FIFA Ranking: March 2010 preview

March 3, 2010 14:19 GMT

Fixed totals for Australia, Japan, Bahrain and Indonesia, because Australia - Indonesia and Japan - Bahrain were incorrectly listed as friendlies on fifa.com. They are obviously continental qualifiers.
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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 March 2nd, 2010 (Republic of Ireland - Brazil 0 - 2 is included).

Most of the matches take place today so we'll get a pretty clear picture of the rankings at the end of the day, although FIFA will publish the March ranking on March 31st.

Next update: March 5th or March 8th - depends on my time.

If Spain don't get the three points against France, Brazil will climb to the top of the rankings.

February 2010 rank - Country - February 2010 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1642	1563	1602
2	Brazil	1594	1589	1589
3	Netherlands	1324	1211	1261
4	Italy	1226	1171	1206
5	Germany	1208	1157	1213
6	Portugal	1201	1151	1181
7	France	1171	1077	1132
8	England	1109	1069	1120
9	Argentina	1087	1033	1075
10	Greece	1074	1032	1064
11	Croatia	1050	1000	1044
12	Russia	1042	994	1039
13	Serbia	980	895	941
14	Chile	971	974	974
15	Mexico	968	888	931
15	Switzerland	968	887	954
17	Egypt	967	966	990
18	USA	954	948	971
19	Uruguay	936	852	902
20	Cameroon	888	873	915
21	Nigeria	879	867	883
22	Côte d'Ivoire	874	846	875
23	Australia	867	862	898
24	Ukraine	851	837	837
25	Czech Republic	843	809	855
26	Israel	821	761	831
27	Slovenia	819	777	810
28	Ghana	818	802	826
29	Paraguay	815	855	855
30	Bulgaria	812	764	811
31	Slovakia	810	791	841
32	Algeria	803	779	816
33	Denmark	798	778	811
33	Norway	798	796	853
35	Honduras	776	765	790
36	Romania	774	755	813
37	Ecuador	761	765	765
38	Colombia	757	741	741
39	Northern Ireland	748	628	667
39	Republic of Ireland	748	704	704
41	Turkey	739	719	770
42	Sweden	737	708	739
43	Gabon	706	707	707
44	Costa Rica	701	717	717
45	Scotland	681	657	732
46	Japan	672	643	692
47	Latvia	662	621	656
48	Hungary	645	565	636
49	Bosnia-Herzegovina	644	599	642
49	Venezuela	644	589	648
51	Burkina Faso	638	589	589
52	Finland	635	573	588
53	Korea Republic	616	601	629
54	Mali	595	573	587
55	Tunisia	587	574	574
56	Austria	567	527	582
57	Saudi Arabia	555	520	520
58	Bolivia	546	597	597
59	Poland	540	526	562
60	Lithuania	528	570	570
61	Peru	510	537	537
62	Canada	508	516	516
63	Bahrain	507	501	558
64	FYR Macedonia	506	486	525
65	Benin	503	531	531
66	Cyprus	495	458	495
67	Iran	492	482	517
68	Belgium	491	486	538
69	Togo	483	438	438
70	Morocco	482	488	488
71	Montenegro	456	446	492
72	El Salvador	452	437	448
73	Zambia	449	452	452
74	Uganda	447	398	437
75	Uzbekistan	442	345	413
76	Wales	420	416	468
77	Jamaica	408	412	412
78	Panama	402	389	430
79	Belarus	400	377	404
80	New Zealand	398	409	456
81	South Africa	391	368	381
82	Malawi	388	394	408
83	China PR	386	371	401
84	Mozambique	382	371	385
85	Trinidad and Tobago	380	350	350
86	Angola	379	369	394
87	Iraq	373	394	394
88	Kuwait	368	331	383
89	Guinea	367	381	381
