FIFA Ranking: November 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.

Spain untouchable on top spot.

October 2008 rank - Country - October 2008 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1643	1564	1657
2	Italy	1365	1279	1422
3	Germany	1336	1268	1413
4	Brazil	1280	1170	1354
5	Netherlands	1258	1185	1306
6	Croatia	1223	1103	1218
7	Argentina	1200	1070	1281
8	Czech Republic	1111	989	1160
9	Russia	1076	1000	1177
10	Portugal	1075	1006	1161
11	France	1035	976	1095
12	Cameroon	1027	985	1011
13	Turkey	1021	967	1050
14	England	982	915	1058
15	Bulgaria	969	855	1137
16	Israel	961	902	1079
17	Greece	945	840	985
18	Romania	927	852	970
19	Ukraine	893	838	984
20	Uruguay	887	812	1008
21	USA	861	788	885
22	Egypt	860	859	876
22	Paraguay	860	773	935
24	Mexico	841	808	906
25	Ghana	839	788	822
26	Scotland	820	704	876
27	Nigeria	818	822	852
28	Sweden	794	744	839
29	Côte d'Ivoire	779	761	782
30	Poland	763	675	831
31	Denmark	760	719	760
32	Japan	747	698	761
33	Colombia	739	658	854
34	Australia	737	688	748
35	Northern Ireland	721	628	776
36	Chile	714	657	829
37	Lithuania	706	646	778
38	Republic of Ireland	701	637	749
39	Norway	680	525	833
40	Serbia	673	586	777
41	Guinea	670	640	691
42	Ecuador	661	660	859
43	Finland	642	569	755
43	Morocco	642	624	648
45	Switzerland	641	615	799
46	FYR Macedonia	637	603	684
47	Tunisia	624	594	644
48	Iran	619	604	638
49	Senegal	615	584	634
50	Honduras	601	565	663
51	Belgium	589	489	738
51	Saudi Arabia	589	593	593
53	Mali	587	561	601
54	New Zealand	584	533	533
55	Korea Republic	552	523	588
56	Algeria	542	502	538
57	Congo	536	474	574
58	Peru	533	465	651
59	Belarus	522	507	623
60	Slovakia	521	478	628
61	Wales	518	474	653
62	Hungary	507	434	551
63	Burkina Faso	502	464	521
64	Latvia	501	458	689
65	Moldova	500	428	645
66	Venezuela	484	429	582
67	Gabon	481	436	534
68	Angola	479	453	474
69	Costa Rica	476	441	541
70	Uzbekistan	468	416	506
70	Zambia	468	466	466
72	Bahrain	465	450	459
73	Slovenia	457	404	702
74	Bolivia	456	373	570
75	Bosnia-Herzegovina	446	410	649
76	Libya	444	419	479
77	Iraq	443	452	452
78	Qatar	436	439	485
79	Kenya	433	412	497
80	Cyprus	430	305	553
81	Benin	429	388	439
82	Austria	422	386	499
83	Albania	416	349	657
84	Canada	415	400	589
85	South Africa	411	383	440
85	Congo DR	411	387	451
87	Rwanda	410	406	406
88	Trinidad and Tobago	404	339	474
89	Guatemala	394	299	390
90	Gambia	389	360	480
91	Zimbabwe	385	374	417
91	Togo	385	348	395
91	Panama	385	404	404
94	Oman	380	384	384
95	Uganda	376	363	421
96	China PR	374	371	371
97	Georgia	368	295	503
98	Cuba	366	322	576
99	Syria	361	348	348
100	Mozambique	355	341	391
101	Armenia	353	302	474
102	Ethiopia	348	348	348
103	Iceland	345	326	544
104	Cape Verde Islands	340	303	360
104	Haiti	340	332	407
106	Sudan	326	314	360
107	Korea DPR	315	315	362
108	Suriname	311	216	420
109	Malawi	310	290	346
110	United Arab Emirates	307	289	368
110	Tanzania	307	297	341
112	Thailand	303	278	278
112	Jordan	303	289	289
114	Barbados	300	286	390
115	Botswana	296	277	330
116	Jamaica	295	282	421
117	Montenegro	294	285	497
118	Guyana	290	270	367
119	Chad	288	260	394
120	El Salvador	285	259	319
121	Equatorial Guinea	284	275	380
122	New Caledonia	275	275	275
123	Luxembourg	273	207	473
124	Kuwait	272	242	242
125	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	261	268	268
126	Namibia	259	241	300
127	Kyrgyzstan	253	128	128
128	Burundi	252	237	304
129	Bermuda	251	251	251
130	Hong Kong	250	119	119
131	Kazakhstan	247	252	379
132	Singapore	233	202	212
133	Antigua and Barbuda	232	171	275
133	Sierra Leone	232	252	363
135	Liechtenstein	227	145	294
136	Madagascar	220	209	292
137	Estonia	218	199	423
138	Fiji	217	199	199
139	Indonesia	211	220	220
140	Eritrea	200	200	200
141	Swaziland	192	181	239
141	Grenada	192	170	199
143	Azerbaijan	191	179	307
144	Puerto Rico	180	180	180
145	Mauritania	178	112	279
146	Malta	176	153	344
147	Vanuatu	175	175	175
148	Yemen	173	169	169
148	India	173	172	172
150	Niger	172	157	262
151	Lebanon	169	151	151
151	Netherlands Antilles	169	128	277
153	Liberia	159	148	240
154	Maldives	156	129	129
155	Tajikistan	155	166	166
156	St. Kitts and Nevis	123	85	223
157	Myanmar	116	114	114
158	Turkmenistan	115	154	154
159	Lesotho	113	109	195
160	Malaysia	109	71	97
161	St. Lucia	108	77	77
162	Cayman Islands	101	101	176
163	Solomon Islands	100	100	100
164	Seychelles	96	93	202
165	Sri Lanka	89	89	89
165	Vietnam	89	88	122
165	Philippines	89	75	148
168	Pakistan	87	90	104
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	83	83
170	Bahamas	81	81	81
171	Mauritius	74	74	194
172	Guinea-Bissau	72	72	72
173	Belize	71	71	71
173	Chinese Taipei	71	82	82
175	Nepal	68	73	73
176	British Virgin Islands	67	67	67
177	Dominican Republic	66	66	123
178	Samoa	64	64	64
179	Bangladesh	55	57	57
180	Palestine	50	34	34
181	Nicaragua	45	45	45
182	Afghanistan	43	50	50
182	Cambodia	43	35	99
184	Andorra	36	19	201
184	Brunei Darussalam	36	28	101
186	Djibouti	35	32	145
187	Bhutan	32	32	32
187	Tahiti	32	32	32
187	Tonga	32	32	32
190	Laos	28	31	133
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	10	10
197	Somalia	8	8	8
198	Faroe Islands	7	0	263
199	Central African Republic	6	6	6
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	458
200	Timor-Leste	0	0	102

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