FIFA ranking: January 2019 preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the January 2019 ranking (without the knock-out phase of the Asian Nations Cup and other yet not scheduled matches). FIFA will publish the ranking on February 7th.

Most matches to be played in Asia: a few preparatory friendlies and the Asian Nations Cup in the United Arab Emirates in January. Also some, already traditional, Scandinavian mid-winter friendlies in the heat of the Middle East.

Also check the probable January ranking.



December 2018 rank - Country - December 2018 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Belgium	1727	1727	1727
2	France	1726	1726	1726
3	Brazil	1676	1676	1676
4	Croatia	1634	1634	1634
5	England	1631	1631	1631
6	Portugal	1614	1614	1614
7	Uruguay	1609	1609	1609
8	Switzerland	1599	1599	1599
9	Spain	1591	1591	1591
10	Denmark	1589	1589	1589
11	Argentina	1582	1582	1582
12	Colombia	1575	1575	1575
13	Chile	1565	1565	1565
14	Sweden	1560	1560	1560
14	Netherlands	1560	1560	1560
16	Germany	1558	1558	1558
17	Mexico	1540	1540	1540
18	Italy	1539	1539	1539
19	Wales	1525	1525	1525
20	Poland	1518	1518	1518
20	Peru	1518	1518	1518
22	Austria	1509	1509	1509
23	Senegal	1505	1505	1505
24	Romania	1501	1501	1501
25	USA	1497	1497	1497
26	Tunisia	1493	1493	1493
27	Slovakia	1483	1483	1483
28	Ukraine	1482	1482	1482
29	Serbia	1481	1481	1481
29	Iran	1481	1376	1511
31	Venezuela	1478	1478	1478
32	Paraguay	1476	1476	1476
33	Republic of Ireland	1474	1474	1474
34	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1472	1472	1472
35	Northern Ireland	1465	1465	1465
36	Costa Rica	1464	1464	1464
37	Iceland	1452	1452	1452
38	Scotland	1446	1446	1446
39	Turkey	1443	1443	1443
40	Morocco	1440	1440	1440
41	Australia	1436	1349	1472
42	Czech Republic	1435	1435	1435
43	Greece	1428	1428	1428
44	Nigeria	1427	1427	1427
44	Montenegro	1427	1427	1427
46	Bulgaria	1425	1425	1425
46	Norway	1425	1425	1425
48	Russia	1424	1424	1424
49	Congo DR	1420	1420	1420
50	Japan	1414	1327	1449
51	Hungary	1412	1412	1412
51	Ghana	1412	1412	1412
53	Korea Republic	1405	1321	1446
54	Jamaica	1404	1404	1404
55	Cameroon	1394	1394	1394
56	Egypt	1393	1393	1393
57	Ecuador	1382	1382	1382
58	Finland	1378	1378	1378
59	Bolivia	1374	1374	1374
60	Albania	1372	1372	1372
61	Burkina Faso	1371	1371	1371
62	Slovenia	1369	1369	1369
62	Honduras	1369	1369	1369
64	Mali	1363	1363	1363
65	Cote d'Ivoire	1356	1356	1356
66	Guinea	1354	1354	1354
67	Algeria	1347	1349	1349
68	FYR Macedonia	1343	1343	1343
69	Saudi Arabia	1335	1264	1383
70	El Salvador	1327	1327	1327
71	Panama	1326	1326	1326
72	South Africa	1325	1325	1325
72	Cape Verde Islands	1325	1325	1325
74	Syria	1322	1255	1378
75	Uganda	1320	1320	1320
76	China PR	1317	1251	1372
76	Belarus	1317	1317	1317
78	Canada	1314	1314	1314
79	United Arab Emirates	1309	1234	1351
80	Curacao	1306	1306	1306
81	Lebanon	1296	1235	1347
82	Oman	1295	1231	1348
83	Zambia	1292	1292	1292
84	Congo	1280	1280	1280
85	Gabon	1277	1277	1277
86	Luxembourg	1276	1276	1276
86	Cyprus	1276	1276	1276
88	Iraq	1271	1209	1334
89	Georgia	1269	1269	1269
91	Kyrgyzstan	1264	1209	1330
90	Israel	1265	1265	1265
92	Trinidad and Tobago	1260	1260	1260
93	Qatar	1258	1203	1321
94	Benin	1257	1257	1257
95	Uzbekistan	1251	1197	1313
96	Estonia	1242	1242	1242
97	India	1240	1179	1292
98	Faroe Islands	1238	1238	1238
99	Palestine	1236	1184	1311
