FIFA Ranking: November 2009 ranking to be postponed?

If FIFA will use the same formula as in 2006 to determine the seeds for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, they might be forced to postpone the November 2009 release. As of now, it's scheduled for November 11th, but this means the last two match days (14 and 18 November) will not be included in the calculation.
The UEFA playoffs (between the 8 best runners-up) and the intercontinental playoffs (CONMEBOL vs. CONCACAF and AFC vs. OFC) will be played on those dates. Also, the last match day of the CAF qualifiers is scheduled for November 14.

With the final draw taking place on December 4th in Cape Town, they can't use the December ranking (to be published on December 16th). And bringing the December release date forward doesn't seem to be an option.

Most likely, they will postpone the November 2009 ranking, from November 11th to November 20th, as they did in 2007, in order to use the November 2007 for the preliminary World Cup draw.

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February 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Montenegro	111	52	59
Guinea-Bissau	188	139	49
Central African Republic	200	154	46
Solomon Islands	163	119	44
Tahiti	190	149	41
Jordan	126	87	39
Syria	96	61	35
Korea DPR	119	84	35
Papua New Guinea	201	166	35
Palestine	180	146	34

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg	120	171	-51
Bermuda	116	155	-39
Nicaragua	132	169	-37
Gambia	73	110	-37
Congo	69	103	-34
Burkina Faso	62	95	-33
Puerto Rico	144	176	-32
Philippines	164	193	-29
Sierra Leone	109	137	-28
Algeria	66	94	-28
Northern Ireland	49	77	-28

Top 50 nations only (in the top 50 in at least one of the rankings)

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Iran	44	23	21
Venezuela	67	47	20
Colombia	51	34	17
Wales	65	49	16
Denmark	34	19	15
Jamaica	64	50	14
Finland	61	48	13
Norway	56	44	12
Chile	31	21	10
Saudi Arabia	55	45	10

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Northern Ireland	49	77	-28
Mali	47	71	-24
Israel	18	36	-18
Guinea	45	59	-14
Hungary	43	56	-13
Slovakia	42	55	-13
Panama	50	62	-12
Cameroon	16	28	-12
Ukraine	14	24	-10
Scotland	32	41	-9
Nigeria	23	32	-9

Matches I would have liked to see on February 11th:

Iran - Northern Ireland
Venezuela - Slovenia
Colombia - Hungary
Wales - Macedonia
Denmark - Slovakia
Jamaica - Burkina Faso
Finland - Mali
Norway - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Chile - Israel
Saudi Arabia - Lithuania

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2010 WC: Seeding formula based on the latest FIFA Rankings (11 February 2009)

Qualified teams determined using only the latest FIFA rankings.

Romania/Costa Rica replace Greece/Honduras.

 1 Germany        60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil         58.3 29.3 29.0
 3 Italy          56.7 27.3 29.3
 4 Spain          56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 England        50.3 26.3 24.0
 6 Argentina      49.7 21.0 28.7
 7 France         46.0 23.3 22.7
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 8 Portugal       44.3 22.3 22.0
 9 Netherlands    42.7 14.7 28.0
10 Croatia        34.0  9.0 25.0
11 Mexico         33.3 19.3 14.0
12 Turkey         31.7 10.0 21.7
13 Czech Republic 29.3  6.0 23.3
14 USA            29.0 13.7 15.3
15 Paraguay       29.0 11.7 17.3
16 Russia         24.0  3.0 21.0
17 Ghana          21.7 13.3  8.3
18 Japan          21.0 13.3  7.7
19 Korea Republic 20.7 15.7  5.0
20 Cameroon       20.0  3.0 17.0
21 Australia      19.3 11.3  8.0
22 Nigeria        17.7  2.7 15.0
23 Romania        17.3  0.0 17.3
24 Uruguay        15.3  2.7 12.7
25 Israel         15.0  0.0 15.0
26 Cote d'Ivoire  14.3  6.0  8.3
27 Egypt          12.3  0.0 12.3
28 Costa Rica     11.3  8.3  3.0
29 Saudi Arabia   10.7  8.0  2.7
30 Iran           10.7  5.3  5.3
31 Chile           7.0  0.0  7.0
32 South Africa    4.0  3.0  1.0

