FIFA Ranking: August 2010 preview

Since there will be no new matches before the August 5th deadline, this will also be the final preview.

FIFA will publish the ranking on August 11th.

Best movers:

8 - New Caledonia
4 - El Salvador and Namibia
3 - Bolivia, Colombia, Indonesia, Korea DPR, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar and Turkmenistan

Worst movers:

-15 - Netherlands Antilles
-11 - Tajikistan
-8 - Seychelles

Best movers in the top 50:

3 - Bolivia and Colombia
1 - Croatia, Latvia, Paraguay, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine

Worst movers in the top 50:

-5 - USA
-4 - Costa Rica
-1 - Israel, Mexico and Peru

Morocco will have their worst ever ranking - 83rd. They were 82nd this month.

Mauritius will return to their worst ever ranking - 183rd, first achieved in August 2009.

Bahrain replace Saudi Arabia in the AFC top 5.

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

1	Spain	1883	0	0
2	Netherlands	1659	0	0
3	Brazil	1524	0	-12
4	Germany	1464	0	0
5	Argentina	1288	0	-1
6	Uruguay	1152	0	0
7	England	1125	0	0
8	Portugal	1062	0	0
9	Egypt	1053	0	0
10	Chile	988	0	0
11	Italy	982	0	0
12	Greece	975	0	0
13	Serbia	969	0	0
14	Croatia	968	1	0
15	Paraguay	961	1	0
16	Russia	956	1	0
17	Switzerland	940	1	0
18	USA	931	-5	-38
19	Slovenia	917	0	0
20	Australia	911	0	0
21	France	890	0	0
22	Norway	878	0	0
23	Ghana	874	0	0
24	Ukraine	870	1	0
25	Mexico	853	-1	-19
26	Côte d'Ivoire	843	0	0
27	Slovakia	829	0	0
28	Turkey	810	0	0
29	Denmark	785	0	0
30	Nigeria	773	0	0
31	Czech Republic	769	0	0
32	Japan	768	0	0
33	Algeria	759	0	0
34	Gabon	755	0	0
35	Sweden	747	0	0
36	Colombia	734	3	9
36	Republic of Ireland	734	0	0
38	Israel	733	-1	0
39	Peru	726	-1	0
40	Cameroon	710	0	0
41	Scotland	699	0	0
42	Romania	697	0	0
43	Bulgaria	672	0	0
44	Korea Republic	651	0	-9
45	Burkina Faso	646	0	0
46	Honduras	627	0	-17
47	Venezuela	592	0	0
48	Belgium	589	0	0
49	Latvia	579	1	0
50	Bolivia	577	3	7
51	Finland	576	0	0
52	Lithuania	571	0	0
53	Costa Rica	562	-4	-22
54	New Zealand	557	0	0
55	Mali	548	0	0
56	Poland	547	0	0
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	546	0	0
58	Ecuador	545	0	0
59	Northern Ireland	540	0	0
60	Austria	536	0	0
61	Benin	535	0	0
62	Hungary	534	0	0
63	Cyprus	523	0	0
64	Tunisia	519	1	0
65	Iran	517	-1	-5
66	FYR Macedonia	504	0	0
66	South Africa	504	0	0
68	Bahrain	465	1	5
69	Uganda	459	1	2
70	Albania	455	1	0
70	Saudi Arabia	455	-2	-16
72	Zambia	449	1	3
73	Montenegro	448	-1	0
74	Malawi	424	0	-1
75	Togo	421	0	0
76	Trinidad and Tobago	417	0	12
77	China PR	405	1	12
78	Belarus	403	-1	0
79	Iceland	385	0	0
80	Mozambique	381	0	4
81	Oman	377	0	3
82	Jamaica	372	1	4
83	Morocco	371	-1	0
84	Wales	366	0	0
