Friday, April 23, 2010

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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5 comments:

  1. Who can Portugal climb to 3rd, with some bad results in the last qualification?

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  2. Portugal is the only european team to not lose a match in 2009, and they havent lost a match in about a year and a half.

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  3. As Smashing said, Portugal had a very good 2009, as 736 points of their 1249 are from the last 12 months.

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  4. While Portugal hasn't lost since Sept. 2008, they really haven't beaten any one either. The highest rated opponent they beat are currently ranked 49th. Does strength of schedule factor into this ranking at all? Or can a team make it all the way to the top by bulking up on a steady diet of minnows?

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