Thursday, November 22, 2018

FIFA ranking: November 2018 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking next Thursday November 29th. Only four matches to be played until then: the final round of the group stage of the South East Asian Championship 2018 this weekend.

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

     min pts     low pos     max pts    high pos
Malaysia 979 170 984 167
Myanmar 1085 139 1090 138
Vietnam 1219 103 1224 100
Cambodia 970 172 975 172
Indonesia 1000 162 1005 159
Philippines 1173 115 1178 113
Thailand 1156 122 1161 118
Singapore 991 165 996 163

In the table below I've used their current points and positions.


Best movers:
8 - Sudan
7 - Gambia, Morocco


Worst movers:
-7 - Benin, Russia
-6 - Madagascar


Best movers in the top 50:
7 - Morocco
6 - Serbia, Czech Republic


Worst movers in the top 50:
-7 - Russia
-5 - Montenegro
-4 - Tunisia


One team will improve their best ever ranking:
Kosovo (131 - 137 in October 2018)


One team returns to their best ever ranking:
Senegal (23 in November 2017)


One team returns to their lowest ranking:
US Virgin Islands (202 in February 2008)


One team will drop to new lows:
San Marino (211 - 209 in October 2018)


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

1 Belgium 1727 0 -6,0
2 France 1726 0 -6,0
3 Brazil 1676 0 7,0
4 Croatia 1634 0 -1,0
5 England 1631 0 12,0
6 Portugal 1614 1 -2,0
7 Uruguay 1609 -1 -8,0
8 Switzerland 1599 0 1,0
9 Spain 1591 0 -3,0
10 Denmark 1589 0 5,0
11 Argentina 1582 1 9,0
12 Colombia 1575 -1 0,0
13 Chile 1565 0 -3,0
14 Sweden 1560 3 12,0
14 Netherlands 1560 1 10,0
16 Germany 1558 -2 3,0
17 Mexico 1540 -1 -9,0
18 Italy 1539 1 6,0
19 Wales 1525 -1 -13,0
20 Poland 1518 1 -5,0
20 Peru 1518 0 -12,0
22 Austria 1509 2 7,0
23 Senegal 1505 2 4,0
24 Romania 1501 2 10,0
25 USA 1497 -2 -9,0
26 Tunisia 1493 -4 -22,0
27 Slovakia 1483 1 0,0
28 Ukraine 1482 -1 -8,0
29 Iran 1481 1 3,0
29 Serbia 1481 6 10,0
31 Venezuela 1478 -2 -1,0
32 Paraguay 1476 -1 -1,0
33 Republic of Ireland 1474 0 1,0
34 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1472 -2 -4,0
35 Northern Ireland 1465 -1 -7,0
36 Costa Rica 1464 1 12,0
37 Iceland 1452 -1 -6,0
38 Scotland 1446 2 11,0
39 Turkey 1443 -1 -6,0
40 Morocco 1440 7 18,0
41 Australia 1436 1 4,0
42 Czech Republic 1435 6 15,0
43 Greece 1428 -1 -4,0
44 Nigeria 1427 0 -4,0
44 Montenegro 1427 -5 -13,0
46 Bulgaria 1425 -1 -3,0
46 Norway 1425 2 5,0
48 Russia 1424 -7 -9,0
49 Congo DR 1420 -3 -3,0
50 Japan 1414 0 5,0
51 Hungary 1412 4 12,0
51 Ghana 1412 1 5,0
53 Korea Republic 1405 0 4,0
54 Jamaica 1404 -1 3,0
55 Cameroon 1394 -4 -14,0
56 Egypt 1393 2 15,0
57 Ecuador 1382 4 11,0
58 Finland 1378 -2 -14,0
59 Bolivia 1374 0 -2,0
60 Albania 1372 0 0,0
61 Burkina Faso 1371 -4 -19,0
62 Slovenia 1369 0 2,0
62 Honduras 1369 0 2,0
64 Mali 1363 2 11,0
65 Cote d'Ivoire 1356 -1 0,0
66 Guinea 1354 -1 0,0
67 Algeria 1347 0 8,0
68 FYR Macedonia 1343 0 5,0
69 Saudi Arabia 1335 3 1,0
70 El Salvador 1327 0 -8,0
71 Panama 1326 -1 -9,0
72 South Africa 1325 1 4,0
72 Cape Verde Islands 1325 -4 -13,0
74 Syria 1322 0 2,0
75 Uganda 1320 4 14,0
76 China PR 1317 -1 0,0
76 Belarus 1317 2 10,0
78 Canada 1314 -2 4,0
79 United Arab Emirates 1309 2 4,0
80 Curacao 1306 -1 0,0
81 Lebanon 1296 1 -4,0
82 Zambia 1292 -5 -16,0
83 Oman 1291 1 4,0
84 Congo 1280 3 3,0
