Saturday, March 13, 2021

FIFA ranking: April 2021 probable ranking

The first FIFA international match window of the year is drawing near:

  • CAF plays match days 5 and 6 to conclude the qualification groups for the CAF Cup of Nations 2022 in Cameroon.
  • CONCACAF starts with their World cup qualification stage 1, a group stage with 6 groups of 5 teams where each team plays 2 home and 2 away matches against each group opponent. These group matches will be played in the March window and the first part of the extended June window. Some group matches will be played in centralized locations to be able to meet the Covid-19 requirements.
    In the second part of the June window the qualification stage 2 is scheduled where in three home-and-away play-offs the 6 group winners compete for a place in stage 3, the octagonal. Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Honduras have already qualified for this 8-team double round robin group stage, to start in September and played to a finish in March next year.
  • UEFA starts with their World cup qualification groups and plays the first three match days.
  • AFC had match days 7 and 8 of their world cup qualification second stage scheduled, but was forced given the current Covid-19 regulations in Asia to postpone these matches (bar only 3 exceptions) to the extended June window where they will play the last 4 group match days in centralized locations to be able to finish the second stage in that window.
  • CONMEBOL had match days 5 and 6 in their World cup qualification group scheduled, but they were also forced to postpone these rounds, given the current Covid-19 regulations in Europe where most of their top players earn their money. It is yet unknown when these matches will be rescheduled. They already need all available windows until March 2022 to be able to finish the group stage on time. Probably they will have two windows in the Autumn extended with an extra match day each.

Besides these qualifiers quite a few friendlies are also scheduled.


Here is the probable April 2021 ranking, to be published on April 8th.

This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 181 currently scheduled and according to my method included matches, out of a total of 186 currently scheduled matches. See the probable results for a list of which scheduled matches are included.


