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Friday, December 2, 2016

FIFA Ranking: December 2016 preview

Most likely this will also be the final preview, as the top 121 is already set.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 22 December.


6 matches left - the KO stages of the AFF Championship.

This is how the points and ranks could change for these 10 teams:

Team - Minimum points - Maximum points - Worst rank - Best rank


Thailand 236 268 129 122
Vietnam 205 243 139 127
Myanmar 148 193 159 145
Indonesia 90 147 181 160

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

Best movers:

9 - Rwanda
7 - Myanmar
6 - Estonia

Myanmar could climb up to 21 spots.

Worst movers:

-27 - Cuba
-25 - Nicaragua
-11 - Antigua and Barbuda

 Best movers in the top 50:

1 - Iran, Australia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-1 - Ukraine, Tunisia, Congo DR, Nigeria, Slovenia
 
Three teams will fall to new lows:

Russia (56 - 55 in November 2016)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (at most 178 - 177 in November 2016)
Malta (183 - 182 in November 2016)

Argentina will keep the top spot and will be "Team of the Year", while France will be the "Best Mover of the Year" (based on points gained in the last 12 months)

Top 20 best movers


France 1305 868 437
Peru 965 644 321
Poland 1087 776 311
Guinea-Bissau 515 207 308
Brazil 1544 1251 293
Costa Rica 1041 759 282
Curaçao 467 192 275
Burkina Faso 617 381 236
Argentina 1634 1455 179
Saudi Arabia 605 432 173
Venezuela 581 408 173
Iran 814 653 161
St. Kitts and Nevis 443 289 154
Wales 1121 974 147
Montenegro 549 403 146
Croatia 1103 958 145
Kosovo 135 0 135
Colombia 1345 1211 134
Egypt 719 585 134
Chile 1404 1273 131

Bottom 20


Austria 773 1091 -318
Russia 592 895 -303
Cape Verde Islands 443 745 -302
Finland 368 663 -295
Romania 690 980 -290
Equatorial Guinea 293 498 -205
Spain 1166 1370 -204
Côte d'Ivoire 746 950 -204
Cuba 180 377 -197
Czech Republic 671 860 -189
Trinidad and Tobago 451 628 -177
Norway 422 591 -169
Ghana 611 778 -167
Gabon 308 468 -160
Algeria 692 845 -153
Cyprus 290 441 -151
Aruba 147 298 -151
Ecuador 890 1040 -150
Bolivia 359 500 -141
Congo 504 638 -134

