EURO 2012: Sunt suficiente 4 puncte cu Serbia si Feroe?

Sunt suficiente 4 puncte cu Serbia si Insulele Feroe pentru ca Romania sa ramana in urna a doua la tragerea la sorti?

Raspunsul este "Nu", dar sa vedem de ce.

Cu 4 puncte in cele doua meciuri (egal la Belgrad, victorie acasa), Romania ar avea 28625 puncte.

Teoretic, 20 de echipe ne-ar putea depasi, iar pentru a ramane in urna a doua acest numar trebuie sa scada la 17.

Cele 20 de echipe sunt:

Spania
Germania
Olanda
Italia
Anglia
Rusia
Croatia
Franta
Portugalia
Suedia
Cehia
Elvetia
Grecia
Turcia
Danemarca
Serbia
Slovacia
Israel
Bulgaria
Irlanda

4 puncte nu ne asigura 100% prezenta in urna a doua, dar ar reprezenta oricum un pas inainte, deoarece cele trei echipe aflate momentan in spatele nostru (Bulgaria, Israel, Irlanda) ar trebui sa castige toate meciurile, iar Bulgaria si Irlanda ar trebui sa castige si meciurile de baraj pentru a ne depasi. Cum ambele sunt in aceeasi grupa, doar una dintre ele ne poate depasi.

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CONCACAF teams (21 September 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the May 2007 FIFA ranking (for CONCACAF).

Assumptions:

- CONCACAF will again have 3.5 spots
- CONCACAF will again use the same qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams

The May 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between May 2007 and May 2011. We already have the "0.2" and "0.3" parts (matches played between May 2007 and May 2009) - that's basically 25% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.5" part (matches played between May 2009 and May 2010). A lot can and will change before May 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving CONCACAF teams: 2009 Gold Cup knockout stages, 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 Caribbean Championship, 2011 UNCAF Nations Cup and plenty of friendlies.

This is the May 2011 ranking (for CONCACAF only) using matches played up to and including September 20th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to May 2010 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

St. Vincent and the Grenadines replace Belize in the 5th pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 USA                            490
 2  2 Mexico                         447
 3  3 Honduras                       368
----------------------------------------
 4  4 Canada                         354
 5  5 Costa Rica                     321
 6  6 El Salvador                    234
----------------------------------------
 7  7 Panama                         208
 8  8 Jamaica                        206
 9  9 Haiti                          174
10 10 Trinidad and Tobago            152
11 11 Grenada                        115
12 12 Antigua and Barbuda            112
----------------------------------------
13 13 Guatemala                       90
----------------------------------------
14 14 Cuba                            87
15 15 Bermuda                         80
16 16 Barbados                        70
17 17 Suriname                        63
18 20 St. Kitts and Nevis             56
19 18 Guyana                          53
19 18 Nicaragua                       53
21 21 Netherlands Antilles            50
22 22 Puerto Rico                     48
23 24 St. Vincent and the Grenadines  26
24 23 Cayman Islands                  24
----------------------------------------
25 24 Belize                          22
26 26 St. Lucia                       13
26 26 Turks and Caicos Islands        13
28 28 British Virgin Islands          12
29 29 Bahamas                          9
30 30 Aruba                            7
31 31 Dominica                         5
32 32 US Virgin Islands                3
33 33 Anguilla                         0
33 33 Dominican Republic               0
33 33 Montserrat                       0

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for CAF (21 September 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the July 2007 FIFA ranking.

