 15
60 Mali 488 0 5
61 Poland 482 0 4
62 Libya 475 1 4
63 Panama 474 -30 -210
64 Guinea 471 -13 -84
65 United Arab Emirates 464 0 -2
66 Republic of Ireland 448 4 8
67 Israel 439 0 -5
68 South Africa 438 -2 -12
69 Albania 437 -2 -7
70 Bolivia 434 1 5
71 Benin 433 20 79
72 Oman 430 -3 -13
73 Bulgaria 429 -1 4
74 Congo 416 8 41
75 Azerbaijan 413 -2 3
76 Cape Verde Islands 411 -1 10
77 Angola 408 2 31
78 FYR Macedonia 407 -4 1
79 Australia 391 -3 -6
80 Trinidad and Tobago 384 4 15
81 Morocco 381 -2 4
81 Uganda 381 6 23
83 Saudi Arabia 377 -5 -7
84 Zambia 375 -7 -21
85 Jamaica 373 -2 0
86 Kenya 372 9 33
87 Botswana 371 12 39
88 Togo 365 0 8
89 Belarus 363 -8 -13
89 Palestine 363 -4 1
91 Zimbabwe 358 7 24
92 Iraq 357 -3 1
93 Qatar 348 -7 -13
94 Congo DR 344 2 6
94 Estonia 344 -2 -1
96 Georgia 341 0 3
96 Northern Ireland 341 -7 -15
98 Gabon 337 -5 -7
99 China PR 334 -5 -8
100 New Zealand 330 1 0
101 Tanzania 327 5 40
102 Moldova 325 0 0
103 Latvia 324 0 10
104 Lithuania 306 0 -6
105 Bahrain 289 0 1
106 Luxembourg 288 2 10
107 Kuwait 280 0 -1
108 Ethiopia 275 2 2
109 Equatorial Guinea 270 2 0
110 Namibia 269 2 5
111 Lebanon 263 8 14
111 Sudan 263 4 7
113 Haiti 262 0 0
114 Niger 261 -15 -71
115 Liberia 260 0 4
116 Rwanda 258 -7 -18
117 Central African Republic 252 0 -1
117 Tajikistan 252 7 20
119 Canada 250 -1 0
120 Mozambique 243 -6 -14
121 Guinea-Bissau 242 15 43
122 Malawi 237 -1 3
123 Aruba 233 0 0
123 Cuba 233 -3 -12
125 Dominican Republic 230 0 0
126 El Salvador 223 -5 -11
127 Philippines 221 1 3
128 Afghanistan 217 1 0
128 Burundi 217 -2 -5
130 Kazakhstan 213 -3 -7
130 Suriname 213 1 0
132 Mauritania 204 1 -4
133 Guatemala 203 1 -1
133 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 203 2 0
135 New Caledonia 199 1 0
136 Turkmenistan 197 4 14
137 St. Lucia 195 1 0
138 Vietnam 192 -9 -25
139 Lesotho 190 -8 -23
140 Chad 184 0 1
140 Cyprus 184 -1 -9
142 Grenada 182 0 0
143 Madagascar 179 0 0
144 Kyrgyzstan 176 0 0
145 Maldives 174 0 3
146 Korea DPR 167 1 4
147 Syria 161 -1 -8
148 Gambia 157 0 -4
149 Antigua and Barbuda 156 0 4
150 India 143 1 -1
150 Malta 143 0 -3
152 Singapore 140 2 0
153 Guyana 136 2 0
153 Indonesia 136 0 -5
155 Malaysia 134 -4 -10
155 Puerto Rico 134 1 0
157 Thailand 126 0 -2
158 Swaziland 125 1 2
159 St. Kitts and Nevis 124 -1 0
160 Myanmar 121 0 -1
161 Hong Kong 118 1 4
162 Belize 117 -1 0
163 Guam 102 11 23
164 Pakistan 100 1 0
165 Montserrat 99 1 0
166 Nepal 95 -2 -7
167 Liechtenstein 94 0 1
168 Dominica 93 -1 0
169 Barbados 92 0 0
170 Bangladesh 87 -7 -16
171 Tahiti 85 0 0
172 Laos 84 -2 -3
173 Bermuda 83 0 0
173 Solomon Islands 83 2 5
175 Comoros 78 -3 -6
175 Nicaragua 78 0 0
177 Sao Tome e Principe 72 0 0
178 Sri Lanka 71 0 0
179 Chinese Taipei 70 -1 -1
180 Seychelles 68 2 4
181 Turks and Caicos Islands 66 0 0
182 Curacao 63 1 0
182 Mongolia 63 7 34
184 Faroe Islands 61 0 0
185 Yemen 59 -5 -11
186 South Sudan 43 0 0
187 Vanuatu 41 0 3
188 Mauritius 37 -3 -19
189 Fiji 31 -1 0
190 Samoa 28 0 0
190 US Virgin Islands 28 0 0
192 Bahamas 26 0 0
192 Brunei Darussalam 26 0 0
192 Timor-Leste 26 0 0
192 Tonga 26 0 0
196 Cayman Islands 21 0 0
197 American Samoa 18 0 0
198 Andorra 16 0 0
199 Papua New Guinea 14 0 0
200 British Virgin Islands 13 0 0
200 Cambodia 13 0 0
202 Eritrea 11 0 0
203 Somalia 8 0 0
204 Macau 7 0 0
205 Djibouti 6 0 0
206 Cook Islands 5 0 0
207 Anguilla 1 0 0
208 Bhutan 0 0 0
208 San Marino 0 0 0

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2 comments:

  1. England's ranking must be the lowest in some time. Perhaps since 2007/8 when they failed to qualify for Euro 2008?

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    1. Since May 1996 when they were 24th, England was always higher ranked than their current position 20. Even around 2007/8 they were never lower than 15th.

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