90	Haiti	364	362	362
91	Iceland	355	318	415
92	Qatar	354	342	376
93	Oman	351	322	387
94	Senegal	347	339	444
95	Gambia	345	361	361
96	Albania	335	329	389
97	Estonia	332	317	336
98	Cape Verde Islands	331	236	236
99	Thailand	329	294	388
100	Moldova	328	348	372
101	Syria	326	321	343
102	Korea DPR	325	286	358
103	Armenia	320	292	344
103	Congo	320	329	329
105	Rwanda	282	269	269
106	Jordan	270	257	297
107	Yemen	267	249	286
108	Tanzania	264	259	286
109	Azerbaijan	251	239	257
109	Sudan	251	210	210
111	Namibia	249	237	288
112	Congo DR	248	253	345
113	Kenya	244	243	243
114	Vietnam	231	231	231
115	United Arab Emirates	230	225	297
116	Libya	227	230	305
117	Zimbabwe	223	218	248
118	Faroe Islands	222	196	242
119	Botswana	218	205	237
120	Guyana	205	205	205
120	Singapore	205	193	243
122	Ethiopia	204	204	204
123	Antigua and Barbuda	203	217	217
124	Cuba	200	196	196
124	Georgia	200	197	232
126	Luxembourg	196	198	232
127	Kazakhstan	190	177	219
128	Tajikistan	176	176	176
129	Guatemala	174	176	241
130	Fiji	167	167	167
130	Turkmenistan	167	162	162
132	India	164	164	164
133	Grenada	162	188	188
134	Swaziland	161	164	164
135	Sierra Leone	159	162	162
136	Bermuda	156	159	159
137	Indonesia	155	155	381
138	Equatorial Guinea	151	145	145
139	Myanmar	147	147	147
140	Maldives	146	151	151
141	Barbados	136	157	157
142	Hong Kong	134	130	189
143	Suriname	133	147	147
144	Chad	132	128	128
145	New Caledonia	126	126	126
146	Malaysia	124	123	123
147	Burundi	123	127	127
148	Lesotho	119	116	116
149	Lebanon	118	113	184
150	Malta	116	102	146
151	Liechtenstein	112	112	112
151	Nepal	112	101	101
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	112	113	113
154	Sri Lanka	111	103	103
155	Vanuatu	108	108	108
156	Pakistan	107	111	111
157	Madagascar	105	110	110
158	Bangladesh	102	102	102
159	Nicaragua	101	101	101
160	Liberia	98	106	106
161	Kyrgyzstan	95	112	112
162	Chinese Taipei	93	95	95
162	Mauritania	93	81	81
164	Eritrea	92	95	95
164	Niger	92	92	92
166	Netherlands Antilles	90	98	98
167	Puerto Rico	89	76	76
168	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	86	91	91
169	Philippines	85	86	86
170	Mongolia	61	48	48
171	Solomon Islands	60	60	60
172	Cambodia	56	56	56
173	Palestine	48	45	45
174	Seychelles	44	41	41
175	Bahamas	43	35	35
175	Comoros	43	43	43
177	Mauritius	40	40	40
178	Cayman Islands	39	39	39
178	Laos	39	39	39
178	Somalia	39	39	39
181	Samoa	38	38	38
182	Belize	34	34	34
182	Cook Islands	34	34	34
182	Guam	34	17	17
185	Dominica	33	33	33
186	St. Lucia	32	19	19
186	Turks and Caicos Islands	32	32	32
188	Macau	31	36	36
189	Tonga	28	28	28
190	Dominican Republic	26	26	26
191	British Virgin Islands	25	18	18
191	Brunei Darussalam	25	25	25
193	Djibouti	23	23	23
194	Afghanistan	20	20	20
195	Guinea-Bissau	19	19	19
195	Tahiti	19	19	19
197	Bhutan	17	17	17
198	Aruba	11	11	11
199	US Virgin Islands	8	5	5
200	Central African Republic	4	0	0
200	Timor-Leste	4	4	4
202	Andorra	3	2	2
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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