FIFA Ranking: January 2018 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 January.

20 matches left - most of them part of the Gulf Cup of Nations, a friendly and four group stage matches of the CHAN final tournament.

Also check the probable ranking.


Most points gained (worst case scenario):

77 - Tunisia
49 - Iceland
31 - El Salvador
30 - Croatia
28 - Trinidad and Tobago
17 - Ethiopia
16 - Australia
15 - Panama
15 - Equatorial Guinea
14 - Nicaragua
14 - Korea DPR

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-204 - Haiti
-124 - Suriname
-30 - Belize
-25 - Congo DR
-19 - Costa Rica
-19 - Togo
-16 - Honduras
-16 - Mali
-15 - Chile
-14 - Finland

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Palestine (at least 76 - 80 in December 2017)
Lebanon (at least 84 - 85 in December 2017)

Two will drop to new lows:

Israel (at most 99 - 98 in December 2017)
Togo (at most 126 - 125 in September 2014)

December 2017 rank - Country - December 2017 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Germany	1602	1602	1602
2	Brazil	1483	1483	1483
3	Portugal	1358	1358	1358
4	Argentina	1348	1348	1348
5	Belgium	1325	1325	1325
6	Spain	1231	1231	1231
7	Poland	1209	1209	1209
8	Switzerland	1190	1190	1190
9	France	1183	1183	1183
10	Chile	1162	1147	1147
11	Peru	1128	1128	1128
12	Denmark	1099	1099	1099
13	Colombia	1078	1078	1078
14	Italy	1052	1052	1052
15	England	1047	1047	1047
16	Mexico	1032	1032	1032
17	Croatia	1018	1048	1048
18	Sweden	998	1000	1000
19	Wales	985	985	985
20	Netherlands	952	952	952
21	Uruguay	924	924	924
22	Iceland	910	959	959
23	Senegal	884	875	875
24	Northern Ireland	867	867	867
24	USA	867	867	867
26	Costa Rica	850	831	831
27	Tunisia	838	915	915
28	Slovakia	817	817	817
29	Austria	815	815	815
30	Paraguay	812	812	812
31	Egypt	805	814	814
32	IR Iran	798	797	797
32	Republic of Ireland	798	798	798
32	Scotland	798	798	798
35	Ukraine	781	781	781
36	Serbia	756	756	756
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	753	753	753
38	Australia	747	763	763
39	Congo DR	740	715	715
40	Morocco	738	731	748
41	Romania	737	737	737
42	Turkey	735	735	735
43	Bulgaria	719	719	719
44	Burkina Faso	705	709	709
45	Cameroon	696	707	707
46	Montenegro	681	681	681
47	Greece	680	680	680
48	Czech Republic	677	677	677
49	Bolivia	674	674	674
50	Ghana	657	659	659
51	Nigeria	640	651	651
52	Venezuela	639	639	639
53	Hungary	630	630	630
54	Jamaica	625	625	625
55	Panama	621	636	636
56	Haiti	607	403	403
57	Japan	600	598	598
58	Algeria	588	585	585
59	Norway	573	572	572
60	Korea Republic	570	569	569
61	Côte d'Ivoire	562	544	561
62	Albania	553	553	553
63	Saudi Arabia	543	487	577
64	Russia	534	534	534
65	Guinea	532	510	523
66	Finland	531	517	517
67	Cape Verde Islands	530	530	530
68	Honduras	525	509	509
69	Slovenia	522	529	529
70	Ecuador	508	508	508
71	China PR	498	504	504
72	Mali	493	477	477
73	United Arab Emirates	476	399	493
74	Zambia	468	447	466
75	Uganda	448	446	464
76	FYR Macedonia	446	446	446
77	Syria	442	442	442
78	Uzbekistan	441	441	441
79	Iraq	438	369	439
80	Palestine	434	443	443
81	South Africa	433	436	436
82	Benin	427	427	427
83	Curaçao	407	407	407
83	Luxembourg	407	407	407
85	Lebanon	404	407	407
