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Saturday, December 5, 2020

FIFA ranking: December 2020 final preview

Here is the final preview of the December 2020 ranking. FIFA will publish this ranking next Thursday December 10th. 

Yesterday Qatar played the only Asian World Cup qualifier in 2020 against Bangladesh and won 5:0. I expect a small reshuffle of Qatar's remaining two qualfiiers to March next year so that they will have their hands free in June to prepare properly for the Copa America. In July they will also play the Gold Cup where they somehow managed to get invited. 

It seems everything is possible when you got money to throw at people. For instance robbing a spot in a final tournament on another continent at the cost of a team that's still in a qualification process to get there. Disgusting.. and then still be indignant that you are not 'loved' in the world. Will they ever learn ?


Furthermore I expect the cancelled UNL-match Switzerland-Ukraine, which was awarded to the Swiss right before the publication of the November rankling, to be included this month.

So to recap: these two matches will completely turn the December ranking upside down 😈 It beats me anyway why FIFA decided to publish a new ranking only two weeks after the last one. I suppose they want a proper end-of-the-year ranking...

Stay safe and healthy everybody !


pos

team

points Dec.

+/- ranking

+/- points

1

Belgium

1779,53

0

0

2

France

1755,05

0

0

3

Brazil

1742,65

0

0

4

England

1670,25

0

0

5

Portugal

1662,23

0

0

6

Spain

1645,33

0

0

7

Argentina

1641,95

0

0

8

Uruguay

1639,08

0

0

9

Mexico

1632,12

0

0

10

Italy

1624,77

0

0

11

Croatia

1616,77

0

0

12

Denmark

1613,88

0

0

13

Germany

1609,91

0

0

14

Netherlands

1608,88

0

0

15

Colombia

1600,66

0

0

16

Switzerland

1592,58

0

7

17

Chile

1566,83

0

0

18

Wales

1561,84

0

0

19

Poland

1558,88

0

0

20

Senegal

1558,37

0

0

20

Sweden

1557,53

0

0

22

USA

1544,97

0

0

23

Austria

1530,94

0

0

24

Ukraine

1521,15

0

-7

25

Peru

1511,88

0

0

26

Tunisia

1502,87

0

0

27

Japan

1502,49

0

0

28

Venezuela

1500,71

0

0

29

Iran

1496,25

0

0

30

Serbia

1494,69

0

0

31

Algeria

1487,67

0

0

32

Turkey

1486,98

0

0

33

Slovakia

1477,62

0

0

34

Paraguay

1476,02

0

0

35

Nigeria

1474,35

0

0

35

Morocco

1473,63

0

0

37

Romania

1465,63

0

0

38

Korea Republic

1464,89

0

0

39

Russia

1461,48

0

0

40

Hungary

1460,45

0

0

41

Australia

1457,49

0

0

42

Republic of Ireland

1456,50

0

0

42

Czech Republic

1455,79

0

0

44

Norway

1450,04

0

0

45

Northern Ireland

1440,02

0

0

46

Iceland

1438,18

0

0

47

Jamaica

1436,60

0

0

48

Scotland

1436,32

0

0

49

Egypt

1432,32

0

0

50

Cameroon

1428,44

0

0

51

Costa Rica

1426,73

0

0

52

Ghana

1424,22

0

0

53

Greece

1412,84

0

0

54

Finland

1411,40

0

0

55

Bosnia-Herzegovina

1409,98

0

0

56

Ecuador

1409,00

0

0

57

Mali

1408,43

0

0

58

Burkina Faso

1391,29

0

0

58

Qatar

1391,06

1

4

60

Congo DR

1385,84

0

0

61

Cote d'Ivoire

1384,21

0

0

62

Slovenia

1379,19

0

0

63

Montenegro

1370,00

0

0

64

Honduras

1366,64

0

0

65

North Macedonia

1362,33

0

0

66

Albania

1359,51

0

0

67

Saudi Arabia

1352,95

0

0

68

Bulgaria

1350,13

0

0

69

Iraq

1347,28

0

0

70

El Salvador

1345,73

0

0

71

South Africa

