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Sunday, March 10, 2019

FIFA ranking: April 2019 probable ranking

Here is the probable April 2019 ranking, to be published on April 4th. 

Which matches to include, that's the question. FIFA no longer maintains their fixture-list on their site. They direct you to the live scores section on their app for that. After a thorough examination of their whole app I found a selection of NT-tournaments match results. 

This selection mainly concerns past FIFA-tournaments and f.i. also the UEFA Nations League 2018 and the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017. I have the impression that it is a rather random selection and certainly not a complete results list. Results of NT-friendlies and for instance current qualification tournaments for the CAF Nations Cup 2019 and the CONCACAF Nations League 2020 miss altogether. Also no scheduled NT-fixtures whatsoever can be found.
In short: this absolutely isn't a decent, reliable source!

For now I use two other sources for all scheduled fixtures: Roon BA and Soccerway. I decided to include at least all matches in tournaments (also friendly tournaments like the Windward Islands Tournament 2019 played last week). Regarding the friendlies I decided to include the matches that are mentioned in both sources. A mention in one of the two sources is not enough.
This will probably lead to some corrections needed after the publication of the FIFA-ranking in April, but hopefully the number of corrections will be minimal and can I present here a 'reliable' preview of the April ranking.

Quite a nuisance, only caused by FIFA not doing their job properly ! So far my moaning about FIFA.

This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 135 currently scheduled and (according to the described method) included matches, out of a total of 142 currently scheduled matches. See the probable results for a list of which scheduled matches are included.

