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Monday, June 4, 2018

FIFA ranking: June 2018 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking this Thursday June 7th. 

Best movers:

21 - Azerbaijan
14 - Papua New Guinea
13 - El Salvador, New Zealand

Worst movers:

-18 - Guyana

-17 - Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyzstan



Best movers in the top 50:

6 - Venezuela

4 - Australia, Bulgaria

Worst movers in the top 50:


-8 - Scotland
-7 - Tunesia
-5 - Ukraine

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:


Syria (73 - 74 in March 2018)
Lebanon (79 - 82 in February 2018)
Kosovo (141 - 152 in April 2018)
Gibraltar (195 - 196 in April 2018)

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Russia (70 - 66 in April 2018)
Moldova (175 - 173 in October 2016)


June 2018 rank - Team - June 2018 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Germany 1558 0 14
2 Brazil 1431 0 47
3 Belgium 1298 0 -48
4 Portugal 1274 0 -32
5 Argentina 1241 0 -13
6 Switzerland 1199 0 20
7 France 1198 0 32
8 Poland 1183 2 55
9 Chile 1135 0 -11
10 Spain 1126 -2 -36
11 Peru 1125 0 19
12 Denmark 1051 0 -3
12 England 1051 1 11
14 Uruguay 1018 3 42
15 Mexico 989 0 -19
16 Colombia 986 0 -3
17 Netherlands 981 2 12
18 Wales 953 3 22
19 Italy 951 1 4
20 Croatia 945 -2 -30
21 Tunisia 910 -7 -102
22 Iceland 908 0 -22
23 Costa Rica 884 2 26
24 Sweden 880 -1 -9
25 USA 873 -1 -7
26 Austria 845 0 4
27 Senegal 838 1 13
28 Slovakia 804 1 18
29 Northern Ireland 803 -2 -34
30 Romania 782 2 45
31 Republic of Ireland 777 0 1
32 Paraguay 773 0 36
33 Venezuela 755 6 46
34 Serbia 751 1 19
35 Ukraine 733 -5 -44
36 Australia 718 4 18
37 Iran 708 -1 -19
38 Congo DR 706 0 -5
38 Turkey 706 -1 -8
40 Bosnia-Herzegovina 693 1 5
41 Morocco 686 1 5
42 Scotland 660 -8 -75
43 Montenegro 652 0 -19
44 Greece 650 0 -7
45 Egypt 649 1 13
46 Czech Republic 641 -1 -6
47 Ghana 624 3 21
48 Nigeria 618 -1 -17
49 Cameroon 614 1 11
49 Bulgaria 614 4 31
51 Hungary 612 -2 8
52 Burkina Faso 604 2 22
53 Norway 596 -5 -12
54 Jamaica 588 -2 1
55 Panama 571 0 -3
56 Slovenia 558 9 63
57 Korea Republic 544 4 24
58 Albania 538 -2 -11
59 Bolivia 536 -2 -12
60 Ecuador 524 3 18
61 Japan 521 -1 -7
62 Honduras 503 -3 -27
63 Finland 486 -1 -21
64 Mali 484 3 22
65 Cape Verde Islands 478 -7 -67
66 Algeria 474 -2 -25
67 Saudi Arabia 465 0 3
68 Cote d'Ivoire 463 1 5
68 Guinea 463 2 13
70 Russia 457 -4 -36
71 FYR Macedonia 451 6 29
72 El Salvador 442 13 50
73 Syria 440 3 17
74 South Africa 428 -2 -4
75 China PR 423 -2 -8
76 Zambia 420 2 8
77 United Arab Emirates 418 4 13
78 Belarus 417 1 7
79 Canada 411 1 4
79 Lebanon 411 3 7
81 Curacao 408 -10 -31
82 Uganda 403 -8 -23
83 Congo 393 6 15
84 Oman 391 3 8
85 Gabon 390 5 16
85 Luxembourg 390 -2 -11
87 Cyprus 384 -1 -2
88 Benin 379 -4 -18
89 Iraq 377 2 5
90 Faroe Islands 376 3 12
91 Trinidad and Tobago 370 1 4
92 Kyrgyzstan 363 -17 -61
93 Israel 362 5 15
94 Estonia 359 -1 -5
95 Uzbekistan 354 -7 -27
96 Georgia 352 -1 -10
97 India 350 0 -4
98 Qatar 348 3 9
99 Palestine 340 -3 -17
100 Armenia 338 -2 -9
101 Libya 336 -1 -5
102 Vietnam 334 0 0
103 Niger 323 6 24
104 Haiti 322 4 20
105 Azerbaijan 321 21 76
106 Madagascar 308 8 24
107 Mauritania 304 -2 -10
108 Korea DPR 303 2 6
108 Central African Republic 303 7 20
110 Jordan 296 8 24
111 Sierra Leone 292 -8 -40
112 Kenya 291 -1 2
113 Mozambique 282 -7 -29
113 Bahrain 282 3 1
115 Philippines 280 -4 -9
116 Namibia 277 -9 -31
117 Kazakhstan 273 0 0
118 Zimbabwe 265 -5 -22
119 Tajikistan 264 1 -2
120 New Zealand 256 13 27
121 Guinea-Bissau 255 -17 -75
122 Thailand 248 0 -5
123 Malawi 247 -4 -22
123 Chinese Taipei 247 -2 -16
125 Togo 241 3 -1
126 Antigua and Barbuda 239 -2 -12
126 Lithuania 239 7 10
128 Sudan 232 -2 -13
129 Latvia 230 10 13
130 Turkmenistan 229 -2 -13
130 Andorra 229 2 -1
132 Nicaragua 228 4 4
133 Yemen 227 -9 -24
134 Swaziland 222 -3 -18
135 St. Kitts and Nevis 218 -5 -23
136 Rwanda 216 -13 -36
137 Angola 209 1 -12
138 Myanmar 206 -3 -21
139 Botswana 205 3 10
140 Tanzania 200 -3 -23
141 Kosovo 197 11 33
142 Hong Kong 195 2 1
143 Equatorial Guinea 190 2 0
143 Solomon Islands 190 10 28
145 Afghanistan 188 -5 -11
146 Guatemala 180 -5 -18
147 Lesotho 175 3 3
148 Burundi 174 -2 -14
149 Comoros 172 -7 -23
150 Maldives 171 -2 -12
151 Ethiopia 166 -5 -22
152 Dominican Republic 162 -3 -13
153 Suriname 154 1 14
154 New Caledonia 150 2 15
155 Mauritius 140 6 16
156 South Sudan 132 1 2
157 Tahiti 130 5 13
158 Liberia 129 -7 -38
159 Kuwait 128 1 2
160 Barbados 127 -2 -2
161 Nepal 118 3 7
162 Vanuatu 117 -7 -19
163 Belize 115 6 8
164 Indonesia 111 0 0
165 Fiji 104 2 -6
166 Cambodia 103 4 -2
166 Papua New Guinea 103 14 25
168 Grenada 102 -5 -11
169 Singapore 99 3 -3
170 St. Lucia 95 4 0
171 Malaysia 93 0 -11
172 Gambia 92 3 -2
173 Puerto Rico 89 -14 -39
173 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 89 3 -2
175 Moldova 88 -2 -10
175 Chad 88 -7 -20
177 Dominica 86 0 0
178 Bermuda 82 0 0
178 Laos 82 1 2
180 Liechtenstein 80 1 3
181 Cuba 75 1 0
182 Guyana 73 -18 -38
183 Bhutan 68 1 0
184 Malta 65 1 3
185 Macau 60 1 0
186 Sao Tomé e Príncipe 51 1 -8
186 Mongolia 51 2 0
188 Aruba 48 -6 -27
188 Seychelles 48 6 11
190 Guam 45 -1 0
190 Timor-Leste 45 0 1
192 American Samoa 38 -1 0
192 Cook Islands 38 -1 0
194 Bangladesh 35 3 2
195 Brunei Darussalam 34 0 -2
195 Gibraltar 34 1 0
197 Samoa 32 -6 -6
197 Djibouti 32 1 5
199 US Virgin Islands 18 0 0
200 Sri Lanka 17 0 0
201 Pakistan 10 2 0
202 Cayman Islands 9 2 0
203 San Marino 8 2 0
204 Montserrat 4 -4 -13
204 British Virgin Islands 4 2 0
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 -4 -13
206 Bahamas 0 1 0
206 Tonga 0 1 0
206 Eritrea 0 1 0
206 Somalia 0 1 0
206 Anguilla 0 1 0