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Croatia, Mexico, Paraguay
Group B: Argentina, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cote d'Ivoire
Group C: Spain, Israel, Japan, Cameroon
Group D: Brazil, Czech Republic, Iran, Nigeria
Group E: France, Turkey, Korea Republic, Egypt
Group F: Italy, Romania, Costa Rica, Chile
Group G: England, Netherlands, USA, Ghana
Group H: Germany, Portugal, Australia, Uruguay

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2010 WC: Seeding formula based on current standings (11 February 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using the current standings (including matches played on February 11th) and the FIFA rankings.

Korea DPR/Costa Rica/Trinidad and Tobago replace New Zealand/Mexico/Honduras

 1 Germany             60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil              58.3 29.3 29.0
 3 Italy               56.7 27.3 29.3
 4 Spain               56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 England             51.0 26.3 24.7
 6 Argentina           49.7 21.0 28.7
 7 Netherlands         43.7 14.7 29.0
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 8 Croatia             35.0  9.0 26.0
 9 Turkey              33.0 10.0 23.0
10 USA                 31.7 13.7 18.0
11 Paraguay            31.3 11.7 19.7
12 Ghana               25.3 13.3 12.0
13 Russia              25.3  3.0 22.3
14 Japan               24.0 13.3 10.7
15 Cameroon            23.7  3.0 20.7
16 Korea Republic      23.0 15.7  7.3
17 Nigeria             22.3  2.7 19.7
18 Australia           21.7 11.3 10.3
19 Greece              19.7  0.0 19.7
20 Cote d'Ivoire       18.3  6.0 12.3
21 Israel              18.0  0.0 18.0
22 Denmark             17.7  7.7 10.0
23 Uruguay             17.7  2.7 15.0
24 Egypt               17.7  0.0 17.7
25 Serbia              17.3  5.3 12.0
26 Costa Rica          13.3  8.3  5.0
27 Iran                12.0  5.3  6.7
28 Chile                9.3  0.0  9.3
29 Trinidad and Tobago  7.3  5.3  2.0
30 South Africa         6.0  3.0  3.0
31 Slovakia             5.0  0.0  5.0
32 Korea DPR            1.0  0.0  1.0

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, USA, Trinidad and Tobago
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Israel, Costa Rica, Chile
Group B: England, Turkey, USA, Cameroon
Group C: Spain, Slovakia, Korea DPR, Paraguay
Group D: Brazil, Denmark, Australia, Ghana
Group E: Argentina, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt
Group F: Italy, Croatia, Japan, Uruguay
Group G: Germany, Serbia, Iran, Nigeria
Group H: Netherlands, Greece, Korea Republic, Cote d'Ivoire

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EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (11 February 2009)

The coefficients for the EURO 2012 qualifying draw will take into account results from:

2006 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
EURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2010 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting

Click here for more info on the coefficient system.

As mentioned before, I assume UEFA will use a qualifying system with six groups of six teams and three of five teams (Poland (24960) and Ukraine (23026) - automatically qualified as hosts).

Three matches played: Republic of Ireland - Georgia 2 - 1, San Marino - Northern Ireland 0 - 3 and Malta - Albania 0 - 0. The Irish teams both climb 4 spots and are now in the same pot, as Northern Ireland jumped to the 3rd pot.

