Friday, May 29, 2009

FIFA Ranking: June 2009 final preview

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.

The official deadline for matches to be included in the June 2009 was two days ago. However, FIFA may include more matches, but no later than Sunday, May 31st.

Included: Matches up to and including May 27th, 2009.

On Monday I will post a list of possible changes if FIFA do include matches played up to Sunday.

A lot of movement in the top 10, with Netherlands (2nd), Italy (4th) and Croatia (7th) moving up one place, at the expense of Germany (3rd), Brazil (5th) and England (8th).

Ukraine and Serbia return to the top 20, with Cameroon and Bulgaria dropping out. The last time Serbia was in the top 20 was in August 2007. The Indomitable Lions exit the top 20 after 14 months.

Finland and Burkina replace Mali and Morocco in the top 50.

Paraguay retake 3rd place in CONMEBOL from Uruguay.

Netherlands up to 2nd in UEFA, replacing Germany.

Best movers:

14 - Libya
12 - Sierra Leone
10 - Cape Verde Islands

Worst movers:

-17: Ethiopia
-12: Moldova and Kyrgyzstan
-10 - Senegal

Best movers in the top 50:

7 - Burkina Faso
5 - Denmark, Republic of Ireland and Slovakia
4 - Paraguay

Worst movers in the top 50:

-8 - Chile
-6 - Ghana
-5 - Greece, Mali, Morocco

Four countries will improve their best ever ranking:

Burkina Faso (50th - 54th in May 2007)
Gambia (65th - 69th in April 2009)
Grenada (102nd - 103rd in May 2009)
Montenegro (110th - 111th in February 2009)

Netherlands will return to their best ever position (2nd), first achieved in November 1993.

Two countries will revisit their worst ever ranking:

United Arab Emirates (122nd - April 2009)
Mauritius (174th - April 2008)

Tow countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Morocco (55th - 50th in April 2009)
Peru (89th - 88th in April 2009)