85 Gabon 1277 -2 -11,0
86 Luxembourg 1276 -2 -11,0
86 Cyprus 1276 0 -3,0
88 Iraq 1271 1 1,0
89 Georgia 1269 3 4,0
90 Israel 1265 1 -2,0
91 Kyrgyzstan 1264 -1 -4,0
92 Trinidad and Tobago 1260 1 -3,0
93 Qatar 1258 3 10,0
94 Benin 1257 -7 -20,0
95 Uzbekistan 1251 -1 -3,0
96 Estonia 1242 2 5,0
97 India 1240 0 -5,0
98 Faroe Islands 1238 -3 -13,0
99 Palestine 1236 0 3,0
100 Vietnam 1223 2 3,0
101 Mauritania 1222 3 9,0
101 Armenia 1222 0 0,0
103 Haiti 1219 0 3,0
104 Libya 1217 1 7,0
105 Kenya 1210 0 0,0
106 Madagascar 1209 -6 -15,0
107 Azerbaijan 1206 0 -1,0
108 Niger 1205 0 10,0
109 Korea DPR 1196 1 5,0
109 Jordan 1196 3 7,0
111 Namibia 1191 -2 -1,0
112 Central African Republic 1180 1 -2,0
113 Bahrain 1178 0 -4,0
114 Philippines 1177 2 6,0
115 Zimbabwe 1175 -5 -16,0
116 Sierra Leone 1172 -1 0,0
117 Mozambique 1167 5 16,0
118 Tajikistan 1161 0 0,0
119 Thailand 1160 2 6,0
120 Kazakhstan 1159 -3 -7,0
121 Guinea-Bissau 1158 -2 1,0
122 New Zealand 1157 -3 0,0
123 Togo 1136 0 -8,0
124 Chinese Taipei 1134 0 -5,0
125 Angola 1131 5 18,0
126 Antigua and Barbuda 1126 0 0,0
127 Sudan 1120 8 15,0
127 Turkmenistan 1120 1 0,0
129 Nicaragua 1119 -2 -6,0
130 Malawi 1115 -5 -14,0
131 Kosovo 1113 6 14,0
132 Latvia 1112 0 1,0
133 Andorra 1111 0 2,0
133 Lithuania 1111 -4 -6,0
135 Yemen 1106 -4 -6,0
136 St. Kitts and Nevis 1105 -3 -4,0
137 Rwanda 1094 1 2,0
138 Myanmar 1088 3 8,0
139 Tanzania 1087 -3 -14,0
140 Burundi 1085 2 11,0
141 Hong Kong 1078 3 7,0
141 Swaziland 1078 -2 -10,0
143 Comoros 1076 5 14,0
144 Solomon Islands 1073 -1 0,0
145 Botswana 1071 -5 -10,0
146 Lesotho 1069 3 14,0
147 Afghanistan 1068 -2 0,0
148 Equatorial Guinea 1063 -2 -4,0
149 Guatemala 1061 -2 -3,0
150 Liberia 1051 4 16,0
151 Ethiopia 1049 -1 -5,0
152 Maldives 1046 -1 -3,0
153 Suriname 1037 0 -3,0
154 Dominican Republic 1036 -2 -9,0
154 New Caledonia 1036 1 4,0
156 Mauritius 1022 0 0,0
157 Tahiti 1020 0 0,0
158 Kuwait 1018 -1 -2,0
159 Barbados 1005 3 5,0
160 Indonesia 1002 0 -2,0
160 Belize 1002 4 7,0
162 Nepal 1001 -1 0,0
163 Vanuatu 996 -1 -4,0
164 South Sudan 994 -5 -11,0
165 Singapore 992 0 1,0
166 Gambia 986 7 19,0
167 Papua New Guinea 984 -1 0,0
168 Fiji 981 -1 0,0
168 Malaysia 981 1 7,0
170 Moldova 979 1 10,0
171 St. Lucia 976 -3 -1,0
172 Cambodia 971 -2 -2,0
173 Grenada 968 -1 0,0
174 Cuba 963 3 9,0
175 Chad 956 -1 0,0
176 Bermuda 952 4 12,0
177 Dominica 950 1 0,0
178 Puerto Rico 948 -3 -7,0
179 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 946 -4 -9,0
180 Guyana 943 -1 0,0
181 Liechtenstein 937 1 1,0
182 Malta 926 1 -1,0
183 Macau 925 1 0,0
184 Laos 923 -3 -14,0
185 Sao Tomé e Príncipe 920 2 0,0
186 Bhutan 917 2 0,0
187 Aruba 916 -2 -8,0
188 Mongolia 915 -2 -8,0
189 Seychelles 911 -1 -6,0
190 American Samoa 908 2 0,0
190 Cook Islands 908 2 0,0
192 Guam 907 2 0,0
192 Bangladesh 907 2 0,0
194 Gibraltar 905 -4 -6,0
195 Brunei Darussalam 903 1 0,0
196 Timor-Leste 900 -5 -10,0
197 Samoa 896 0 0,0
197 Djibouti 896 0 0,0
199 Pakistan 888 0 -2,0
200 Montserrat 887 2 8,0
201 Sri Lanka 886 0 0,0
202 US Virgin Islands 881 -2 -6,0
203 Cayman Islands 874 0 1,0
204 Tonga 868 0 0,0
204 Eritrea 868 0 0,0
204 Somalia 868 0 0,0
207 British Virgin Islands 867 0 0,0
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 864 3 9,0
208 Anguilla 864 0 0,0
210 Bahamas 858 0 0,0
211 San Marino 854 -2 -8,0


