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 PrÃncipe 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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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.
ReplyDeleteIndeed 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).
DeleteOnly 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.
Strange, I get the right numbers if I exclude both matches. Will post my numbers later.
ReplyDeleteOops, 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.
DeleteHomer, thanks for your confirmation. FIFA works in mysterious ways :)
DeleteI know, I worked for them.
DeleteCould we expect simulation of the UEFA World Cup 2022 qualifying competition?
ReplyDeleteSure, but I don't have much time at the moment. That will be for the holidays in a week or two
ReplyDeleteAny simulation for AFC Asian Cup (2023) qualifier (3rd round) direct group stage entries please?
ReplyDeleteThese were the %s ahead of the (delayed) March 2020 WCQ matches
Deletehttp://www.football-rankings.info/2019/11/afc-qualification-world-cup-2022.html
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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