FIFA Ranking: December 2008 preview (I)

Update: Fixed Serbia's total. Thanks samacado!
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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.

Included: matches played up to and including November 19th.

Still to play: Digicel Caribbean Championship final tournament, AFF Suzuki Cup and a couple of friendlies. These matches should not affect the top 50.

I will post at least one update before December 11th.

Netherlands up to 3rd, replacing Italy.
England continue to rise - up to 8th.
Turkey return to the top 10.
Czechia, France and Portugal - tied for 11th place.

So far, the best movers are Fiji - 32 places, followed by Kenya with 20 and three countries climbing 13 places: Bolivia, Uganda and Cyprus.

On the other end, New Zealand goes down 24 places, Belarus 22, Moldova and Eritrea 21.

Best movers in the top 50

11 - Korea Republic
9 - Australia
6 - Honduras and Hungary
5 - Ukraine, Egypt and Chile
4 - Saudi Arabia and Mali

Worst movers in the top 50

-11 - Bulgaria
-10 - Northern Ireland
-9 - Colombia
-8 - Finland
-6 - FYR Macedonia and Lithuania

1	Spain	1662	0	5
2	Germany	1381	0	-32
3	Netherlands	1338	1	32
4	Italy	1326	-1	-30
5	Brazil	1246	0	-40
6	Argentina	1180	0	-1
7	Croatia	1142	0	-16
8	England	1115	2	57
9	Russia	1103	-1	24
10	Turkey	1016	3	-16
11	Czech Republic	1007	-2	-55
11	France	1007	1	-28
11	Portugal	1007	-1	-51
14	Cameroon	988	0	-25
15	Ukraine	907	5	24
16	Egypt	894	5	15
17	Paraguay	889	0	-45
18	Israel	878	-3	-126
19	Nigeria	876	3	24
20	Greece	872	-2	-35
21	Romania	858	-2	-34
22	USA	853	2	19
23	Uruguay	828	0	-10
24	Switzerland	823	3	24
25	Ghana	817	1	12
26	Mexico	811	-1	-16
27	Bulgaria	781	-11	-170
28	Australia	776	9	37
29	Côte d'Ivoire	771	-1	-9
30	Serbia	764	0	-11
31	Chile	758	4	5
32	Sweden	750	-3	-26
33	Scotland	739	0	-22
34	Poland	735	-2	-30
35	Japan	731	3	9
36	Ecuador	729	-5	-42
37	Denmark	717	-3	-40
38	Republic of Ireland	711	-2	-40
39	Guinea	702	0	11
40	Honduras	690	6	67
41	Morocco	649	2	3
42	Korea Republic	630	11	41
43	Iran	627	1	-15
44	Slovakia	620	1	-7
45	Mali	616	4	13
46	Tunisia	605	1	-8
47	Lithuania	604	-6	-73
48	Saudi Arabia	603	4	13
49	Colombia	601	-9	-85
50	Hungary	600	6	49
51	Senegal	586	0	-7
52	Northern Ireland	580	-10	-90
53	Costa Rica	578	4	36
54	Belgium	546	1	-25
55	FYR Macedonia	534	-6	-69
56	Finland	533	-8	-78
57	Slovenia	531	1	-10
58	Bolivia	528	13	65
59	Norway	526	-5	-46
60	Wales	523	2	5
61	Bosnia-Herzegovina	517	6	25
62	Burkina Faso	512	-1	-9
62	Gabon	512	-3	-23
64	Algeria	501	-1	-13
65	Kenya	489	20	76
66	Venezuela	486	0	-11
67	Congo	484	2	9
68	Latvia	483	-3	-17
69	Angola	482	-1	6
70	Uganda	470	13	49
71	Uzbekistan	468	5	19
72	Peru	466	-2	2
73	Jamaica	464	10	43
74	Zambia	463	-3	0
75	South Africa	461	5	19
76	Iraq	459	-1	7
77	Rwanda	450	10	44
77	Trinidad and Tobago	450	1	7
79	Cuba	444	-6	-16
80	Bahrain	427	-6	-26
81	Albania	423	5	13
81	Libya	423	7	18
83	Iceland	421	-1	-2
84	New Zealand	419	-24	-113
84	Togo	419	7	23
86	Belarus	417	-22	-90
