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Friday, April 1, 2011

FIFA Ranking: April 2011 final preview

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FIFA will publish the ranking on April 13th. The official deadline for matches is April 7th.

Only 5 matches left - all considered friendlies by FIFA.

02 Apr Grenada - St. Kitts and Nevis
03 Apr Tahiti - New Caledonia
06 Apr Tahiti - New Caledonia
07 Apr Korea DPR - Sri Lanka
07 Apr Nepal - Afghanistan

This is how the totals can change for these teams:

Grenada (L: 331, D: 338, W: 352)
Korea DPR (L: 246, D: 248, W: 252)
St. Kitts and Nevis (L: 210, D: 221, W: 245)
Nepal (L: 101, D: 109, W: 126)
Sri Lanka (L: 62, D: 76, W: 106)
Afghanistan (L: 61, D: 70, W: 87)

For New Caledonia and Tahiti - since they play eachother twice, it's by points (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6):

New Caledonia(0: 97, 1: 106, 2: 114, 3: 123, 4: 131, 6: 148)
Tahiti (0: 31, 1: 40, 2: 48, 3: 57, 4: 65, 6: 82)


The values displayed in the table below for these 8 teams are the lowest possible - even if they lose, their totals won't drop.

FIFA decided to keep Qatar - Russia 1 - 1 although both teams made more than 6 substitutions. Thanks Filipino Football for the link!

Brazil up to third, overtaking Germany and Argentina.
Italy enter the top 10 (climbing to 9th), Greece drop to 12th.

Best movers:

25 - Israel and Belgium
23 - Albania
21 - Afghanistan

Afghanistan could climb higher if they don't lose against Nepal.

Worst movers:

-25 - Northern Ireland
-19 - Guinea
-18 - Cuba


Best movers in the top 50:

25 - Israel and Belgium
23 - Albania
15 - Algeria

Worst movers in the top 50:

-25 - Northern Ireland
-19 - Guinea
-16 - Hungary, Belarus, Tunisia, Jamaica and Scotland

South Africa replace Burkina Faso as Africa's 5th team.

Costa Rica overtake Jamaica for 4th in CONCACAF.

Brazil replace Argentina at the top of the CONMEBOL standings after just one month.

Portugal replace Croatia in the European Top 5.

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Montenegro (24th - 25th in December 2010)
Albania (50th - 58th in November 2010)
Libya (58th - 61st in November 2004)
Antigua and Barbuda (100th - 101st in March 2011)

Brunei Darussalam will return to their worst ever ranking - 199th, first reached in December 2004.


Five teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Saudi Arabia (88th - 82nd in February 2011)
Singapore (145th - 142nd in February 2011)
Lesotho (176th - 174th in November 2010)
Lebanon (177th - 172nd in February 2011)
Solomon Islands (181st - 178th in November 2010)

