June 24th, 2009June 2009 differences solved. However, the ranking is not updated. The June 29th update will include the correct values for England, Trinidad and Tobago, Greece and Armenia.
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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. Except England - see
June 2009 differences.
The final July 2009 preview will be posted on June 29th.Besides the Confederations Cup matches, there's only one more match before the official June 25th deadline - a Mexico - Venezuela friendly.
This means only 6 teams can change their point totals: Brazil, USA, Spain, South Africa, Mexico and Venezuela. In the ranking table, the value displayed for these teams is the minimum possible value. This means that even if they lose their remaining match(es) their total can't drop.
Maximum values for the 6 teams: Spain (1738), Brazil (max 1689), USA (1078), South Africa (670), Mexico (793), Venezuela (646).
Best movers:
23 - Korea DPR
22 - Moldova
20 - Côte d'Ivoire
Worst movers:
-39 - Sierra Leone
-34 - Gambia
-32 - Bermuda
Best movers in the top 50:
20 - Côte d'Ivoire
19 - Algeria
17 - Gabon
Worst movers in the top 50:
-16 - Turkey
-12 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
-11 - Sweden
Cook Islands move off the bottom of the ranking after taking 4 points from Tonga in two friendly matches.
Côte d'Ivoire - top African team, replacing Cameroon. Egypt drop out of the African top 5, replaced by Gabon - the new third team in Africa.
Costa Rica replace Mexico as CONCACAF's second team. Jamaica up to 5th, replacing Panama.
Uruguay and Paraguay exchange places again, Uruguay taking 3rd place.
Six teams will improve their best ever ranking:
Serbia (13th - 17th in July 2007)
Australia (15th - 27th in February 2009)
Gabon (31st - 45th in January 1996)
Grenada (88th - 102nd in June 2009)
Montenegro (98th - 110th in June 2009)
Antigua and Barbuda (105th - 109th in October 2006)
Serbia and Australia can be overtaken by the USA. Gabon can be overtaken by Mexico.
Côte d'Ivoire will revisit their highest ever ranking - 18th, first achieved in August 2006.
The British Virgin Islands will go back to their worst ever ranking - 193rd, first achieved January 2008.
Fourteen teams will have their worst ever ranking:
Mexico (35th - 32nd in August 2008)
Sweden (42nd - 33rd in April 2009)
Congo DR (102nd - 95th in June 2008)
China PR (108th - 104th in January 2009)
Zimbabwe (115th - 106th in April 2009)
United Arab Emirates (123rd - 122nd in April 2009)
Mauritius (176th - 174th in April 2008)
St. Lucia (191st - 189th in April 2009)
Tahiti (191st - 190th in January 2009)
Andorra (197th - 196th in May 2009)
Dominica (198th - 197th in April 2009)
Central African Republic (202nd - 201st in April 2009)
Papua New Guinea (203rd - 202nd in April 2009)
San Marino (203rd - 202nd in April 2009)
Mexico can still avoid this with a win against Venezuela.
Teams in red will improve their total if they make at least a point in their remaining matches.
July 2009 rank - Team - July 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
1 | Spain | 1519 | 0 | -242 |
2 | Brazil | 1500 | 3 | 212 |
3 | Netherlands | 1379 | -1 | -63 |
4 | Italy | 1229 | 0 | -63 |
5 | Germany | 1207 | -2 | -171 |
6 | England | 1165 | 0 | -60 |
7 | Russia | 1161 | 2 | -6 |
8 | Argentina | 1091 | -1 | -112 |
9 | France | 1082 | 1 | 15 |
10 | Croatia | 1031 | -2 | -169 |
