FIFA Ranking: March 2011 preview (I)

Next update: February 11th, 2011.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-88 - Turkmenistan
-51 - Zimbabwe
-35 - Bangladesh
-30 - Korea DPR
-28 - Tajikistan
-28 - Sri Lanka
-27 - Myanmar
-24 - Egypt
-16 - Barbados
-14 - United Arab Emirates

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

56 - Japan
30 - Jamaica
28 - New Zealand
25 - USA
23 - Australia
20 - Uruguay
16 - South Africa
11 - Jordan
10 - Benin, Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and Thailand

February 2011 rank - Country - February 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1887	1853	1880
2	Netherlands	1723	1702	1730
3	Germany	1485	1475	1508
4	Brazil	1446	1411	1457
5	Argentina	1367	1364	1412
6	England	1195	1169	1212
7	Uruguay	1152	1172	1172
8	Portugal	1090	1060	1105
9	Croatia	1075	1020	1071
10	Greece	1016	1010	1038
11	Norway	995	957	1000
12	Russia	982	956	1018
13	Italy	965	940	990
14	Chile	947	954	954
15	Ghana	940	910	931
16	Slovenia	897	879	916
17	Japan	882	938	938
18	USA	869	894	894
19	France	867	867	913
20	Slovakia	854	861	877
21	Australia	847	870	870
22	Switzerland	841	835	848
23	Serbia	837	840	872
24	Paraguay	832	835	835
25	Montenegro	824	824	824
26	Côte d'Ivoire	813	794	824
27	Mexico	803	787	811
28	Denmark	802	788	837
29	Sweden	759	689	771
30	Czech Republic	751	739	811
31	Turkey	741	713	759
32	Korea Republic	735	741	766
33	Egypt	709	685	685
34	Ukraine	702	650	736
35	Republic of Ireland	681	671	699
36	Belarus	655	628	647
37	Hungary	632	620	654
38	Northern Ireland	615	605	660
39	Honduras	613	613	635
40	Nigeria	604	589	609
41	Burkina Faso	598	605	670
42	Bosnia-Herzegovina	583	534	588
43	Cameroon	582	549	580
44	Iran	571	539	574
45	Austria	569	524	609
46	Guinea	564	570	637
47	South Africa	562	578	578
48	Costa Rica	560	533	560
48	Tunisia	560	568	568
50	Colombia	558	551	618
51	Bulgaria	555	539	577
52	Israel	551	532	599
53	Scotland	542	482	551
54	Ecuador	537	515	572
55	Algeria	532	539	539
55	Lithuania	532	541	541
57	Romania	531	511	612
58	Belgium	526	496	542
59	Jamaica	525	555	555
60	Panama	518	482	509
61	Gabon	516	497	526
62	Armenia	514	501	556
63	Venezuela	513	492	531
64	New Zealand	506	534	534
65	Cuba	498	503	503
66	Albania	497	464	525
67	Botswana	496	479	504
68	Peru	486	464	530
69	Senegal	459	420	477
70	Libya	451	411	472
71	Georgia	449	417	469
71	Poland	449	397	474
73	Cape Verde Islands	444	396	464
74	Morocco	443	440	493
75	China PR	431	439	439
76	Latvia	429	438	468
77	Uzbekistan	424	421	439
78	Finland	422	410	463
79	FYR Macedonia	418	400	444
80	Canada	414	390	480
81	Moldova	411	366	426
82	Saudi Arabia	410	416	416
83	Benin	403	413	480
84	Jordan	399	410	410
84	Mali	399	389	479
86	Uganda	394	385	385
87	Estonia	386	388	422
88	Iraq	381	379	379
89	Malawi	371	365	381
90	Qatar	368	377	377
91	Cyprus	367	334	479
92	Grenada	357	330	354
93	Bahrain	354	344	344
94	Mozambique	351	345	414
94	Trinidad and Tobago	351	352	352
96	Haiti	349	325	370
96	Niger	349	299	354
98	El Salvador	347	343	373
99	Azerbaijan	344	321	375
99	Bolivia	344	332	406
101	Kuwait	330	304	318
101	Zambia	330	320	337
103	Togo	313	311	370
104	Antigua and Barbuda	303	313	313
105	Syria	302	295	295
106	Sudan	301	298	298
107	Angola	297	299	299
108	Gambia	290	297	325
109	Korea DPR	289	259	259
110	Oman	281	275	275
111	United Arab Emirates	278	264	264
112	Guyana	274	284	284
113	Zimbabwe	264	213	213
114	Central African Republic	263	263	263
114	Iceland	263	256	256
116	Wales	261	251	334
117	Suriname	257	257	257
118	St. Kitts and Nevis	242	218	259
119	Congo	239	240	240
120	Thailand	237	247	247
121	Sierra Leone	233	233	315
122	Congo DR	232	232	268
123	Ethiopia	231	231	231
123	Tanzania	231	226	235
125	Yemen	230	219	219
126	Guatemala	220	220	220
127	Kenya	208	202	222
128	Dominica	196	193	193
129	Indonesia	192	201	201
130	Puerto Rico	187	187	187
131	Luxembourg	185	181	248
132	Barbados	183	167	167
133	Turkmenistan	182	94	94
134	Vietnam	172	172	172
135	Faroe Islands	171	171	171
135	Rwanda	171	175	175
137	Kazakhstan	161	151	233
138	Namibia	157	139	197
139	Chad	147	135	151
140	Malaysia	145	129	145
141	Tajikistan	141	113	113
142	Singapore	139	142	142
143	Hong Kong	138	138	163
144	Burundi	134	133	133
145	India	126	126	126
146	Guinea-Bissau	121	121	168
147	Liechtenstein	116	109	134
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	110	113	113
149	Myanmar	108	81	81
150	Netherlands Antilles	107	115	115
151	Fiji	103	103	103
152	Philippines	101	96	106
153	New Caledonia	97	97	97
154	Chinese Taipei	93	85	128
155	Madagascar	91	91	91
156	Cayman Islands	88	90	90
157	Bangladesh	84	49	49
158	Liberia	82	82	82
158	Swaziland	82	86	86
160	Maldives	81	81	81
161	Nicaragua	79	75	75
161	Sri Lanka	79	51	51
163	Malta	76	65	142
163	Vanuatu	76	76	76
165	Equatorial Guinea	72	81	113
166	Cambodia	68	68	119
167	Bermuda	67	74	74
168	Dominican Republic	66	66	66
169	Belize	64	66	66
169	Laos	64	52	84
171	Lesotho	62	63	63
172	Lebanon	61	58	58
173	Pakistan	56	56	81
174	Nepal	54	54	54
175	Kyrgyzstan	50	49	49
176	Mauritania	49	49	49
177	British Virgin Islands	41	41	41
178	Eritrea	40	40	40
178	Palestine	40	36	90
178	Solomon Islands	40	40	40
181	St. Lucia	37	37	37
182	Mongolia	32	32	58
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	13	13
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	65
194	Bahamas	13	13	13
195	Afghanistan	10	10	61
195	Seychelles	10	10	10
197	Bhutan	9	9	60
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	0	45
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	26

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