1340,96

0

0

72

Canada

1331,56

0

0

73

Guinea

1329,37

0

0

74

United Arab Emirates

1326,36

0

0

75

China PR

1322,96

0

0

76

Syria

1313,10

0

0

76

Curacao

1312,96

0

0

78

Panama

1310,88

0

0

79

Uganda

1306,82

0

0

79

Bolivia

1306,81

0

0

81

Cape Verde Islands

1305,83

0

0

82

Oman

1302,89

0

0

83

Benin

1301,60

0

0

84

Haiti

1284,80

0

0

85

Uzbekistan

1283,08

0

0

86

Gabon

1279,64

0

0

87

Israel

1279,36

0

0

88

Belarus

1268,84

0

0

89

Georgia

1266,52

0

0

90

Zambia

1266,27

0

0

91

Congo

1264,27

0

0

92

Lebanon

1263,15

0

0

93

Vietnam

1258,06

0

0

94

Madagascar

1256,88

0

0

95

Jordan

1244,45

0

0

96

Kyrgyzstan

1240,08

0

0

97

Bahrain

1238,15

0

0

98

Luxembourg

1235,32

0

0

99

Armenia

1233,27

0

0

100

Cyprus

1223,75

0

0

101

Mauritania

1207,30

0

0

102

Palestine

1203,99

0

0

103

Trinidad and Tobago

1200,72

0

0

104

Kenya

1187,19

0

0

104

India

1186,98

0

0

106

Mozambique

1184,99

0

0

107

Faroe Islands

1182,52

0

0

108

Zimbabwe

1180,51

0

0

109

Azerbaijan

1180,39

0

0

109

Estonia

1179,98

0

0

111

Thailand

1178,07

0

0

111

Libya

1177,80

0

0

113

Niger

1172,84

0

0

114

Central African Republic

1171,29

0

0

115

Korea DPR

1169,96

0

0

116

Sierra Leone

1164,82

0

0

117

Kosovo

1154,81

0

0

118

New Zealand

1149,43

0

0

119

Namibia

1147,30

0

0

120

Guinea-Bissau

1145,99

0

0

121

Tajikistan

1142,96

0

0

122

Kazakhstan

1141,72

0

0

123

Malawi

1139,86

0

0

124

Philippines

1135,94

0

0

125

Angola

1134,19

0

0

126

Antigua and Barbuda

1127,35

0

0

127

Sudan

1124,11

0

0

128

Togo

1115,00

0

0

129

Lithuania

1113,61

0

0

130

Comoros

1112,13

0

0

131

Guatemala

1110,63

0

0

132

Turkmenistan

1106,51

0

0

133

Rwanda

1099,27

0

0

134

Equatorial Guinea

1097,31

0

0

135

Tanzania

1085,25

0

0

136

Latvia

1082,30

0

0

137

Myanmar

1081,26

0

0

138

Chinese Taipei

1078,48

0

0

138

Burundi

1077,93

0

0

140

St. Kitts and Nevis

1073,86

0

0

141

Suriname

1073,39

0

0

141

Solomon Islands

1072,78

0

0

143

Lesotho

1072,02

0

0

143

Hong Kong

1072,00

0

0

145

Yemen

1070,54

0

0

146

Botswana

1065,76

0

0

147

Ethiopia

1064,09

0

0

148

Kuwait

1059,94

0

0

149

Nicaragua

1054,61

0

0

150

Afghanistan

1052,24

0

0

151

Andorra

1047,83

0

0

152

Liberia

1047,45

0

0

153

Malaysia

1040,02

0

0

153

Eswatini

1039,70

0

0

155

Maldives

1038,31

0

0

156

New Caledonia

1035,12

0

0

157

Gambia

1034,21

0

0

158

Singapore

1020,27

0

0

159

Dominican Republic

1019,36

0

0

160

Grenada

1014,55

0

0

161

Tahiti

1014,27

0

0

162

Barbados

1008,78

0

0

163

South Sudan

997,86

0

0

164

Fiji

996,27

0

0

164

Vanuatu

995,62

0

0

166

Papua New Guinea

990,55

0

0

167

Guyana

988,40

0

0

168

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

985,75

0

0

169

Bermuda

983,27

0

0

170

Belize

973,98

0

0

171

Nepal

968,37

0

0

172

Mauritius

964,94

0

0

173

Indonesia

964,07

0

0

173

Cambodia

963,79

0

0

175

St. Lucia

953,45

0

0

176

Malta

951,37

0

0

177

Moldova

950,34

0

0

178

Chad

946,67

0

0

179

Puerto Rico

941,09

0

0

180

Cuba

935,97

0

0

181

Liechtenstein

924,09

0

0

182

Macau

922,10

0

0

183

Montserrat

920,53

0

0

184

Djibouti

918,91

