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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

FIFA Ranking: December 2010 preview (I)

Doesn't include knock-out stages for Caribbean Championship, Gulf Cup, AFF Cup and CECAFA Cup for various reasons: B teams, unknown format and most of all - lack of time today. However, it's OK for teams not involved in these tournaments.

Next update: November 19th, 2010.

November 2010 rank - Country - November 2010 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1 Spain 1920 1887 1921
2 Netherlands 1718 1693 1723
3 Brazil 1493 1446 1495
4 Germany 1489 1475 1504
5 Argentina 1353 1296 1338
6 England 1250 1195 1239
7 Uruguay 1174 1152 1195
8 Portugal 1102 1040 1090
9 Croatia 1098 1033 1075
10 Egypt 1047 1042 1077
11 Greece 1043 978 1016
12 Norway 1004 939 995
13 Russia 1003 982 1041
14 Italy 995 952 989
15 Slovenia 958 897 930
16 Chile 929 912 950
17 Ghana 903 901 920
18 Slovakia 866 854 888
19 Côte d'Ivoire 857 846 870
20 Australia 853 815 853
21 France 852 823 867
21 Switzerland 852 827 868
23 Paraguay 850 823 832
24 USA 847 839 867
25 Serbia 828 801 837
26 Montenegro 827 782 824
27 Denmark 812 779 813
28 Mexico 790 795 795
29 Turkey 788 741 800
30 Japan 781 776 776
31 Czech Republic 756 729 794
32 Republic of Ireland 730 681 744
33 Nigeria 711 725 725
34 Algeria 706 683 695
35 Sweden 703 692 751
36 Ukraine 698 682 742
37 Gabon 673 648 680
38 Cameroon 656 670 670
39 Korea Republic 653 647 647
40 Belarus 648 631 660
41 Burkina Faso 630 578 644
42 Northern Ireland 627 601 643
43 Hungary 615 581 632
44 Tunisia 598 576 654
45 Bulgaria 597 555 614
46 Lithuania 576 532 591
47 Colombia 575 540 595
47 Guinea 575 569 651
49 Austria 572 569 650
50 South Africa 562 550 577
51 Bosnia-Herzegovina 542 528 596
52 Peru 538 455 547
52 Romania 538 508 577
54 Scotland 537 542 542
55 Israel 535 513 551
56 Venezuela 527 515 547
57 Honduras 522 516 542
58 Albania 520 483 525
59 Armenia 517 515 515
59 New Zealand 517 506 506
61 Ecuador 498 473 535
62 Belgium 494 446 526
63 Costa Rica 490 456 487
64 Mali 480 472 488
64 Panama 480 459 501
66 Iran 479 495 495
67 Botswana 470 434 535
68 Saudi Arabia 461 391 486
69 Uganda 457 392 464
69 Zambia 457 431 466
71 Poland 452 413 451
72 Benin 449 462 462
73 Latvia 446 440 471
74 Estonia 444 422 434
75 Senegal 443 404 464
76 FYR Macedonia 439 423 476
77 Malawi 423 360 418
78 Georgia 422 380 449
78 Trinidad and Tobago 422 373 464
80 Morocco 415 408 496
81 Libya 414 417 468
82 Jamaica 413 338 520
83 Cape Verde Islands 408 444 444
84 Moldova 405 411 411
85 Canada 403 411 411
86 Guyana 392 276 443
87 Bahrain 389 346 394
87 Finland 389 377 419
89 China PR 382 364 389
90 Azerbaijan 381 343 395
91 Grenada 375 265 492
92 Angola 370 378 378
93 Cyprus 369 367 367
94 Cuba 353 289 544
95 Jordan 352 305 305
96 Sudan 344 354 391
97 Oman 340 313 386
98 Mozambique 339 338 355
99 Bolivia 337 344 344
99 Iraq 337 279 373
101 Haiti 335 323 368
102 Niger 324 328 389
103 Gambia 323 326 326
104 United Arab Emirates 318 266 345
105 Kuwait 316 277 330
106 Uzbekistan 303 275 275
107 Korea DPR 299 292 292
107 Togo 299 297 345
109 Syria 282 296 296
110 Iceland 275 261 309
111 Wales 273 261 261
112 Central African Republic 263 263 263
113 Qatar 259 235 321
114 Thailand 254 232 267
115 Antigua and Barbuda 253 215 385
116 Kenya 251 246 339
117 El Salvador 247 251 251
118 Zimbabwe 246 230 268
119 Congo 239 239 239
120 Barbados 235 188 188
121 Suriname 231 257 257
122 St. Kitts and Nevis 230 239 239
122 Yemen 230 212 252
124 Tanzania 225 191 261
125 Sierra Leone 219 224 224
126 Guatemala 217 204 247
127 Rwanda 215 169 286
128 Dominica 201 196 196
129 Congo DR 196 190 248
130 Puerto Rico 184 184 184
131 Ethiopia 178 175 299
131 Faroe Islands 178 171 171
133 Luxembourg 175 160 218
134 Turkmenistan 173 173 173
135 Indonesia 172 132 208
136 Burundi 171 154 286
137 Kazakhstan 169 154 154
138 Singapore 168 133 169
139 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 157 132 132
139 Vietnam 157 137 180
141 Namibia 154 154 154
142 India 145 132 159
143 Fiji 144 103 103
144 Myanmar 133 103 158
145 Hong Kong 128 124 173
146 Maldives 127 81 81
147 Chad 126 118 204
148 Guinea-Bissau 125 121 121
149 Tajikistan 121 112 126
150 Malaysia 112 94 180
151 Bangladesh 109 84 84
151 Philippines 109 82 128
153 Netherlands Antilles 107 107 107
153 Sri Lanka 107 79 79
155 Chinese Taipei 102 102 135
156 New Caledonia 101 89 89
157 Lebanon 94 92 92
158 Liechtenstein 91 91 167
158 Madagascar 91 91 91
160 Cayman Islands 88 88 88
161 Nicaragua 86 86 86
162 Dominican Republic 85 66 66
163 Nepal 84 54 54
164 Liberia 82 82 82
165 Eritrea 81 40 40
165 Swaziland 81 82 82
167 Equatorial Guinea 79 72 72
167 Pakistan 79 56 56
169 Malta 77 76 281
170 Cambodia 73 68 68
171 Laos 70 52 137
172 Vanuatu 64 67 67
173 Bermuda 63 50 50
174 Lesotho 62 62 62
175 Belize 54 54 54
176 Kyrgyzstan 50 50 50
177 British Virgin Islands 41 41 41
178 Palestine 40 40 40
178 Solomon Islands 40 40 40
180 Somalia 39 32 172
181 Mauritania 38 38 38
182 St. Lucia 37 37 37
183 Mongolia 32 32 32
184 Tahiti 31 31 31
185 Samoa 26 26 26
186 Comoros 24 24 24
187 Djibouti 20 16 16
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 19 19 19
189 Cook Islands 17 17 17
189 Guam 17 17 17
189 Tonga 17 17 17
192 Mauritius 16 16 16
193 Bahamas 13 13 13
194 Macau 12 14 14
195 Afghanistan 10 10 36
195 Seychelles 10 10 10
197 Bhutan 9 9 9
197 Brunei Darussalam 9 9 9
199 Aruba 7 7 7
200 US Virgin Islands 5 5 5
201 Timor-Leste 3 3 3
202 Andorra 2 2 2
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 0 170

