FIFA Ranking: April 2010 final preview

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 April 22nd, 2010.

The deadline for matches was yesterday, thus the match South Africa - China PR (scheduled to take place on April 28th won't be included in the ranking).

Brazil back on top. Portugal up to third.

Four countries will have their best ever ranking:

Portugal (3rd - 4th in March 2001)
Slovenia (23rd - 25th in December 2001)
Montenegro (65th - 69 in March 2010)
Comoros (172nd - 174th in March 2010)

Two countries will return to their best ever ranking:

Brazil (1st - first achieved in September 1993)
Benin (59th - first achieved in November 2009)

Morocco will return to their worst ever ranking - 70th, achieved in February 2010.

Best movers:

10 - Lithuania
7 - Peru and Armenia
6 - Slovenia

Worst movers:

-16 - Bolivia
-15 - Macau
-13 - Pakistan

Best movers in the top 50:

10 - Latvia
6 - Slovenia
5 - Colombia and Finland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-7 - Paraguay and Northern Ireland
-6 - Switzerland
-5 - Slovakia

Iran keep on climbing - now 4th in AFC.

Portugal up to 2nd in Europe.

April 2010 rank - Team - April 2010 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Brazil	1611	1	22
2	Spain	1565	-1	-37
3	Portugal	1249	1	35
4	Netherlands	1221	-1	-40
5	Italy	1184	0	1
6	Germany	1107	0	-50
7	Argentina	1084	2	9
8	England	1068	-1	-52
9	Croatia	1052	1	1
10	France	1044	-2	-33
11	Russia	1003	1	-6
12	Greece	968	-1	-64
13	Egypt	967	1	0
14	USA	950	2	2
15	Chile	948	-2	-26
16	Serbia	944	-1	-6
17	Mexico	936	0	15
18	Uruguay	902	0	0
19	Cameroon	887	1	0
20	Australia	883	-1	-15
20	Nigeria	883	2	0
22	Norway	879	2	26
23	Slovenia	860	6	50
24	Israel	857	4	46
25	Ukraine	855	1	18
26	Switzerland	854	-6	-33
27	Côte d'Ivoire	846	-2	0
28	Romania	843	4	45
29	Czech Republic	827	1	18
30	Paraguay	822	-7	-33
31	Algeria	821	-4	0
32	Ghana	802	-1	0
33	Turkey	798	2	28
34	Colombia	777	5	36
35	Denmark	767	-1	-11
36	Ecuador	763	0	-2
37	Sweden	757	3	18
38	Slovakia	742	-5	-49
39	Bulgaria	740	-1	-24
40	Honduras	727	-4	-38
41	Gabon	707	2	0
42	Costa Rica	706	0	-11
43	Republic of Ireland	690	1	-14
44	Scotland	684	-3	-48
45	Japan	674	0	-18
46	Latvia	652	0	-14
47	Korea Republic	619	2	-10
48	Lithuania	616	10	46
49	Finland	605	5	17
49	Venezuela	605	-1	-28
51	Bosnia-Herzegovina	604	-4	-38
52	Burkina Faso	589	0	0
53	Peru	579	7	42
54	Mali	575	3	2
55	Tunisia	574	1	0
56	Hungary	567	-4	-22
57	Northern Ireland	555	-7	-73
58	Poland	552	1	-10
59	Benin	531	2	0
60	FYR Macedonia	521	5	12
60	Iran	521	3	3
62	Belgium	518	4	12
63	Canada	516	1	0
64	Austria	509	-9	-73
65	Montenegro	500	4	16
66	Saudi Arabia	495	-4	-25
67	Bolivia	491	-16	-106
68	Cyprus	488	2	18
69	Bahrain	475	-2	-26
70	Morocco	469	-2	-19
71	Zambia	452	0	0
72	El Salvador	451	2	14
73	Togo	438	0	0
74	Uganda	437	0	0
75	Wales	429	2	13
76	Panama	421	0	-9
77	Senegal	414	-5	-30
78	New Zealand	413	1	4
79	Jamaica	412	-1	0
80	Albania	406	3	17
81	Belarus	397	-1	-7
82	Iraq	394	-1	0
