Friday, February 6, 2015

FIFA Ranking: February 2015 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 12 February.

Only 4 matches left. The final and 3rd place match of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and two friendlies.

This is how the points and rankings could change for the 8 teams involved:



Team - Min points - Max points - Worst rank - Best rank


Côte d'Ivoire 893 952 23 19
Ghana 840 913 28 20
USA 801 824 32 31
Congo DR 609 657 53 44
Equatorial Guinea 584 721 59 40
Panama 555 595 61 55
Afghanistan 181 194 144 142
Pakistan 55 85 179 171

In the table below I've used the minimum points for these teams.

Despite having 2 continental final tournaments this month, there's no best ever ranking for any of the teams involved. Granted, Equatorial Guinea have equaled their best ever ranking (and best ever move) and could climb higher with a good result tomorrow, but that's about it.

Best movers:

59 - Equatorial Guinea
37 - Australia
20 - Iraq

Equatorial Guinea could climb an extra 19 places should they defeat Congo DR. The Nzalang Nacional have equaled their best ever move - 59 places in July 2006.

Worst movers:

-35 - Libya
-17 - Qatar
-13 - Togo

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Congo
9 - Ghana and Iran
5 - Côte d'Ivoire and Cape Verde Islands

Worst movers in the top 50:

-10 - Zambia
-4 - USA, Iceland and Guinea
-3 - Tunisia and Cameroon

Costa Rica (13th) will improve their best ever ranking - 15 in August 2014.

Equatorial Guinea have returned to their best ever ranking, first achieved in April 2013.

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Kuwait (128 - 128 in November 2008)
Solomon Islands (184 - 184 in April 2012)

Gambia (169th) will drop to its worst ever ranking - 168 in October 2014.

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

Congo DR (at least 53 - 51 in September 2003) - 11 years and 5 months
Mauritania (123 - 123 in May 2008) - 6 years and 9 months
Turks and Caicos Islands (at least 176 - 174 in February 2010) - 5 years

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


Paraguay (79 - 81 in September 1995) - 19 years and 5 months
Korea DPR (152 - 173 in March 2000) - 14 years and 11 months
Honduras (77 - 81 in September 2006) - 8 years and 5 months
Russia (33 - 33 in October 2006) - 8 years and 4 months
New Zealand (136 - 156 in September 2007) - 7 years and 5 months

Iran will be ranked above Sweden for the first time in the last 9 years and 7 months.
Equatorial Guinea will be ranked above Australia, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Honduras, Paraguay and Venezuela for the first time ever.
Faroe Islands will be ranked above Qatar for the first time ever.

February 2015 rank - Team - February 2015 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
 
