FIFA Ranking: October 2010 final preview

Some rounding errors found their way into the ranking, after I moved the database to a different computer. I fixed them and here's the correct version. Minor changes compared to the old (wrong) version posted on Friday.

Included: matches up to and including October 14th, the official match deadline. FIFA might include more matches, but not later than Sunday. I didn't include Italy - Serbia nor did I award a 3 - 0 win for the Italians.

Best movers

60 - Central African Republic
55 - Niger
45 - Armenia

Worst movers

-50 - Bolivia
-45 - Cyprus
-25 - Liberia

Best movers in the top 50:

34 - Guinea
15 - Russia
14 - Montenegro

Worst movers in the top 50:

-50 - Bolivia
-45 - Cyprus
-20 - Israel

Brazil overtake Germany for 3rd.

Gabon out of the African top 5, replaced by Algeria - now 4th. Nigeria drop to 5th.

Panama replace Costa Rica as 4th in CONCACAF.

Nine teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Slovenia (15th - 19th in July 2010)
Montenegro (26th - 40th in September 2010)
Burkina Faso (37th - 39th in September 2010)
Belarus (40th - 55th in September 2010)
Armenia (60th - 78th in April 2008)
Botswana (79th - 82nd in September 2010)
Azerbaijan (91st - 97th in June 1999)
Central African Republic (112th - 153rd in August 1993)
Philippines (152nd - 155th in October 2009)

Italy will return to their worst ever ranking - 16th - first achieved in May 1994. That will change however if FIFA award them the qualifier against Serbia and use it for the October ranking calculation.
Also the Solomon Islands will return to their worst ever ranking - 177th, first achieved in August 1996.

Eight teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Romania (50th - 46th in September 2010)
Poland (69th - 66th in September 2010)
Finland (86th - 79th in December 1996)
Trinidad and Tobago (105th - 102nd in July 2008)
Qatar (108th - 107th in December 1999)
Liberia (164th - 161st in December 2009)
Malta (168th - 158th in March 2010)
Seychelles (196th - 195th in July 2002)