 1  1 Spain              32484
 2  2 Germany            31633
 3  3 Italy              30097
 4  4 Netherlands        30045
 5  5 England            28478
 6  6 Croatia            28436
 7  7 Czech Republic     27111
 8  8 Turkey             26647
 9  9 Greece             26425
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10 10 Portugal           26319
11 11 Russia             25986
12 12 Sweden             25355
13 13 France             25231
14 14 Romania            25025
15 15 Israel             24711
16 16 Switzerland        24614
17 17 Serbia             24451
18 18 Denmark            23481
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19 23 Ireland            23248
20 19 Slovakia           22848
21 20 Scotland           22771
22 21 Bulgaria           22718
23 22 Norway             22135
24 28 Northern Ireland   21318
25 24 Finland            21187
26 25 Lithuania          20951
27 26 Belgium            20405
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28 27 Austria            20360
29 29 Bosnia-Herzegovina 20025
30 30 Hungary            19447
31 31 Wales              18954
32 32 Slovenia           18761
33 34 Albania            18079
34 33 Latvia             18003
35 35 Macedonia          17534
36 36 Belarus            17394
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37 38 Cyprus             15591
38 37 Georgia            15579
39 39 Moldova            15074
40 40 Estonia            15072
41 41 Iceland            15004
42 42 Kazakhstan         13770
43 43 Armenia            13664
44 44 Liechtenstein      13441
45 45 Azerbaijan         12060
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46 46 Montenegro         11950
47 48 Malta              11817
48 47 Luxembourg         11812
49 49 Andorra             9697
50 50 Faroe Islands       9640
51 51 San Marino          8423

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FIFA Ranking: March 2009 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.

Only one match left until the deadline for the March 2009 ranking: Australia - Kuwait on March 5th - Asian Cup 2011 qualifier. Obviously, these are the only countries that will change their total points as follows: Australia (W: 756, D: 735, L:724), Kuwait (W: 298, D:257, L:236).

Portugal return to the top 10.

Best movers:

16 - Equatorial Guinea
12 - Cyprus and Korea DPR
11 - Norway and Kazakhstan

Worst movers:

-11: Slovakia
-8: Grenada and Nicaragua
-7 - Austria

Lebanon will return to their worst ever ranking - 151st, first achieved in October 2008. Same goes for Mongolia, back to 193rd, first achieved in in December 2002.

Five countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Denmark (38th - 37th in December 2008)
Congo DR (95th - 94th in September 2008)
Zimbabwe (102nd - 101st in August 2007)
United Arab Emirates (115th - 114th in January 2009)
Kuwait (129th - 128th in November 2008)

