FIFA will publish the March ranking on March 9th.
Cyprus - Sweden 0 - 2 was removed from the list of "A" matches, because Cyprus made 7 substitutions.
Only a couple of matches left before the deadline.
14 Feb Bahrain - Kuwait
16 Feb Macau - Cambodia
16 Feb Laos - Chinese Taipei
This is how the values could change for these 6 teams:
Bahrain (L: 339, D: 344, W: 352)
Kuwait (L: 304, D: 308, W: 316)
Chinese Taipei (L: 107, D: 114, PSO Win: 121, W: 128)
Cambodia (L: 94, D: 102, PSO Win: 111, W: 119)
Laos (L: 52, D: 57, PSO Win: 63, W: 68)
Macau (L: 14, D: 22, PSO Win: 31, W: 39)
The values displayed in the table below are the lowest possible.
FIFA.com also lists the two legs of the Afghanistan - Bhutan AFC Challenge Cup playoff. However, the first leg, scheduled for Feb 9 was postponed and I'm not sure when and if they will play. For the purpose of this preview I assumed they won't play.
Two changes in the top 10. Argentina overtake Brazil for 4th, while Portugal drop to 9th, with Croatia moving up.
American Samoa, Anguilla, Montserrat, Papua New Guinea and San Marino climb 1 place to join Andorra in the 202nd spot.
Best movers:
18 - Equatorial Guinea
14 - Luxembourg
12 - Jamaica and Cambodia
Worst movers:
-21 - Turkmenistan
-17 - Bangladesh
-16 - Austria
Best movers in the top 50:
12 - Jamaica
6 - Ecuador
3 - Serbia, Korea Republic, Tunisia and Scotland
Worst movers in the top 50:
-16 - Austria
-14 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
-5 - Costa Rica
Jamaica rise to 4th in CONCACAF, with Costa Rica dropping to 5th.
Argentina now first in CONMEBOL, replacing Brazil.
Portugal drop out of the European top 5, replaced by Croatia.
Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:
Hungary (36th - 37th in February 2011)
Antigua and Barbuda (101st - 103rd in January 2011)
Cambodia (154th - 156th in July 1998)
Sri Lanka will drop to 173rd - their worst ever ranking. They were 170th in February 2008.
February 2011 rank - Team - February 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
| 1 | Spain | 1880 | 0 | -7 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1730 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany | 1486 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Argentina | 1412 | 1 | 45 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1411 | -1 | -35 |
| 6 | England | 1212 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 1172 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Croatia | 1071 | 1 | -4 |
| 9 | Portugal | 1060 | -1 | -30 |
| 10 | Greece | 1038 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Italy | 957 | 2 | -8 |
| 11 | Norway | 957 | 0 | -38 |
| 13 | Russia | 956 | -1 | -26 |
| 14 | Chile | 954 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Japan | 938 | 2 | 56 |
| 16 | Ghana | 931 | -1 | -9 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 916 | -1 | 19 |
| 18 | France | 913 | 1 | 46 |
| 19 | USA | 894 | -1 | 25 |
| 20 | Serbia | 872 | 3 | 35 |
| 21 | Australia | 870 | 0 | 23 |
| 22 | Slovakia | 861 | -2 | 7 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 839 | -1 | -2 |
| 24 | Paraguay | 835 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 824 | 1 | 11 |
| 25 | Montenegro | 824 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Mexico | 811 | 0 | 8 |
| 28 | Denmark | 788 | 0 | -14 |
| 29 | Korea Republic | 749 | 3 | 14 |
| 30 | Sweden | 744 | -1 | -15 |
| 31 | Czech Republic | 739 | -1 | -12 |
| 32 | Turkey | 728 | -1 | -13 |
| 33 | Ukraine | 707 | 1 | 5 |
| 34 | Republic of Ireland | 699 | 1 | 18 |
| 35 | Egypt | 685 | -2 | -24 |
| 36 | Hungary | 654 | 1 | 22 |
| 37 | Belarus | 634 | -1 | -21 |
| 38 | Honduras | 620 | 1 | 7 |
| 39 | Nigeria | 609 | 1 | 5 |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 605 | 1 | 7 |
| 40 | Northern Ireland | 605 | -2 | -10 |
| 42 | Cameroon | 580 | 1 | -2 |
| 43 | Iran | 574 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Guinea | 570 | 2 | 6 |
