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Saturday, March 7, 2020

FIFA ranking: April 2020 probable ranking

At last the waiting is over: a lot of competitive international matches will be played coming March window. Besides a fair amount of friendlies for (mostly) UEFA teams
- Europe decides via 8 semi-final and 4 final qualification play-offs the final four berths for EURO 2020, 
- Africa plays MD's 3 and 4 (of 6 in total) in CAF Nations Cup 2021 qualification,
- South America starts with the first two MD's in their long, 18 matchdays encompassing WC 2022 qualification,
- Asia continues with MD's 7 and 8 (of 10 in total) in their WC 2022 qualification,
- CONCACAF plays the first stage of home-and-away qualification semi-final play-offs, to be concluded in June with 4 final home-and-away play-offs to fill the final four berths for the Gold Cup 2021,
- and even Oceania sees some action (although still nothing is officially scheduled): a round-robin qualification tournament between the four lowest ranked teams to decide one berth in the OFC Nations Cup 2020, to be played in June in New Zealand. If everything goes as planned we will witness the first match of the Cook Islands since September 2015 and they will be incorporated in the FIFA ranking again. By the way, the format for OFC qualification for WC 2022 is still unclear, but first matches are expected to be played in September this year already. Anyway, it's awfully quiet with news from that distant region.

Here is the probable April 2020 ranking, to be published on April 9th.

This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 163 currently scheduled and according to my method included matches, out of a total of 178 currently scheduled matches. See the probable results for a list of which scheduled matches are included.