Best movers in the top 50

11 - Norway
7 - Northern Ireland
6 - Costa Rica
4- Scotland, Colombia, Belgium

Worst movers in the top 50

-11 - Slovakia
-5 - Hungary, Guinea
-4 - Denmark, Lithuania

March 2009 rank - Team - March 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1666	0	-27
2	Germany	1366	0	-37
3	Netherlands	1317	0	-40
4	Italy	1284	0	-34
5	Brazil	1260	0	12
6	Argentina	1219	0	38
7	Croatia	1169	0	-6
8	Russia	1128	1	9
9	England	1083	-1	-53
10	Portugal	1025	2	5
11	Turkey	1010	-1	-30
12	France	1004	-1	-22
13	Czech Republic	998	-1	-22
14	Ukraine	927	0	-5
15	Paraguay	908	0	-15
16	Cameroon	900	0	0
17	USA	896	3	38
18	Israel	887	0	10
19	Greece	863	0	-1
20	Romania	849	-3	-31
21	Uruguay	836	1	-13
22	Switzerland	831	-1	-26
23	Mexico	784	1	-7
24	Nigeria	783	-1	-44
25	Sweden	780	0	0
26	Republic of Ireland	772	3	25
27	Bulgaria	756	-1	-16
28	Scotland	755	4	16
29	Australia	752	-2	-8
30	Poland	747	-2	-7
31	Chile	739	0	-4
32	Costa Rica	728	6	34
33	Egypt	727	-3	-17
34	Ghana	717	1	3
35	Japan	709	2	12
36	Serbia	708	-3	-29
37	Côte d'Ivoire	704	-1	-5
38	Denmark	700	-4	-24
39	Ecuador	695	1	4
40	Honduras	674	-1	-19
41	Morocco	638	0	-18
42	Iran	618	2	-5
42	Northern Ireland	618	7	25
44	Korea Republic	617	2	9
45	Norway	615	11	62
46	Mali	605	1	4
47	Colombia	599	4	15
48	Hungary	595	-5	-34
49	Belgium	591	4	23
50	Guinea	582	-5	-29
51	Panama	578	-1	-8
52	Lithuania	573	-4	-22
53	Slovakia	569	-11	-66
54	Tunisia	560	-1	-8
55	Saudi Arabia	541	0	-14
56	Bolivia	537	1	0
57	Finland	534	4	11
58	Bosnia-Herzegovina	529	1	-6
58	Slovenia	529	-6	-43
60	Senegal	526	0	-8
61	FYR Macedonia	525	-4	-12
62	Congo	507	7	21
63	Gabon	505	0	-9
64	Algeria	501	2	4
65	Venezuela	498	2	6
66	Burkina Faso	495	-4	-25
67	Bahrain	483	7	27
68	Wales	482	-3	-21
69	Uganda	478	2	0
70	Jamaica	476	-6	-32
71	Latvia	471	-4	-21
72	South Africa	469	-2	-16
73	Gambia	465	0	0
74	Uzbekistan	449	-2	-27
75	Trinidad and Tobago	441	3	2
76	Iceland	440	1	-3
77	Peru	431	-1	-21
78	Angola	430	-3	-23
79	New Zealand	424	3	5
80	Albania	421	-1	-14
81	Oman	419	6	19
82	Sudan	412	2	0
83	Iraq	411	2	4
83	Libya	411	-3	-21
85	Rwanda	406	1	0
86	Cyprus	405	12	39
87	Benin	397	-6	-26
88	Belarus	395	2	0
89	Qatar	394	2	6
90	Austria	393	-7	-23
91	Togo	384	-3	-13
92	Zambia	383	0	2
93	Canada	379	-5	-18
94	Mozambique	377	1	5
95	Congo DR	373	-1	0
96	Kenya	367	0	0
97	Syria	366	-1	-1
98	Moldova	362	1	0
99	Cuba	360	-6	-20
100	China PR	354	4	15
101	Ethiopia	348	0	0
102	Zimbabwe	345	-2	-4
103	Tanzania	336	0	-5
104	Fiji	333	1	0
105	Cape Verde Islands	332	1	0
