FIFA Ranking: April 2011 preview (II)

I had to publish an update since there were some errors in the fixtures list available on FIFA.com.

Next update: April 1st, 2011.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-95 - Argentina
-74 - Germany
-53 - Uruguay
-43 - Cape Verde Islands
-34 - Greece
-30 - Saudi Arabia
-28 - Netherlands
-25 - England
-23 - Spain
-22 - Cuba

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

23 - Japan
21 - Nepal and Mongolia
15 - Barbados
12 - Kyrgyzstan
11 - Moldova, Gambia and Namibia
10 - Suriname
9 - Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti and United Arab Emirates

March 2011 rank - Country - March 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1880	1733	1857
2	Netherlands	1730	1573	1702
3	Germany	1486	1359	1412
4	Argentina	1412	1255	1317
5	Brazil	1411	1391	1425
6	England	1212	1106	1187
7	Uruguay	1172	1058	1119
8	Croatia	1071	976	1101
9	Portugal	1060	1015	1077
10	Greece	1038	949	1004
11	Italy	957	886	1019
11	Norway	957	944	1073
13	Russia	956	848	994
14	Chile	954	912	976
15	Japan	938	961	961
16	Ghana	931	868	944
17	Slovenia	916	872	1073
18	France	913	828	908
19	USA	894	842	916
20	Serbia	872	808	947
21	Australia	870	847	876
22	Slovakia	861	784	843
23	Switzerland	839	790	878
24	Paraguay	835	813	872
25	Côte d'Ivoire	824	797	867
25	Montenegro	824	782	820
27	Mexico	811	785	832
28	Denmark	788	736	875
29	Korea Republic	749	729	750
30	Sweden	744	718	802
31	Czech Republic	739	679	872
32	Turkey	728	700	795
33	Ukraine	707	678	726
34	Republic of Ireland	699	601	734
35	Egypt	685	676	766
36	Hungary	654	559	829
37	Belarus	634	557	664
38	Honduras	620	597	636
39	Nigeria	609	593	637
40	Burkina Faso	605	535	600
40	Northern Ireland	605	474	746
42	Cameroon	580	563	656
43	Iran	574	575	575
44	Guinea	569	505	559
45	Tunisia	568	501	558
46	South Africa	566	550	617
47	Bulgaria	558	529	677
48	Jamaica	555	496	557
49	Ecuador	553	522	609
50	Colombia	551	527	619
50	Scotland	551	517	591
52	Romania	549	555	697
53	Costa Rica	542	522	577
54	Lithuania	541	538	727
55	Algeria	539	522	609
56	Bosnia-Herzegovina	534	483	594
56	New Zealand	534	516	551
58	Israel	532	519	709
59	Peru	530	527	591
60	Gabon	526	510	561
61	Austria	524	443	698
62	Belgium	512	475	654
63	Venezuela	505	455	526
64	Cuba	503	411	481
65	Armenia	501	466	641
66	Morocco	493	415	598
67	Botswana	487	422	477
68	Panama	482	447	488
69	Senegal	477	434	561
70	Poland	474	436	508
71	Libya	472	470	534
72	Georgia	469	392	643
73	Albania	464	442	564
73	Cape Verde Islands	464	375	421
75	Latvia	448	438	545
76	China PR	439	390	463
77	Uzbekistan	438	403	437
78	Finland	427	416	479
79	Saudi Arabia	416	386	386
80	Benin	413	418	644
81	Jordan	410	367	403
82	Estonia	407	367	504
83	FYR Macedonia	400	398	511
84	Canada	391	374	439
85	Mali	389	372	451
86	Uganda	385	378	402
87	Moldova	383	394	521
88	Malawi	381	372	430
89	Iraq	379	370	392
90	Qatar	377	359	410
91	Cyprus	376	372	463
92	El Salvador	373	355	425
93	Mozambique	368	338	448