100	Vietnam	1229	1173	1298
101	Mauritania	1222	1222	1222
101	Armenia	1222	1222	1222
103	Haiti	1219	1219	1219
104	Libya	1217	1217	1217
105	Kenya	1210	1210	1210
106	Madagascar	1209	1209	1209
107	Azerbaijan	1206	1206	1206
108	Niger	1205	1205	1205
109	Korea DPR	1196	1150	1271
109	Jordan	1196	1149	1274
111	Namibia	1191	1191	1191
112	Central African Republic	1180	1180	1180
113	Bahrain	1178	1129	1248
114	Zimbabwe	1175	1175	1175
115	Sierra Leone	1172	1172	1172
116	Philippines	1171	1130	1256
117	Mozambique	1167	1167	1167
118	Thailand	1160	1114	1229
119	Kazakhstan	1159	1159	1159
120	Guinea-Bissau	1158	1158	1158
122	New Zealand	1157	1157	1157
120	Tajikistan	1158	1155	1155
123	Togo	1136	1136	1136
124	Chinese Taipei	1134	1134	1134
125	Angola	1131	1131	1131
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1126	1126	1126
127	Turkmenistan	1120	1087	1210
127	Sudan	1120	1120	1120
129	Nicaragua	1119	1119	1119
130	Malawi	1115	1115	1115
131	Kosovo	1113	1113	1113
132	Latvia	1112	1112	1112
133	Andorra	1111	1111	1111
133	Lithuania	1111	1111	1111
135	Yemen	1106	1070	1201
136	St. Kitts and Nevis	1105	1105	1105
137	Rwanda	1094	1094	1094
138	Tanzania	1087	1087	1087
139	Myanmar	1085	1085	1085
139	Burundi	1085	1085	1085
141	Hong Kong	1078	1078	1078
141	Eswatini	1078	1078	1078
143	Comoros	1076	1076	1076
144	Solomon Islands	1073	1073	1073
145	Botswana	1071	1071	1071
146	Lesotho	1069	1069	1069
147	Afghanistan	1068	1066	1066
148	Equatorial Guinea	1063	1063	1063
149	Guatemala	1061	1061	1061
150	Liberia	1051	1051	1051
151	Ethiopia	1049	1049	1049
152	Maldives	1046	1046	1046
153	Suriname	1037	1037	1037
154	Dominican Republic	1036	1036	1036
154	New Caledonia	1036	1036	1036
156	Mauritius	1022	1022	1022
157	Tahiti	1020	1020	1020
158	Kuwait	1018	1018	1018
159	Indonesia	1003	1003	1003
160	Belize	1002	1002	1002
161	Nepal	1001	1001	1001
162	Barbados	998	998	998
163	Vanuatu	996	996	996
164	South Sudan	994	994	994
165	Singapore	991	991	991
166	Gambia	986	986	986
167	Malaysia	985	985	985
168	Papua New Guinea	984	984	984
169	Fiji	981	981	981
170	Moldova	979	979	979
171	St. Lucia	976	976	976
172	Cambodia	970	970	970
173	Grenada	968	968	968
174	Cuba	963	963	963
175	Chad	956	956	956
176	Bermuda	952	952	952
177	Guyana	951	951	951
178	Dominica	950	950	950
179	Puerto Rico	948	948	948
180	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	946	946	946
181	Liechtenstein	937	937	937
182	Malta	926	926	926
183	Macau	925	925	925
184	Laos	923	923	923
185	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	920	920	920
186	Bhutan	917	917	917
187	Aruba	916	916	916
188	Mongolia	915	915	915
189	Seychelles	911	911	911
190	American Samoa	908	908	908
190	Cook Islands	908	908	908
192	Guam	907	907	907
192	Bangladesh	907	907	907
194	Gibraltar	905	905	905
195	Brunei Darussalam	903	903	903
196	Timor-Leste	900	900	900
197	Samoa	896	896	896
197	Djibouti	896	896	896
199	Pakistan	888	888	888
200	Montserrat	887	887	887
201	Sri Lanka	886	886	886
202	US Virgin Islands	881	881	881
203	Cayman Islands	874	874	874
204	Tonga	868	868	868
204	Eritrea	868	868	868
204	Somalia	868	868	868
207	British Virgin Islands	867	867	867
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	864	864	864
208	Anguilla	864	864	864
210	Bahamas	858	858	858
211	San Marino	854	854	854

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