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

1	Spain	1881	0	57
2	Netherlands	1683	0	20
3	Brazil	1493	1	13
4	Germany	1481	-1	-9
5	Argentina	1320	0	-31
6	England	1205	0	14
7	Uruguay	1167	0	-15
8	Portugal	1123	0	74
9	Croatia	1086	2	88
10	Russia	1061	15	193
11	Egypt	1034	-2	0
12	Greece	1026	0	53
13	Norway	989	1	31
14	Chile	931	-4	-73
15	Slovenia	926	4	29
16	Italy	901	-3	-64
17	Ghana	891	3	2
18	France	888	9	53
19	Côte d'Ivoire	871	4	-6
20	Slovakia	865	-4	-54
21	Australia	862	3	-12
22	Serbia	861	-7	-84
23	Switzerland	842	-2	-40
24	Paraguay	840	-7	-64
25	USA	838	-7	-61
26	Montenegro	827	14	143
27	Denmark	799	2	18
28	Mexico	786	0	-9
29	Turkey	780	-8	-102
30	Japan	779	0	6
31	Czech Republic	739	6	22
32	Republic of Ireland	710	1	-35
33	Algeria	709	2	-23
34	Nigeria	708	0	-25
35	Ukraine	706	-9	-132
36	Sweden	696	-4	-64
37	Burkina Faso	681	2	-22
38	Cameroon	676	-1	-41
39	Gabon	662	-8	-106
40	Korea Republic	640	4	0
41	Northern Ireland	627	4	-11
42	Belarus	623	13	69
43	Bulgaria	605	11	49
44	Hungary	598	7	31
45	Tunisia	586	11	35
46	Colombia	584	-6	-100
47	Guinea	581	34	187
48	Lithuania	577	-6	-98
49	Austria	574	12	46
50	Romania	568	-4	-63
51	New Zealand	549	-2	-56
52	South Africa	545	6	0
53	Bosnia-Herzegovina	542	6	-2
54	Honduras	540	-2	-25
55	Peru	536	-7	-77
56	Israel	535	-20	-186
57	Scotland	525	-10	-92
57	Venezuela	525	3	-6
59	Panama	515	11	28
60	Armenia	514	45	241
61	Iran	502	-4	-44
62	Belgium	499	0	-27
63	Uganda	495	0	-28
64	Mali	493	1	-25
65	Albania	491	2	-11
66	Costa Rica	490	-13	-71
67	Ecuador	484	5	7
68	Benin	482	1	-7
69	Poland	464	-3	-40
70	FYR Macedonia	455	1	-24
71	Saudi Arabia	452	2	-8
72	Latvia	448	-4	-46
73	Senegal	446	6	41
74	Estonia	435	11	60
75	Georgia	431	14	74
76	Zambia	428	-2	-4
77	Morocco	425	18	95
78	Moldova	424	2	26
79	Botswana	413	3	25
80	Jamaica	412	-4	-13
81	Libya	410	26	148
82	Canada	408	6	48
82	Cape Verde Islands	408	-5	-14
84	Malawi	403	-6	-12
85	Bahrain	402	-10	-29
86	Finland	401	-22	-120
87	Togo	381	0	10
88	Cyprus	377	-45	-266
89	China PR	375	-7	-13
90	Mozambique	373	-4	-1
91	Azerbaijan	361	11	74
92	Angola	356	1	14
93	Sudan	347	8	52
94	Iraq	342	13	80
95	Jordan	341	4	23
96	Oman	333	-4	-11
96	Uzbekistan	333	1	6
98	United Arab Emirates	328	-8	-21
99	Niger	325	55	234
100	Bolivia	324	-50	-267
101	Gambia	322	-10	-23
102	Kuwait	320	-6	-9
103	Wales	319	-19	-63
104	Syria	305	-10	-27
105	Trinidad and Tobago	302	-8	-25
106	Barbados	286	15	106
107	Thailand	284	-5	-3
108	Qatar	282	-4	4
109	Iceland	272	-9	-36
110	Korea DPR	269	-4	-1
111	Guyana	264	9	82
112	Central African Republic	263	60	213
113	El Salvador	246	-3	-7
114	Congo	244	3	42
114	Kenya	244	0	29
116	Yemen	230	-9	-32
117	Rwanda	227	-5	1
118	Zimbabwe	226	0	32
119	Tanzania	225	-8	-14
120	Cuba	218	-7	0
121	Guatemala	214	-6	0
121	Sierra Leone	214	11	70
123	Congo DR	196	9	52
124	Suriname	195	13	62
125	Grenada	194	3	34
125	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	194	28	101
127	Singapore	193	-8	4
128	Haiti	187	-5	12
129	Puerto Rico	184	41	132
130	Antigua and Barbuda	183	-7	8
130	St. Kitts and Nevis	183	21	89
132	Faroe Islands	178	6	46
133	Ethiopia	177	2	41
134	Luxembourg	174	-4	21
135	Burundi	171	-13	-8
136	Hong Kong	167	0	32
136	Kazakhstan	167	-10	-4
138	Vietnam	164	-13	-10
139	Namibia	162	-23	-50
140	Indonesia	161	-9	10
141	Turkmenistan	156	-12	2
142	Fiji	154	-15	-7
143	India	151	17	69
144	Myanmar	130	-3	4
145	Guinea-Bissau	127	-5	0
146	Chad	126	-12	-16
147	Maldives	124	-4	7
148	Dominica	116	30	83
148	Malaysia	116	-4	5
150	Bangladesh	112	-5	4
150	Tajikistan	112	-5	4
152	Philippines	107	13	40
153	Sri Lanka	104	-5	0
154	New Caledonia	102	-9	-6
154	Swaziland	102	-12	-20
156	Chinese Taipei	98	14	46
157	Lebanon	97	-6	3
158	Cayman Islands	92	23	66
159	Liechtenstein	91	-10	-11
160	Madagascar	90	-6	-1
161	Nicaragua	86	-3	0
162	Dominican Republic	85	19	59
163	Nepal	83	-7	-5
164	Liberia	82	-25	-49
165	Eritrea	81	-4	1
165	Lesotho	81	-8	-6
167	Equatorial Guinea	79	-3	6
168	Malta	76	-18	-20
169	Pakistan	73	-7	-2
170	Netherlands Antilles	63	-4	0
170	Vanuatu	63	-4	0
172	Bermuda	62	-9	-12
173	Kyrgyzstan	60	-14	-23
174	Belize	54	-6	0
175	British Virgin Islands	41	13	23
175	Laos	41	2	4
177	Solomon Islands	40	-2	0
178	Palestine	39	-5	-10
178	Somalia	39	-2	0
180	Mauritania	38	-11	-15
181	Comoros	37	-7	-6
182	Cambodia	34	-4	1
183	Mongolia	32	-3	0
184	Tahiti	31	10	18
185	Samoa	26	-4	0
186	Brunei Darussalam	23	-1	2
187	Djibouti	19	1	1
187	St. Lucia	19	-1	0
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	-1	0
190	Cook Islands	17	0	0
190	Guam	17	0	0
190	Tonga	17	0	0
193	Mauritius	16	0	0
194	Bahamas	13	0	0
195	Macau	12	2	0
196	Afghanistan	10	-2	-3
196	Seychelles	10	-12	-12
198	Bhutan	9	0	0
199	Aruba	7	0	0
200	US Virgin Islands	5	0	0
201	Timor-Leste	3	0	-1
202	Andorra	2	0	0
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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