106	El Salvador	328	1	-1
107	Korea DPR	325	12	45
108	Equatorial Guinea	317	16	61
108	Malawi	317	-6	-25
110	Sierra Leone	315	-1	0
111	Georgia	314	-3	-13
112	Montenegro	310	-1	0
113	Guatemala	306	-3	-8
114	Namibia	297	-1	0
115	United Arab Emirates	295	-1	-1
116	Haiti	293	-4	-9
117	Bermuda	292	-1	0
117	Thailand	292	0	7
119	Armenia	285	2	7
120	Botswana	283	-2	0
121	Luxembourg	280	-1	1
122	Grenada	279	-8	-17
123	Antigua and Barbuda	272	-1	7
124	Chad	263	2	17
125	Estonia	259	-3	-6
126	Jordan	257	0	11
127	Guyana	255	6	37
128	Barbados	244	0	2
129	Kazakhstan	243	11	37
129	Kuwait	243	-4	-4
131	Suriname	231	-2	0
132	New Caledonia	229	-2	0
132	Singapore	229	-1	3
134	Azerbaijan	217	2	4
134	Burundi	217	0	0
136	Vietnam	216	-1	0
137	Indonesia	210	0	0
138	Madagascar	209	1	2
139	Swaziland	208	-1	-1
140	Nicaragua	195	-8	-26
141	Hong Kong	181	2	7
142	Liberia	179	-1	0
143	Vanuatu	176	-1	0
143	Yemen	176	3	13
145	Puerto Rico	170	-1	0
146	Malta	169	8	35
147	Niger	168	-2	0
148	Tajikistan	166	-1	4
149	India	156	-1	-5
150	Mauritania	149	0	0
151	Lebanon	145	-2	-5
152	Liechtenstein	144	-1	-3
153	Netherlands Antilles	142	-1	0
154	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	-1	0
155	Kyrgyzstan	134	4	22
156	Turkmenistan	131	-1	0
157	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	130	-1	0
158	Maldives	126	-1	0
159	Myanmar	121	-1	0
160	Eritrea	108	0	0
161	Malaysia	107	0	3
162	Lesotho	105	0	2
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
164	Philippines	98	0	0
164	Sri Lanka	98	0	0
166	Pakistan	87	0	-2
167	Chinese Taipei	81	0	-4
168	Cayman Islands	76	0	0
169	Bahamas	74	0	0
170	Laos	73	1	0
171	Seychelles	72	1	0
172	Nepal	70	1	0
173	Mauritius	69	-4	-5
174	Bangladesh	65	0	-3
174	Palestine	65	6	10
176	Samoa	64	-1	0
176	St. Lucia	64	-1	0
178	Belize	62	-1	0
179	Somalia	57	-1	0
180	Cambodia	56	-1	0
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	0	0
182	British Virgin Islands	50	0	0
183	Brunei Darussalam	45	0	0
184	Afghanistan	44	0	0
185	Faroe Islands	42	0	0
186	Djibouti	41	0	0
187	Dominican Republic	40	0	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	0	0
189	Bhutan	33	0	0
190	Tahiti	32	0	0
190	Tonga	32	0	0
192	Aruba	22	1	0
193	Mongolia	19	-1	-5
194	US Virgin Islands	17	0	0
195	Andorra	14	0	0
196	Dominica	12	0	0
197	Macau	10	0	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
199	Comoros	8	0	0
200	Central African Republic	4	0	-2
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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FIFA Ranking: March 2009 probable results