Assumptions:

- CAF will again have 5 spots
- CAF will keep the current qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- CAF will choose the July 2011 ranking for seeding

The July 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between July 2007 and July 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between July 2007 and July 2008) and the "0.3" part (matches played between July 2008 and July 2009) - that's 25% of the formula. A lot can and will change before July 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving African teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2010 FIFA World Cup, CAN 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

This is the July 2011 ranking (for CAF only) using matches played up to and including September 20th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to July 2010 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Not many changes since the last update because few African teams played matches after September 8th: Angola, Cape Verde Islands, Cameroon, Gabon, Lesotho and South Africa.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Cameroon                 340
 2  3 Algeria                  305
 3  1 Côte d'Ivoire            297
 4  4 Ghana                    264
 5  5 Egypt                    250
 6  6 Gabon                    242
 7  7 Nigeria                  211
 8  9 Mali                     200
 9  8 Tunisia                  192
10 10 Malawi                   179
11 11 Morocco                  170
12 12 Mozambique               168
----------------------------------
13 13 Burkina Faso             164
14 14 Togo                     148
15 15 Guinea                   144
16 16 Benin                    139
17 21 South Africa             125
18 17 Senegal                  121
18 17 Libya                    121
20 19 Congo                    117
21 21 Uganda                   116
21 19 Angola                   116
23 23 Kenya                    110
24 24 Zambia                   103
----------------------------------
25 25 Tanzania                 102
26 26 Gambia                   101
27 27 Sudan                    100
28 28 Cape Verde Islands        96
29 29 Rwanda                    86
30 30 Zimbabwe                  81
31 31 Namibia                   80
32 32 Congo DR                  78
33 33 Sierra Leone              74
34 34 Madagascar                73
35 35 Chad                      67
36 36 Burundi                   52
----------------------------------
37 37 Equatorial Guinea         51
37 37 Swaziland                 51
39 39 Botswana                  49
40 40 Niger                     47
41 41 Liberia                   39
42 42 Ethiopia                  29
42 42 Lesotho                   29
44 44 Somalia                   23
44 44 Mauritania                23
----------------------------------
46 46 Eritrea                   16
47 47 Mauritius                 15
48 48 Guinea-Bissau             12
48 48 Djibouti                  12
50 50 Seychelles                11
51 51 Central African Republic   0
51 51 Comoros                    0
51 51 Sao Tome e Principe        0

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (21 September 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the November 2007 FIFA ranking.

Assumptions:

- UEFA will again have 13 spots
- UEFA will again use the system with 9 groups
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- FIFA will hold the draw in November 2011

The November 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between November 2007 and November 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between November 2007 and November 2008) - that's basically 10% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.3" part (matches played between November 2008 and November 2009). A lot can and will change before November 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, EURO 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

UEFA will only use the national team coefficient for the European Championships draws (qualifying and final tournament).

This is the November 2011 ranking (for UEFA only) using matches played up to and including September 20th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2009 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.3" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Denmark replace Bulgaria in the first pot.
Slovakia replace Greece in the second pot.
Norway and Slovenia replace Scotland and Poland in the third pot.
Armenia and Faroe Islands replace Moldova and Georgia in the fifth pot.

Rank - Previous rank - Team - Total points

 1  1 Spain               377
 2  2 Netherlands         310
 3  4 Russia              229
 4  3 Croatia             224
 5  7 England             222
 6  7 Italy               218
 7  6 Germany             207
 8  5 Switzerland         198
 9 10 Denmark             177
-----------------------------
10 11 Serbia              176
11 16 Portugal            174
12  9 Bulgaria            171
13 15 Turkey              168
13 14 France              168
13 13 Ukraine             168
16 12 Republic of Ireland 162
16 17 Israel              162
18 25 Slovakia            155
-----------------------------
19 17 Sweden              151
20 17 Greece              147
21 28 Norway              146
22 20 Latvia              144
23 24 Czech Republic      142
24 23 Romania             140
25 21 Bosnia-Herzegovina  139
26 22 Northern Ireland    134
27 32 Slovenia            126
-----------------------------
28 26 Scotland            124
29 27 Poland              119
30 29 Hungary             102
31 31 Austria             101
32 30 Lithuania            98
33 33 Montenegro           97
34 36 Belarus              95
35 34 FYR Macedonia        89
36 35 Finland              88
-----------------------------
37 39 Albania              80
38 37 Wales                79
39 38 Belgium              76
40 39 Iceland              70
41 45 Armenia              62
42 41 Estonia              59
43 42 Cyprus               56
44 50 Faroe Islands        54
45 43 Luxembourg           52
-----------------------------
46 44 Moldova              49
47 47 Kazakhstan           45
48 45 Georgia              33
49 48 Malta                24
50 49 Azerbaijan           22
51 51 Liechtenstein        14
52 52 Andorra               0
52 52 San Marino            0

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Looking to advertise on Football-rankings.info?

