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

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