FIFA Ranking: April 2010 preview (II)

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 7th, 2010.

Honduras will play a friendly against Venezuela on April 21st.

Next update: April 23rd, 2010.

Brazil back on top. Portugal up to third.

Three 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)

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
6 - Slovenia and Armenia

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
-5 - Switzerland and Slovakia
-4 - Algeria

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	Honduras	750	-2	-15
39	Slovakia	742	-6	-49
40	Bulgaria	740	-2	-24
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
50	Bosnia-Herzegovina	604	-3	-38
51	Venezuela	596	-3	-37
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	482	-2	-19
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	374	-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	Congo	320	0	-9
100	Armenia	311	6	19
101	United Arab Emirates	310	1	13
102	Libya	305	-1	0
103	Jordan	297	-1	0
104	Estonia	296	-4	-21
105	Korea DPR	295	0	2
106	Thailand	294	-2	0
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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