Remember, this is a non-commercial website and I'm not looking to earn money from it, so I won't jump at the first opportunity.

I keep receiving all kinds of offers especially from betting sites. I'm not interested, since I'm not into betting and (that's my personal opinion) I think it's a sin. Everyone is free to do as they please.

If you want to advertise on Football-Rankings.info and your site is not about betting, then I will have to see your offer.

About link exchange. Thanks - I have enough as it is and I have a policy - I won't post a link to your page if I don't visit it regularly.

I don't accept/do sponsored posts.

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

FIFA Ranking: October 2009 probable results (III)

Here are the probable results used for the October 2009 probable ranking (III). They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

19/Sep South Africa - Madagascar 1 (Friendly)
20/Sep St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Vincent and the Grenadines X (Friendly)
30/Sep China PR - Botswana 1 (Friendly)
30/Sep Mexico - Colombia 1 (Friendly)
30/Sep Argentina - Ghana 1 (Friendly)
02/Oct Egypt - Mauritius 1 (Friendly)
05/Oct Kuwait - Jordan X (Friendly)
08/Oct Japan - Hong Kong 1 (Continental Qualifier)
08/Oct Croatia - Qatar 1 (Friendly)
10/Oct Venezuela - Paraguay X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Colombia - Chile X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Ecuador - Uruguay X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Bolivia - Brazil 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Argentina - Peru 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Norway - South Africa 1 (Friendly)
10/Oct Malta - Angola 2 (Friendly)
10/Oct United Arab Emirates - Palestine 1 (Friendly)
10/Oct Kuwait - Libya X (Friendly)
10/Oct Zambia - Egypt X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Malawi - Côte d'Ivoire 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Gabon - Morocco X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Cameroon - Togo 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Finland - Wales X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Mexico - El Salvador 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Luxembourg - Switzerland 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Belarus - Kazakhstan 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Ukraine - England X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Bahrain - New Zealand 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Montenegro - Georgia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Russia - Germany X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Estonia - Bosnia-Herzegovina X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Tunisia - Kenya 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Japan - Scotland 1 (Friendly)
10/Oct Australia - Netherlands 2 (Friendly)
10/Oct Cyprus - Bulgaria 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Republic of Ireland - Italy X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Denmark - Sweden X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Liechtenstein - Azerbaijan X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Honduras - USA X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Costa Rica - Trinidad and Tobago 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Austria - Lithuania X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Serbia - Romania X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Slovakia - Slovenia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Czech Republic - Poland 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Portugal - Hungary 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Belgium - Turkey 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct France - Faroe Islands 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Israel - Moldova 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Armenia - Spain 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
10/Oct Greece - Latvia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Oct Benin - Ghana 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Oct FYR Macedonia - Qatar X (Friendly)
11/Oct Nigeria - Mozambique 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Oct Guinea - Burkina Faso X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Oct Mali - Sudan 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
11/Oct Algeria - Rwanda 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
13/Oct Peru - Bolivia X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
13/Oct Chile - Ecuador 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
13/Oct Paraguay - Colombia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
13/Oct Brazil - Venezuela 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
13/Oct Uruguay - Argentina X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
13/Oct Iceland - South Africa X (Friendly)
14/Oct Kazakhstan - Croatia 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Romania - Faroe Islands 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Lithuania - Serbia X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct France - Austria 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Bulgaria - Georgia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Republic of Ireland - Montenegro 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Italy - Cyprus 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Denmark - Hungary 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Sweden - Albania 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Portugal - Malta 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Czech Republic - Northern Ireland 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct San Marino - Slovenia 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Poland - Slovakia X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Liechtenstein - Wales 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Azerbaijan - Russia 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Germany - Finland 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct England - Belarus 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Andorra - Ukraine 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Switzerland - Israel 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Greece - Luxembourg 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Latvia - Moldova 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Turkey - Armenia 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Estonia - Belgium X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Bosnia-Herzegovina - Spain 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct United Arab Emirates - Jordan X (Friendly)
14/Oct Qatar - Congo 1 (Friendly)
14/Oct Cameroon - Côte d'Ivoire X (Friendly)
14/Oct El Salvador - Honduras X (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Australia - Oman 1 (Continental Qualifier)
14/Oct Japan - Togo 1 (Friendly)
14/Oct Korea Republic - Senegal 1 (Friendly)
14/Oct USA - Costa Rica 1 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)
14/Oct Trinidad and Tobago - Mexico 2 (FIFA World Cup Qualifier)

