FIFA Ranking: November 2010 preview

Only 3 matches left before the official deadline.

I will post the final preview on Friday, November 12th, 2010.

Cuba - Dominica (Continental qualifier)
Antigua and Barbuda - Suriname (Continental qualifier)
Iraq - India (Friendly)

The totals for these six teams can change as follows:

Iraq (L:320 D:326 W:337)
Suriname (L:227 D:257 W:318)
Cuba (L:225 D:255 W:315)
Antigua and Barbuda (L:139 D:177 W:253)
Dominica (L:208 D:237 W:295)
India (L:145 D:158 W:183)

In the ranking table posted below, the values displayed for these six teams are the lowest possible.

FIFA could also include matches played between Friday and Saturday, but since I'm not 100% sure about it, I stopped at the official deadline (Thursday).

Egypt return to the top 10, Russia drop out.

Best movers:

34 - Grenada
29 - Haiti
28 - Trinidad and Tobago

Worst movers:

-20 - Togo
-12 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda
-11 - Barbados, Swaziland and Brunei Darussalam

Best movers in the top 50:

2 - Italy, Slovakia, Switzerland, Gabon, Belarus, Lithuania and South Africa
1 - Egypt, Greece, Norway, Australia, Paraguay, USA, Nigeria, Sweden, Korea Republic, Hungary and Tunisia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-4 - Burkina Faso
-3 - Russia, France and Serbia
-2 - Chile, Bulgaria and Romania

Nigeria overtake Algeria for 4th in Africa.
Costa Rica take 4th in CONCACAF from Panama.

Nine teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Belarus (40th - 42nd in October 2010)
Albania (58th - 62nd in August 2006)
Armenia (59th - 60th in October 2010)
Botswana (68th - 79th in October 2010)
Guyana (86th - 90th in August 2007)
Azerbaijan (89th - 91st in October 2010)
Central African Republic (111th - 112th in October 2010)
Dominica (127th - 129th in July 1998)
Philippines (151st - 152nd in October 2010)

Eight teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Romania (52nd - 50th in October 2010)
Poland (71st - 69th in October 2010)
Finland (88th - 86th in October 2010)
Qatar (112th - 109th in October 2010)
Malta (169th - 168th in October 2010)
Lesotho (174th - 166th in March 2007)
Kyrgyzstan (176th - 175th in November 2000)
Solomon Islands (178th - 177th in August 1996)