1 Germany 1729 0 4
2 Argentina 1534 0 -4
3 Colombia 1456 0 6
4 Belgium 1430 0 13
5 Netherlands 1385 0 11
6 Brazil 1333 0 17
7 Portugal 1189 0 29
8 France 1168 -1 8
9 Uruguay 1146 1 11
10 Spain 1144 -1 2
11 Switzerland 1117 1 26
12 Italy 1112 -1 9
13 Costa Rica 1074 3 79
14 Chile 1037 0 21
15 England 1028 -2 -4
16 Romania 1022 -1 8
17 Czech Republic 990 0 3
18 Algeria 981 0 33
19 Croatia 945 0 -1
20 Mexico 912 0 -1
21 Slovakia 903 0 12
22 Côte d'Ivoire 893 6 60
23 Austria 881 0 18
24 Greece 871 0 15
25 Tunisia 860 -3 -13
26 Ukraine 859 -1 5
27 Denmark 846 3 42
28 Ecuador 840 -2 -12
28 Ghana 840 9 126
30 Bosnia-Herzegovina 832 -1 15
31 Israel 805 1 17
32 USA 801 -5 -35
33 Russia 792 -2 3
34 Wales 764 0 16
35 Cape Verde Islands 756 5 63
36 Senegal 744 -1 10
37 Iceland 743 -4 -18
38 Scotland 738 -2 9
39 Serbia 723 -1 10
40 Poland 709 1 29
41 Iran 701 10 113
42 Nigeria 664 1 10
43 Guinea 662 -4 -44
44 Sweden 654 0 8
45 Cameroon 646 -3 -19
46 Slovenia 640 0 18
47 Hungary 634 -2 2
48 Congo 630 13 101
49 Northern Ireland 626 -2 11
50 Turkey 619 -2 15
51 Mali 613 -2 10
52 Congo DR 609 5 61
53 Korea Republic 608 16 121
54 Japan 605 0 42
55 South Africa 592 -3 5
56 Egypt 590 4 59
57 Gabon 585 5 58
58 Equatorial Guinea 584 60 324
59 Peru 566 -6 1
60 Zambia 556 -10 -38
61 Panama 555 -6 4
62 Trinidad and Tobago 551 -7 0
63 Albania 548 -5 5
63 Australia 548 37 219
65 Montenegro 537 -6 0
66 United Arab Emirates 529 14 121
67 Republic of Ireland 521 -2 2
68 Burkina Faso 513 -4 -10
69 Norway 512 -2 12
70 Bulgaria 506 -4 0
71 Uzbekistan 493 0 29
72 Rwanda 492 -4 -2
73 Finland 475 -3 7
74 Armenia 470 5 34
75 Togo 465 -13 -62
76 Uganda 464 1 23
77 Honduras 459 -5 -1
78 Haiti 454 -5 -4
79 Jamaica 440 -4 -9
79 Paraguay 440 -3 -2
79 Venezuela 440 8 69
82 China PR 429 14 90
82 Guatemala 429 -9 -29
84 Angola 391 -3 -13
85 Estonia 385 -2 3
86 Sierra Leone 382 -1 8
87 El Salvador 381 3 23
88 Morocco 378 -6 -15
89 Cyprus 376 -3 4
90 Mozambique 371 8 39
91 Oman 368 2 22
92 Bolivia 362 -8 -13
93 Malawi 361 -5 0
94 Iraq 360 20 91
95 Benin 359 -6 0
96 Lithuania 355 -5 0
97 Jordan 353 -4 7
98 Saudi Arabia 351 4 33
99 Antigua and Barbuda 344 -4 0
100 Latvia 342 -4 3
101 Belarus 331 -2 0
102 Ethiopia 323 7 29
103 Bahrain 322 7 30
104 FYR Macedonia 320 -3 -7
105 Botswana 317 1 9
105 Faroe Islands 317 -2 0
107 Tanzania 315 -3 0
108 Dominican Republic 310 -3 0
109 Qatar 305 -17 -42
110 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 300 11 44
111 Namibia 293 0 2
112 Sudan 288 -4 -8
113 Libya 281 -35 -156
114 Cuba 271 -1 0
115 Liberia 268 0 0
116 Kenya 266 1 4
117 Canada 264 -5 -23
118 Niger 263 1 4
119 St. Kitts and Nevis 258 1 0
119 Zimbabwe 258 -12 -43
121 Lebanon 254 1 3
121 Moldova 254 2 4
123 Mauritania 251 15 38
124 Burundi 249 4 22
125 Lesotho 243 -1 -2
126 Georgia 234 0 -5
126 Palestine 234 -11 -34
128 Kuwait 231 -3 -10
129 Luxembourg 225 -2 -5
130 Liechtenstein 223 2 4
131 Azerbaijan 222 5 7
132 Aruba 221 -3 0
132 Philippines 221 -3 0
132 Vietnam 221 1 3
135 Maldives 220 -4 0
136 New Zealand 216 -1 0
137 Tajikistan 215 -1 0
138 Guinea-Bissau 212 -5 -6
139 Kazakhstan 203 0 -2
140 St. Lucia 202 0 0
141 Myanmar 198 0 -2
142 Barbados 191 1 8
143 Thailand 184 1 2
144 Afghanistan 181 -2 -9
145 Central African Republic 178 0 0
146 Chad 177 0 5
147 Turkmenistan 170 0 4
148 Madagascar 166 -1 0
149 Malta 164 -2 -2
150 Syria 147 1 -9
151 Kyrgyzstan 146 1 0
152 Korea DPR 144 -2 -13
153 New Caledonia 143 0 1
154 Malaysia 142 0 3
155 Grenada 137 0 0
156 Singapore 136 1 3
157 Bangladesh 129 8 26
158 Indonesia 128 1 6
159 Hong Kong 127 -3 -7
160 Curaçao 125 -2 0
161 Laos 123 -1 2
162 Guam 119 -1 0
162 Puerto Rico 119 -1 0
164 Suriname 115 -1 0
165 Swaziland 103 -1 -10
166 Guyana 101 1 9
167 Belize 100 8 26
167 Tahiti 100 -1 0
169 Gambia 95 -1 5
170 Montserrat 86 -1 0
171 India 85 0 6
172 Sri Lanka 78 0 0
173 Comoros 75 0 0
173 Sao Tome e Principe 75 -3 -9
175 Turks and Caicos Islands 66 2 0
176 Nicaragua 61 -3 -14
176 Seychelles 61 2 0
178 Yemen 60 -2 -7
179 Bermuda 55 0 0
179 Dominica 55 5 3
179 Nepal 55 7 6
179 Pakistan 55 9 10
179 San Marino 55 0 0
184 Cambodia 53 -5 -2
184 Chinese Taipei 53 -2 -1
184 Solomon Islands 53 -1 0
187 Timor-Leste 51 -2 0
188 Macau 50 -2 1
189 South Sudan 43 0 0
190 Mauritius 36 0 0
191 Vanuatu 34 0 1
192 Fiji 30 0 0
192 Samoa 30 0 0
194 Mongolia 29 0 0
195 Bahamas 26 0 0
196 Tonga 17 0 0
197 US Virgin Islands 16 0 0
198 Brunei Darussalam 15 0 0
199 Papua New Guinea 13 0 0
200 American Samoa 12 0 0
201 Andorra 9 0 0
202 British Virgin Islands 8 0 0
202 Eritrea 8 0 0
204 Somalia 6 0 0
205 Cayman Islands 5 0 0
206 Cook Islands 4 0 0
206 Djibouti 4 0 0
208 Anguilla 2 0 0
209 Bhutan 0 0 0

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2 comments:

  1. Please let me know the details of the improvement of Bangladesh in Fifa ranking.

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