85	Kuwait	365	0	0
86	El Salvador	361	4	18
87	Angola	357	-1	1
88	Uzbekistan	351	-1	-1
89	Moldova	350	0	0
90	United Arab Emirates	348	-2	-3
91	Senegal	338	0	0
92	Syria	336	0	2
93	Botswana	327	0	-4
94	Estonia	321	1	0
94	Libya	321	2	3
96	Armenia	318	0	0
97	Panama	314	-3	-9
98	Qatar	300	0	0
99	Jordan	299	-1	-1
100	Korea DPR	288	3	4
101	Canada	287	-1	-8
102	Guinea	286	-1	0
103	Gambia	285	-1	0
104	Thailand	276	1	3
105	Azerbaijan	266	1	0
106	Congo	263	1	0
106	Iraq	263	-2	-13
108	Cape Verde Islands	261	0	0
109	Yemen	249	0	1
110	Georgia	237	1	0
111	Rwanda	235	2	2
111	Tanzania	235	1	0
113	Zimbabwe	233	-3	-5
114	Cuba	215	0	0
115	Namibia	213	4	10
116	Kenya	210	-1	0
117	Luxembourg	209	-1	0
118	Faroe Islands	206	-1	0
119	Guatemala	201	-1	-3
120	Singapore	198	1	0
120	Sudan	198	1	0
122	Guyana	190	-3	-13
123	Congo DR	187	1	2
124	Chad	185	0	0
125	Kazakhstan	184	1	0
126	Suriname	181	-3	-6
127	Barbados	174	1	0
127	Vietnam	174	0	-5
129	Antigua and Barbuda	168	0	0
130	Fiji	167	0	0
131	Haiti	166	-1	-1
132	Grenada	162	1	4
133	Hong Kong	152	2	0
133	Turkmenistan	152	3	2
135	Indonesia	142	3	1
136	Swaziland	136	-2	-19
137	Sierra Leone	130	2	0
138	India	129	-6	-31
139	Malaysia	128	3	4
140	Myanmar	127	3	5
141	Liechtenstein	126	-1	0
142	Burundi	125	-1	0
143	Maldives	117	2	0
144	Ethiopia	116	2	1
145	Equatorial Guinea	110	2	0
145	Niger	110	2	0
145	St. Kitts and Nevis	110	2	0
148	Lebanon	106	3	0
148	Madagascar	106	-4	-15
148	Tajikistan	106	-11	-38
151	Malta	105	1	0
152	Bangladesh	104	1	0
153	Sri Lanka	101	2	5
154	New Caledonia	99	8	17
155	Lesotho	96	-1	-5
156	Liberia	94	0	0
157	Eritrea	92	1	0
158	Bermuda	91	1	0
159	Nepal	88	-3	-6
160	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	87	0	0
161	Nicaragua	86	0	0
162	Vanuatu	84	1	9
163	Kyrgyzstan	78	2	4
164	Pakistan	75	-1	0
165	Chinese Taipei	67	1	-2
165	Netherlands Antilles	67	-15	-41
165	Philippines	67	2	0
168	Mauritania	62	0	0
169	Solomon Islands	60	0	0
170	Puerto Rico	52	0	0
171	Palestine	50	0	2
172	Comoros	43	0	0
173	Cayman Islands	39	0	0
173	Laos	39	0	0
173	Somalia	39	0	0
176	Samoa	38	0	0
177	Bahamas	34	2	0
178	Cambodia	33	2	0
178	Dominica	33	2	0
180	Belize	32	2	0
180	Mongolia	32	2	0
180	Turks and Caicos Islands	32	2	0
183	Mauritius	27	-6	-10
184	Dominican Republic	26	1	0
185	Seychelles	24	-8	-13
186	Tonga	23	0	0
187	Brunei Darussalam	21	0	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	19	0	0
188	St. Lucia	19	0	0
188	Tahiti	19	0	0
191	British Virgin Islands	18	0	0
191	Djibouti	18	0	0
193	Cook Islands	17	0	0
193	Guam	17	0	0
195	Afghanistan	13	-2	-4
196	Macau	12	0	0
197	Bhutan	9	1	0
198	Aruba	7	-1	-4
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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