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Friday, October 13, 2017

FIFA Ranking: October 2017 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 16 October.

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Best movers:

22 - Turkmenistan
19 - Latvia
18 - Austria, FYR Macedonia

Worst movers:

-25 - Ecuador, Lithuania
-23 - Azerbaijan
-19 - Antigua and Barbuda

Best movers in the top 50:

18 - Austria
14 - Scotland
12 - Czech Republic

Worst movers in the top 50:

-25 - Ecuador
-17 - Montenegro
-9 - Iran

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Peru (10 - 12 in September 2017)
Palestine (84 - 85 in July 2014)
Comoros (127 - 139 in November 2016)
Chinese Taipei (143 - 144 in August 2006)

One will return to its best ever ranking:

Luxembourg (93 - 93 in April 1996) - after 21 years and 6 months

One will return to its worst ever ranking:

Pakistan (201 - 201 in May 2017)

Four will drop to new lows:

Russia (65 - 64 in September 2017)
Lithuania (145 - 139 in April 2016)
Singapore (173 - 171 in August 2017)
Kuwait (186 - 181 in September 2017)

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

Macau (180 - 180 in March 2002) - 15 years and 7 months
Lebanon (100 - 98 in August 2002) - 15 years and 2 months
China PR (57 - 54 in August 2005) - 12 years and 2 months
Bulgaria (36 - 30 in March 2010) - 7 years and 7 months
Yemen (112 - 107 in September 2010) - 7 years and 1 month
Denmark (19 - 18 in October 2012) - 5 years
Iraq (80 - 80 in October 2012) - 5 years

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

Botswana (147 - 153 in December 2001) - 15 years and 10 months
Côte d'Ivoire (61 - 64 in August 2004) - 13 years and 2 months
Ethiopia (151 - 151 in December 2004) - 12 years and 10 months
Algeria (67 - 72 in May 2009) - 8 years and 5 months
Slovenia (68 - 73 in October 2008) - 9 years
Dominican Republic (163 - 172 in June 2011) - 6 years and 4 months
Bosnia and Herzegovina (40 - 41 in July 2011) - 6 years and 3 months
Ecuador (60 - 69 in September 2011) - 6 years and 1 month
Guam (191 - 194 in July 2012) - 5 years and 3 months
Colombia (13 - 22 in September 2012) - 5 years and 1 month