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

FIFA Ranking: October 2009 probable ranking (III)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Next update: October 12th, 2009.

Probable October 2009 rank - Team - Probable October 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Brazil	1662	0	58
2	Spain	1579	0	-9
3	Netherlands	1320	0	-56
4	Italy	1182	0	-4
5	Germany	1111	-1	-75
6	England	1085	1	-42
7	Croatia	1037	2	-64
8	France	1028	2	-12
9	Russia	1024	-3	-105
10	Portugal	1023	7	143
11	Argentina	1011	-3	-102
12	Switzerland	1005	3	107
13	Czech Republic	997	5	127
14	USA	992	-3	18
15	Bulgaria	930	4	70
15	Mexico	930	9	95
17	Greece	906	-5	-65
18	Cameroon	905	11	86
19	Paraguay	883	4	41
20	Côte d'Ivoire	846	0	-6
21	Turkey	833	6	7
22	Chile	826	-1	-20
23	Denmark	823	-7	-69
24	Ghana	807	8	21
25	Serbia	799	-12	-117
26	Australia	790	-12	-117
27	Romania	783	-1	-44
28	Republic of Ireland	776	10	33
29	Uruguay	762	-1	-58
30	Israel	761	-8	-83
30	Nigeria	761	4	-12
32	Algeria	760	12	53
33	Ukraine	753	-8	-76
34	Egypt	747	-2	-39
35	Slovakia	746	10	59
35	Sweden	746	6	23
37	Norway	724	6	15
38	Honduras	721	4	9
39	Japan	707	1	-27
40	Northern Ireland	687	-9	-108
41	Ecuador	685	-5	-64
42	Costa Rica	663	-3	-72
43	Tunisia	660	7	46
44	Korea Republic	654	5	13
45	Scotland	651	-15	-153
46	Latvia	637	12	82
47	Colombia	633	1	-24
48	Canada	631	18	127
48	Mali	631	5	38
50	Bosnia-Herzegovina	616	-4	-66
51	Poland	612	-15	-137
52	Venezuela	588	-1	-16
53	Gabon	575	-18	-184
54	Bahrain	537	10	31
55	Morocco	536	2	-24
56	Slovenia	521	-2	-55
57	Iran	519	3	-22
58	Burkina Faso	507	-6	-95
59	Saudi Arabia	493	6	-12
60	Finland	492	1	-43
60	Guinea	492	-5	-82
62	Jamaica	470	7	-7
63	Lithuania	464	-1	-67
63	Panama	464	12	33
65	Wales	463	2	-18
66	Hungary	456	-19	-213
67	FYR Macedonia	441	-11	-129
68	Belarus	440	9	20
69	Cuba	432	18	39
70	Uganda	428	2	-20
71	Trinidad and Tobago	417	-8	-100
72	Austria	408	-2	-65
73	Oman	406	1	-26
74	Uzbekistan	403	11	5
75	El Salvador	396	10	-2
76	Bolivia	384	-17	-163
77	Haiti	378	32	74
77	Montenegro	378	12	-2
79	Belgium	373	-11	-106
80	South Africa	370	-7	-75
81	Korea DPR	369	9	-10
81	Zambia	369	0	-40
83	Mozambique	364	1	-35
84	Togo	359	-13	-95
85	Senegal	356	-5	-54
86	Barbados	355	17	30
86	Qatar	355	-3	-45
88	Peru	353	3	-10
89	Cyprus	351	-13	-78
89	Moldova	351	-1	-39
91	Iraq	349	7	9
91	New Zealand	349	9	13
93	Syria	344	2	-6
94	Iceland	342	2	-3
95	Angola	332	-3	-29
96	Benin	329	-18	-84
97	Tanzania	328	-3	-30
98	Albania	322	-5	-38
99	Cape Verde Islands	316	13	20
100	China PR	312	7	5
