FIFA Ranking: February 2011 preview (I)

Next update: January 21st, 2011.

As usual in February in a non-ACN year, there will be an African collapse.

Looking at points dropped (best case scenario), the top 10 losers are African teams:

324 - Egypt
146 - Algeria
126 - Nigeria
124 - Gabon
88 - Zambia
75 - Mali
71 - Angola
68 - Cameroon
46 - Benin
32 - Côte d'Ivoire

Looking at points won (worst case scenario):

99 - Uzbekistan
78 - Jordan
41 - Qatar
29 - Argentina
25 - Syria
18 - Zimbabwe
16 - Ghana
16 - Malawi
12 - Denmark
12 - South Africa

January 2011 rank - Country - January 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1887	1887	1887
2	Netherlands	1723	1723	1723
3	Germany	1485	1485	1485
4	Brazil	1446	1446	1446
5	Argentina	1338	1367	1367
6	England	1195	1195	1195
7	Uruguay	1152	1152	1152
8	Portugal	1090	1090	1090
9	Croatia	1075	1075	1075
10	Egypt	1036	667	712
11	Greece	1016	1016	1016
12	Norway	995	995	995
13	Russia	982	982	982
14	Italy	965	965	965
15	Chile	950	935	970
16	Ghana	924	940	940
17	Slovenia	897	897	897
18	France	867	867	867
18	USA	867	857	894
20	Slovakia	854	854	854
21	Côte d'Ivoire	845	813	813
22	Switzerland	841	841	841
23	Serbia	837	837	837
24	Paraguay	832	832	832
25	Montenegro	824	824	824
26	Australia	796	758	1001
27	Mexico	795	803	803
28	Denmark	790	802	802
29	Japan	776	767	908
30	Czech Republic	751	751	751
31	Turkey	741	741	741
32	Nigeria	730	604	604
33	Sweden	712	714	759
34	Ukraine	702	702	702
35	Republic of Ireland	681	681	681
36	Algeria	678	532	532
37	Belarus	660	655	655
38	Cameroon	650	582	582
39	Korea Republic	649	641	844
40	Gabon	640	516	516
41	Hungary	632	632	632
42	Burkina Faso	619	598	598
43	Northern Ireland	615	615	615
44	Tunisia	592	560	560
45	Bosnia-Herzegovina	582	583	583
46	Austria	569	569	569
46	Guinea	569	564	564
48	Colombia	558	558	558
49	Bulgaria	555	555	555
50	Israel	551	551	551
51	South Africa	550	562	562
52	Ecuador	542	537	537
52	Scotland	542	542	542
54	Botswana	535	496	538
55	Lithuania	532	532	532
56	Honduras	531	494	663
56	Romania	531	531	531
58	Belgium	526	526	526
59	Jamaica	522	525	525
60	Armenia	515	514	514
60	Venezuela	515	513	513
62	Cuba	512	498	498
63	New Zealand	506	506	506
64	Albania	497	497	497
65	Iran	491	490	759
66	Peru	486	486	486
67	Panama	475	400	601
68	Mali	474	399	399
69	Costa Rica	467	454	704
70	Senegal	465	459	459
71	Libya	451	451	451
72	Benin	449	403	403
72	Georgia	449	449	449
72	Poland	449	449	449
75	Cape Verde Islands	444	444	444
76	Latvia	440	429	429
77	Morocco	437	443	443
78	Saudi Arabia	423	410	475
79	China PR	419	403	620
79	Finland	419	422	422
81	FYR Macedonia	418	418	418
81	Zambia	418	330	330
83	Uganda	416	383	423
84	Canada	411	414	414
84	Moldova	411	411	411
86	Estonia	386	386	386
87	Trinidad and Tobago	373	351	351
88	Angola	368	297	297
89	Cyprus	367	367	367
90	Haiti	358	349	349
91	Malawi	355	371	371
92	Mozambique	353	351	351
93	Bahrain	351	335	554
94	Grenada	349	358	358
94	Niger	349	349	349
96	Bolivia	344	344	344
97	Azerbaijan	343	344	344
98	Iraq	334	312	547
99	Kuwait	328	329	477
100	Sudan	314	275	301
101	Togo	313	313	313
102	United Arab Emirates	304	278	551
103	Antigua and Barbuda	299	303	303
104	Oman	297	281	281
105	Gambia	290	290	290
105	Qatar	290	331	552
107	Jordan	286	364	601
108	Uzbekistan	285	384	594
109	Korea DPR	283	288	490
110	Syria	277	302	517
111	Guyana	275	273	273
112	Central African Republic	263	263	263
113	Iceland	261	263	263
113	Wales	261	261	261
115	Suriname	257	257	257
116	El Salvador	251	255	588
117	Guatemala	247	187	510
118	Zimbabwe	246	264	264
119	Thailand	244	237	237
120	Tanzania	243	232	249
121	St. Kitts and Nevis	242	242	242
122	Congo	239	239	239
123	Sierra Leone	233	233	233
124	Ethiopia	231	231	231
125	Kenya	225	208	274
126	Indonesia	224	192	192
127	Yemen	222	230	230
128	Congo DR	211	215	294
129	Dominica	196	196	196
130	Barbados	187	183	183
131	Puerto Rico	184	187	187
132	Luxembourg	180	185	185
133	Turkmenistan	173	182	182
134	Faroe Islands	171	171	171
134	Rwanda	171	171	171
136	Vietnam	167	172	172
137	Kazakhstan	161	161	161
138	Namibia	156	157	157
139	Singapore	151	139	139
140	Burundi	147	134	134
140	Chad	147	147	147
142	Malaysia	145	145	145
143	Tajikistan	141	141	141
144	India	132	126	500
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	132	110	110
146	Hong Kong	128	138	138
147	Guinea-Bissau	121	121	121
148	Liechtenstein	116	116	116
149	Myanmar	109	108	108
150	Netherlands Antilles	107	107	107
151	Fiji	103	103	103
152	Chinese Taipei	102	93	93
153	Philippines	97	101	101
154	Madagascar	91	91	91
155	New Caledonia	89	89	89
156	Cayman Islands	88	88	88
157	Nicaragua	86	57	655
158	Bangladesh	84	84	84
159	Liberia	82	82	82
159	Swaziland	82	82	82
161	Maldives	81	81	81
162	Sri Lanka	79	79	79
163	Malta	76	76	76
164	Equatorial Guinea	72	72	72
165	Cambodia	68	68	68
166	Vanuatu	67	67	67
167	Dominican Republic	66	66	66
168	Laos	64	64	64
168	Lebanon	64	61	61
170	Lesotho	62	62	62
171	Pakistan	56	56	56
172	Bermuda	55	67	67
173	Belize	54	42	548
173	Nepal	54	54	54
175	Kyrgyzstan	50	50	50
176	Mauritania	49	49	49
177	British Virgin Islands	41	41	41
178	Eritrea	40	40	40
178	Palestine	40	40	40
178	Solomon Islands	40	40	40
181	St. Lucia	37	37	37
182	Mongolia	32	32	32
183	Tahiti	31	31	31
184	Samoa	26	26	26
185	Somalia	23	23	23
186	Comoros	19	19	19
186	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	19	19
188	Cook Islands	17	17	17
188	Guam	17	17	17
188	Tonga	17	17	17
191	Mauritius	16	16	16
192	Djibouti	15	15	15
193	Macau	14	14	14
194	Bahamas	13	13	13
195	Afghanistan	10	10	10
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	0

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