FIFA Ranking: February 2011 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on February 2nd.

Only two matches left - the final (Australia - Japan) and third place match (Uzbekistan - Korea Republic) of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

This is how the totals could change for these four teams.

Australia (Loss: 848, PSO loss: 871, PSO win: 894, Win: 917)
Japan (Loss: 824, PSO loss: 843, PSO win: 862, Win: 882)
Korea Republic (Loss: 703, PSO loss: 714, PSO win: 725, Win: 735)
Uzbekistan (Loss: 424, PSO loss: 453, PSO win: 482, Win: 512)

Australia could climb to 16th.
Japan could climb to 17th.
Korea Republic could climb to 32nd.
Uzbekistan could climb to 64th.

In the table below, the values displayed for these four teams are the lowest possible.

Australia will keep their status as AFC first team if they avoid a straight loss (in regular or extra time).

Egypt drop out of the top 10, replaced by Greece.

Best movers:

31 - Uzbekistan
23 - Jordan
21 - Iran and Costa Rica

Uzbekistan could climb higher if they avoid losing against Korea Republic.

Worst movers:

-22 - Egypt
-21 - Gabon
-20 - Zambia

Egypt could drop lower if Korea Republic don't lose against Uzbekistan.

Best climbers in the top 50:

21 - Iran and Costa Rica
17 - Honduras
6 - Australia and Korea Republic

Australia and Korea Republic could climb higher if they avoid losing their matches.

-22 - Egypt
-21 - Gabon
-19 - Algeria

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Montenegro (24th - 25th in December 2010)
Belarus (36th - 37th in January 2011)
Hungary (37th - 41st in January 2011)

Montenegro will improve their ranking only if Japan lose against Australia.

Dominica will return to their best ever ranking - 128th - first achieved in November 2010.

Six teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Romania (57th - 56th in December 2010)
Saudi Arabia (82nd - 81st in July 2006)
Zambia (101st - 96th in October 2009)
Wales (116th - 113th in September 2000)
Singapore (142nd - 140th in October 2007)
Lebanon (172nd - 168th in January 2011)

Saudi Arabia drop out of the AFC top 5 (they are now 7th), replaced by China PR.

Egypt replaced by Ghana as top African team. Côte d'Ivoire up to 2nd. Algeria drop out of the top 5 (they are now 10th), replaced by Burkina Faso.

Costa Rica return to the CONCACAF top 5, with Cuba dropping out. Jamaica fall from 4th to 5th.

