FIFA Ranking: April 2009 preview (III)

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 March 29th, 2009.

Next update: April 3rd, 2009.

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

1	Spain	1666	1646	1729
2	Germany	1366	1304	1362
3	Netherlands	1317	1295	1360
4	Italy	1284	1240	1333
5	Brazil	1260	1200	1275
6	Argentina	1219	1201	1282
7	Croatia	1169	1122	1151
8	Russia	1128	1090	1117
9	England	1083	1047	1173
10	Portugal	1025	987	1013
11	Turkey	1009	925	1013
12	France	1004	1000	1074
13	Czech Republic	998	968	1053
14	Ukraine	927	832	975
15	Paraguay	908	868	952
16	Cameroon	900	871	871
17	USA	896	866	919
18	Israel	888	837	988
19	Greece	863	836	927
20	Romania	849	792	862
21	Uruguay	836	877	973
22	Switzerland	831	827	882
23	Mexico	784	808	864
24	Nigeria	783	781	781
25	Sweden	782	769	802
26	Republic of Ireland	773	714	861
27	Bulgaria	756	730	839
28	Scotland	755	697	815
29	Poland	747	697	719
30	Chile	739	777	864
31	Egypt	727	743	743
32	Australia	725	715	772
32	Costa Rica	725	680	720
34	Ghana	717	779	779
35	Japan	709	749	749
36	Serbia	708	778	818
37	Côte d'Ivoire	706	743	743
38	Denmark	701	699	789
39	Ecuador	695	662	767
40	Honduras	674	669	725
41	Morocco	638	568	597
42	Iran	619	572	587
42	Northern Ireland	619	678	795
44	Korea Republic	618	601	641
45	Norway	616	594	641
46	Mali	607	606	606
47	Colombia	599	674	745
48	Hungary	596	625	662
49	Belgium	589	538	645
50	Guinea	583	583	583
51	Panama	577	529	547
52	Lithuania	573	557	651
53	Slovakia	570	510	627
54	Tunisia	560	585	585
55	Saudi Arabia	543	554	575
56	Bolivia	537	435	554
57	Finland	535	588	630
58	Bosnia-Herzegovina	529	610	736
59	Slovenia	527	511	629
60	Senegal	526	483	523
61	FYR Macedonia	525	507	692
62	Congo	507	491	491
63	Gabon	505	616	616
64	Algeria	501	475	475
65	Venezuela	498	478	553
66	Burkina Faso	495	559	559
67	Bahrain	484	446	476
68	Wales	481	467	602
69	Uganda	477	492	492
70	Jamaica	476	484	484
71	Latvia	472	488	541
72	South Africa	469	452	487
73	Gambia	465	492	492
74	Uzbekistan	450	455	527
75	Iceland	441	387	516
75	Trinidad and Tobago	441	456	496
77	Peru	432	398	517
78	Angola	430	399	436
79	New Zealand	425	446	446
80	Albania	420	390	511
81	Oman	418	423	423
82	Iraq	411	408	408
82	Libya	411	419	419
84	Cyprus	407	460	589
85	Rwanda	406	416	416
86	Benin	396	385	385
87	Qatar	394	376	409
88	Austria	393	343	446
88	Belarus	393	365	431
88	Sudan	393	413	413
91	Togo	385	505	505
92	Zambia	383	396	396
93	Mozambique	377	400	400
94	Canada	375	393	393
95	Congo DR	373	384	384
96	Kenya	367	327	327
96	Syria	367	357	357
98	Moldova	362	385	496
99	Cuba	360	355	355
100	China PR	355	353	353
101	Ethiopia	348	353	353
102	Zimbabwe	345	329	329
103	Tanzania	336	342	342
104	Fiji	333	333	333
105	Cape Verde Islands	332	333	333
106	El Salvador	329	339	386
107	Korea DPR	324	334	383
108	Malawi	319	302	302
109	Equatorial Guinea	317	284	284
110	Sierra Leone	315	319	319
111	Georgia	314	302	362
112	Montenegro	310	259	334
113	Guatemala	303	303	303
114	Kuwait	299	272	272
115	Namibia	297	276	288
116	United Arab Emirates	295	280	326
117	Haiti	293	283	305
118	Bermuda	292	296	296
118	Thailand	292	298	298
120	Armenia	285	268	330
121	Botswana	283	277	277
122	Grenada	280	324	324
122	Luxembourg	280	259	366
124	Antigua and Barbuda	272	293	293
125	Chad	262	251	251
126	Estonia	260	254	294
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	190
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	255
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	294
153	Netherlands Antilles	142	152	152
154	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	139	139
155	Kyrgyzstan	134	148	173
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	74	74
173	Mauritius	69	69	69
174	Bangladesh	65	53	53
174	Palestine	65	63	88
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	40	40
185	Faroe Islands	42	96	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	18	18
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	34	34
201	Montserrat	0	0	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
201	San Marino	0	0	214

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