FIFA Ranking: October 2008 probable ranking (I)

Probable results computed using the ELORatings (this tends to generate a lot of draws).

Watch out for New Zealand - they could break into the top 50 (climbing more than 50 places) with two wins against New Caledonia. ELO has them with one win (at home) and a draw (away).

Probable October 2008 rank - Team - Probable October 2008 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1643	0	78
2	Germany	1383	1	54
3	Italy	1365	-1	26
4	Argentina	1323	3	93
5	Netherlands	1286	-1	-9
6	Brazil	1268	0	16
7	Croatia	1254	-2	-12
8	Czech Republic	1111	0	-23
9	Portugal	1105	0	-15
10	France	1084	1	65
11	Russia	1076	1	63
12	Turkey	1066	-2	33
13	Cameroon	1027	1	28
14	Romania	1011	-1	4
15	Bulgaria	968	1	-8
16	Greece	899	2	-22
17	England	893	-2	-98
18	Ukraine	892	8	93
19	Uruguay	878	3	61
20	Israel	873	-1	-1
21	Scotland	865	-5	-111
22	USA	861	6	73
23	Ghana	859	-3	-5
24	Mexico	853	0	46
25	Egypt	836	-4	-5
26	Paraguay	829	-1	28
27	Côte d'Ivoire	814	-4	0
28	Colombia	802	1	17
29	Poland	801	1	22
30	Sweden	791	1	18
31	Nigeria	778	-4	-13
32	Northern Ireland	763	0	2
33	Norway	740	1	7
34	Japan	711	1	4
35	Republic of Ireland	702	3	40
36	Denmark	678	0	-18
37	Serbia	671	-4	-75
38	Chile	669	2	15
39	Switzerland	668	4	24
40	Guinea	665	1	15
41	Morocco	660	-4	-11
42	Australia	642	-3	-13
43	Senegal	633	2	10
44	Tunisia	624	0	-19
45	Ecuador	621	7	65
46	Iran	617	0	3
47	Mali	603	0	-1
48	Finland	596	-6	-53
49	Moldova	589	-1	16
50	Saudi Arabia	568	-2	-5
51	Honduras	560	9	58
52	Korea Republic	551	-1	-7
53	Belgium	537	2	7
54	FYR Macedonia	534	2	15
54	Lithuania	534	0	-11
56	Belarus	524	1	6
57	Wales	520	-4	-29
58	Hungary	507	-8	-54
59	Burkina Faso	502	5	24
59	Venezuela	502	2	6
61	Uzbekistan	498	-2	-7
62	Angola	495	-4	-18
63	New Zealand	494	48	178
64	Bahrain	484	2	9
65	Gabon	481	-3	-4
66	Zambia	474	3	18
67	Latvia	471	-4	-8
67	Slovakia	471	0	-3
69	Algeria	460	7	37
70	Congo DR	456	-2	-5
71	Bosnia-Herzegovina	448	4	13
72	Canada	447	9	35
73	Costa Rica	445	0	7
73	Iraq	445	-1	6
75	South Africa	443	-5	-4
76	Peru	436	-3	-2
77	Cyprus	431	-12	-45
78	Kenya	429	8	34
79	Albania	418	23	66
80	Bolivia	416	-9	-27
81	Qatar	409	0	-3
82	Zimbabwe	407	1	1
83	Congo	406	17	51
84	Trinidad and Tobago	405	-4	-9
85	Cuba	393	7	10
86	Togo	391	-8	-29
87	Gambia	388	3	2
88	Rwanda	387	-3	-13
89	Panama	383	7	18
89	Uganda	383	-2	-9
91	Benin	381	13	32
92	Libya	378	-2	-8
93	Georgia	372	-16	-49
94	China PR	370	0	-5
95	Oman	369	-3	-14
96	Haiti	365	21	75
97	Guatemala	362	2	6
98	Armenia	351	0	-7
99	Syria	350	-2	-14
100	Austria	345	1	-9
101	Cape Verde Islands	340	-12	-51