87	Qatar	415	-9	-28
88	Gambia	413	2	13
89	Panama	411	0	7
90	Canada	409	-9	-25
91	Congo DR	401	3	13
92	Austria	388	0	-3
93	Sudan	385	8	25
94	Cyprus	377	13	40
95	Mozambique	375	-3	-16
96	Oman	374	-1	-11
97	Moldova	373	-21	-76
97	Zimbabwe	373	0	-2
99	Tanzania	371	6	30
100	China PR	367	-2	-4
101	Benin	362	-6	-23
102	Ethiopia	350	0	2
103	Malawi	343	0	-3
104	Syria	339	0	-5
105	Fiji	333	32	133
106	Cape Verde Islands	331	5	28
107	Guatemala	328	1	7
108	Georgia	327	-9	-36
109	Haiti	320	-4	-21
110	United Arab Emirates	317	3	18
111	El Salvador	314	-2	8
112	Montenegro	310	3	25
113	Armenia	303	-3	-1
113	Korea DPR	303	-1	2
115	Namibia	287	-1	-3
116	Sierra Leone	286	8	33
117	Barbados	285	-17	-76
118	Botswana	282	1	3
119	Chad	260	4	0
120	Luxembourg	259	7	14
121	Equatorial Guinea	258	-1	-18
121	Estonia	258	10	23
123	Antigua and Barbuda	251	10	35
124	Bermuda	250	2	-1
124	Jordan	250	-6	-32
126	Thailand	245	-10	-38
127	Kuwait	238	1	-5
128	Suriname	231	1	-8
129	New Caledonia	229	-8	-46
130	Guyana	224	-14	-59
131	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	221	-9	-45
132	Singapore	218	4	11
133	Burundi	211	-3	-26
134	Azerbaijan	209	0	1
135	Madagascar	207	-1	-1
136	Kazakhstan	199	-11	-53
137	Indonesia	196	-5	-25
138	Swaziland	190	2	9
139	Grenada	185	0	-14
140	Liberia	179	2	0
141	Vanuatu	176	2	1
142	Puerto Rico	175	-1	-5
143	Niger	168	4	10
144	India	165	0	-9
145	Tajikistan	162	1	-1
145	Yemen	162	0	-7
147	Malta	151	3	-2
148	Turkmenistan	150	0	-6
149	Liechtenstein	147	3	2
150	Lebanon	146	-1	-8
151	Hong Kong	138	5	14
152	Malaysia	135	-1	-17
153	Netherlands Antilles	128	2	0
153	St. Kitts and Nevis	128	10	23
155	Maldives	126	-2	-7
156	Myanmar	115	2	-1
157	Mauritania	112	3	0
158	Eritrea	109	-21	-91
159	Philippines	107	-2	-11
160	Lesotho	106	1	-3
161	Laos	102	1	-6
161	Vietnam	102	-2	-13
163	Kyrgyzstan	101	-9	-28
164	Solomon Islands	100	1	0
164	Sri Lanka	100	2	9
166	Pakistan	92	2	2
167	Seychelles	91	-1	0
168	Chinese Taipei	85	2	3
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	0	0
170	Bahamas	74	1	-7
170	Mauritius	74	3	0
172	Cayman Islands	73	-8	-28
173	Belize	71	3	0
173	Cambodia	71	1	-1
173	Nepal	71	4	4
176	Bangladesh	70	5	16
177	Samoa	64	3	0
177	St. Lucia	64	-5	-11
179	Palestine	53	4	6
180	British Virgin Islands	49	-3	-18
181	Afghanistan	45	2	-2
181	Brunei Darussalam	45	1	-7
181	Nicaragua	45	4	0
184	Faroe Islands	42	2	5
185	Dominican Republic	40	-6	-26
186	Guinea-Bissau	39	-12	-33
187	Bhutan	33	0	1
188	Djibouti	32	-1	0
188	Tahiti	32	-1	0
188	Tonga	32	-1	0
191	Dominica	25	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	0	0
193	Aruba	22	0	0
194	Andorra	20	0	1
195	US Virgin Islands	17	0	0
196	Macau	10	1	0
197	Timor-Leste	9	1	0
198	Comoros	8	-2	-5
199	Central African Republic	6	1	0
200	Somalia	5	-1	-3
201	American Samoa	0	0	0
201	Anguilla	0	0	0
201	Cook Islands	0	0	0
201	Guam	0	0	0
201	Montserrat	0	0	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
201	San Marino	0	0	0

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