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

1 Spain 1761 0 32
2 Netherlands 1442 1 82
3 Germany 1418 -1 56
4 Italy 1292 1 21
5 Brazil 1288 -1 7
6 Argentina 1203 0 8
7 Croatia 1200 1 49
8 England 1195 -1 22
9 Russia 1167 0 50
10 France 1067 0 -7
11 Portugal 1004 0 -9
12 Turkey 965 2 42
13 Paraguay 961 4 55
14 USA 947 1 28
15 Czech Republic 943 -3 -25
16 Switzerland 931 2 48
17 Uruguay 922 -1 13
18 Greece 920 -5 -7
19 Ukraine 892 3 60
20 Serbia 871 3 52
21 Cameroon 855 -2 -16
22 Scotland 840 2 25
23 Bulgaria 838 -3 -2
24 Denmark 836 5 46
25 Israel 826 -4 -10
26 Mexico 822 -1 19
27 Northern Ireland 819 0 24
28 Nigeria 802 2 21
29 Republic of Ireland 797 5 36
30 Romania 790 -2 -2
31 Australia 779 1 3
32 Japan 768 3 19
33 Sweden 766 0 -3
34 Chile 764 -8 -32
35 Bosnia-Herzegovina 763 3 26
36 Honduras 761 3 25
37 Ghana 750 -6 -29
38 Côte d'Ivoire 745 -2 2
39 Poland 722 1 -2
40 Egypt 721 -3 -21
41 Costa Rica 695 0 -26
42 Slovakia 692 5 66
43 Hungary 687 0 25
44 Ecuador 686 -2 -9
45 Colombia 678 -1 18
46 Korea Republic 654 0 13
47 Norway 638 -2 -4
48 Gabon 616 0 0
49 Finland 614 2 23
50 Burkina Faso 608 7 49
51 Tunisia 599 1 14
52 Guinea 587 1 5
52 Iran 587 1 5
54 Mali 583 -5 -21
55 Morocco 570 -5 -23
56 Saudi Arabia 568 -1 -9
56 Venezuela 568 0 3
58 Bolivia 565 0 11
59 Latvia 553 2 12
60 Belgium 548 2 14
61 Lithuania 544 -2 -6
62 Panama 536 -2 -11
62 Slovenia 536 1 26
64 FYR Macedonia 515 0 8
65 Gambia 514 4 23
66 Algeria 490 6 15
67 Uganda 480 1 -12
68 Togo 475 -3 -31
69 Libya 474 14 55
70 Austria 473 9 27
71 South Africa 471 6 18
72 Bahrain 468 -1 -8
73 Jamaica 467 -3 -13
73 Trinidad and Tobago 467 1 4
75 Congo 466 -8 -27
76 Senegal 463 -10 -34
77 Cyprus 461 -2 1
78 Wales 459 -5 -9
79 Oman 452 2 20
80 Iraq 450 6 42
81 Uzbekistan 443 -5 -12
82 Belarus 432 0 1
83 New Zealand 431 -5 -19
84 Sudan 429 1 17
85 Congo DR 424 3 29
86 Sierra Leone 421 12 62
87 Mozambique 411 -7 -25
88 Canada 410 1 16
89 Peru 405 -2 8
90 Zambia 404 0 11
91 Benin 403 3 17
92 Albania 400 0 10
92 Iceland 400 2 14
92 Rwanda 400 -8 -17
95 Cape Verde Islands 385 10 50
95 Qatar 385 1 9
97 Angola 374 -6 -18
98 China PR 363 -1 -7
99 El Salvador 358 3 13
100 Cuba 353 0 -2
101 Zimbabwe 345 5 11
102 Grenada 344 1 0
102 Kenya 344 7 17
104 Syria 342 -5 -16
105 Georgia 339 5 17
105 Moldova 339 -12 -48
107 Korea DPR 338 -1 4
108 Fiji 333 0 0
109 Tanzania 332 -5 -10
110 Montenegro 331 7 47
111 Malawi 316 1 14
112 Estonia 312 1 14
113 Guatemala 311 -2 2
114 Kuwait 302 4 20
115 Antigua and Barbuda 296 1 3
115 Bermuda 296 0 0
117 Thailand 289 -4 -9
118 Botswana 278 5 4
118 Ethiopia 278 -17 -69
120 Barbados 277 0 -1
120 Luxembourg 277 6 18
122 United Arab Emirates 268 -2 -10
123 Suriname 266 6 13
124 Haiti 263 -2 -13
125 Equatorial Guinea 261 -6 -18
126 Armenia 260 -1 -8
127 Jordan 259 0 4
128 Guyana 255 -1 0
129 Namibia 249 -5 -21
130 Chad 246 0 -5
131 Madagascar 242 0 11
132 Kazakhstan 230 5 16
133 New Caledonia 229 -1 0
134 Singapore 226 0 6
135 Liberia 219 3 12
136 Swaziland 217 -1 0
137 Vietnam 216 -1 0
138 Indonesia 210 1 4
139 Burundi 208 -6 -16
140 Azerbaijan 201 2 8
140 Vanuatu 201 0 0
142 Nicaragua 195 -1 0
143 Hong Kong 186 0 3
144 Niger 171 0 3
145 Netherlands Antilles 160 2 8
146 Yemen 157 -1 -5
147 India 155 -1 -1
148 Tajikistan 147 -1 -5
149 Maldives 142 0 0
150 Malta 140 0 -1
151 Puerto Rico 139 3 0
151 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 3 0
153 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 136 -3 -5
154 Turkmenistan 131 -1 -9
155 Myanmar 129 3 0
156 Liechtenstein 125 0 -9
157 Lebanon 121 2 0
158 Eritrea 120 2 6
159 Malaysia 109 4 4
160 Philippines 108 6 18
161 Sri Lanka 107 1 0
162 Kyrgyzstan 105 -12 -36
163 Mauritania 104 -6 -26
164 Solomon Islands 100 0 0
165 Lesotho 99 -4 -10
166 Faroe Islands 96 -1 0
167 Pakistan 88 0 0
168 Somalia 82 1 0
169 Cayman Islands 76 1 0
169 Nepal 76 4 4
171 Bangladesh 73 3 3
171 Chinese Taipei 73 -3 -13
171 Laos 73 1 0
174 Mauritius 70 -3 -4
175 Palestine 69 0 0
176 Mongolia 68 0 0
177 Belize 64 2 4
177 Samoa 64 0 0
179 Cambodia 63 0 3
180 Seychelles 61 -2 0
181 Bahamas 53 0 0
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 0 0
183 Brunei Darussalam 46 3 8
184 Afghanistan 44 -1 0
185 Djibouti 41 -1 1
186 Dominican Republic 40 -2 0
187 Guinea-Bissau 38 -1 0
188 Guam 34 0 0
189 St. Lucia 32 0 0
189 Tahiti 32 0 0
189 Tonga 32 0 0
192 Bhutan 30 2 7
192 British Virgin Islands 30 0 0
194 Macau 27 -1 1
195 Aruba 22 0 0
196 Andorra 18 0 0
197 Dominica 12 0 0
198 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
199 Comoros 8 0 0
199 US Virgin Islands 8 0 0
201 Central African Republic 4 0 0
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Anguilla 0 0 0
202 Cook Islands 0 0 0
202 Montserrat 0 0 0
202 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
202 San Marino 0 0 0

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