102	Slovenia	338	-23	-77
103	United Arab Emirates	336	6	13
104	Suriname	327	-20	-78
105	Sudan	318	1	-15
106	Ethiopia	317	2	-7
106	Mozambique	317	-3	-34
108	New Caledonia	314	-13	-54
109	Iceland	311	-2	-21
110	Malawi	309	0	-8
111	Thailand	308	3	3
112	Botswana	306	3	7
113	Equatorial Guinea	304	-26	-88
114	Guyana	299	-2	-16
115	Jordan	298	-2	-8
116	Jamaica	295	-11	-44
117	Montenegro	294	19	96
118	Korea DPR	293	-2	-3
119	Tanzania	292	-2	2
120	Barbados	282	14	80
121	Kuwait	271	-2	-14
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	262	25	89
123	Namibia	259	-2	2
124	Chad	254	3	18
125	Kyrgyzstan	253	-1	0
126	Bermuda	251	-1	6
126	Hong Kong	251	-4	-5
128	Kazakhstan	247	-8	-23
129	El Salvador	243	2	23
130	Burundi	236	-4	-1
131	Singapore	234	-2	5
132	Antigua and Barbuda	225	-10	-31
133	Azerbaijan	221	5	28
134	Estonia	218	-6	-16
134	Mauritania	218	6	27
136	Indonesia	213	-4	3
137	Liechtenstein	208	-7	-17
138	Eritrea	199	-3	0
139	Fiji	196	4	11
140	Madagascar	193	1	3
141	Grenada	192	-2	0
141	Swaziland	192	0	2
143	Sierra Leone	189	2	8
144	Puerto Rico	180	2	0
145	Malta	175	-12	-34
146	India	173	5	7
147	Lebanon	170	0	-3
148	Netherlands Antilles	169	-1	-4
149	Yemen	167	-13	-31
150	Liberia	159	-6	-24
151	Maldives	156	4	23
152	Tajikistan	155	2	19
152	Vanuatu	155	-2	-16
154	Luxembourg	142	-2	-3
155	St. Kitts and Nevis	138	4	25
156	Lesotho	118	0	-1
157	Seychelles	117	0	0
158	Turkmenistan	114	0	0
159	Myanmar	112	1	0
160	Malaysia	109	1	1
161	St. Lucia	108	0	0
162	Niger	104	9	26
163	Cayman Islands	101	21	65
164	Solomon Islands	100	-11	-40
165	Mauritius	93	4	11
166	Vietnam	90	0	-2
167	Philippines	89	0	0
168	Pakistan	87	0	-1
169	Sri Lanka	86	-5	-9
170	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	-7	-13
171	Bahamas	81	-6	-13
172	Guinea-Bissau	72	0	0
173	Belize	71	0	0
173	Chinese Taipei	71	2	3
175	British Virgin Islands	68	-5	-11
175	Nepal	68	2	4
177	Dominican Republic	66	-1	0
178	Samoa	64	-1	0
179	Bangladesh	56	0	-6
180	Palestine	50	-7	-21
181	Nicaragua	45	-1	0
182	Afghanistan	43	0	3
182	Cambodia	43	-1	0
184	Andorra	37	2	4
185	Brunei Darussalam	36	-1	0
186	Djibouti	35	-4	-5
187	Bhutan	32	0	0
187	Tahiti	32	0	0
187	Tonga	32	0	0
190	Laos	28	0	1
191	Dominica	25	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	0	0
193	Aruba	22	0	0
194	US Virgin Islands	17	0	0
195	Comoros	13	0	0
196	Macau	11	0	0
197	Somalia	8	0	0
198	Faroe Islands	7	0	0
199	Central African Republic	6	0	0
200	American Samoa	0	0	0
200	Anguilla	0	0	0
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	0
200	Timor-Leste	0	0	0

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