82	Malawi	394	-1	0
84	Moldova	392	3	19
85	Angola	390	1	10
85	China PR	390	-1	8
87	Guinea	381	-2	0
87	Haiti	381	4	19
89	Mozambique	378	0	7
90	South Africa	370	-2	-2
91	Iceland	367	-1	3
91	Trinidad and Tobago	367	2	17
93	Gambia	361	-1	0
94	Uzbekistan	354	1	9
95	Qatar	351	2	9
96	Kuwait	348	-2	0
97	Oman	346	-1	2
98	Syria	342	-1	0
99	Armenia	311	7	19
100	United Arab Emirates	310	2	13
101	Congo	308	-2	-21
102	Libya	305	-1	0
103	Jordan	300	-1	3
104	Estonia	296	-4	-21
105	Thailand	294	-1	0
106	Korea DPR	292	-1	-1
107	Rwanda	269	0	0
108	Tanzania	259	1	0
109	Yemen	258	-1	-4
110	Azerbaijan	257	0	0
111	Congo DR	253	0	0
112	Namibia	251	0	1
113	Zimbabwe	248	0	0
114	Kenya	243	0	0
115	Guatemala	241	0	0
116	Botswana	238	0	2
117	Cape Verde Islands	236	-1	0
118	Vietnam	231	1	0
119	Antigua and Barbuda	217	1	0
119	Georgia	217	-1	-15
121	Sudan	211	0	0
122	Guyana	205	0	0
123	Ethiopia	204	0	0
124	Grenada	198	4	10
125	Cuba	196	0	0
125	Faroe Islands	196	0	0
127	Luxembourg	193	-3	-5
127	Singapore	193	0	0
129	Kazakhstan	180	0	3
130	Fiji	167	1	0
131	Swaziland	165	1	1
132	India	164	0	0
133	Sierra Leone	162	2	0
134	Bermuda	160	2	0
135	Barbados	157	2	0
135	Tajikistan	157	-5	-19
137	Turkmenistan	154	-3	-9
138	Indonesia	153	0	-2
139	Hong Kong	150	1	0
140	Suriname	147	1	0
141	Equatorial Guinea	142	2	-3
142	Myanmar	141	-1	-6
143	Maldives	129	-4	-22
144	Chad	128	0	0
145	Burundi	127	0	0
146	New Caledonia	126	0	0
147	Malaysia	123	0	0
148	Liechtenstein	117	3	5
149	Madagascar	115	5	5
150	Lesotho	114	-2	-2
151	Liberia	113	5	7
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	113	-2	0
153	Vanuatu	108	2	0
154	Malta	103	4	1
155	Nicaragua	101	5	0
156	Sri Lanka	99	1	-4
157	Lebanon	98	-8	-15
157	Netherlands Antilles	98	5	0
159	Eritrea	95	4	0
160	Bangladesh	94	-2	-8
161	Kyrgyzstan	92	-10	-20
161	Nepal	92	-1	-9
161	Niger	92	4	0
164	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	91	2	0
165	Mauritania	81	3	0
166	Chinese Taipei	78	-3	-17
166	Pakistan	78	-13	-33
168	Puerto Rico	76	1	0
169	Solomon Islands	60	1	0
170	Philippines	55	-3	-31
171	Cambodia	54	0	-2
172	Comoros	43	2	0
173	Mauritius	40	3	0
174	Cayman Islands	39	3	0
174	Laos	39	3	0
174	Palestine	39	-1	-6
174	Seychelles	39	1	-2
174	Somalia	39	3	0
179	Samoa	38	1	0
180	Mongolia	36	-8	-12
181	Bahamas	34	1	0
181	Belize	34	1	0
181	Cook Islands	34	1	0
184	Dominica	33	1	0
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	32	1	0
186	Tonga	28	1	0
187	Dominican Republic	26	1	0
188	Djibouti	23	2	0
189	Guinea-Bissau	19	3	0
189	St. Lucia	19	3	0
189	Tahiti	19	3	0
192	British Virgin Islands	18	3	0
193	Afghanistan	17	-2	-3
193	Brunei Darussalam	17	-4	-8
193	Guam	17	3	0
196	Macau	16	-15	-20
197	Aruba	11	1	0
197	Bhutan	11	-1	-6
199	US Virgin Islands	5	0	0
200	Timor-Leste	4	0	0
201	Andorra	2	0	0
202	American Samoa	0	0	0
202	Anguilla	0	0	0
202	Central African Republic	0	0	0
202	Montserrat	0	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
202	San Marino	0	0	0

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