1

0

184

Dominica

918,70

1

0

186

Bangladesh

916,89

-2

-3

187

Sao Tomé e Príncipe

914,07

0

0

188

Laos

912,07

0

0

189

Bhutan

910,96

0

0

190

Mongolia

906,34

0

0

191

Brunei Darussalam

903,90

0

0

192

American Samoa

900,27

0

0

193

Cayman Islands

896,65

0

0

194

Samoa

894,26

0

0

195

Gibraltar

887,55

0

0

196

Bahamas

879,61

0

0

197

Timor-Leste

879,43

0

0

197

Somalia

879,13

0

0

199

Guam

872,83

0

0

200

Aruba

867,44

0

0

200

Pakistan

866,81

0

0

202

Seychelles

865,69

0

0

203

Tonga

861,81

0

0

203

Turks and Caicos Islands

861,56

0

0

205

Eritrea

855,56

0

0

206

Sri Lanka

853,07

0

0

207

US Virgin Islands

844,16

0

0

208

British Virgin Islands

841,73

0

0

209

Anguilla

821,24

0

0

210

San Marino

810,17

0

0



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11 comments:

  1. So, as expected FIFA undid the points for the Ethiopia v Zambia matches on 23 and 25 October. Unsure is whether they did the same for Ethiopia v Sudan on 6 November because of the small number of points exchanged, namely 0.25. But it is likely that that match was also undone due to the number of substitutes that were used by Sudan.

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    1. Indeed both Ethiopia-Zambia friendlies had some 9 substitutes per team per match and should be excluded. But I have a problem: if I exclude both friendlies Zambia ends at 1263 (instead of 1265 according to the December ranking) and Ethiopia ends at 1067 (instead of 1066).

      Only with one of the two frindlies excluded (and it doesn't matter which one) both teams end on the rounded points FIFA gives them in the December ranking.

      And indeed, it remains unclear if the Ethiopia-Sudan friendly should be excluded or not. So I'll leave that match included until further notice.

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  2. Strange, I get the right numbers if I exclude both matches. Will post my numbers later.

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    1. Oops, bug in my software. It takes only one of the two corrections, and I assumed it took both as I had entered them in my system. So indeed, looks like they scrapped only one match. Annoying and strange seeing as both broke the substitution rules.

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    2. Homer, thanks for your confirmation. FIFA works in mysterious ways :)

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  3. Could we expect simulation of the UEFA World Cup 2022 qualifying competition?

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  4. Sure, but I don't have much time at the moment. That will be for the holidays in a week or two

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  5. Any simulation for AFC Asian Cup (2023) qualifier (3rd round) direct group stage entries please?

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    1. These were the %s ahead of the (delayed) March 2020 WCQ matches

      http://www.football-rankings.info/2019/11/afc-qualification-world-cup-2022.html

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    2. I plan to simulate the qualifying action in all confederations with an established match schedule in the coming weeks. So you can look forward to a few posts in this intermediate, quiet period without NT football :)

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