October 2017 rank - Team - October 2017 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Germany 1631 0 25
2 Brazil 1619 0 29
3 Portugal 1446 0 60
4 Argentina 1445 0 120
5 Belgium 1333 0 68
6 Poland 1323 0 73
7 France 1226 1 18
8 Spain 1218 3 34
9 Chile 1173 0 -22
10 Peru 1160 2 57
11 Switzerland 1134 -4 -76
12 England 1116 3 60
13 Colombia 1095 -3 -96
14 Wales 1072 -1 -17
15 Italy 1066 2 31
16 Mexico 1060 -2 -25
17 Uruguay 1034 -1 -9
18 Croatia 1013 0 36
19 Denmark 1001 7 153
20 Netherlands 931 9 112
21 Iceland 920 1 -11
22 Costa Rica 914 -1 -22
23 Northern Ireland 889 -3 -56
24 Slovakia 885 -5 -82
25 Sweden 872 -2 -46
26 Republic of Ireland 866 8 97
27 USA 843 1 15
28 Tunisia 834 3 24
29 Scotland 821 14 119
30 Egypt 818 0 3
30 Ukraine 818 -6 -70
32 Senegal 815 1 41
33 Turkey 807 -6 -35
34 Iran 784 -9 -81
35 Congo DR 751 7 42
36 Bulgaria 750 2 11
36 Paraguay 750 3 12
38 Serbia 748 -6 -41
39 Austria 745 18 113
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 744 -4 -17
41 Nigeria 721 3 25
42 Cameroon 718 3 29
43 Australia 714 7 52
44 Japan 711 -4 -26
45 Romania 705 -4 -9
46 Czech Republic 699 12 69
47 Greece 682 0 17
48 Morocco 680 8 45
49 Panama 670 11 52
50 Bolivia 664 -4 -2
51 Venezuela 663 17 138
52 Ghana 651 0 5
53 Hungary 642 6 13
54 Montenegro 640 -17 -109
55 Burkina Faso 639 -6 -24
56 Haiti 627 -8 -37
57 China PR 626 5 62
58 Norway 620 15 148
59 Jamaica 614 2 7
60 Ecuador 608 -25 -159
61 Côte d'Ivoire 600 -7 -37
62 Korea Republic 588 -11 -71
63 Saudi Arabia 576 -10 -65
64 Cape Verde Islands 568 3 20
65 Russia 563 -1 5
66 Guinea 552 -1 -2
67 Algeria 540 -5 -24
68 Slovenia 524 -13 -112
69 Honduras 510 5 43
70 Uganda 503 1 17
71 Albania 498 -5 -53
72 Mali 488 4 24
72 United Arab Emirates 488 0 8
74 Finland 473 13 69
74 South Africa 473 6 50
76 Uzbekistan 470 -7 -41
77 Syria 450 -2 -15
77 Zambia 450 1 2
79 Benin 438 9 38
80 Estonia 429 4 16
80 Iraq 429 8 29
82 Israel 420 0 0
83 Trinidad and Tobago 419 16 58
84 Palestine 418 7 29
85 FYR Macedonia 410 18 82
86 Cyprus 409 -16 -78
87 Libya 407 -6 -15
88 Guinea-Bissau 403 6 22
89 Curaçao 402 -3 -3
90 Armenia 392 -7 -22
91 Belarus 391 -14 -63
92 Gabon 384 -13 -46
93 Luxembourg 368 8 25
94 Congo 367 1 -11
95 Faroe Islands 363 -2 -21
96 Canada 361 0 -7
97 El Salvador 360 2 -1
97 Qatar 360 -12 -46
99 Sierra Leone 358 -2 -8
100 Lebanon 352 15 72
101 Mauritania 346 -3 -19
102 Kenya 345 -14 -55
103 India 340 4 24
104 Madagascar 332 -3 -11
105 Zimbabwe 329 0 3
106 Niger 324 0 -1
107 Georgia 306 -4 -22
108 Nicaragua 303 1 -4
108 St. Kitts and Nevis 303 6 17
110 Oman 300 2 8
111 Mozambique 299 -3 -10
112 Yemen 297 16 50
113 Jordan 281 -3 -24
114 Turkmenistan 279 22 58
115 Azerbaijan 273 -23 -115
116 Philippines 272 7 13
117 Malawi 271 -1 -7
118 Rwanda 268 0 -5
119 Central African Republic 266 8 15
120 Kyrgyz Republic 265 2 5
121 Vietnam 261 9 20
122 New Zealand 256 -9 -33
123 Tajikistan 255 17 42
124 Togo 253 -3 -10
125 Bahrain 251 -7 -22
125 Suriname 251 -14 -52
127 Comoros 237 14 33
128 Guatemala 234 3 -1
129 Burundi 233 0 -12
129 Latvia 233 19 51
129 Namibia 233 3 0
132 Korea DPR 232 -8 -26
133 Equatorial Guinea 231 2 7
133 Kazakhstan 231 -7 -23
135 Liberia 230 -2 0
136 Antigua and Barbuda 227 -19 -49
136 Tanzania 227 -11 -29
138 Thailand 225 -1 6
139 Angola 223 -2 4
140 Swaziland 219 -1 2
141 Sudan 218 -7 -10
142 Hong Kong 211 5 23
143 Chinese Taipei 200 8 25
144 Andorra 191 0 0
145 Lithuania 190 -25 -76
146 Lesotho 189 -3 -4
147 Botswana 185 -1 -5
148 Tahiti 181 1 0
149 Chad 178 4 10
150 New Caledonia 177 -8 -19
151 Ethiopia 175 -7 -16
152 Solomon Islands 173 3 20
153 South Sudan 172 -3 -5
154 Afghanistan 168 4 21
155 Myanmar 166 -3 -6
156 Maldives 144 -2 -12
157 Grenada 141 2 0
158 Mauritius 137 3 1
159 Papua New Guinea 130 6 0
160 Barbados 128 10 13
161 Belize 125 7 7
162 Laos 122 4 -4
163 Dominican Republic 121 -3 -19
164 Gambia 120 0 -11
165 Guyana 117 -9 -31
165 Indonesia 117 4 1
167 Moldova 112 -11 -36
167 Puerto Rico 112 -4 -20
169 Dominica 111 2 0
170 Cambodia 110 2 0
170 Malaysia 110 -4 -16
172 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 104 1 -3
173 Singapore 100 -11 -34
174 St. Lucia 97 4 3
175 Fiji 95 2 0
176 Nepal 94 -1 -7
176 São Tomé e Príncipe 94 0 -4
178 Aruba 92 1 0
179 Cuba 83 1 -5
180 Macau 74 2 2
181 Bermuda 72 1 0
182 Malta 69 9 25
183 Kosovo 67 1 0
184 Brunei Darussalam 65 2 3
185 Djibouti 64 0 0
186 Kuwait 58 -5 -17
187 Liechtenstein 54 0 -2
188 Seychelles 51 2 3
188 Vanuatu 51 0 0
190 Bhutan 50 -16 -52
191 Guam 46 -2 -4
192 Timor-Leste 42 0 2
193 American Samoa 38 0 0
193 Cook Islands 38 0 0
193 Samoa 38 0 0
196 Bangladesh 33 0 -2
197 Mongolia 30 0 0
198 Sri Lanka 27 0 -2
199 US Virgin Islands 26 0 0
200 Montserrat 20 0 0
201 Pakistan 15 -1 -5
202 Cayman Islands 13 0 0
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 0 0
204 San Marino 10 0 0
205 British Virgin Islands 6 0 0
206 Anguilla 0 0 0
206 Bahamas 0 0 0
206 Eritrea 0 0 0
206 Gibraltar 0 0 0
206 Somalia 0 0 0
206 Tonga 0 0 0

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6 comments:

  1. Wrong. India with 328 points will be ranked 105 behind Zimbabwe.

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  2. Seems India's win against Macao on 11th October has not been taken into account for calculation of October ranking by FIFA.

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    1. It had to be taken and it had already been taken into account. You have doubt about a little improvement in India's ranking. That is because Macau is far behind India. If india wins against a team worse than Macau (say Pakistan, rank 201), India will go down even after a win! That is the method of ranking.

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    2. India was supposed to have 340 points, not 328. Where have those 12 points gone?

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  3. India's win was indeed not taken into account, although FIFA do display the match points gained by India for this qualifier.

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  4. what ranking is the philippines?




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