| 45 | Tunisia | 568 | 3 | 8 |
| 46 | South Africa | 565 | 1 | 3 |
| 47 | Jamaica | 555 | 12 | 30 |
| 48 | Ecuador | 553 | 6 | 16 |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 552 | 2 | -3 |
| 50 | Colombia | 551 | 0 | -7 |
| 50 | Scotland | 551 | 3 | 9 |
| 52 | Romania | 549 | 5 | 18 |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 542 | -5 | -18 |
| 54 | Lithuania | 541 | 1 | 9 |
| 55 | Algeria | 539 | 0 | 7 |
| 56 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 534 | -14 | -49 |
| 56 | New Zealand | 534 | 8 | 28 |
| 58 | Israel | 532 | -6 | -19 |
| 59 | Peru | 530 | 9 | 44 |
| 60 | Gabon | 526 | 1 | 10 |
| 61 | Austria | 524 | -16 | -45 |
| 62 | Belgium | 512 | -4 | -14 |
| 63 | Venezuela | 505 | 0 | -8 |
| 64 | Cuba | 503 | 1 | 5 |
| 65 | Armenia | 501 | -3 | -13 |
| 66 | Morocco | 493 | 8 | 50 |
| 67 | Botswana | 487 | 0 | -9 |
| 68 | Panama | 482 | -8 | -36 |
| 69 | Senegal | 477 | 0 | 18 |
| 70 | Poland | 474 | 1 | 25 |
| 71 | Libya | 472 | -1 | 21 |
| 72 | Georgia | 469 | -1 | 20 |
| 73 | Latvia | 468 | 3 | 39 |
| 74 | Albania | 464 | -8 | -33 |
| 74 | Cape Verde Islands | 464 | -1 | 20 |
| 76 | China PR | 439 | -1 | 8 |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 438 | 0 | 14 |
| 78 | Finland | 427 | 0 | 5 |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 416 | 3 | 6 |
| 80 | Benin | 413 | 3 | 10 |
| 81 | Jordan | 410 | 3 | 11 |
| 82 | FYR Macedonia | 400 | -3 | -18 |
| 83 | Estonia | 399 | 4 | 13 |
| 84 | Canada | 390 | -4 | -24 |
| 85 | Mali | 389 | -1 | -10 |
| 86 | Uganda | 385 | 0 | -9 |
| 87 | Moldova | 383 | -6 | -28 |
| 88 | Malawi | 381 | 1 | 10 |
| 89 | Iraq | 379 | -1 | -2 |
| 90 | Qatar | 377 | 0 | 9 |
| 91 | Cyprus | 376 | 0 | 9 |
| 92 | El Salvador | 373 | 6 | 26 |
| 93 | Mozambique | 368 | 1 | 17 |
| 94 | Grenada | 360 | -2 | 3 |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 352 | -1 | 1 |
| 96 | Bahrain | 339 | -3 | -15 |
| 97 | Bolivia | 332 | 2 | -12 |
| 97 | Zambia | 332 | 4 | 2 |
| 99 | Haiti | 325 | -3 | -24 |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 321 | -1 | -23 |
| 101 | Antigua and Barbuda | 313 | 3 | 10 |
| 102 | Togo | 311 | 1 | -2 |
| 103 | Kuwait | 304 | -2 | -26 |
| 104 | Angola | 299 | 3 | 2 |
| 104 | Niger | 299 | -8 | -50 |
| 106 | Sudan | 298 | 0 | -3 |
| 107 | Gambia | 297 | 1 | 7 |
| 108 | Syria | 295 | -3 | -7 |
| 109 | Guyana | 284 | 3 | 10 |
| 110 | Oman | 275 | 0 | -6 |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | 264 | 0 | -14 |
| 112 | Central African Republic | 263 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | Korea DPR | 259 | -4 | -30 |
| 114 | Suriname | 257 | 3 | 0 |
| 115 | Iceland | 256 | -1 | -7 |
| 116 | Wales | 251 | 0 | -10 |
| 117 | Luxembourg | 248 | 14 | 63 |
| 118 | Thailand | 247 | 2 | 10 |
| 119 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 245 | -1 | 3 |
| 120 | Congo | 240 | -1 | 1 |
| 121 | Tanzania | 235 | 2 | 4 |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 233 | -1 | 0 |
| 123 | Congo DR | 232 | -1 | 0 |
| 124 | Ethiopia | 231 | -1 | 0 |
| 125 | Guatemala | 220 | 1 | 0 |
| 126 | Yemen | 219 | -1 | -11 |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 213 | -14 | -51 |
| 128 | Kenya | 202 | -1 | -6 |
| 129 | Indonesia | 201 | 0 | 9 |
| 130 | Dominica | 193 | -2 | -3 |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 187 | -1 | 0 |
| 132 | Kazakhstan | 178 | 5 | 17 |
| 133 | Rwanda | 175 | 2 | 4 |
| 134 | Vietnam | 172 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | Faroe Islands | 171 | 0 | 0 |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 168 | 10 | 47 |
| 137 | Barbados | 167 | -5 | -16 |
| 138 | Malaysia | 145 | 2 | 0 |
| 139 | Singapore | 142 | 3 | 3 |
| 140 | Namibia | 139 | -2 | -18 |
| 141 | Hong Kong | 138 | 2 | 0 |
| 142 | Chad | 135 | -3 | -12 |
| 143 | Liechtenstein | 134 | 4 | 18 |
| 144 | Burundi | 133 | 0 | -1 |
