FIFA Ranking: October 2008 preview (II)

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.

Thanks to jonny63 for telling me about South Africa - Guinea.

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

1	Spain	1565	1598	1643
2	Italy	1339	1299	1365
3	Germany	1329	1313	1383
4	Netherlands	1295	1190	1258
5	Croatia	1266	1223	1316
6	Brazil	1252	1254	1333
7	Argentina	1230	1174	1252
8	Czech Republic	1134	1076	1181
9	Portugal	1120	1075	1163
10	Turkey	1033	1002	1066
11	France	1019	951	1035
12	Russia	1013	997	1076
13	Romania	1007	898	927
14	Cameroon	999	1027	1027
15	England	991	849	982
16	Bulgaria	976	968	968
16	Scotland	976	733	820
18	Greece	921	876	945
19	Israel	874	831	957
20	Ghana	864	844	844
21	Egypt	841	864	864
22	Uruguay	817	857	947
23	Côte d'Ivoire	814	814	814
24	Mexico	807	783	875
25	Paraguay	801	790	863
26	Ukraine	799	838	892
27	Nigeria	791	818	818
28	USA	788	802	861
29	Colombia	785	743	827
30	Poland	779	740	763
31	Sweden	773	721	791
32	Northern Ireland	761	662	842
33	Serbia	746	671	800
34	Norway	733	681	681
35	Japan	707	746	746
36	Denmark	696	634	764
37	Morocco	671	643	643
38	Republic of Ireland	662	684	737
39	Australia	655	663	737
40	Chile	654	599	715
41	Guinea	650	647	669
42	Finland	649	596	744
43	Switzerland	644	639	668
44	Tunisia	643	624	624
45	Senegal	623	615	615
46	Iran	614	617	617
47	Mali	604	587	587
48	Moldova	573	501	651
48	Saudi Arabia	573	557	591
50	Hungary	561	507	622
51	Korea Republic	558	536	581
52	Ecuador	556	621	740
53	Wales	549	520	648
54	Lithuania	545	639	706
55	Belgium	530	537	695
56	FYR Macedonia	519	636	800
57	Belarus	518	495	524
58	Angola	513	481	481
59	Uzbekistan	505	461	525
60	Honduras	502	551	602
61	Venezuela	496	484	559
62	Gabon	485	481	481
63	Latvia	479	499	623
64	Burkina Faso	478	502	502
65	Cyprus	476	431	431
66	Bahrain	475	452	492
67	Slovakia	474	520	603
68	Congo DR	461	409	409
69	Zambia	456	426	474
70	South Africa	447	399	432
71	Bolivia	443	416	535
72	Iraq	439	445	445
73	Costa Rica	438	431	475
73	Peru	438	493	611
75	Bosnia-Herzegovina	435	388	448
76	Algeria	423	542	542
77	Georgia	421	372	507
78	Togo	420	391	496
79	Slovenia	415	348	459
80	Trinidad and Tobago	414	405	463
81	Canada	412	414	539
81	Qatar	412	422	456
83	Zimbabwe	406	385	412
84	Suriname	405	311	360
85	Rwanda	400	410	410
86	Kenya	395	429	429
87	Equatorial Guinea	392	285	285
87	Uganda	392	374	374
89	Cape Verde Islands	391	340	340
90	Gambia	386	388	388
90	Libya	386	433	433
92	Cuba	383	366	447
92	Oman	383	362	374
94	China PR	375	370	370
95	New Caledonia	368	282	377
96	Panama	365	383	383
97	Syria	364	350	350
98	Armenia	358	351	476
99	Guatemala	356	346	395
100	Congo	355	536	536
101	Austria	354	420	499
102	Albania	352	355	418
103	Mozambique	351	355	355
104	Benin	349	427	427
105	Jamaica	339	295	363
106	Sudan	333	302	327
107	Iceland	332	345	460
108	Ethiopia	324	346	346
109	United Arab Emirates	323	307	364
110	Malawi	317	309	336
111	New Zealand	316	450	583
112	Guyana	315	299	299
113	Jordan	306	298	298
114	Thailand	305	308	308
115	Botswana	299	295	295
116	Korea DPR	296	296	339
117	Haiti	290	340	388
117	Tanzania	290	308	308
119	Kuwait	285	271	271
120	Kazakhstan	270	247	355
121	Namibia	257	259	259
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	252	252
127	Chad	236	288	388
128	Estonia	234	218	285
129	Singapore	229	234	234
130	Liechtenstein	225	208	266
131	El Salvador	220	248	285
132	Indonesia	210	213	213
133	Malta	209	175	237
134	Barbados	202	246	300
135	Eritrea	199	199	199
136	Montenegro	198	237	410
136	Yemen	198	167	167
138	Azerbaijan	193	177	221
139	Grenada	192	192	192
140	Mauritania	191	178	178
141	Madagascar	190	221	221
141	Swaziland	190	192	192
143	Fiji	185	217	281
144	Liberia	183	159	159
145	Sierra Leone	181	233	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	175
151	India	166	173	173
152	Luxembourg	145	142	273
153	Solomon Islands	140	100	100
154	Tajikistan	136	155	155
155	Maldives	133	156	156
156	Lesotho	119	118	118
157	Seychelles	117	97	97
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	74
170	British Virgin Islands	79	68	191
171	Niger	78	173	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	35
184	Brunei Darussalam	36	36	36
184	Cayman Islands	36	101	101
186	Andorra	33	37	171
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	182
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

Next update on Thursday.

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