December 2016 rank - Team - December 2016 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Argentina 1634 0 0
2 Brazil 1544 0 0
3 Germany 1433 0 0
4 Chile 1404 0 0
5 Belgium 1368 0 0
6 Colombia 1345 0 0
7 France 1305 0 0
8 Portugal 1229 0 0
9 Uruguay 1187 0 0
10 Spain 1166 0 0
11 Switzerland 1129 0 0
12 Wales 1121 0 0
13 England 1114 0 0
14 Croatia 1103 0 0
15 Poland 1087 0 -2
16 Italy 1083 0 0
17 Costa Rica 1041 0 0
18 Mexico 1012 0 0
19 Peru 965 0 0
20 Ecuador 890 0 0
21 Iceland 889 0 0
22 Netherlands 887 0 0
23 Republic of Ireland 858 0 0
24 Turkey 851 0 0
25 Slovakia 837 0 0
26 Hungary 826 0 0
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 825 0 0
28 USA 822 0 0
29 Iran 814 1 17
30 Ukraine 804 -1 0
31 Austria 773 0 0
32 Northern Ireland 767 0 0
33 Senegal 755 0 0
34 Côte d'Ivoire 746 0 8
35 Tunisia 738 -1 0
36 Egypt 719 0 0
37 Korea Republic 699 0 0
38 Algeria 692 0 0
39 Romania 690 0 0
40 Paraguay 684 0 0
41 Sweden 675 0 0
42 Greece 674 0 0
43 Czech Republic 671 0 0
44 Serbia 647 0 0
45 Japan 644 0 0
46 Denmark 643 0 0
47 Australia 641 1 5
48 Congo DR 638 -1 0
49 Albania 618 0 0
50 Burkina Faso 617 0 1
51 Nigeria 616 -1 0
51 Slovenia 616 -1 0
53 Ghana 611 0 0
54 Saudi Arabia 605 2 16
55 Israel 595 -1 0
56 Russia 592 -1 0
57 Morocco 587 0 0
58 Panama 584 0 0
59 Venezuela 581 0 0
60 South Africa 569 0 -2
60 Mali 569 1 0
62 Uzbekistan 563 0 5
63 Montenegro 549 0 0
64 United Arab Emirates 542 0 5
65 Cameroon 534 0 0
66 Benin 531 0 5
67 Scotland 524 0 0
68 Guinea-Bissau 515 0 0
69 Guinea 507 2 7
70 Congo 504 0 0
71 Bulgaria 492 1 0
72 Uganda 490 1 2
73 Haiti 489 -4 -16
74 Belarus 470 0 0
75 Curaçao 467 0 0
75 Honduras 467 1 6
77 Jamaica 463 -1 2
78 Trinidad and Tobago 451 0 -3
79 Guatemala 450 0 0
80 Cape Verde Islands 443 0 0
80 St. Kitts and Nevis 443 0 0
82 China PR 427 1 4
83 Faroe Islands 422 1 0
83 Norway 422 1 0
85 Libya 417 1 0
86 Armenia 412 1 0
87 Qatar 411 1 2
88 Kenya 395 1 -2
89 Azerbaijan 386 1 0
90 Togo 385 1 11
91 Zambia 374 0 0
92 Rwanda 373 9 37
93 Antigua and Barbuda 370 -11 -63
94 Finland 368 -1 0
95 Bolivia 359 0 0
96 Syria 355 -2 -8
96 Sierra Leone 355 0 -2
98 Kazakhstan 354 -1 0
99 Namibia 347 -1 0
100 Swaziland 343 0 0
101 Liberia 338 2 11
102 Zimbabwe 334 0 0
103 Malawi 330 0 3
104 Central African Republic 325 1 0
105 Lithuania 324 1 0
105 Jordan 324 4 11
107 Mozambique 319 1 -1
108 Mauritania 317 -1 -5
109 New Zealand 311 1 0
110 Gabon 308 1 0
111 Latvia 304 1 0
112 Botswana 296 1 0
112 Ethiopia 296 3 5
114 Equatorial Guinea 293 0 0
115 Cyprus 290 1 0
116 Estonia 285 6 19
117 Canada 282 1 0
118 Georgia 281 1 0
119 Iraq 278 1 -1
120 Philippines 273 -3 -16
121 Oman 272 1 6
122 Kyrgyzstan 265 2 0
123 Bahrain 264 4 5
124 Nicaragua 262 -25 -84
125 Korea DPR 257 -4 -17
126 Niger 246 2 0
127 Dominican Republic 242 -1 -21
128 Thailand 236 1 1
129 Tajikistan 231 2 0
130 Luxembourg 230 2 0
131 Palestine 229 2 7
132 Guyana 221 3 0
133 Madagascar 220 3 0
134 India 217 3 0
134 Sudan 217 6 12
136 El Salvador 216 2 0
137 Burundi 213 -4 -9
138 Hong Kong 210 2 5
139 Vietnam 205 -10 -30
139 Comoros 205 0 -1
141 Lesotho 202 1 0
142 Turkmenistan 200 1 0
143 Angola 199 1 0
144 Puerto Rico 194 1 0
145 Mauritius 191 0 -3
146 Afghanistan 189 1 0
147 Lebanon 186 1 1
148 Tahiti 184 1 0
148 Yemen 184 1 0
150 Suriname 183 1 0
151 Cuba 180 -26 -84
152 Chad 179 0 0
153 São Tomé e Príncipe 177 0 0
154 Maldives 174 0 9
155 Barbados 163 0 0
156 Tanzania 154 4 8
157 Chinese Taipei 153 1 4
158 Grenada 150 -1 0
159 Myanmar 148 7 17
160 Aruba 147 -1 0
161 Malaysia 143 -5 -15
162 FYR Macedonia 142 0 4
163 Belize 141 -2 0
164 Moldova 138 -2 0
165 Kosovo 135 0 0
165 Singapore 135 -3 -3
167 Laos 134 0 4
168 South Sudan 123 1 0
168 New Caledonia 123 1 0
170 Papua New Guinea 122 1 0
171 Kuwait 120 1 3
172 Cambodia 118 -4 -11
173 Dominica 113 0 3
174 Gambia 106 0 0
174 Vanuatu 106 0 0
176 Bhutan 103 0 0
176 St. Lucia 103 4 8
178 Fiji 102 -1 0
178 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 102 -1 0
180 Nepal 96 1 6
181 Indonesia 90 -2 -10
182 Guam 89 3 8
183 Malta 85 -1 0
184 Macau 82 0 0
185 Bangladesh 81 -2 -3
186 Seychelles 78 0 -1
187 Bermuda 77 0 0
188 Solomon Islands 76 -1 0
189 Liechtenstein 75 0 0
190 Brunei Darussalam 74 0 0
191 American Samoa 64 0 0
191 Cook Islands 64 0 0
191 Samoa 64 0 0
191 Timor-Leste 64 0 0
195 Sri Lanka 44 0 0
195 US Virgin Islands 44 0 0
197 Pakistan 40 0 0
198 Mongolia 38 0 0
199 Montserrat 30 0 0
200 Cayman Islands 21 0 0
201 Turks and Caicos Islands 20 0 0
202 San Marino 17 0 0
203 Andorra 12 0 0
204 British Virgin Islands 11 0 0
205 Anguilla 0 0 0
205 Bahamas 0 0 0
205 Djibouti 0 0 0
205 Eritrea 0 0 0
205 Gibraltar 0 0 0
205 Somalia 0 0 0
205 Tonga 0 0 0

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