Probable April 2020 rank - Team - Probable April 2020 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Belgium 1772 0 7,0
2 France 1738 0 5,0
3 Brazil 1725 0 13,0
4 England 1665 0 4,0
5 Uruguay 1662 0 17,0
6 Colombia 1643 4 21,0
7 Croatia 1642 -1 0,0
8 Spain 1640 0 4,0
9 Argentina 1636 0 13,0
10 Portugal 1635 -3 -4,0
11 Mexico 1627 0 6,0
12 Netherlands 1609 2 5,0
13 Italy 1607 0 0,0
14 Switzerland 1605 -2 -3,0
15 Germany 1597 0 -5,0
16 Denmark 1595 0 -3,0
17 Sweden 1585 0 6,0
18 Senegal 1564 2 9,0
19 Poland 1562 0 3,0
20 Chile 1557 -3 -22,0
21 Wales 1549 2 9,0
22 Ukraine 1534 2 -3,0
23 Peru 1533 -2 -11,0
23 USA 1533 -1 -9,0
25 Venezuela 1518 0 1,0
26 Tunisia 1514 1 8,0
27 Japan 1506 1 6,0
28 Nigeria 1504 3 11,0
29 Austria 1502 -3 -5,0
30 Slovakia 1501 2 11,0
31 Iran 1496 2 7,0
32 Algeria 1494 3 12,0
33 Turkey 1493 -4 -1,0
33 Serbia 1493 -4 -1,0
35 Iceland 1482 4 17,0
36 Republic of Ireland 1473 -2 -13,0
37 Korea Republic 1471 3 7,0
38 Norway 1470 6 19,0
39 Morocco 1469 4 13,0
40 Russia 1467 -2 -3,0
41 Australia 1465 1 8,0
42 Romania 1462 -5 -13,0
42 Northern Ireland 1462 -6 -14,0
44 Paraguay 1451 -3 -10,0
44 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1451 5 21,0
46 Ghana 1450 0 11,0
47 Czech Republic 1447 -2 1,0
48 Costa Rica 1443 -2 4,0
49 Jamaica 1438 -1 1,0
50 Egypt 1432 1 12,0
51 Cameroon 1429 2 16,0
52 Scotland 1419 -2 -3,0
53 Hungary 1415 -1 -1,0
54 Qatar 1407 1 11,0
54 Greece 1407 0 -2,0
56 Mali 1403 0 14,0
57 Cote d'Ivoire 1398 4 20,0
58 Burkina Faso 1395 1 14,0
59 Congo DR 1392 -3 3,0
60 Bulgaria 1388 -1 7,0
61 Finland 1381 -3 -5,0
62 Honduras 1372 0 -5,0
63 Montenegro 1368 1 3,0
64 Slovenia 1366 0 1,0
65 Saudi Arabia 1365 2 14,0
66 Albania 1357 0 1,0
67 Ecuador 1355 -4 -13,0
68 Iraq 1354 2 10,0
69 El Salvador 1345 0 -1,0
69 United Arab Emirates 1345 2 11,0
71 South Africa 1343 0 9,0
72 North Macedonia 1341 -4 -6,0
73 Canada 1339 0 7,0
74 Guinea 1337 0 9,0
75 China PR 1333 1 10,0
76 Uganda 1332 1 11,0
77 Syria 1320 2 6,0
77 Cape Verde Islands 1320 1 2,0
79 Bolivia 1314 -4 -10,0
80 Oman 1313 2 10,0
81 Curacao 1312 -1 -1,0
82 Benin 1309 2 14,0
83 Panama 1301 -2 -3,0
84 Uzbekistan 1298 1 9,0
85 Gabon 1297 -2 0,0
86 Georgia 1294 5 27,0
87 Haiti 1285 -1 0,0
88 Congo 1282 1 13,0
89 Zambia 1281 -1 2,0
90 Belarus 1273 -3 -7,0
91 Vietnam 1270 3 12,0
92 Lebanon 1265 -3 -4,0
93 Cyprus 1253 2 2,0
94 Israel 1251 -1 -9,0
95 Madagascar 1248 -4 -19,0
96 Kyrgyzstan 1244 0 4,0
97 Mauritania 1240 3 17,0
98 Libya 1235 3 20,0
99 Bahrain 1231 0 6,0
100 Jordan 1230 -3 -8,0
101 Luxembourg 1228 -3 -8,0
102 Kenya 1218 5 19,0
103 Palestine 1212 0 8,0
104 Estonia 1210 0 8,0
105 Armenia 1208 -3 -5,0
106 Trinidad and Tobago 1193 -1 -8,0
107 Thailand 1187 6 9,0
108 Mozambique 1185 -2 -15,0
109 Azerbaijan 1183 5 6,0
110 India 1179 -2 -8,0
111 Faroe Islands 1178 -1 -3,0
112 Korea DPR 1176 4 6,0
113 Central African Republic 1171 -4 -13,0
114 Zimbabwe 1167 -3 -13,0
115 Kosovo 1166 0 -8,0
116 Kazakhstan 1160 2 5,0
117 Tajikistan 1159 4 7,0
117 Niger 1159 -5 -20,0
119 Guinea-Bissau 1146 -1 -9,0
119 New Zealand 1146 3 -3,0
119 Namibia 1146 -2 -14,0
122 Sierra Leone 1145 -4 -10,0
123 Philippines 1143 1 7,0
124 Angola 1135 0 -1,0
125 Antigua and Barbuda 1127 1 0,0
125 Malawi 1127 -2 -14,0
127 Guatemala 1121 3 15,0
128 Togo 1115 -2 -12,0
129 Turkmenistan 1105 0 -2,0
130 Sudan 1101 -2 -11,0
131 Rwanda 1087 0 -2,0
132 Andorra 1083 3 1,0
133 Lithuania 1080 -2 -9,0
134 Ethiopia 1079 12 18,0
134 Latvia 1079 3 0,0
136 Tanzania 1078 -2 -8,0
137 Chinese Taipei 1076 1 -2,0
138 St. Kitts and Nevis 1074 1 0,0
139 Suriname 1073 2 0,0
139 Solomon Islands 1073 2 0,0
141 Comoros 1069 -8 -19,0
142 Myanmar 1068 -6 -13,0
143 Hong Kong 1061 0 -11,0
144 Kuwait 1060 3 0,0
145 Lesotho 1059 -6 -15,0
146 Yemen 1057 -2 -14,0
147 Afghanistan 1054 2 2,0
148 Botswana 1053 0 -2,0
149 Nicaragua 1051 2 1,0
150 Equatorial Guinea 1049 -5 -17,0
151 Liberia 1047 1 0,0
152 Burundi 1036 -3 -16,0
153 New Caledonia 1032 3 -3,0
154 Eswatini 1027 -1 -15,0
154 Malaysia 1027 0 -13,0
156 Maldives 1026 -1 -12,0
157 Dominican Republic 1019 1 0,0
158 Gambia 1015 1 0,0
158 Grenada 1015 1 0,0
160 Tahiti 1014 1 0,0
161 Singapore 1007 -4 -13,0
162 Guyana 1002 4 14,0
163 Fiji 996 0 0,0
163 Vanuatu 996 0 0,0
165 Barbados 995 -3 -14,0
166 Papua New Guinea 991 -1 0,0
167 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 986 0 0,0
168 Bermuda 983 0 -1,0
169 Belize 974 1 0,0
169 Nepal 974 1 0,0
171 South Sudan 973 -2 -10,0
172 Mauritius 965 0 0,0
173 Moldova 958 2 -1,0
174 Cambodia 954 -1 -10,0
175 St. Lucia 953 1 0,0
176 Indonesia 952 -3 -12,0
177 Puerto Rico 941 1 0,0
178 Cuba 936 1 0,0
179 Chad 934 -2 -9,0
180 Liechtenstein 923 0 -3,0
181 Macau 922 1 0,0
182 Malta 921 2 2,0
183 Djibouti 919 1 0,0
183 Dominica 919 1 0,0
185 Sao Tomé e Príncipe 914 -4 -9,0
186 Laos 912 2 0,0
187 Bhutan 911 2 0,0
188 Montserrat 904 -5 -17,0
188 Brunei Darussalam 904 3 0,0
190 Bangladesh 902 -3 -12,0
191 American Samoa 900 1 0,0
192 Mongolia 897 -2 -9,0
192 Cayman Islands 897 1 0,0
194 Samoa 894 0 0,0
195 Bahamas 880 0 0,0
196 Timor-Leste 879 0 0,0
196 Somalia 879 0 0,0
198 Gibraltar 875 -2 -4,0
199 Aruba 867 1 0,0
199 Pakistan 867 1 0,0
201 Seychelles 866 1 0,0
202 Guam 863 -3 -10,0
203 Tonga 862 0 0,0
203 Turks and Caicos Islands 862 0 0,0
205 Eritrea 856 0 0,0
206 Sri Lanka 845 0 -8,0
207 US Virgin Islands 844 0 0,0
208 British Virgin Islands 842 0 0,0
209 Anguilla 821 1 0,0
210 San Marino 820 -1 -4,0

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1 comment:

  1. And then the Corona virus settled itself deeply in Europe. Heavily caught up by reality here: all around NT-matches are canceled or postponed. Some are played without audience, for now...

    If that would be only the worst thing of this pandemie... :(

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