February 2011 rank - Team - February 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1887	0	0
2	Netherlands	1723	0	0
3	Germany	1485	0	0
4	Brazil	1446	0	0
5	Argentina	1367	0	29
6	England	1195	0	0
7	Uruguay	1152	0	0
8	Portugal	1090	0	0
9	Croatia	1075	0	0
10	Greece	1016	1	0
11	Norway	995	1	0
12	Russia	982	1	0
13	Italy	965	1	0
14	Chile	947	1	-3
15	Ghana	940	1	16
16	Slovenia	897	1	0
17	USA	869	1	2
18	France	867	0	0
19	Slovakia	854	1	0
20	Australia	848	6	52
21	Switzerland	841	1	0
22	Serbia	837	1	0
23	Paraguay	832	1	0
24	Japan	824	5	48
24	Montenegro	824	1	0
26	Côte d'Ivoire	813	-5	-32
27	Mexico	803	0	8
28	Denmark	802	0	12
29	Sweden	759	4	47
30	Czech Republic	751	0	0
31	Turkey	741	0	0
32	Egypt	712	-22	-324
33	Korea Republic	703	6	54
34	Ukraine	702	0	0
35	Republic of Ireland	681	0	0
36	Belarus	655	1	-5
37	Hungary	632	4	0
38	Northern Ireland	615	5	0
39	Honduras	613	17	82
40	Nigeria	604	-8	-126
41	Burkina Faso	598	1	-21
42	Bosnia-Herzegovina	583	3	1
43	Cameroon	582	-5	-68
44	Iran	570	21	79
45	Austria	569	1	0
46	Guinea	564	0	-5
47	South Africa	562	4	12
48	Costa Rica	560	21	93
48	Tunisia	560	-4	-32
50	Colombia	558	-2	0
51	Bulgaria	555	-2	0
52	Israel	551	-2	0
53	Scotland	542	-1	0
54	Ecuador	537	-2	-5
55	Algeria	532	-19	-146
55	Lithuania	532	0	0
57	Romania	531	-1	0
58	Belgium	526	0	0
59	Jamaica	525	0	3
60	Panama	518	7	43
61	Gabon	516	-21	-124
62	Armenia	514	-2	-1
63	Venezuela	513	-3	-2
64	New Zealand	506	-1	0
65	Cuba	498	-3	-14
66	Albania	497	-2	0
67	Botswana	496	-13	-39
68	Peru	486	-2	0
69	Senegal	459	1	-6
70	Libya	451	1	0
71	Georgia	449	1	0
71	Poland	449	1	0
73	Cape Verde Islands	444	2	0
74	Morocco	443	3	6
75	China PR	431	4	12
76	Latvia	429	0	-11
77	Uzbekistan	424	31	139
78	Finland	422	1	3
79	FYR Macedonia	418	2	0
80	Canada	414	4	3
81	Moldova	411	3	0
82	Saudi Arabia	410	-4	-13
83	Benin	403	-11	-46
84	Jordan	399	23	113
84	Mali	399	-16	-75
86	Uganda	394	-3	-22
87	Estonia	386	-1	0
88	Iraq	381	10	47
89	Malawi	371	2	16
90	Qatar	368	15	78
91	Cyprus	367	-2	0
92	Grenada	358	2	9
93	Bahrain	355	0	4
94	Mozambique	351	-2	-2
94	Trinidad and Tobago	351	-7	-22
96	Haiti	349	-6	-9
96	Niger	349	-2	0
98	El Salvador	347	18	96
99	Azerbaijan	344	-2	1
99	Bolivia	344	-3	0
101	Kuwait	330	-2	2
101	Zambia	330	-20	-88
103	Togo	313	-2	0
104	Antigua and Barbuda	303	-1	4
105	Syria	302	5	25
106	Sudan	301	-6	-13
107	Angola	297	-19	-71
108	Gambia	290	-3	0
109	Korea DPR	288	0	5
110	Oman	281	-6	-16
111	United Arab Emirates	278	-9	-26
112	Guyana	273	-1	-2
113	Zimbabwe	264	5	18
114	Central African Republic	263	-2	0
114	Iceland	263	-1	2
116	Wales	261	-3	0
117	Suriname	257	-2	0
118	St. Kitts and Nevis	242	3	0
119	Congo	239	3	0
120	Thailand	237	-1	-7
121	Congo DR	234	7	23
122	Sierra Leone	233	1	0
123	Tanzania	232	-3	-11
124	Ethiopia	231	0	0
125	Yemen	230	2	8
126	Guatemala	220	-9	-27
127	Kenya	208	-2	-17
128	Dominica	196	1	0
129	Indonesia	192	-3	-32
130	Puerto Rico	187	1	3
131	Luxembourg	185	1	5
132	Barbados	183	-2	-4
133	Turkmenistan	182	0	9
134	Vietnam	172	2	5
135	Faroe Islands	171	-1	0
135	Rwanda	171	-1	0
137	Kazakhstan	161	0	0
138	Namibia	157	0	1
139	Chad	147	1	0
140	Malaysia	145	2	0
141	Tajikistan	141	2	0
142	Singapore	139	-3	-12
143	Hong Kong	138	3	10
144	Burundi	134	-4	-13
145	India	126	-1	-6
146	Guinea-Bissau	121	1	0
147	Liechtenstein	116	1	0
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	110	-4	-22
149	Myanmar	108	0	-1
150	Netherlands Antilles	107	0	0
151	Fiji	103	0	0
152	Philippines	101	1	4
153	New Caledonia	97	2	8
154	Chinese Taipei	93	-2	-9
155	Madagascar	91	-1	0
156	Cayman Islands	88	0	0
157	Bangladesh	84	1	0
158	Liberia	82	1	0
158	Swaziland	82	1	0
160	Maldives	81	1	0
161	Nicaragua	79	-4	-7
161	Sri Lanka	79	1	0
163	Malta	76	0	0
163	Vanuatu	76	3	9
165	Equatorial Guinea	72	-1	0
166	Cambodia	68	-1	0
167	Bermuda	67	5	12
168	Dominican Republic	66	-1	0
169	Belize	64	4	10
169	Laos	64	-1	0
171	Lesotho	62	-1	0
172	Lebanon	61	-4	-3
173	Pakistan	56	-2	0
174	Nepal	54	-1	0
175	Kyrgyzstan	50	0	0
176	Mauritania	49	0	0
177	British Virgin Islands	41	0	0
178	Eritrea	40	0	0
178	Palestine	40	0	0
178	Solomon Islands	40	0	0
181	St. Lucia	37	0	0
182	Mongolia	32	0	0
183	Tahiti	31	0	0
184	Samoa	26	0	0
185	Somalia	23	0	0
186	Comoros	19	0	0
186	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	0	0
188	Cook Islands	17	0	0
188	Guam	17	0	0
188	Tonga	17	0	0
191	Mauritius	16	0	0
192	Djibouti	15	0	0
193	Macau	14	0	0
194	Bahamas	13	0	0
195	Afghanistan	10	0	0
195	Seychelles	10	0	0
197	Bhutan	9	0	0
197	Brunei Darussalam	9	0	0
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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