101	Malawi	306	4	-6
102	Grenada	303	6	-2
103	Antigua and Barbuda	300	3	-11
104	Kenya	298	0	-19
105	Armenia	291	20	60
105	Fiji	291	-3	-39
107	Thailand	280	8	-6
108	Congo	279	-29	-133
109	Estonia	276	5	-11
110	Namibia	271	-9	-60
111	Kuwait	268	-1	-31
112	Sudan	248	-16	-97
113	Rwanda	244	4	-35
114	Suriname	242	5	-30
115	United Arab Emirates	240	8	2
116	Congo DR	239	2	-34
117	Guyana	234	5	-6
118	Libya	233	-36	-174
119	Georgia	230	-7	-66
120	Singapore	228	7	5
121	Gambia	217	-22	-120
122	Botswana	214	10	12
122	Burundi	214	3	-17
122	Jordan	214	7	-5
125	Kazakhstan	204	11	23
126	Indonesia	201	7	0
127	Guatemala	200	-16	-97
128	Hong Kong	198	0	-23
129	Zimbabwe	196	-9	-63
130	Ethiopia	182	6	1
131	Faroe Islands	173	32	77
132	Vietnam	172	14	23
133	Luxembourg	167	-17	-115
134	Nicaragua	165	7	0
135	Equatorial Guinea	163	-6	-56
136	Kyrgyzstan	161	7	0
137	India	160	12	26
138	Yemen	158	4	-5
139	Myanmar	157	6	7
140	Liechtenstein	156	11	31
141	Azerbaijan	155	-2	-18
142	New Caledonia	148	-8	-51
143	Turkmenistan	145	4	-1
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	140	4	1
145	Lebanon	136	5	4
146	Chad	130	-22	-103
147	Swaziland	129	9	14
148	Bermuda	128	6	9
148	Malaysia	128	4	5
148	Maldives	128	7	11
151	Malta	123	-11	-43
152	Sierra Leone	117	-31	-124
153	Eritrea	115	4	1
154	Madagascar	112	-23	-96
155	Philippines	108	3	0
156	Lesotho	106	4	5
157	St. Kitts and Nevis	105	-5	-18
158	Sri Lanka	103	1	0
159	Vanuatu	99	-21	-78
160	Liberia	98	-17	-63
161	Chinese Taipei	88	5	2
162	Puerto Rico	87	3	0
163	Netherlands Antilles	85	1	-3
163	Niger	85	-28	-105
165	Bangladesh	83	2	-2
166	Somalia	82	3	0
167	Pakistan	79	1	-5
168	Tajikistan	76	4	11
169	Mauritania	70	-8	-29
170	Laos	69	0	0
171	Cambodia	68	0	1
172	Mongolia	61	2	0
173	Nepal	60	2	0
173	Solomon Islands	60	-11	-37
175	Belize	57	1	0
176	Bahamas	47	1	-6
177	Brunei Darussalam	46	3	0
178	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	1	-6
179	Cayman Islands	44	2	0
179	Seychelles	44	-1	-8
181	Dominican Republic	41	2	1
181	Palestine	41	-8	-21
183	Guinea-Bissau	38	1	0
183	Mauritius	38	-1	-5
183	Samoa	38	1	0
186	Cook Islands	34	0	0
186	Djibouti	34	2	1
186	Guam	34	0	0
189	Afghanistan	32	2	2
189	St. Lucia	32	0	0
191	Macau	28	2	0
191	Tonga	28	2	0
193	British Virgin Islands	25	-2	-5
194	Tahiti	19	-5	-13
195	Bhutan	17	0	0
196	Dominica	12	1	0
197	Aruba	11	1	0
198	Timor-Leste	10	1	1
199	US Virgin Islands	9	1	1
200	Comoros	8	0	0
201	Central African Republic	4	1	0
202	Andorra	2	-7	-15
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

