FIFA Ranking: October 2008 preview (I)

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

However, since many matches were played on October 8th in previous years, do take it with a fair bit of salt.

September 2008 rank - Country - September 2008 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1565	1543	1643
2	Italy	1339	1227	1365
3	Germany	1329	1282	1383
4	Netherlands	1295	1190	1286
5	Croatia	1266	1183	1316
6	Brazil	1252	1156	1333
7	Argentina	1230	1138	1323
8	Czech Republic	1134	1076	1181
9	Portugal	1120	1040	1163
10	Turkey	1033	957	1066
11	France	1019	951	1084
12	Russia	1013	997	1076
13	Romania	1007	898	1011
14	Cameroon	999	962	1027
15	England	991	815	982
16	Bulgaria	976	945	1014
16	Scotland	976	733	955
18	Greece	921	851	945
19	Israel	874	787	1044
20	Ghana	864	844	888
21	Egypt	841	822	864
22	Uruguay	817	752	947
23	Côte d'Ivoire	814	814	814
24	Mexico	807	737	875
25	Paraguay	801	756	930
26	Ukraine	799	740	892
27	Nigeria	791	758	818
28	USA	788	749	861
29	Colombia	785	743	920
30	Poland	779	721	801
31	Sweden	773	705	822
32	Northern Ireland	761	662	966
33	Serbia	746	637	800
34	Norway	733	652	740
35	Japan	707	693	746
36	Denmark	696	600	833
37	Morocco	671	618	672
38	Republic of Ireland	662	582	737
39	Australia	655	617	737
40	Chile	654	599	810
41	Guinea	650	647	701
42	Finland	649	596	744
43	Switzerland	644	604	738
44	Tunisia	643	606	660
45	Senegal	623	615	671
46	Iran	614	597	657
47	Mali	604	587	636
48	Moldova	573	501	766
48	Saudi Arabia	573	538	630
50	Hungary	561	470	697
51	Korea Republic	558	517	581
52	Ecuador	556	535	740
53	Wales	549	478	648
54	Lithuania	545	511	706
55	Belgium	530	477	695
56	FYR Macedonia	519	483	800
57	Belarus	518	495	624
58	Angola	513	481	525
59	Uzbekistan	505	461	573
60	Honduras	502	488	602
61	Venezuela	496	484	614
62	Gabon	485	435	481
63	Latvia	479	396	623
64	Burkina Faso	478	455	597
65	Cyprus	476	431	616
66	Bahrain	475	452	548
67	Slovakia	474	406	603
68	Congo DR	461	409	551
69	Zambia	456	426	474
70	South Africa	447	409	484
71	Bolivia	443	416	625
72	Iraq	439	445	445
73	Costa Rica	438	369	475
73	Peru	438	408	611
75	Bosnia-Herzegovina	435	388	615
76	Algeria	423	419	542
77	Georgia	421	372	618
78	Togo	420	391	496
79	Slovenia	415	301	553
80	Trinidad and Tobago	414	394	486
81	Canada	412	414	638
81	Qatar	412	386	456
83	Zimbabwe	406	369	482
84	Suriname	405	311	450
85	Rwanda	400	375	410
86	Kenya	395	379	429
87	Equatorial Guinea	392	285	343
87	Uganda	392	374	403
89	Cape Verde Islands	391	340	471
90	Gambia	386	337	388
90	Libya	386	351	433
92	Cuba	383	366	584
92	Oman	383	363	381
94	China PR	375	370	370
95	New Caledonia	368	282	471
96	Panama	365	383	383
97	Syria	364	350	350
98	Armenia	358	351	595
99	Guatemala	356	327	431
100	Congo	355	341	536
101	Austria	354	319	499
102	Albania	352	302	523
103	Mozambique	351	317	430
104	Benin	349	358	427
105	Jamaica	339	295	450
106	Sudan	333	302	351
107	Iceland	332	311	530
108	Ethiopia	324	317	490
109	United Arab Emirates	323	307	395
110	Malawi	317	282	336
111	New Zealand	316	316	583
112	Guyana	315	299	299
113	Jordan	306	298	317
114	Thailand	305	308	308
115	Botswana	299	295	329
116	Korea DPR	296	270	339
117	Haiti	290	340	414
117	Tanzania	290	284	308
119	Kuwait	285	271	271
120	Kazakhstan	270	247	477
121	Namibia	257	259	301
122	Antigua and Barbuda	256	225	225
122	Hong Kong	256	251	251
124	Kyrgyzstan	253	253	253
125	Bermuda	245	251	251
126	Burundi	237	228	252
127	Chad	236	188	388
128	Estonia	234	218	363
129	Singapore	229	234	234
130	Liechtenstein	225	208	451
131	El Salvador	220	222	285
132	Indonesia	210	213	213
133	Malta	209	175	356
134	Barbados	202	246	300
135	Eritrea	199	199	199
136	Montenegro	198	171	542
136	Yemen	198	167	167
138	Azerbaijan	193	177	313
139	Grenada	192	192	192
140	Mauritania	191	178	300
141	Madagascar	190	179	221
141	Swaziland	190	192	192
143	Fiji	185	153	281
144	Liberia	183	159	237
145	Sierra Leone	181	167	233
146	Puerto Rico	180	180	180
147	Lebanon	173	170	170
147	Netherlands Antilles	173	169	169
147	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	173	227	262
150	Vanuatu	171	115	236
151	India	166	173	173
152	Luxembourg	145	142	425
153	Solomon Islands	140	100	100
154	Tajikistan	136	155	155
155	Maldives	133	156	156
156	Lesotho	119	118	198
157	Seychelles	117	97	156
158	Turkmenistan	114	114	114
159	St. Kitts and Nevis	113	87	169
160	Myanmar	112	112	112
161	Malaysia	108	109	109
161	St. Lucia	108	108	108
163	Turks and Caicos Islands	96	83	83
164	Sri Lanka	95	86	86
165	Bahamas	94	81	81
166	Vietnam	92	90	90
167	Philippines	89	89	89
168	Pakistan	88	87	87
169	Mauritius	82	74	133
170	British Virgin Islands	79	68	191
171	Niger	78	70	173
172	Guinea-Bissau	72	72	72
173	Belize	71	71	71
173	Palestine	71	50	50
175	Chinese Taipei	68	71	71
176	Dominican Republic	66	66	66
177	Nepal	64	68	68
177	Samoa	64	64	64
179	Bangladesh	62	56	56
180	Nicaragua	45	45	45
181	Cambodia	43	43	43
182	Afghanistan	40	43	43
182	Djibouti	40	35	99
184	Brunei Darussalam	36	36	36
184	Cayman Islands	36	101	101
186	Andorra	33	37	345
187	Bhutan	32	32	32
187	Tahiti	32	32	32
187	Tonga	32	32	32
190	Laos	27	28	28
191	Dominica	25	25	25
192	Mongolia	24	24	24
193	Aruba	22	22	22
194	US Virgin Islands	17	17	17
195	Comoros	13	13	13
196	Macau	11	11	11
197	Somalia	8	8	8
198	Faroe Islands	7	7	338
199	Central African Republic	6	6	6
200	American Samoa	0	0	0
200	Anguilla	0	0	68
200	Cook Islands	0	0	0
200	Guam	0	0	0
200	Montserrat	0	0	0
200	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
200	San Marino	0	0	255
200	Timor-Leste	0	0	0

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