FIFA Ranking: April 2009 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.

Next update: March 30th, 2009.

March 2009 rank - Country - March 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1666	1563	1729
2	Germany	1366	1282	1362
3	Netherlands	1317	1214	1360
4	Italy	1284	1192	1333
5	Brazil	1260	1167	1341
6	Argentina	1219	1124	1282
7	Croatia	1169	1080	1130
8	Russia	1128	1055	1117
9	England	1083	1007	1173
10	Portugal	1025	956	1075
11	Turkey	1009	925	1101
12	France	1004	926	1074
13	Czech Republic	998	941	1107
14	Ukraine	927	832	975
15	Paraguay	908	868	1046
16	Cameroon	900	871	948
17	USA	896	852	945
18	Israel	888	787	1088
19	Greece	863	806	988
20	Romania	849	792	964
21	Uruguay	836	772	973
22	Switzerland	831	773	882
23	Mexico	784	748	864
24	Nigeria	783	759	827
25	Sweden	782	737	865
26	Republic of Ireland	773	671	947
27	Bulgaria	756	676	948
28	Scotland	755	697	999
29	Poland	747	697	789
30	Chile	739	717	864
31	Egypt	727	722	784
32	Australia	725	716	773
32	Costa Rica	725	679	794
34	Ghana	717	719	779
35	Japan	709	699	749
36	Serbia	708	674	818
37	Côte d'Ivoire	706	694	743
38	Denmark	701	660	790
39	Ecuador	695	626	841
40	Honduras	674	656	752
41	Morocco	638	568	676
42	Iran	619	552	626
42	Northern Ireland	619	535	795
44	Korea Republic	618	581	641
45	Norway	616	594	681
46	Mali	607	582	654
47	Colombia	599	599	745
48	Hungary	596	543	662
49	Belgium	589	538	751
50	Guinea	583	583	661
51	Panama	577	554	583
52	Lithuania	573	557	745
53	Slovakia	570	510	674
54	Tunisia	560	525	585
55	Saudi Arabia	543	510	583
56	Bolivia	537	435	648
57	Finland	535	498	630
58	Bosnia-Herzegovina	529	485	736
59	Slovenia	527	464	723
60	Senegal	526	502	547
61	FYR Macedonia	525	507	692
62	Congo	507	491	491
63	Gabon	505	504	616
64	Algeria	501	425	519
65	Venezuela	498	478	648
66	Burkina Faso	495	463	559
67	Bahrain	484	436	520
68	Wales	481	467	700
69	Uganda	477	474	492
70	Jamaica	476	485	485
71	Latvia	472	435	541
72	South Africa	469	423	487
73	Gambia	465	492	492
74	Uzbekistan	450	407	527
75	Iceland	441	387	531
75	Trinidad and Tobago	441	432	521
77	Peru	432	398	621
78	Angola	430	399	458
79	New Zealand	425	446	488
80	Albania	420	390	625
81	Oman	418	410	430
82	Iraq	411	398	462
82	Libya	411	399	425
84	Cyprus	407	393	589
85	Rwanda	406	387	474
86	Benin	396	386	491
87	Qatar	394	358	440
88	Austria	393	343	446
88	Belarus	393	365	431
88	Sudan	393	389	459
91	Togo	385	358	505
92	Zambia	383	372	444
93	Mozambique	377	372	458
94	Canada	375	393	393
95	Congo DR	373	384	384
96	Kenya	367	327	416
96	Syria	367	347	373
98	Moldova	362	386	608
99	Cuba	360	340	357
100	China PR	355	353	353
101	Ethiopia	348	353	353
102	Zimbabwe	345	329	360
103	Tanzania	336	342	342
104	Fiji	333	333	333
105	Cape Verde Islands	332	296	331
106	El Salvador	329	323	420
107	Korea DPR	324	307	383
108	Malawi	319	302	400
109	Equatorial Guinea	317	293	293
110	Sierra Leone	315	319	319
111	Georgia	314	302	441
112	Montenegro	310	259	497
113	Guatemala	303	300	300
114	Kuwait	299	273	312
115	Namibia	297	285	298
116	United Arab Emirates	295	280	355
117	Haiti	293	291	291
118	Bermuda	292	296	296
118	Thailand	292	284	298
120	Armenia	285	248	371
121	Botswana	283	284	284
122	Grenada	280	324	324
122	Luxembourg	280	259	474
124	Antigua and Barbuda	272	293	293
125	Chad	262	251	251
126	Estonia	260	241	321
127	Jordan	258	254	254
128	Guyana	255	255	255
129	Barbados	245	279	279
130	Kazakhstan	243	214	319
131	Suriname	231	253	253
132	New Caledonia	229	229	229
132	Singapore	229	220	220
134	Azerbaijan	217	190	310
134	Burundi	217	224	224
136	Vietnam	216	216	216
137	Indonesia	210	210	210
138	Madagascar	209	215	215
139	Swaziland	208	214	214
140	Nicaragua	195	195	195
141	Hong Kong	181	183	183
142	Liberia	179	190	190
143	Vanuatu	176	176	176
143	Yemen	176	167	167
145	Puerto Rico	170	139	139
146	Malta	169	141	377
147	Niger	168	168	168
148	Tajikistan	166	172	172
149	India	156	156	156
150	Mauritania	149	130	130
151	Lebanon	145	141	160
151	Liechtenstein	145	134	459
153	Netherlands Antilles	142	152	152
154	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	139	139
155	Kyrgyzstan	134	135	199
156	Turkmenistan	131	124	124
157	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	130	141	141
158	Maldives	126	126	126
159	Myanmar	121	121	121
160	Eritrea	108	114	114
161	Malaysia	107	105	105
162	Lesotho	105	99	99
163	Solomon Islands	100	100	100
164	Philippines	98	103	103
164	Sri Lanka	98	97	97
166	Pakistan	88	58	58
167	Chinese Taipei	81	52	52
168	Cayman Islands	76	76	76
169	Bahamas	74	53	53
170	Laos	73	73	73
171	Seychelles	72	68	68
172	Nepal	70	64	91
173	Mauritius	69	69	69
174	Bangladesh	65	53	53
174	Palestine	65	50	114
176	Samoa	64	64	64
176	St. Lucia	64	32	32
178	Belize	62	60	60
179	Somalia	57	57	57
180	Cambodia	56	60	60
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	51	51
182	British Virgin Islands	50	30	30
183	Brunei Darussalam	45	47	47
184	Afghanistan	44	33	62
185	Faroe Islands	42	42	96
186	Djibouti	41	41	41
187	Dominican Republic	40	40	40
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	38	38
189	Bhutan	33	32	32
190	Tahiti	32	32	32
190	Tonga	32	32	32
192	Aruba	22	22	22
193	Mongolia	19	42	42
194	US Virgin Islands	17	8	8
195	Andorra	14	18	225
196	Dominica	12	12	12
197	Macau	10	10	35
198	Timor-Leste	9	9	9
199	Comoros	8	8	8
200	Central African Republic	4	4	4
201	American Samoa	0	0	0
201	Anguilla	0	0	0
201	Cook Islands	0	0	0
201	Guam	0	26	51
201	Montserrat	0	0	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
201	San Marino	0	0	214

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