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

FIFA Ranking: October 2009 preview (IV)

Since FIFA moved the October release date, here is the updated October 2009 preview. The probable ranking will follow shortly.

I think FIFA will use the October ranking to seed the European runner-ups, because I can see no other reason to postpone the October ranking. The November ranking was moved to include all the qualifiers in the November ranking - used in the seeding formula. Nothing official though.

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 September 11th, 2009.

September 2009 rank - Country - August 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Brazil	1604	1502	1662
2	Spain	1588	1434	1579
3	Netherlands	1376	1260	1320
4	Germany	1186	955	1205
4	Italy	1186	1067	1248
6	Russia	1129	879	1147
7	England	1127	942	1172
8	Argentina	1113	866	1083
9	Croatia	1101	905	1037
10	France	1040	867	1028
11	USA	974	920	1027
12	Greece	971	683	906
13	Serbia	916	725	946
14	Australia	907	710	839
15	Switzerland	898	758	1005
16	Denmark	892	652	910
17	Portugal	880	843	1023
18	Czech Republic	870	726	997
19	Bulgaria	860	735	930
20	Côte d'Ivoire	852	745	880
21	Chile	846	697	888
22	Israel	844	651	921
23	Paraguay	842	731	958
24	Mexico	835	819	930
25	Ukraine	829	648	846
26	Romania	827	671	882
27	Turkey	826	656	833
28	Uruguay	820	676	934
29	Cameroon	819	784	941
30	Scotland	804	651	724
31	Northern Ireland	795	687	861
32	Egypt	786	715	795
32	Ghana	786	716	851
34	Nigeria	773	656	761
35	Gabon	759	524	677
36	Ecuador	749	649	870
36	Poland	749	578	796
38	Republic of Ireland	743	636	871
39	Costa Rica	735	611	729
40	Japan	734	614	707
41	Sweden	723	628	824
42	Honduras	712	687	790
43	Norway	709	679	724
44	Algeria	707	666	760
45	Slovakia	687	592	828
46	Bosnia-Herzegovina	682	588	828
47	Hungary	669	456	774
48	Colombia	657	595	851
49	Korea Republic	641	623	654
50	Tunisia	614	567	660
51	Venezuela	604	554	773
52	Burkina Faso	602	455	610
53	Mali	593	533	631
54	Slovenia	576	453	661
55	Guinea	574	450	577
56	FYR Macedonia	570	426	472
57	Morocco	560	490	627
58	Latvia	555	527	800
59	Bolivia	547	351	602
60	Iran	541	519	519
61	Finland	535	459	689
62	Lithuania	531	384	625
63	Trinidad and Tobago	517	417	549
64	Bahrain	506	497	537
65	Saudi Arabia	505	493	493
66	Canada	504	631	631
67	Wales	481	361	542
68	Belgium	479	347	554
69	Jamaica	477	470	470
70	Austria	473	365	657
71	Togo	454	359	536
72	Uganda	448	428	428
73	South Africa	445	353	415
74	Oman	432	406	485
75	Panama	431	464	464
76	Cyprus	429	351	607
77	Belarus	420	362	605
78	Benin	413	329	484
79	Congo	412	279	364
80	Senegal	410	356	429
81	Zambia	409	333	440
82	Libya	407	209	281
83	Qatar	400	326	404
84	Mozambique	399	364	517
85	El Salvador	398	379	485
85	Uzbekistan	398	403	403
87	Cuba	393	432	432
88	Moldova	390	351	576
89	Montenegro	380	284	523
90	Korea DPR	379	369	369
91	Peru	363	314	579
92	Angola	361	304	332