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10 comments:

  1. Vietnam defeated Cambodia yesterday and have 1227 points??

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  2. Where do you read 1227 points as max. points voor Vietnam ? They will have 1224 points (on spot 100) in the November ranking.

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  3. I read here: https://www.fctables.com/fifa-rankings/

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    1. Well, that's not a reliable source then. Check the published ranking next Thursday and you will know for sure.

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  4. Malaysia thrash Myanmar 3-0 but will move only maximum two places?

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  5. So with only four games available to improve the FIFA rankings, these would be the European pots for the 2022 World Cup:

    Pot 1: Belgium, France, Croatia, England, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands

    Pot 2: Germany, Italy, Wales, Poland, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Serbia, Ireland

    Pot 3: Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Turkey, Czech Republic, Greece, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Norway

    Pot 4: Russia, Hungary, Finland, Albania, Slovenia, Macedonia, Belarus, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Georgia

    Pot 5: Israel, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Andorra, Lithuania

    Pot 6: Moldova, Liechtenstein, Malta, Gibraltar, San Marino

    * Sweden passed Germany for a spot in pot 1.
    * The two most successful European teams in the World Cup are both currently in pot 2.
    * Russia is currently in pot 4 (versus pot 2 for Euro 2020).
    * Israel is currently in pot 5 (versus pot 3 for Euro 2020).
    * Romania is currently in pot 2 (versus pot 4 for Euro 2020).

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  6. In the predictions , Egypt shall reach 1400 if they beat Tunisia and they did. Why in the final ranking you put egypt as 1393?

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  7. The preview of Egypt reaching a maximum of 1400 points was calculated with a (at the time scheduled) friendly against United Arab Emirates on November 20th. That match was canceled later.
    See the preview results used in the calculation of the preview.

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  8. The result of the nations league match Guyana-Barbados, played on 6 september 2018, was changed in a 3-0 win for Guyana (due to player inelegibility case). Now we have the chance to see in january if Fifa, in such cases, will recalculate its ranking. Probably is enough to see what they do in the women ranking, but I have no kowledge at all about the WWR. If they will recalculate, this will change the points total for Barbados, Guyana, St. Vincent & Grenadines, El Salvador, US Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, Bermuda and Haiti.
    The worl-football elo ratings site has instead the consuetude to not recalculate its ranking, and this is an obvious flaw because the whole ranking is distorted by several matches with inelegible players on the pitch. As example, they mantained wrong results for the WC 2018 qualifiers, important matches Bolivia-Peru and Chile-Bolivia. In the same qualifiers, Timor-leste had several matches, in the preliminary round and in the group of the second round, with several inelegible players on the pitch. Fifa changed all their results in in a 0-3 defeat (the result was mantained only where the defeat was already with more than 3 goals), but they not recalculated.

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  9. Thanks Jos, indeed something to keep an eye on.

    In the old system they incorporated an awarded result from the first ranking to be calculated after the moment the punishment was announced. Already existing rankings were never adapted afterwards.
    Let's see what FIFA will do in the December ranking, to be published on December 20th ....

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