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

1	Spain	1920	0	39
2	Netherlands	1718	0	35
3	Brazil	1493	0	0
4	Germany	1489	0	8
5	Argentina	1353	0	33
6	England	1250	0	45
7	Uruguay	1174	0	7
8	Portugal	1102	0	-21
9	Croatia	1098	0	12
10	Egypt	1048	1	14
11	Greece	1043	1	17
12	Norway	1004	1	15
13	Russia	1003	-3	-58
14	Italy	995	2	94
15	Slovenia	958	0	32
16	Chile	929	-2	-2
17	Ghana	903	0	12
18	Slovakia	866	2	1
19	Côte d'Ivoire	857	0	-14
20	Australia	853	1	-9
21	France	852	-3	-36
21	Switzerland	852	2	10
23	Paraguay	850	1	10
24	USA	847	1	9
25	Serbia	828	-3	-33
26	Montenegro	827	0	0
27	Denmark	812	0	13
28	Mexico	790	0	4
29	Turkey	788	0	8
30	Japan	781	0	2
31	Czech Republic	756	0	17
32	Republic of Ireland	730	0	20
33	Nigeria	711	1	3
34	Algeria	706	-1	-3
35	Sweden	703	1	7
36	Ukraine	698	-1	-8
37	Gabon	673	2	11
38	Cameroon	656	0	-20
39	Korea Republic	653	1	13
40	Belarus	648	2	25
41	Burkina Faso	630	-4	-51
42	Northern Ireland	627	-1	0
43	Hungary	615	1	17
44	Tunisia	598	1	12
45	Bulgaria	597	-2	-8
46	Lithuania	576	2	-1
47	Colombia	575	-1	-9
47	Guinea	575	0	-5
49	Austria	572	0	-2
50	South Africa	562	2	17
51	Bosnia-Herzegovina	542	2	0
52	Peru	538	3	2
52	Romania	538	-2	-30
54	Scotland	537	3	12
55	Israel	535	1	0
56	Venezuela	527	1	2
57	Honduras	522	-3	-18
58	Albania	520	7	29
59	Armenia	517	1	3
59	New Zealand	517	-8	-32
61	Ecuador	498	6	14
62	Belgium	494	0	-5
63	Costa Rica	490	3	0
64	Mali	480	0	-13
64	Panama	480	-5	-35
66	Iran	478	-5	-23
67	Uganda	472	-4	-23
68	Botswana	470	11	58
69	Saudi Arabia	461	2	9
70	Zambia	458	6	29
71	Poland	452	-2	-12
72	Benin	449	-4	-33
73	Latvia	446	-1	-2
74	Estonia	444	0	9
75	Senegal	443	-2	-3
76	FYR Macedonia	439	-6	-16
77	Malawi	423	7	20
78	Georgia	422	-3	-9
78	Trinidad and Tobago	422	28	120
80	Morocco	415	-3	-10
81	Libya	414	0	4
82	Jamaica	413	-3	1
83	Cape Verde Islands	408	-1	0
84	Moldova	405	-6	-19
85	Canada	403	-2	-4
86	Guyana	392	12	62
87	Bahrain	390	-3	-13
88	Finland	389	-2	-12
89	Azerbaijan	381	2	20
89	China PR	381	0	6
91	Grenada	376	34	181
92	Angola	371	0	15
93	Cyprus	369	-5	-8
94	Jordan	352	1	11
95	Sudan	344	-2	-3
96	Oman	340	0	7
97	Mozambique	338	-7	-34
98	Bolivia	337	2	13
99	Haiti	335	29	148
100	Niger	324	0	0
101	Gambia	323	1	0
102	Iraq	320	-8	-22
103	United Arab Emirates	318	-4	-10
104	Kuwait	316	-1	-4
105	Uzbekistan	303	-9	-30
106	Korea DPR	300	5	30
107	Togo	299	-20	-82
108	Syria	282	-3	-22
109	Iceland	275	1	3
110	Wales	273	-6	-46
111	Central African Republic	263	1	0
112	Qatar	259	-3	-23
113	Thailand	254	-5	-30
114	Kenya	251	1	7
115	El Salvador	246	-1	1
115	Zimbabwe	246	3	19
117	Congo	239	-2	-5
118	Barbados	235	-11	-52
119	Yemen	234	-2	4
120	St. Kitts and Nevis	231	9	47
121	Suriname	227	-8	-34
122	Tanzania	226	-2	0
123	Cuba	225	-2	7
124	Sierra Leone	219	-2	5
125	Guatemala	217	-3	3
126	Rwanda	216	-8	-11
127	Dominica	208	5	26
128	Congo DR	196	-4	0
129	Puerto Rico	184	0	0
130	Ethiopia	178	3	0
130	Faroe Islands	178	3	0
132	Luxembourg	175	3	1
133	Turkmenistan	173	9	17
134	Burundi	171	2	0
134	Indonesia	171	7	10
136	Kazakhstan	169	1	2
137	Singapore	168	-10	-25
138	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	157	-12	-37
139	Vietnam	156	0	-8
140	Namibia	154	0	-8
141	India	145	3	-6
142	Fiji	144	1	-10
143	Antigua and Barbuda	139	-12	-44
144	Myanmar	133	1	3
145	Hong Kong	128	-8	-39
146	Maldives	127	2	3
147	Chad	126	0	0
148	Guinea-Bissau	125	-2	-2
149	Tajikistan	121	1	9
150	Malaysia	112	-1	-4
151	Bangladesh	109	-1	-3
151	Philippines	109	1	2
153	Netherlands Antilles	107	17	44
153	Sri Lanka	107	0	3
155	Chinese Taipei	102	1	4
156	New Caledonia	101	-2	-1
157	Lebanon	94	0	-3
158	Liechtenstein	91	1	0
158	Madagascar	91	2	1
160	Cayman Islands	88	-2	-4
161	Nicaragua	86	0	0
162	Dominican Republic	85	0	0
163	Nepal	84	0	1
164	Liberia	82	0	0
165	Eritrea	81	0	0
165	Swaziland	81	-11	-21
167	Equatorial Guinea	79	0	0
167	Pakistan	79	2	6
169	Malta	77	-1	1
170	Cambodia	73	12	39
171	Laos	70	4	29
172	Vanuatu	64	-2	1
173	Bermuda	63	-3	0
174	Lesotho	61	-9	-20
175	Belize	54	-1	0
176	Kyrgyzstan	50	-3	-10
177	British Virgin Islands	41	-2	0
178	Palestine	40	0	1
178	Solomon Islands	40	-1	0
180	Somalia	39	-2	0
181	Mauritania	38	-1	0
182	St. Lucia	37	5	18
183	Mongolia	32	0	0
184	Tahiti	31	0	0
185	Samoa	26	0	0
186	Comoros	24	-5	-13
187	Djibouti	20	0	1
188	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	-1	0
189	Cook Islands	17	1	0
189	Guam	17	1	0
189	Tonga	17	1	0
192	Mauritius	16	1	0
193	Bahamas	13	1	0
194	Macau	12	1	0
195	Afghanistan	10	1	0
195	Seychelles	10	1	0
197	Bhutan	9	1	0
197	Brunei Darussalam	9	-11	-14
199	Aruba	7	0	0
200	US Virgin Islands	5	0	0
201	Timor-Leste	3	0	0
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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