94	Grenada	360	323	366
95	Trinidad and Tobago	352	344	344
96	Bahrain	344	338	338
97	Bolivia	332	298	415
97	Zambia	332	325	383
99	Haiti	325	334	334
100	Azerbaijan	320	287	391
101	Antigua and Barbuda	313	322	322
102	Togo	311	285	365
103	Kuwait	308	304	328
104	Angola	299	288	346
104	Niger	299	264	335
106	Sudan	298	259	295
107	Gambia	297	308	335
108	Syria	295	297	297
109	Guyana	284	284	284
110	Oman	275	261	290
111	United Arab Emirates	264	273	273
112	Central African Republic	263	263	365
113	Korea DPR	259	241	275
114	Suriname	257	267	267
115	Iceland	256	215	332
116	Wales	251	258	466
117	Luxembourg	248	221	468
118	Thailand	247	236	236
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	245	198	268
120	Congo	240	232	470
121	Tanzania	235	231	266
122	Sierra Leone	233	234	358
123	Congo DR	232	225	254
124	Ethiopia	231	218	321
125	Guatemala	220	212	241
126	Yemen	219	217	217
127	Zimbabwe	213	212	361
128	Kenya	202	190	234
129	Indonesia	201	201	201
130	Dominica	193	193	193
131	Puerto Rico	187	180	180
132	Kazakhstan	178	151	362
133	Rwanda	175	167	227
134	Vietnam	172	172	172
135	Faroe Islands	171	168	168
136	Guinea-Bissau	168	168	315
137	Barbados	167	182	182
138	Malaysia	145	144	144
139	Singapore	142	140	140
140	Namibia	139	150	357
141	Hong Kong	138	138	138
142	Chad	135	127	222
143	Liechtenstein	134	116	297
144	Burundi	133	127	175
145	India	126	119	145
146	Curacao	115	121	121
147	Chinese Taipei	114	86	130
148	Equatorial Guinea	113	100	148
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	113	116	116
148	Tajikistan	113	113	189
151	Philippines	106	90	114
152	Fiji	103	103	103
153	New Caledonia	97	97	148
154	Cambodia	94	68	117
154	Turkmenistan	94	91	172
156	Madagascar	91	94	296
156	Malta	91	80	258
158	Cayman Islands	90	90	116
159	Swaziland	86	89	190
160	Liberia	82	88	252
161	Maldives	81	86	164
161	Myanmar	81	79	143
163	Vanuatu	76	76	76
164	Nicaragua	75	75	75
165	Bermuda	74	80	80
166	Belize	66	59	81
166	Dominican Republic	66	66	66
168	Lesotho	62	56	56
169	Lebanon	58	55	55
170	Laos	57	57	57
171	Pakistan	56	45	126
172	Nepal	54	75	101
173	Sri Lanka	51	53	97
174	Bangladesh	49	49	126
174	Kyrgyzstan	49	61	139
174	Mauritania	49	45	45
177	British Virgin Islands	41	38	38
178	Eritrea	40	42	42
178	Palestine	40	30	78
178	Solomon Islands	40	40	40
181	Macau	39	35	35
182	St. Lucia	37	31	31
183	Mongolia	32	53	53
184	Tahiti	31	31	82
185	Samoa	26	26	26
186	Somalia	23	23	23
187	Comoros	19	19	186
188	Cook Islands	17	17	17
188	Guam	17	10	10
188	Tonga	17	17	17
191	Mauritius	16	18	118
192	Djibouti	15	15	15
193	Bahamas	13	8	8
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
195	Afghanistan	10	10	61
195	Seychelles	10	10	10
197	Bhutan	9	9	86
197	Brunei Darussalam	9	6	6
199	Aruba	7	7	7
200	US Virgin Islands	5	3	3
201	Timor-Leste	3	3	3
202	American Samoa	0	0	0
202	Andorra	0	0	148
202	Anguilla	0	0	0
202	Montserrat	0	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
202	San Marino	0	0	0

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