11 | Greece | 1003 | 6 | 81 |
12 | Switzerland | 930 | 4 | -1 |
13 | Serbia | 925 | 7 | 55 |
14 | Denmark | 909 | 10 | 73 |
15 | Australia | 886 | 14 | 107 |
16 | USA | 885 | -2 | -62 |
17 | Portugal | 879 | -6 | -125 |
18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 874 | 20 | 129 |
19 | Ukraine | 869 | 0 | -22 |
20 | Uruguay | 860 | -3 | -62 |
21 | Czech Republic | 850 | -6 | -93 |
22 | Paraguay | 846 | -9 | -115 |
23 | Bulgaria | 840 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Scotland | 837 | -2 | -3 |
25 | Israel | 823 | 0 | -4 |
26 | Romania | 814 | 2 | 24 |
27 | Chile | 811 | 10 | 65 |
28 | Turkey | 809 | -16 | -155 |
29 | Cameroon | 803 | -8 | -52 |
30 | Costa Rica | 801 | 11 | 107 |
31 | Gabon | 789 | 17 | 173 |
32 | Northern Ireland | 785 | -5 | -35 |
33 | Nigeria | 773 | -3 | 3 |
34 | Ghana | 772 | 2 | 22 |
35 | Mexico | 768 | -9 | -54 |
36 | Ecuador | 760 | 8 | 74 |
37 | Honduras | 758 | -2 | -3 |
37 | Republic of Ireland | 758 | -3 | -4 |
39 | Egypt | 753 | 1 | 34 |
40 | Japan | 723 | -9 | -43 |
41 | Poland | 706 | -2 | -16 |
42 | Sweden | 702 | -11 | -64 |
43 | Slovakia | 688 | -1 | -5 |
44 | Hungary | 681 | -1 | -6 |
45 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 680 | -12 | -83 |
46 | Colombia | 675 | -1 | -3 |
47 | Algeria | 659 | 19 | 169 |
48 | Korea Republic | 634 | -2 | -20 |
49 | Tunisia | 617 | 2 | 20 |
50 | Venezuela | 610 | 6 | 42 |
51 | Norway | 606 | -4 | -32 |
52 | Burkina Faso | 598 | -2 | -10 |
53 | Finland | 592 | -4 | -22 |
54 | FYR Macedonia | 590 | 10 | 75 |
55 | Morocco | 569 | 0 | -2 |
56 | Latvia | 562 | 3 | 10 |
57 | Guinea | 561 | -4 | -25 |
58 | Iran | 559 | -6 | -28 |
59 | Mali | 551 | -5 | -32 |
60 | Lithuania | 544 | 0 | 0 |
61 | Saudi Arabia | 542 | -5 | -26 |
62 | Slovenia | 539 | -1 | 3 |
63 | Belgium | 532 | 0 | 14 |
64 | Bolivia | 521 | -6 | -44 |
65 | Jamaica | 520 | 11 | 64 |
66 | Panama | 501 | -5 | -35 |
67 | Bahrain | 496 | 3 | 23 |
68 | Austria | 493 | 2 | 20 |
68 | Wales | 493 | 6 | 25 |
70 | South Africa | 478 | 2 | 7 |
71 | Togo | 468 | -3 | -7 |
72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 465 | 0 | -6 |
73 | Cyprus | 445 | 6 | 4 |
74 | Belarus | 443 | 7 | 11 |
75 | Libya | 438 | -6 | -36 |
75 | Uganda | 438 | -8 | -42 |
77 | Zambia | 419 | 13 | 15 |
78 | Oman | 413 | 2 | -27 |
79 | Uzbekistan | 402 | -1 | -41 |
80 | Benin | 399 | 11 | -3 |
80 | Senegal | 399 | -5 | -64 |
82 | Mozambique | 394 | 5 | -18 |
83 | Korea DPR | 393 | 23 | 55 |
84 | Moldova | 388 | 22 | 50 |
85 | Cuba | 383 | 14 | 30 |
86 | Qatar | 380 | 8 | -5 |
87 | Peru | 379 | 2 | -28 |
88 | Congo | 378 | -2 | -41 |
88 | Grenada | 378 | 14 | 34 |
90 | El Salvador | 375 | 10 | 23 |
91 | Sudan | 367 | -3 | -41 |
92 | Canada | 358 | -9 | -72 |
93 | Iceland | 357 | -1 | -43 |
94 | Iraq | 355 | -17 | -95 |
95 | Albania | 347 | -3 | -53 |
96 | Syria | 345 | 8 | 4 |
97 | Tanzania | 344 | 12 | 12 |
98 | Montenegro | 339 | 12 | 8 |
99 | Gambia | 337 | -34 | -177 |
100 | New Zealand | 336 | -18 | -95 |
101 | Fiji | 333 | 7 | 0 |
102 | Angola | 330 | -5 | -44 |
102 | Congo DR | 330 | -18 | -93 |
104 | Georgia | 326 | 1 | -13 |
105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 325 | 9 | 29 |
105 | Kenya | 325 | -3 | -19 |
107 | Barbados | 319 | 13 | 42 |
108 | China PR | 318 | -10 | -45 |
109 | Guatemala | 312 | 3 | 1 |
109 | Malawi | 312 | 2 | -11 |
111 | Suriname | 309 | 12 | 43 |
