FIFA Ranking: March 2011 preview (II)

Next update: March 4th, 2011.

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

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