Apr rank

Team

April pts

+/- pos

+/- pts

1

Belgium

1795,74

0

16

2

France

1769,44

0

14

3

Brazil

1742,65

0

0

4

England

1686,78

0

17

5

Portugal

1678,13

0

16

6

Spain

1660,31

0

15

7

Italy

1642,06

3

17

7

Argentina

1641,95

0

0

9

Uruguay

1639,08

-1

0

10

Mexico

1634,47

-1

2

10

Germany

1634,12

3

24

12

Croatia

1629,97

-1

13

13

Netherlands

1622,67

1

14

14

Denmark

1619,05

-2

5

15

Switzerland

1604,58

1

12

16

Colombia

1600,66

-1

0

17

Sweden

1568,94

3

11

18

Senegal

1567,45

2

9

18

Chile

1566,83

-1

0

20

Wales

1565,18

-2

3

21

USA

1550,42

1

2

21

Poland

1549,87

-2

-9

23

Austria

1535,92

0

5

24

Ukraine

1529,01

0

8

25

Tunisia

1512,88

1

10

26

Peru

1511,88

-1

0

27

Japan

1504,38

0

2

28

Venezuela

1500,71

0

0

28

Serbia

1500,60

2

9

30

Algeria

1499,19

1

11

31

Iran

1496,25

-2

0

32

Morocco

1491,64

1

11

33

Nigeria

1487,16

3

13

33

Slovakia

1487,00

1

9

35

Turkey

1481,14

-3

-6

36

Paraguay

1476,02

-1

0

37

Russia

1475,18

2

14

38

Hungary

1468,75

2

9

39

Korea Republic

1465,25

-1

0

40

Norway

1463,96

4

14

41

Romania

1461,48

-4

-5

42

Australia

1457,49

-1

0

42

Republic of Ireland

1456,98

0

1

44

Czech Republic

1446,48

-2

-10

45

Egypt

1444,99

4

13

46

Northern Ireland

1443,13

-1

3

47

Cameroon

1441,94

3

15

48

Scotland

1441,43

0

5

49

Jamaica

1432,64

-2

-4

50

Iceland

1428,36

-4

-10

51

Ghana

1425,27

1

1

52

Greece

1419,09

1

6

53

Costa Rica

1418,36

-3

-9

54

Mali

1413,44

0

1

55

Finland

1411,87

0

1

56

Ecuador

1409,00

1

0

57

Bosnia-Herzegovina

1397,80

-1

-12

57

Cote d'Ivoire

1397,51

4

14

59

Qatar

1393,16

-1

2

59

Burkina Faso

1392,88

-1

2

61

Congo DR

1388,95

-1

3

62

Slovenia

1370,74

0

-8

63

Montenegro

1368,77

0

-1

64

Saudi Arabia

1364,39

3

11

65

Albania

1362,09

1

2

66

Honduras

1361,09

-2

-6

67

El Salvador

1353,58

3

10

68

North Macedonia

1349,73

-3

-12

69

Iraq

1348,42

0

0

70

Canada

1340,56

3

9

71

South Africa

1338,14

0

-3

72

Guinea

1331,79

0

-2

73

United Arab Emirates

1330,12

1

4

74

Bulgaria

1326,65

-6

-23

75

Curacao

1323,06

1

10

75

China PR

1322,96

0

0

77

Panama

1321,98

1

10

78

Syria

1313,10

-2

0

79

Bolivia

1306,81

0

0

79

Oman

1306,51

2

4

81

Benin

1302,53

1

1

82

Uganda

1299,32

1

-2

83

Haiti

1295,84

1

11

84

Cape Verde Islands

1293,22

-4

-13

85

Uzbekistan

1285,39

0

2

86

Israel

1283,36

1

4

87

Gabon

1278,37

-1

-2

88

Belarus

1276,92

0

8

89

Madagascar

1262,89

5

6

90

Lebanon

1261,04

2

-2

91

Vietnam

1258,06

2

0

92

Congo

1255,88

-2

-9

93

Armenia

1248,54

6

16

94

Georgia

1246,92

-5

-20

95

Bahrain

1243,18

2

5

95

Zambia

1242,71

-5

-22

97

Jordan

1236,63

-2

-6

98

Kyrgyzstan

1234,15

-2

-6

99

Luxembourg

1220,34

-1

-15

100

Trinidad and Tobago

1213,83

3

14

101

Cyprus

1203,54

-1

-20

102

Palestine

1196,80

0

-9

103

Zimbabwe

1188,00

9

12

103

Mauritania

1187,56

-2

-19

105

Kenya

1184,02

-1

-3

106

Central African Republic

1182,34

8

11

107

India

1179,41

-3

-8

108

Thailand

1178,07

2

0

109

Mozambique

1173,49

-3

-12

110

Korea DPR

1169,96

5

0

111

Libya

1168,71

0

-8

112

Azerbaijan

1168,32

-4

-12

113

Faroe Islands

1165,45

-6

-18

114

Estonia

1162,45

-6

-18

115

Niger

1153,76

-2

-18

116

Sierra Leone

1153,18

0

-12

116

Malawi

1152,59

7

13

118

Kosovo

1151,87

-1

-3

119

Tajikistan

1151,10

1

7

120

New Zealand

1149,43

-2

0

121

Guinea-Bissau

1146,19

-2

0

122

Namibia

1143,44

-1

0

123

Antigua and Barbuda

1141,30

3

14

123

Kazakhstan

1140,76

-1

-1

125

Sudan

1136,63

2

13

126

Philippines

1135,94

-2

0

127

Guatemala

1129,30

3

17

128

Angola

1123,11

-3

-11

129

Togo

1116,43

-1

1

130

Rwanda

1111,63

3

9

131

Comoros

1106,65

-1

-5

131

Turkmenistan

1106,51

1

0

133

Equatorial Guinea

1105,03

1

8

134

Lithuania

1102,84

-5

-11

135

St. Kitts and Nevis

1091,12

5

17

136

Suriname

1089,43

5

16

137

Myanmar

1081,26

0

0

138

Chinese Taipei

1078,48

0

0

139

Burundi

1075,82

-1

-2

140

Tanzania

1073,64

-5

-13

141

Solomon Islands

1072,78

0

0

142

Hong Kong

1072,00

1

0

143

Yemen

1070,54

2

0

144

Nicaragua

1070,45

5

15

144

Lesotho

1069,91

-1

-2

146

Latvia

1068,92

-10

-13

147

Ethiopia

1064,31

-1

-2

147

Botswana

1064,24

-1

-2

149

Kuwait

1056,34

-1

-1

150

Afghanistan

1052,24

0

0

151

Liberia

1047,45

1

0

152

Gambia

1043,66

5

10

153

Malaysia

1040,02

0

0

154

Eswatini

1039,24

-1

-1

155

Maldives

1038,31

0

0

156

Dominican Republic

1036,22

3

18

157

New Caledonia

1035,12

-1

0

157

Andorra

1034,90

-6

-13

159

Singapore

1020,27

-1

0

160

Grenada

1017,58

0

3

161

Tahiti

1014,27

0

0

162

Barbados

1010,97

0

2

163

Fiji

996,27

1

0

163

Vanuatu

995,62

1

0

165

Guyana

990,63

2

3

165

Papua New Guinea

990,55

1

0

167

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

989,32

1

3

168

Bermuda

987,78

1

5

169

South Sudan

982,68

-6

-15

170

Belize

977,96

0

4

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

Moldova

948,16

2

-2

175

Chad

947,51

3

1

177

Malta

943,75

-1

-7

178

St. Lucia

938,08

-3

-15

179

Puerto Rico

926,36

0

-16

180

Cuba

923,03

0

-13

181

Macau

922,10

1

0

182

Djibouti

918,91

2

0

183

Bangladesh

916,89

3

0

184

Laos

912,07

4

0

185

Liechtenstein

911,19

-4

-13

185

Bhutan

910,96

4

0

187

Montserrat

908,81

-4

-12

188

Dominica

904,26

-4

-15

188

Brunei Darussalam

903,90

3

0

190

Sao Tomé e Príncipe

903,31

-3

-11

191

American Samoa

900,27

1

0

192

Mongolia

896,93

-2

-9

193

Samoa

894,26

1

0

194

Cayman Islands

884,44

-1

-13

195

Gibraltar

880,29

0

-8

196

Timor-Leste

879,43

1

0

196

Somalia

879,13

1

0

198

Guam

872,83

1

0

199

Pakistan

866,81

1

0

200

Seychelles

865,69

2

0

201

Bahamas

861,84

-5

-18

201

Tonga

861,81

2

0

203

Eritrea

855,56

2

0

204

Sri Lanka

853,07

2

0

205

Aruba

850,10

-5

-17

206

Turks and Caicos Islands

843,86

-3

-18

207

US Virgin Islands

829,46

0

-15

208

British Virgin Islands

826,27

0

-16

209

Anguilla

805,32

0

-16

209

San Marino

804,71

1

-5



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