86	Guinea-Bissau	403	409	409
87	Trinidad and Tobago	402	430	430
88	Libya	399	382	402
89	Estonia	397	399	399
90	Armenia	383	383	383
91	Cyprus	373	373	373
92	Belarus	372	372	372
93	Gabon	370	372	372
94	Canada	369	371	371
95	Faroe Islands	364	364	364
96	Congo	362	369	369
97	Sierra Leone	360	360	360
98	Israel	355	355	355
99	Mauritania	354	340	381
100	El Salvador	352	383	383
101	Oman	351	283	382
102	Qatar	329	311	374
103	Zimbabwe	323	311	311
104	Georgia	322	322	322
105	India	320	333	333
106	Kenya	317	317	317
107	Jordan	313	298	324
108	Madagascar	309	309	309
108	Niger	309	311	311
110	Mozambique	304	310	310
111	St Kitts and Nevis	303	303	303
112	Vietnam	298	298	298
113	Rwanda	295	282	282
114	Turkmenistan	292	292	292
115	Bahrain	282	250	336
115	Kyrgyz Republic	282	282	282
117	Azerbaijan	281	281	281
118	Namibia	274	265	300
119	Nicaragua	273	287	287
120	Yemen	268	212	323
121	New Zealand	267	267	267
122	Togo	266	247	247
122	Central African Republic	266	266	266
124	Philippines	263	263	263
125	Malawi	260	260	260
126	Korea DPR	255	269	269
126	Tajikistan	255	255	255
128	Suriname	245	121	121
129	Guatemala	242	242	242
130	Thailand	236	236	236
131	Comoros	235	235	235
132	Latvia	233	233	233
133	Swaziland	225	228	228
134	Liberia	224	224	224
135	Chinese Taipei	223	223	223
136	Sudan	221	203	260
137	Kazakhstan	220	220	220
138	Andorra	215	215	215
139	Antigua and Barbuda	209	209	209
140	Myanmar	203	203	203
141	Angola	201	200	200
142	Burundi	197	197	197
143	Ethiopia	196	213	213
144	Hong Kong	189	189	189
145	Lesotho	188	188	188
146	Equatorial Guinea	187	202	202
147	Tanzania	182	182	182
148	Afghanistan	181	176	176
149	Lithuania	179	179	179
150	Botswana	172	172	172
151	Solomon Islands	152	152	152
152	Tahiti	149	149	149
153	South Sudan	148	148	148
154	New Caledonia	146	146	146
155	Maldives	144	154	154
155	Barbados	144	144	144
157	Vanuatu	141	141	141
158	Belize	135	105	105
159	Mauritius	134	134	134
160	Papua New Guinea	126	126	126
161	Grenada	125	125	125
162	Dominican Republic	121	121	121
162	Indonesia	121	121	121
164	Gambia	120	120	120
165	Guyana	117	117	117
166	Puerto Rico	112	112	112
167	Moldova	111	112	112
168	Chad	110	110	110
168	Dominica	110	110	110
168	Fiji	110	110	110
171	Nepal	102	115	115
172	Singapore	101	101	101
173	Cambodia	100	103	103
174	Malaysia	99	99	99
174	St Vincent and the Grenadines	99	99	99
174	St Lucia	99	99	99
177	Kosovo	97	97	97
178	São Tomé e Príncipe	94	94	94
179	Aruba	92	92	92
180	Cuba	91	88	88
181	Liechtenstein	86	86	86
182	Laos	82	82	82
183	Bermuda	72	72	72
184	Malta	66	66	66
185	Macau	65	65	65
186	Djibouti	64	64	64
187	Bhutan	55	57	57
187	Mongolia	55	55	55
189	Kuwait	52	64	383
190	Brunei Darussalam	45	45	45
191	Timor-Leste	44	44	44
192	Guam	43	43	43
192	Seychelles	43	43	43
194	American Samoa	38	38	38
194	Cook Islands	38	38	38
194	Samoa	38	38	38
197	Bangladesh	37	30	30
198	US Virgin Islands	26	26	26
199	Montserrat	20	20	20
200	Sri Lanka	16	16	16
201	Pakistan	15	15	15
202	Cayman Islands	13	13	13
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
204	San Marino	11	11	11
205	British Virgin Islands	6	6	6
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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