FIFA Ranking: January 2010 preview (III)

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 January 21st, 2010.

FIFA will publish the ranking on February 3rd.

Next update: January 29th, 2010.

December 2009 rank - Country - December 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1627	1627	1627
2	Brazil	1568	1568	1568
3	Netherlands	1288	1288	1288
4	Italy	1209	1209	1209
5	Portugal	1176	1176	1176
6	Germany	1173	1173	1173
7	France	1117	1117	1117
8	Argentina	1085	1051	1082
9	England	1076	1076	1076
10	Croatia	1042	1053	1053
11	Cameroon	1035	912	1113
12	Russia	1026	1026	1026
13	Greece	1016	1030	1030
14	USA	980	963	980
15	Chile	936	955	955
16	Côte d'Ivoire	934	857	1061
17	Mexico	931	947	947
18	Switzerland	924	924	924
19	Serbia	916	916	916
20	Uruguay	909	909	909
21	Australia	863	857	857
22	Nigeria	848	868	1068
22	Ukraine	848	848	848
24	Egypt	832	932	1075
25	Czech Republic	828	828	828
26	Algeria	823	752	971
26	Israel	823	823	823
28	Denmark	820	827	827
29	Paraguay	806	806	806
30	Bulgaria	801	801	801
31	Slovenia	767	767	767
32	Norway	760	772	772
33	Slovakia	752	752	752
34	Ghana	747	732	903
35	Republic of Ireland	746	746	746
36	Romania	745	745	745
37	Ecuador	738	753	753
37	Honduras	738	734	759
39	Colombia	736	736	736
40	Northern Ireland	729	729	729
41	Turkey	728	728	728
42	Sweden	721	719	743
43	Japan	709	729	729
44	Costa Rica	701	699	727
45	Latvia	677	634	675
46	Scotland	665	665	665
47	Mali	662	598	598
48	Gabon	660	706	706
49	Burkina Faso	650	616	616
50	Venezuela	646	646	646
51	Bosnia-Herzegovina	642	645	645
52	Korea Republic	625	605	634
53	Tunisia	614	572	572
54	Hungary	613	616	616
55	Finland	592	576	576
56	Bolivia	573	573	573
56	Canada	573	527	560
58	Poland	556	550	567
59	Benin	532	483	483
60	Bahrain	524	529	529
61	Austria	523	523	523
62	Lithuania	522	522	522
63	Saudi Arabia	510	538	538
64	Iran	508	499	499
65	FYR Macedonia	495	495	495
66	Belgium	491	491	491
67	Morocco	477	491	491
68	Cyprus	471	471	471
68	Peru	471	471	471
70	Panama	469	406	406
71	Togo	467	468	468
72	Mozambique	462	384	384
73	Guinea	458	360	360
74	Montenegro	456	456	456
75	Uganda	455	447	447
76	Uzbekistan	440	431	431
77	Wales	420	420	420
78	El Salvador	413	464	464
79	Oman	410	352	352
80	Belarus	406	397	397
81	Jamaica	403	387	418
82	New Zealand	400	400	400
82	Trinidad and Tobago	400	382	382
84	Zambia	380	426	589
85	South Africa	377	377	390
86	Korea DPR	376	377	377
86	Qatar	376	370	370
88	Iraq	364	375	375
89	Senegal	361	359	359
90	Haiti	348	347	347
91	Syria	347	321	352
92	Iceland	346	349	349
93	China PR	340	373	373
94	Moldova	338	338	338
95	Angola	337	371	559
96	Albania	336	336	336
97	Cape Verde Islands	331	331	331
98	Kenya	327	244	244
99	Malawi	326	384	384
100	Armenia	321	321	321
101	Congo	320	320	320
102	Estonia	308	315	315
102	Rwanda	308	276	276
104	Kuwait	301	358	358
105	Thailand	296	332	332
106	Tanzania	290	267	267
107	Congo DR	271	248	248
108	Sudan	268	251	251
109	Zimbabwe	265	228	255
110	Singapore	260	217	256
111	Jordan	255	275	275
112	United Arab Emirates	248	241	241
113	Namibia	246	251	251
114	Azerbaijan	236	235	235
115	Libya	232	233	233
116	Gambia	223	333	333
117	Faroe Islands	222	222	222
118	Botswana	219	220	220
119	Cuba	218	191	191
120	Indonesia	206	154	154
121	Guatemala	205	164	164
122	Ethiopia	204	204	204
123	Vietnam	203	231	231
124	Georgia	202	202	202
125	Kazakhstan	200	201	201
126	Burundi	195	124	124
127	Guyana	191	186	186
128	Luxembourg	185	195	195
129	Barbados	181	171	171
130	Antigua and Barbuda	176	184	184
130	Yemen	176	294	294
132	Fiji	167	167	167
133	Nicaragua	165	92	92
134	India	158	166	166
135	Equatorial Guinea	152	152	152
135	Swaziland	152	152	152
137	Maldives	146	146	146
138	Grenada	145	158	158
138	Sierra Leone	145	159	159
140	Myanmar	142	144	144
141	Turkmenistan	139	158	158
142	Bermuda	138	157	157
143	Hong Kong	137	153	153
144	Suriname	133	133	133
145	Chad	130	130	130
146	Malta	128	129	129
147	New Caledonia	126	126	126
148	Lebanon	125	127	127
149	Bangladesh	122	117	117
150	Lesotho	120	120	120
151	Sri Lanka	115	115	115
152	Nepal	112	112	112
152	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	112	82	82
154	Liechtenstein	110	110	110
155	Vanuatu	108	108	108
156	Pakistan	106	105	105
156	St. Kitts and Nevis	106	106	106
158	Madagascar	105	105	105
159	Kyrgyzstan	103	103	103
160	Malaysia	102	100	100
161	Liberia	98	98	98
162	Chinese Taipei	93	92	92
163	Eritrea	92	92	92
163	Niger	92	92	92
165	Puerto Rico	87	89	89
165	Tajikistan	87	123	123
167	Philippines	83	85	85
168	Netherlands Antilles	80	80	80
169	Mauritania	70	93	93
170	Somalia	64	39	39
171	Mongolia	61	61	61
172	Solomon Islands	60	60	60
173	Belize	57	33	33
173	Palestine	57	57	57
175	Cambodia	56	56	56
176	Comoros	46	43	43
177	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	45	45
178	Laos	44	39	39
178	Seychelles	44	44	44
180	Bahamas	43	43	43
181	Mauritius	40	40	40
182	Samoa	38	38	38
183	Cayman Islands	36	39	39
184	Cook Islands	34	34	34
184	Guam	34	34	34
186	St. Lucia	32	32	32
187	Macau	31	31	31
188	Tonga	28	28	28
189	Djibouti	27	23	23
190	Dominican Republic	26	26	26
191	British Virgin Islands	25	25	25
191	Brunei Darussalam	25	25	25
193	Afghanistan	20	20	20
194	Guinea-Bissau	19	19	19
194	Tahiti	19	19	19
196	Bhutan	17	17	17
197	Dominica	12	38	38
198	Aruba	11	11	11
199	US Virgin Islands	8	8	8
200	Central African Republic	4	4	4
200	Timor-Leste	4	4	4
202	Andorra	3	3	3
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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