Probable April 2019 rank - Team - Probable April 2019 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Belgium 1737 0 10,0
2 France 1734 0 8,0
3 Brazil 1681 0 5,0
4 England 1646 1 15,0
4 Croatia 1646 0 12,0
6 Portugal 1632 0 18,0
7 Switzerland 1617 1 18,0
8 Uruguay 1614 -1 5,0
9 Spain 1601 0 10,0
10 Argentina 1585 1 3,0
11 Colombia 1583 1 8,0
12 Netherlands 1579 2 19,0
13 Denmark 1578 -3 -11,0
14 Sweden 1567 0 7,0
15 Chile 1564 -2 -1,0
16 Germany 1550 0 -8,0
16 Italy 1550 2 11,0
18 Mexico 1539 -1 -1,0
18 Wales 1539 1 14,0
20 Austria 1529 3 20,0
21 Peru 1526 -1 8,0
22 Iran 1516 0 0,0
23 Senegal 1515 1 10,0
24 Poland 1510 -4 -8,0
25 USA 1501 0 0,0
26 Romania 1497 -1 -4,0
27 Tunisia 1496 1 3,0
28 Japan 1494 -1 -1,0
29 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1491 6 19,0
30 Republic of Ireland 1484 4 10,0
31 Slovakia 1482 -2 -1,0
32 Northern Ireland 1481 4 16,0
32 Ukraine 1481 -2 -1,0
34 Venezuela 1474 -2 -4,0
35 Paraguay 1472 -2 -4,0
36 Costa Rica 1468 1 7,0
37 Serbia 1467 -6 -14,0
38 Scotland 1455 2 9,0
39 Korea Republic 1452 -1 1,0
40 Iceland 1450 -2 -1,0
41 Morocco 1447 2 7,0
42 Turkey 1445 -1 2,0
43 Australia 1441 -1 0,0
44 Nigeria 1435 2 8,0
45 Bulgaria 1431 3 6,0
46 Congo DR 1425 5 5,0
47 Russia 1424 3 0,0
47 Czech Republic 1424 -3 -11,0
49 Greece 1420 -4 -8,0
49 Ghana 1420 3 8,0
49 Norway 1420 -1 -5,0
52 Montenegro 1407 -6 -20,0
53 Cameroon 1399 3 5,0
53 Jamaica 1399 1 -5,0
55 Qatar 1398 0 0,0
56 Egypt 1397 1 4,0
57 Hungary 1394 -5 -18,0
58 Ecuador 1388 0 6,0
59 Burkina Faso 1380 3 9,0
59 Albania 1380 2 8,0
61 Slovenia 1366 2 -3,0
62 Bolivia 1365 -2 -9,0
62 Mali 1365 3 2,0
64 Honduras 1364 -1 -5,0
65 Finland 1363 -6 -12,0
66 Cote d'Ivoire 1362 0 6,0
67 Algeria 1355 2 6,0
67 United Arab Emirates 1355 0 0,0
69 Guinea 1350 -1 -4,0
70 Saudi Arabia 1344 0 0,0
71 China PR 1340 1 1,0
72 FYR Macedonia 1338 -1 -5,0
73 Cape Verde Islands 1331 1 6,0
74 El Salvador 1326 -1 -1,0
75 South Africa 1322 -1 -3,0
75 Panama 1322 1 -2,0
77 Iraq 1319 3 9,0
78 Uganda 1315 -1 -5,0
79 Canada 1314 0 0,0
80 Curacao 1303 1 -3,0
81 Zambia 1302 1 10,0
82 Belarus 1301 -4 -16,0
83 Syria 1281 0 -5,0
84 Oman 1279 6 6,0
85 Uzbekistan 1277 4 2,0
85 Luxembourg 1277 2 1,0
85 Lebanon 1277 0 0,0
88 Cyprus 1276 -1 0,0
89 Israel 1273 3 8,0
90 Gabon 1272 -5 -5,0
91 Benin 1267 3 10,0
92 Congo 1265 -8 -15,0
93 Trinidad and Tobago 1258 0 -2,0
94 Georgia 1256 -3 -13,0
95 Kyrgyzstan 1253 0 0,0
96 Estonia 1240 0 -6,0
97 Jordan 1234 0 -4,0
98 Vietnam 1227 1 0,0
99 Faroe Islands 1225 -2 -13,0
100 Palestine 1224 0 0,0
101 Haiti 1223 2 4,0
102 Libya 1219 3 2,0
102 India 1219 1 0,0
102 Armenia 1219 -1 -3,0
105 Mauritania 1213 -4 -9,0
106 Azerbaijan 1206 2 0,0
107 Madagascar 1203 0 -6,0
108 Kenya 1202 -2 -8,0
109 Niger 1197 0 -8,0
110 Zimbabwe 1190 3 15,0
111 Bahrain 1188 0 0,0
112 Central African Republic 1184 0 4,0
113 Namibia 1181 -3 -10,0
114 Sierra Leone 1172 0 0,0
115 Guinea-Bissau 1170 3 12,0
116 Thailand 1161 -1 -8,0
117 New Zealand 1157 2 0,0
118 Tajikistan 1155 2 0,0
119 Mozambique 1154 -3 -13,0
120 Korea DPR 1152 1 0,0
121 Kazakhstan 1148 -4 -11,0
122 Philippines 1135 1 0,0
123 Sudan 1131 4 11,0
124 Antigua and Barbuda 1129 2 3,0
125 Togo 1127 -3 -9,0
126 Chinese Taipei 1123 -2 -11,0
127 Kosovo 1119 3 6,0
127 Nicaragua 1119 1 0,0
129 Angola 1117 -4 -14,0
130 Malawi 1110 -1 -5,0
131 Latvia 1100 0 -12,0
132 Andorra 1099 0 -12,0
133 Lithuania 1098 -1 -13,0
134 St. Kitts and Nevis 1096 0 -9,0
135 Tanzania 1092 2 5,0
136 Myanmar 1090 2 5,0
137 Burundi 1089 1 4,0
137 Turkmenistan 1089 -1 0,0
139 Rwanda 1088 -4 -6,0
140 Botswana 1085 5 14,0
141 Solomon Islands 1081 2 8,0
142 Hong Kong 1078 -2 0,0
143 Swatini 1074 -3 -4,0
144 Yemen 1073 -1 0,0
145 Comoros 1071 -3 -5,0
146 Lesotho 1062 0 -7,0
146 Afghanistan 1062 1 -4,0
148 Guatemala 1058 1 -3,0
149 Equatorial Guinea 1052 -1 -11,0
150 Ethiopia 1049 1 0,0
151 Maldives 1046 1 0,0
151 Liberia 1046 -1 -5,0
153 Suriname 1045 0 8,0
154 Dominican Republic 1043 0 7,0
155 New Caledonia 1041 -1 5,0
156 Tahiti 1020 1 0,0
157 Kuwait 1018 1 0,0
158 Mauritius 1012 -2 -10,0
159 Barbados 1004 3 6,0
160 Indonesia 1003 -1 0,0
161 Nepal 1001 0 0,0
162 Vanuatu 994 1 -2,0
162 Belize 994 -2 -8,0
164 South Sudan 989 0 -5,0
165 Malaysia 988 2 3,0
166 Fiji 987 3 6,0
167 Singapore 986 -2 -5,0
168 Papua New Guinea 984 0 0,0
169 Gambia 981 -3 -5,0
170 St. Lucia 975 1 -1,0
171 Moldova 972 -1 -7,0
172 Cambodia 967 0 -3,0
173 Grenada 965 0 -3,0
174 Cuba 961 0 -2,0
175 Guyana 959 2 8,0
176 Chad 956 -1 0,0
177 Dominica 954 1 4,0
177 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 954 3 8,0
179 Puerto Rico 948 0 0,0
180 Bermuda 944 -4 -8,0
181 Liechtenstein 932 0 -5,0
182 Malta 931 0 5,0
183 Macau 925 0 0,0
184 Laos 923 0 0,0
185 Sao Tomé e Príncipe 920 0 0,0
186 Bhutan 917 0 0,0
187 Mongolia 915 1 0,0
188 Bangladesh 909 4 2,0
188 Aruba 909 -1 -7,0
190 American Samoa 908 0 0,0
190 Cook Islands 908 0 0,0
190 Seychelles 908 -1 -3,0
193 Guam 907 -1 0,0
194 Brunei Darussalam 903 1 0,0
195 Gibraltar 900 -1 -5,0
195 Timor-Leste 900 1 0,0
197 Samoa 896 0 0,0
197 Djibouti 896 0 0,0
199 Pakistan 888 0 0,0
200 Sri Lanka 886 1 0,0
201 Cayman Islands 882 2 8,0
202 US Virgin Islands 881 0 0,0
203 Montserrat 880 -3 -7,0
204 Turks and Caicos Islands 872 4 8,0
205 Tonga 868 -1 0,0
205 Eritrea 868 -1 0,0
205 Somalia 868 -1 0,0
208 Anguilla 864 0 0,0
209 British Virgin Islands 859 -2 -8,0
210 Bahamas 852 0 -6,0
211 San Marino 848 0 -6,0

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5 comments:

  1. So, if (and it's a big IF) there are eleven European qualifying groups for the 2022 WC, Germany and Italy (four times world champions each) would be tied for the last pot-one spot going into the last two games before the draw .....

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  2. And IF the results of the March matches follow the given elo-predictions in the probable results, Germany and Italy would indeed be tied on 1550 points with the slight edge for Germany: 1550,34 pts versus 1549,50 pts.

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  3. Chúc mừng ĐT Việt Nam tăng thêm 1 bậc trên bảng xếp hạng <3

    Congratulations to Vietnam Tel to increase 1 rank on the rankings

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  4. I don't go to FIFA for the rankings anymore. They are always more up to date here. Thanks Ed

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