FIFA Ranking: August 2009 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.

Included: matches up to and including July 2nd, 2009.

With the exception of the Gold Cup, July will be a quiet month. There's Egypt - Rwanda (World Cup qualifier postponed due to Egypt's participation in the Confederations Cup) and three friendlies.

Germany and Italy swap places. Same goes for Chile and Romania. Paraguay will climb two places, going past Uruguay and the Czech Republic.

July 2009 rank - Country - July 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Brazil	1672	1642	1642
2	Spain	1590	1590	1590
3	Netherlands	1379	1379	1379
4	Italy	1229	1181	1181
5	Germany	1207	1195	1195
6	Russia	1161	1161	1161
7	England	1135	1135	1135
8	Argentina	1091	1080	1080
9	France	1082	1059	1059
10	Croatia	1031	1031	1031
11	Greece	1001	1001	1001
12	USA	983	858	1077
13	Switzerland	930	930	930
14	Serbia	925	925	925
15	Denmark	909	909	909
16	Australia	886	896	896
17	Portugal	879	881	881
18	Côte d'Ivoire	874	874	874
19	Ukraine	869	869	869
20	Uruguay	860	851	851
21	Czech Republic	850	850	850
22	Paraguay	846	856	856
23	Bulgaria	839	839	839
24	Scotland	837	837	837
25	Israel	822	822	822
26	Romania	814	814	814
27	Chile	811	817	817
28	Turkey	809	809	809
29	Cameroon	803	803	803
30	Costa Rica	789	659	894
30	Gabon	789	789	789
32	Northern Ireland	784	784	784
33	Mexico	777	670	877
34	Nigeria	773	773	773
35	Ghana	772	772	772
36	Ecuador	760	768	768
37	Republic of Ireland	758	758	758
38	Egypt	754	735	778
39	Honduras	753	597	839
40	Japan	722	729	729
41	Poland	706	706	706
42	Sweden	702	702	702
43	Slovakia	687	687	687
44	Hungary	681	681	681
45	Bosnia-Herzegovina	680	680	680
46	Colombia	675	668	668
47	Algeria	661	661	661
48	Korea Republic	634	626	626
49	Tunisia	614	614	614
50	Norway	606	606	606
51	Burkina Faso	598	598	598
52	Finland	593	593	593
53	FYR Macedonia	589	589	589
54	Venezuela	584	562	593
55	Morocco	570	570	570
56	Latvia	563	563	563
57	Guinea	562	562	562
58	Iran	559	542	542
59	Mali	551	551	551
60	Lithuania	545	545	545
61	Saudi Arabia	542	519	519
62	Slovenia	539	539	539
63	Belgium	533	533	533
64	Bolivia	521	522	522
65	Jamaica	519	444	719
66	Bahrain	495	501	501
67	Wales	494	494	494
68	Austria	493	493	493
69	Panama	478	365	690
70	South Africa	474	449	449
71	Togo	468	468	468
72	Trinidad and Tobago	461	472	478
73	Cyprus	445	445	445
74	Belarus	444	444	444
75	Libya	438	441	441
75	Uganda	438	441	441
77	Zambia	420	425	425
78	Oman	413	411	411
79	Uzbekistan	402	412	412
80	Benin	400	400	400
81	Senegal	399	399	399
82	Mozambique	394	401	401
83	Korea DPR	393	395	395
84	Moldova	389	389	389
85	Cuba	383	383	383
86	Peru	380	378	378
86	Qatar	380	397	397
88	Grenada	379	305	781
89	Congo	378	378	378
90	El Salvador	376	354	595
91	Sudan	367	367	367
92	Canada	360	313	804
93	Iceland	358	358	358
94	Iraq	355	330	330
95	Albania	347	347	347
96	Syria	346	351	351
97	Tanzania	345	350	350
98	Montenegro	339	339	339
99	Gambia	337	337	337
100	New Zealand	336	336	336
101	Fiji	333	333	333
102	Congo DR	332	338	338
103	Angola	329	331	331
104	Georgia	326	326	326
105	Antigua and Barbuda	325	312	312
105	Kenya	325	325	325
107	Barbados	320	320	320
108	China PR	317	312	312
109	Guatemala	313	316	316
110	Malawi	312	297	312
111	Suriname	309	309	309
112	Estonia	308	308	308
113	Rwanda	298	288	403
114	Cape Verde Islands	296	296	296
115	Namibia	294	326	326
116	Zimbabwe	292	280	280
117	Thailand	290	287	287
118	Kuwait	288	293	293
119	Luxembourg	284	284	284
120	Guyana	248	269	269
120	Haiti	248	231	574
122	Armenia	243	243	243
122	Jordan	243	245	245
122	United Arab Emirates	243	242	242
125	Sierra Leone	241	241	241
126	Chad	233	233	233
127	Singapore	228	228	228
128	Madagascar	227	203	203
129	Burundi	220	220	220
130	Equatorial Guinea	219	219	219
131	Vietnam	215	149	149
132	Indonesia	206	185	185
133	Kazakhstan	204	208	208
134	Botswana	202	199	199
135	Nicaragua	195	165	816
136	Niger	187	187	187
137	Hong Kong	186	186	186
138	Ethiopia	177	178	178
139	Azerbaijan	175	175	175
140	Netherlands Antilles	169	88	88
141	Vanuatu	163	152	152
142	Liberia	161	161	161
142	Swaziland	161	120	166
144	Yemen	157	159	159
145	St. Kitts and Nevis	151	135	189
146	Bermuda	150	150	150
147	India	148	112	112
148	Tajikistan	147	116	116
149	New Caledonia	142	168	168
150	Malta	140	140	140
151	Lebanon	138	138	138
151	Turkmenistan	138	143	143
153	Liechtenstein	133	133	133
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	133	133	133
155	Myanmar	129	139	139
156	Maldives	117	117	117
157	Malaysia	111	119	119
158	Philippines	108	108	108
159	Eritrea	106	106	106
160	Kyrgyzstan	105	102	102
161	Lesotho	102	93	93
162	Sri Lanka	101	112	112
163	Solomon Islands	100	99	99
164	Mauritania	99	99	99
165	Faroe Islands	96	96	96
166	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
167	Pakistan	85	85	85
168	Somalia	82	82	82
169	Bangladesh	80	80	80
170	Seychelles	78	53	53
171	Cayman Islands	76	76	76
172	Laos	73	73	73
173	Nepal	72	60	60
174	Chinese Taipei	70	70	70
175	Palestine	69	69	69
176	Cambodia	64	64	64
176	Mauritius	64	45	45
176	Samoa	64	64	64
179	Mongolia	61	61	61
180	Belize	57	57	57
181	Bahamas	53	53	53
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	51	51
183	Brunei Darussalam	46	46	46
184	Dominican Republic	40	40	40
184	Tonga	40	40	40
186	Guinea-Bissau	38	38	38
187	Afghanistan	37	31	31
188	Cook Islands	34	34	34
188	Guam	34	34	34
190	Djibouti	33	33	33
191	St. Lucia	32	32	32
191	Tahiti	32	32	32
193	British Virgin Islands	30	30	30
194	Macau	28	28	28
195	Aruba	22	11	11
196	Andorra	17	17	17
196	Bhutan	17	17	17
198	Dominica	12	12	12
199	Timor-Leste	9	9	9
200	Comoros	8	8	8
200	US Virgin Islands	8	8	8
202	Central African Republic	4	4	4
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Anguilla	0	0	0
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	0

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