Here are the probable results used for the March 2009 probable ranking. They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

11/Feb Cyprus - Slovakia X (Slovakia PSO) (Friendly)
11/Feb Serbia - Ukraine X (Ukraine PSO) (Friendly)
11/Feb Germany - Norway 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb France - Argentina X (Friendly)
11/Feb South Africa - Chile X (Friendly)
11/Feb Tunisia - Netherlands 2 (Friendly)
11/Feb Turkey - Côte dIvoire 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Israel - Hungary 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Portugal - Finland 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Greece - Denmark X (Friendly)
11/Feb Algeria - Benin X (Friendly)
11/Feb Belgium - Slovenia X (Friendly)
11/Feb Wales - Poland X (Friendly)
11/Feb Iceland - Liechtenstein 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Latvia - Armenia X (Friendly)
11/Feb FYR Macedonia - Moldova X (Friendly)
11/Feb Cameroon - Guinea X (Friendly)
11/Feb Peru - Paraguay X (Friendly)
11/Feb Libya - Uruguay 2 (Friendly)
11/Feb Venezuela - Guatemala 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Egypt - Ghana 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Burkina Faso - Togo X (Friendly)
11/Feb Colombia - Haiti 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Iran - Korea Republic X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Mozambique - Malawi X (Friendly)
11/Feb Uzbekistan - Bahrain X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Lithuania - Andorra 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Kuwait - Azerbaijan 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb El Salvador - Trinidad and Tobago X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Morocco - Czech Republic X (Friendly)
11/Feb Estonia - Kazakhstan X (Friendly)
11/Feb USA - Mexico X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Japan - Australia X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Malta - Albania 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Republic of Ireland - Georgia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Nigeria - Jamaica X (Friendly)
11/Feb Romania - Croatia X (Friendly)
11/Feb San Marino - Northern Ireland 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Austria - Sweden X (Friendly)
11/Feb Switzerland - Bulgaria X (Friendly)
11/Feb Costa Rica - Honduras X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Feb Spain - England 1 (Friendly)
11/Feb Tanzania - Zimbabwe X (Friendly)
11/Feb Angola - Mali X (Friendly)
05/Mar Australia - Kuwait 1 (Continental Qualifier)