| 145 | India | 126 | 0 | 0 |
| 146 | Netherlands Antilles | 115 | 4 | 8 |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 113 | 18 | 41 |
| 147 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 113 | 1 | 3 |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 113 | -6 | -28 |
| 150 | Chinese Taipei | 107 | 4 | 14 |
| 151 | Philippines | 106 | 1 | 5 |
| 152 | Fiji | 103 | -1 | 0 |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | Cambodia | 94 | 12 | 26 |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 94 | -21 | -88 |
| 156 | Madagascar | 91 | -1 | 0 |
| 156 | Malta | 91 | 7 | 15 |
| 158 | Cayman Islands | 90 | -2 | 2 |
| 159 | Swaziland | 86 | -1 | 4 |
| 160 | Liberia | 82 | -2 | 0 |
| 161 | Maldives | 81 | -1 | 0 |
| 161 | Myanmar | 81 | -12 | -27 |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 75 | -3 | -4 |
| 165 | Bermuda | 74 | 2 | 7 |
| 166 | Belize | 66 | 3 | 2 |
| 166 | Dominican Republic | 66 | 2 | 0 |
| 168 | Lesotho | 63 | 3 | 1 |
| 169 | Lebanon | 58 | 3 | -3 |
| 170 | Pakistan | 56 | 3 | 0 |
| 171 | Nepal | 54 | 3 | 0 |
| 172 | Laos | 52 | -3 | -12 |
| 173 | Sri Lanka | 51 | -12 | -28 |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 49 | -17 | -35 |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 49 | 1 | -1 |
| 174 | Mauritania | 49 | 2 | 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 |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 187 | Guam | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 187 | Tonga | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 190 | Mauritius | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 191 | Djibouti | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 192 | Macau | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 193 | Bahamas | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13 | -7 | -6 |
| 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 | American Samoa | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 202 | Andorra | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 202 | Anguilla | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 202 | Montserrat | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 202 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 202 | San Marino | 0 | 1 | 0 |
I would like to improve a tiny inaccuracy. Hungary's best rank wasn't in January 2011, but in February 2011. Then they was - as you counted too formerly - in the 37. position.
ReplyDeleteThanks Zigi! Fixed now.
ReplyDeleteHe he. That's gonna sting for Brazil, one point behind Argentina :)
ReplyDeleteEngland's coming to get you, Brazil, ha ha ha ha ha!
I can dream, can't I? I've always wanted to see England pass Brazil in the rankings.
Hi Edgar ! Can you tel me which period of matches is used to make this ranking ?
ReplyDeleteThanks you for your work ! Your blog is very good !
Hi Edgar....A quick one...WHY IS BOTSWANA LOSING POINTS AFTER A 1-ALL DRAW AGAIST MOZAMBIQUE AWAY?
ReplyDeleteMohinda because Botswana played better at this month in previous years, with home or away are not counted.
ReplyDelete@GeeXor
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome and thanks for your nice words. Start from March 9th, 2011 and go back four years.
@Mohinda
As Anonymous said, because you performed better in February/March in previous years. Home/away are indeed irrelevant. In March 2010 you defeated Mozambique and that game loses value. If you had won on February 9th, you'd have gained 8 points and rise above Morocco.
Hi! Thank you Edgar for your answer !
ReplyDeleteIs it allways like this or period of matches is used to make the ranking change ?
I hope this blog stay online for a long time ! Good work !
"Is it allways like this, or period of matches used to make the ranking change ?" is better. Sorry for my poor english !
ReplyDelete@GeeXor
ReplyDeleteEvery time you have to start from the release date and go back four years.