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 5:43 AM

    Hello. I wonder if you could please explain to me why Portugal and Argentina will be dropping points please?

    Oh and also why Egypt can seemingly take bad results and drop very few points, why is that? Only a 5pt drop if they'd lost to Australia, and on the back of the two terrible ACON qualifier results? Why? What's keeping their score high?

    I thought friendlies were averaged, competitive games were averaged, and the two totals put together for the points score, am I right or wrong? My memory is rather hazy on this. Do they add up 8 seperate totals altogether, friendlies for the current year, the one before, the one before that and the one before that, and competitives for the current year, the one before, the one before that and the one before that?

    I did read the rankings explanation on the site and understand how to do the short term calculations, and the devaluation process but I still struggle to understand how certain things happen in the long term.

    I'm sorry if I've gone on a lot. In return I will do something for you.

    KO stage, Caribbean Championship.

    The two highest ranked teams Cuba, Grenada, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda can play are Jamaica (82nd) and Trinidad and Tobago (78th).

    For Trinidad and Tobago it's Jamaica (82nd) and Guyana (86th).

    For Jamaica it's Trinidad and Tobago (78th) and Guyana (86th).

    Sidenote, it amuses me all the complaints about my team, England, being "too high". I understand why they're up there, it's because you need victories for a high ranking, draws are all but worthless even against top class teams, and England have a lot of victories and not many draws.

    I'm going to laugh at their reactions to England still being 6th in December despite the disappointing loss to France.

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  2. EdgarNovember 19, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    Argentina lose points because of their game against Brazil. The points they got for the win (591) are less then the average of the other matches played in the last 12 months.

    Portugal lose points because the 18.11.2009 playoff win against Bosnia-Herzegovina dropped to the 0.5 time frame.

    Egypt's ranking is mainly based on their excellent CAN 2010 final tournament - 6 games - 6 wins.

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  3. AlexNovember 19, 2010 at 9:48 PM

    Also, friendlies and competitive matches for each year are averaged together, not separately. So only 4 separate totals, not 8.

    That's why the Argentina friendly lowers their average (despite being a win against Brazil).

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  4. AnonymousNovember 19, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    Thanks both of you.

    Ugh, that is stupid with the friendlies. They're worth little enough points as it is, seperate averages for competitives and friendlies would make them worthwhile, but that is crazy, being punished for a great victory. You're Portugal and beating Spain hurts your chances of being a pot 1 team in World Cup qualifying? That is a joke! Still, I suppose if everyone else is playing friendlies, you're alright, but some teams play few friendlies, and they'll enjoy an advantage because of it. It won't matter to Argentina and Brazil, Brazil guaranteed top seeds as hosts, Argentina, they should storm through the qualifiers now the Maradona circus has been removed and no Brazil, easily getting seeded at the World Cup.

    If you ask me competitive games only should be used to determine rankings. It annoyed me when I realised the new European coefficient which only uses competitive games will not be used for World Cup seeding.

    Egypt, really I should have figured that one out for myself. Makes their average highly resistant. Egypt will feel the effects of those results once the ACON victories start devaluing. Soon, Egypt. Soon...

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  5. EdgarNovember 26, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    @Alex

    Thanks. I read the original comment too fast and I missed the 8 totals part.

    @Anonymous

    Actually, Portugal gained 6 points (for a total of 1090) by defeating Spain. Without this win, Portugal would have 1084 points.

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