112 | Estonia | 307 | 1 | 10 |
113 | Rwanda | 298 | -17 | -77 |
114 | Cape Verde Islands | 296 | -20 | -89 |
115 | Zimbabwe | 295 | -14 | -51 |
116 | Namibia | 294 | 12 | 45 |
117 | Thailand | 290 | -1 | 0 |
118 | Kuwait | 287 | -1 | -2 |
119 | Luxembourg | 284 | 1 | 7 |
120 | Haiti | 257 | 4 | -7 |
121 | Guyana | 248 | 6 | -7 |
122 | Jordan | 244 | 4 | -15 |
123 | United Arab Emirates | 243 | -1 | -25 |
124 | Sierra Leone | 241 | -39 | -180 |
125 | Chad | 233 | 4 | -13 |
126 | Singapore | 228 | 8 | 2 |
127 | Madagascar | 226 | 3 | -15 |
128 | Armenia | 222 | 3 | -17 |
129 | Burundi | 220 | 10 | 12 |
130 | Equatorial Guinea | 219 | -5 | -42 |
131 | Vietnam | 215 | 4 | -9 |
132 | Indonesia | 206 | 6 | -3 |
133 | Kazakhstan | 204 | -1 | -26 |
134 | Botswana | 203 | -16 | -75 |
135 | Nicaragua | 195 | 7 | 0 |
136 | Niger | 187 | 8 | 16 |
137 | Hong Kong | 186 | 6 | 0 |
138 | Ethiopia | 177 | -20 | -101 |
139 | Azerbaijan | 175 | 1 | -26 |
140 | Netherlands Antilles | 169 | 5 | 9 |
141 | Vanuatu | 163 | -1 | -38 |
142 | Liberia | 161 | -6 | -60 |
142 | Swaziland | 161 | -5 | -57 |
144 | Yemen | 157 | 2 | 0 |
145 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 151 | 6 | 12 |
146 | Bermuda | 150 | -32 | -146 |
147 | India | 148 | 0 | -7 |
148 | Tajikistan | 147 | 0 | 0 |
149 | New Caledonia | 142 | -16 | -87 |
150 | Malta | 140 | 0 | 0 |
151 | Lebanon | 138 | 6 | 18 |
152 | Turkmenistan | 137 | 2 | 7 |
153 | Liechtenstein | 134 | 3 | 9 |
154 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 133 | -1 | -3 |
155 | Myanmar | 129 | 0 | 0 |
156 | Maldives | 117 | -7 | -25 |
157 | Malaysia | 112 | 2 | 3 |
158 | Philippines | 108 | 2 | 0 |
159 | Eritrea | 106 | -2 | -14 |
160 | Kyrgyzstan | 105 | 2 | 0 |
161 | Lesotho | 103 | 3 | 3 |
162 | Sri Lanka | 101 | -1 | -6 |
163 | Solomon Islands | 100 | 1 | 0 |
164 | Mauritania | 99 | -1 | -5 |
165 | Faroe Islands | 96 | 1 | 0 |
166 | Puerto Rico | 87 | -15 | -52 |
167 | Pakistan | 85 | 0 | -3 |
168 | Somalia | 82 | 0 | 0 |
169 | Bangladesh | 80 | 2 | 7 |
170 | Seychelles | 77 | 10 | 16 |
171 | Cayman Islands | 76 | -2 | 0 |
172 | Laos | 73 | -1 | 0 |
173 | Nepal | 71 | -3 | -4 |
174 | Chinese Taipei | 70 | -3 | -3 |
175 | Palestine | 69 | 0 | 0 |
176 | Cambodia | 64 | 3 | 1 |
176 | Mauritius | 64 | -2 | -6 |
176 | Samoa | 64 | 1 | 0 |
179 | Mongolia | 61 | -3 | -7 |
180 | Belize | 57 | -3 | -7 |
181 | Bahamas | 53 | 0 | 0 |
182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 51 | 0 | 0 |
183 | Brunei Darussalam | 46 | 0 | 0 |
184 | Dominican Republic | 40 | 2 | 0 |
184 | Tonga | 40 | 5 | 8 |
186 | Guinea-Bissau | 38 | 1 | 0 |
187 | Afghanistan | 36 | -3 | -8 |
188 | Cook Islands | 34 | 14 | 34 |
188 | Guam | 34 | 0 | 0 |
190 | Djibouti | 33 | -5 | -8 |
191 | St. Lucia | 32 | -2 | 0 |
191 | Tahiti | 32 | -2 | 0 |
193 | British Virgin Islands | 30 | -1 | 0 |
194 | Macau | 28 | 0 | 0 |
195 | Aruba | 22 | 0 | 0 |
196 | Bhutan | 17 | -4 | -13 |
197 | Andorra | 16 | -1 | -1 |
198 | Dominica | 12 | -1 | 0 |
199 | Timor-Leste | 9 | -1 | 0 |
200 | Comoros | 8 | -1 | 0 |
200 | US Virgin Islands | 8 | -1 | 0 |
202 | Central African Republic | 4 | -1 | 0 |
203 | American Samoa | 0 | -1 | 0 |
203 | Anguilla | 0 | -1 | 0 |
203 | Montserrat | 0 | -1 | 0 |
203 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | -1 | 0 |
203 | San Marino | 0 | -1 | 0 |
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