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14 comments:

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  2. Guys, the deadline for matches counting for the June ranking is June 4th. India-Kenya (and the rest) will count for the July ranking.

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    1. Thanks Ed. But the match between India and Kenya along with many other were played on 4th June itself. Wont it be counted? Also why won't Georgia fell in rankings after their loss against Malta. Malta is ranked near about 180 and Georgia at 96.

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    2. All matches played on June 4th (yesterday) and today and later this week will not count for the June ranking but for the July ranking. Only matches played before June 4th will count for the June ranking.
      Georgia-Malta on June 1st ended in a 1:0 WIN for Georgia.

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    3. But today Fifa rankings list matches after june 4th for the june ranking, maybe you are mistaken?

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    4. I only see the June FIFA ranking just published today: India on spot 97 with 350 points. I think that's what I wrote above.
      What's your point ?

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    5. If you checked the Fifa rankings website (India section) , it seems they also included the India-Kenya friendly (which happened on june 4th) into the June Rankings, and you said that matches played on June 4th and further are not included.The same thing happened with many matches of other teams that held after june 4th. I wonder if they're actually still counted for the June rankings calculation?

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    6. Ah, that's where you were looking. Well, I can only say that's just plain wrong from FIFA. They are contradicting themselves. If IND-KEN would have been included in the June ranking India would have had 353 points instead of the 350 points FIFA publishes in their own June ranking !
      In the meantime I've compared my ranking above with FIFA's: the only difference I found was caused by the match BHR-PLE, played on 7 June 2017. According to me this match should be counting for the first timeframe (BHR 282 and PLE 340 points). FIFA has wrongfully assigned this match to the second timeframe (BHR 289 and PLE 347 points). This is very strange because all other 12 matches played on that day are all assigned to the first timeframe, as it should be.

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  3. I don't really understand this technique of ranking teams. Austria who defeats Germany in a friendly match remains in the same position while teams that have had no matches or even lost still climbs up significantly !?

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  4. I suggest to read the calculation procedure and keep in mind it is all about averages: sum of points per year divided by number of matches per year.

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  5. Rankings are not that accurate. England wod beat at least 3 above them.

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  6. Geez Moldova will be ranked below Liechtenstein in July...the former will have 72 points while the latter will have 74...

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