93	Albania	360	322	478
94	Tanzania	358	328	328
95	Syria	350	344	344
96	Iceland	345	327	372
96	Sudan	345	248	353
98	Iraq	340	349	349
99	Gambia	337	217	217
100	New Zealand	336	349	456
101	Namibia	331	271	271
102	Fiji	330	291	291
103	Barbados	325	355	355
104	Kenya	317	298	377
105	Malawi	312	306	452
106	Antigua and Barbuda	311	300	300
107	China PR	307	300	312
108	Grenada	305	303	303
109	Haiti	304	378	378
110	Kuwait	299	254	295
111	Guatemala	297	200	200
112	Cape Verde Islands	296	316	316
112	Georgia	296	230	456
114	Estonia	287	216	397
115	Thailand	286	280	280
116	Luxembourg	282	167	521
117	Rwanda	279	244	353
118	Congo DR	273	239	239
119	Suriname	272	242	242
120	Zimbabwe	259	196	196
121	Sierra Leone	241	117	117
122	Guyana	240	234	234
123	United Arab Emirates	238	219	252
124	Chad	233	130	130
125	Armenia	231	291	644
125	Burundi	231	214	214
127	Singapore	223	228	228
128	Hong Kong	221	198	347
129	Equatorial Guinea	219	163	163
129	Jordan	219	199	242
131	Madagascar	208	112	177
132	Botswana	202	214	261
133	Indonesia	201	201	201
134	New Caledonia	199	148	148
135	Niger	190	85	85
136	Ethiopia	181	182	182
136	Kazakhstan	181	204	549
138	Vanuatu	177	99	99
139	Azerbaijan	173	137	321
140	Malta	166	123	292
141	Nicaragua	165	165	165
142	Yemen	163	158	158
143	Kyrgyzstan	161	161	161
143	Liberia	161	98	98
145	Myanmar	150	157	157
146	Vietnam	149	172	172
147	Turkmenistan	146	145	145
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	139	132	157
149	India	134	160	160
150	Lebanon	132	136	136
151	Liechtenstein	125	133	317
152	Malaysia	123	128	128
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	123	99	118
154	Bermuda	119	128	128
155	Maldives	117	128	128
156	Swaziland	115	129	129
157	Eritrea	114	115	115
158	Philippines	108	108	108
159	Sri Lanka	103	103	103
160	Lesotho	101	106	106
161	Mauritania	99	70	70
162	Solomon Islands	97	60	60
163	Faroe Islands	96	173	560
164	Netherlands Antilles	88	85	85
165	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
166	Chinese Taipei	86	88	88
167	Bangladesh	85	83	83
168	Pakistan	84	79	79
169	Somalia	82	82	82
170	Laos	69	69	69
171	Cambodia	67	68	68
172	Tajikistan	65	76	76
173	Palestine	62	41	82
174	Mongolia	61	61	61
175	Nepal	60	60	60
176	Belize	57	57	57
177	Bahamas	53	47	47
178	Seychelles	52	44	44
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	45	45
180	Brunei Darussalam	46	46	46
181	Cayman Islands	44	44	44
182	Mauritius	43	38	124
183	Dominican Republic	40	41	41
184	Guinea-Bissau	38	38	38
184	Samoa	38	38	38
186	Cook Islands	34	34	34
186	Guam	34	34	34
188	Djibouti	33	34	34
189	St. Lucia	32	32	32
189	Tahiti	32	19	19
191	Afghanistan	30	32	32
191	British Virgin Islands	30	25	25
193	Macau	28	28	28
193	Tonga	28	28	28
195	Andorra	17	2	213
195	Bhutan	17	17	17
197	Dominica	12	12	12
198	Aruba	11	11	11
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	184

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.