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FIFA Ranking: March 2009 probable ranking (I)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Probable March 2009 rank - Team - Probable March 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1666	0	-27
2	Germany	1393	0	-10
3	Netherlands	1335	0	-22
4	Italy	1284	0	-34
5	Brazil	1260	0	12
6	Argentina	1187	0	6
7	Croatia	1141	0	-34
8	Russia	1128	1	9
9	England	1083	-1	-53
10	Turkey	1029	0	-11
11	Portugal	1025	1	5
12	France	1017	-1	-9
13	Czech Republic	998	-1	-22
14	Ukraine	910	0	-22
15	Paraguay	889	0	-34
16	Israel	887	2	10
17	Cameroon	867	-1	-33
18	Romania	866	-1	-14
19	Greece	863	0	-1
20	USA	843	0	-15
21	Uruguay	836	1	-13
22	Switzerland	831	-1	-26
23	Mexico	808	1	17
24	Nigeria	783	-1	-44
25	Republic of Ireland	772	4	25
26	Sweden	764	-1	-16
27	Australia	756	0	-4
27	Bulgaria	756	-1	-16
29	Scotland	755	3	16
30	Egypt	753	0	9
31	Poland	730	-3	-24
32	Serbia	723	1	-14
33	Chile	722	-2	-21
34	Japan	709	3	12
35	Ghana	705	0	-9
36	Denmark	700	-2	-24
37	Ecuador	695	3	4
38	Honduras	692	1	-1
39	Côte d'Ivoire	690	-3	-19
40	Costa Rica	679	-2	-15
41	Morocco	638	0	-18
42	Iran	618	2	-5
42	Northern Ireland	618	7	25
44	Korea Republic	617	2	9
45	Colombia	599	6	15
46	Guinea	597	-1	-14
47	Hungary	595	-4	-34
48	Slovakia	588	-6	-47
49	Mali	582	-2	-19
50	Panama	578	0	-8
51	Lithuania	573	-3	-22
52	Belgium	558	1	-10
53	Slovenia	545	-1	-27
54	Tunisia	543	-1	-25
55	Norway	541	1	-12
55	Saudi Arabia	541	0	-14
57	Bolivia	537	0	0
58	Finland	534	3	11
59	Bosnia-Herzegovina	529	0	-6
60	Senegal	526	0	-8
61	FYR Macedonia	525	-4	-12
62	Congo	507	7	21
63	Gabon	505	0	-9
64	Wales	499	1	-4
65	Venezuela	498	2	6
66	Burkina Faso	495	-4	-25
67	Algeria	481	-1	-16
68	South Africa	479	2	-6
69	Uganda	478	2	0
70	Jamaica	476	-6	-32
71	Latvia	471	-4	-21
72	Uzbekistan	467	0	-9
73	Gambia	465	0	0
74	Bahrain	459	0	3
75	Albania	452	4	17
76	Peru	448	0	-4
77	Angola	444	-2	-9
78	Trinidad and Tobago	441	0	2
79	Iceland	440	-2	-3
80	New Zealand	424	2	5
81	Oman	419	6	19
82	Sudan	412	2	0
83	Iraq	411	2	4
83	Libya	411	-3	-21
85	Benin	410	-4	-13
86	Austria	406	-3	-10
86	Rwanda	406	0	0
88	Belarus	395	2	0
89	Qatar	394	2	6
90	Togo	384	-2	-13
91	Zambia	383	1	2
92	Canada	379	-4	-18
93	Congo DR	373	1	0
94	Kenya	367	2	0
95	Syria	366	1	-1
96	Cyprus	365	2	-1
97	Mozambique	363	-2	-9
98	Moldova	362	1	0
99	Cuba	360	-6	-20
100	China PR	354	4	15
101	Ethiopia	348	0	0
102	Zimbabwe	345	-2	-4
103	Tanzania	336	0	-5
104	Fiji	333	1	0
105	Cape Verde Islands	332	1	0
106	El Salvador	328	1	-1
107	Korea DPR	325	12	45
108	Malawi	324	-6	-18
109	Equatorial Guinea	317	15	61
110	Sierra Leone	315	-1	0
111	Georgia	314	-3	-13
112	Montenegro	310	-1	0
113	Guatemala	306	-3	-8
114	Namibia	297	-1	0
115	United Arab Emirates	295	-1	-1
116	Haiti	293	-4	-9
117	Bermuda	292	-1	0
117	Thailand	292	0	7
119	Armenia	285	2	7
120	Botswana	283	-2	0
121	Luxembourg	280	-1	1
122	Grenada	279	-8	-17
123	Antigua and Barbuda	272	-1	7
124	Estonia	264	-2	-1
125	Chad	263	1	17
126	Jordan	257	0	11
127	Guyana	255	6	37
128	Barbados	244	0	2
129	Kuwait	243	-4	-4
130	Suriname	231	-1	0
131	New Caledonia	229	-1	0
131	Singapore	229	0	3
133	Kazakhstan	224	7	18
134	Burundi	217	0	0
135	Vietnam	216	0	0
136	Azerbaijan	212	0	-1
137	Indonesia	210	0	0
138	Madagascar	209	1	2
139	Swaziland	208	-1	-1
140	Nicaragua	195	-8	-26
141	Hong Kong	181	2	7
142	Liberia	179	-1	0
143	Vanuatu	176	-1	0
143	Yemen	176	3	13
145	Puerto Rico	170	-1	0
146	Niger	168	-1	0
147	Tajikistan	166	0	4
148	India	156	0	-5
149	Mauritania	149	1	0
150	Lebanon	145	-1	-5
151	Liechtenstein	144	0	-3
152	Netherlands Antilles	142	0	0
153	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	0	0
154	Malta	136	0	2
155	Kyrgyzstan	134	4	22
156	Turkmenistan	131	-1	0
157	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	130	-1	0
158	Maldives	126	-1	0
159	Myanmar	121	-1	0
160	Eritrea	108	0	0
161	Malaysia	107	0	3
162	Lesotho	105	0	2
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
164	Philippines	98	0	0
164	Sri Lanka	98	0	0
166	Pakistan	87	0	-2
167	Chinese Taipei	81	0	-4
168	Cayman Islands	76	0	0
169	Bahamas	74	0	0
170	Laos	73	1	0
171	Seychelles	72	1	0
172	Nepal	70	1	0
173	Mauritius	69	-4	-5
174	Bangladesh	65	0	-3
174	Palestine	65	6	10
176	Samoa	64	-1	0
176	St. Lucia	64	-1	0
178	Belize	62	-1	0
179	Somalia	57	-1	0
180	Cambodia	56	-1	0
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	0	0
182	British Virgin Islands	50	0	0
183	Brunei Darussalam	45	0	0
184	Afghanistan	44	0	0
185	Faroe Islands	42	0	0
186	Djibouti	41	0	0
187	Dominican Republic	40	0	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	0	0
189	Bhutan	33	0	0
190	Tahiti	32	0	0
190	Tonga	32	0	0
192	Aruba	22	1	0
193	Mongolia	19	-1	-5
194	US Virgin Islands	17	0	0
195	Andorra	14	0	0
196	Dominica	12	0	0
197	Macau	10	0	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
199	Comoros	8	0	0
200	Central African Republic	4	0	-2
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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About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.