FIFA Ranking: Teams in need of matches for the December 2009 ranking

There are 60 teams that will not have the required 5 matches in the last 12 months when the December 2009 FIFA Ranking will be released. For these teams, FIFA will basically add a number of "virtual defeats" equal to the difference between the number of matches actually played by that team in the last 12 months and the required 5 matches.

Only Cape Verde Islands will be in the top 100.

19 countries managed to get positive results in the last 12 months, but they lose points because of the 5 matches requirement.

Country - Points lost - Interim December 2009 rank

Barbados                       175 128
Antigua and Barbuda             84 130
Myanmar                         51 139
Cook Islands                    51 184
Guyana                          46 126
Cape Verde Islands              40  97
Comoros                         25 176
Libya                           23 115
Netherlands Antilles            21 166
Congo DR                        17 107
Philippines                     17 164
Cambodia                        17 174
Belize                          14 172
Suriname                        13 143
St. Vincent and the Grenadines  13 151
Mongolia                        13 170
Tonga                           12 189
St. Kitts and Nevis              9 153
Nepal                            4 175

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