April 2011 rank - Team - April 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Spain 1857 0 -23
2 Netherlands 1702 0 -28
3 Brazil 1425 2 14
4 Germany 1386 -1 -100
5 Argentina 1276 -1 -136
6 England 1163 0 -49
7 Uruguay 1094 0 -78
8 Portugal 1052 1 -8
9 Italy 1019 2 62
10 Croatia 991 -2 -80
11 Norway 987 0 30
12 Greece 985 -2 -53
13 Japan 961 2 23
14 Chile 952 0 -2
15 Ghana 918 1 -13
16 Serbia 907 4 35
17 Slovenia 903 0 -13
18 Russia 896 -5 -60
19 France 883 -1 -30
20 Australia 876 1 6
21 Côte d'Ivoire 867 4 43
22 USA 855 -3 -39
23 Paraguay 843 1 8
24 Montenegro 820 1 -4
25 Switzerland 819 -2 -20
26 Mexico 818 1 7
27 Slovakia 809 -5 -52
28 Denmark 808 0 20
29 Sweden 802 1 58
30 Turkey 795 2 67
31 Korea Republic 750 -2 1
32 Czech Republic 722 -1 -17
33 Israel 709 25 177
34 Republic of Ireland 681 0 -18
35 Ukraine 678 -2 -29
36 Egypt 676 -1 -9
37 Belgium 654 25 142
38 Nigeria 637 1 28
39 South Africa 617 7 51
40 Algeria 609 15 70
41 Romania 607 11 58
42 Burkina Faso 600 -2 -5
43 Honduras 597 -5 -23
44 Bosnia-Herzegovina 594 12 60
45 Bulgaria 592 2 34
46 Lithuania 577 8 36
47 Iran 575 -4 1
48 Cameroon 572 -6 -8
49 Colombia 568 1 17
50 Albania 564 23 100
51 Senegal 561 18 84
52 Hungary 559 -16 -95
53 Belarus 557 -16 -77
54 Peru 548 5 18
55 Costa Rica 540 -2 -2
56 Ecuador 536 -7 -17
56 Georgia 536 16 67
58 Libya 534 13 62
59 Gabon 529 1 3
60 New Zealand 528 -4 -6
61 Tunisia 527 -16 -41
62 Armenia 524 3 23
63 Guinea 523 -19 -46
64 Jamaica 522 -16 -33
65 Northern Ireland 520 -25 -85
66 Scotland 517 -16 -34
67 Venezuela 501 -4 -4
68 Panama 488 0 6
69 Botswana 479 -2 -8
70 Mali 451 15 62
71 Poland 449 -1 -25
72 Morocco 445 -6 -48
73 Austria 443 -12 -81
74 Estonia 440 8 33
75 Canada 439 9 48
76 Latvia 438 -1 -10
77 China PR 432 -1 -7
78 Malawi 430 10 49
79 Cape Verde Islands 421 -6 -43
80 Benin 418 0 5
81 Finland 416 -3 -11
82 Cuba 411 -18 -92
83 Uzbekistan 403 -6 -35
84 Uganda 402 2 17
85 FYR Macedonia 398 -2 -2
86 Moldova 394 1 11
87 El Salvador 388 5 15
88 Saudi Arabia 386 -9 -30
89 Cyprus 383 2 7
89 Zambia 383 8 51
91 Iraq 380 -2 1
91 Qatar 380 -1 3
93 Jordan 379 -12 -31
94 Trinidad and Tobago 344 1 -8
95 Bahrain 338 1 -6
95 Mozambique 338 -2 -30
97 Niger 335 7 36
98 Haiti 334 1 9
99 Grenada 331 -5 -29
100 Antigua and Barbuda 322 1 9
101 Kuwait 320 2 12
102 Bolivia 312 -5 -20
103 Gambia 308 4 11
104 Syria 297 4 2
105 Sudan 295 1 -3
106 Oman 290 4 15
107 Angola 288 -3 -11
108 Azerbaijan 287 -8 -33
109 Togo 285 -7 -26
110 Guyana 284 -1 0
111 United Arab Emirates 273 0 9
112 Suriname 267 2 10
113 Tanzania 266 8 31
114 Central African Republic 263 -2 0
115 Wales 258 1 7
116 Congo DR 254 7 22
116 Iceland 254 -1 -2
118 Korea DPR 246 -5 -13
119 Thailand 236 -1 -11
120 Sierra Leone 234 2 1
121 Congo 232 -1 -8
122 Kenya 227 6 25
122 Rwanda 227 11 52
124 Guatemala 222 1 2
125 Luxembourg 221 -8 -27
126 Ethiopia 218 -2 -13
127 Yemen 217 -1 -2
128 Zimbabwe 212 -1 -1
129 St. Kitts and Nevis 210 -10 -35
130 Indonesia 201 -1 0
131 Dominica 193 -1 0
132 Barbados 182 5 15
133 Puerto Rico 180 -2 -7
134 Tajikistan 172 14 59
134 Vietnam 172 0 0
136 Faroe Islands 168 -1 -3
136 Guinea-Bissau 168 0 0
138 Madagascar 162 18 71
139 Turkmenistan 153 15 59
140 Kazakhstan 151 -8 -27
141 Namibia 150 -1 11
142 Equatorial Guinea 148 6 35
143 Maldives 146 18 65
144 Malaysia 144 -6 -1
145 Singapore 140 -6 -2
146 India 139 -1 13
147 Hong Kong 138 -6 0
148 Burundi 127 -4 -6
148 Chad 127 -6 -8
150 Curacao 121 -4 6
151 Liechtenstein 116 -8 -18
151 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 116 -3 3
153 Philippines 104 -2 -2
154 Fiji 103 -2 0
155 Nepal 101 17 47
156 New Caledonia 97 -3 0
157 Cayman Islands 90 1 0
158 Swaziland 89 1 3
159 Liberia 88 1 6
160 Kyrgyzstan 87 14 38
161 Chinese Taipei 86 -14 -28
161 Myanmar 86 0 5
163 Bermuda 80 2 6
163 Malta 80 -7 -11
165 Vanuatu 76 -2 0
166 Bangladesh 75 8 26
166 Nicaragua 75 -2 0
168 Pakistan 72 3 16
169 Cambodia 68 -15 -26
170 Palestine 67 8 27
171 Belize 66 -5 0
171 Dominican Republic 66 -5 0
173 Sri Lanka 62 0 11
174 Afghanistan 61 21 51
175 Laos 57 -5 0
176 Lesotho 56 -8 -6
177 Lebanon 55 -8 -3
178 Mongolia 53 5 21
179 Mauritania 45 -5 -4
180 Eritrea 42 -2 2
181 Solomon Islands 40 -3 0
182 British Virgin Islands 38 -5 -3
183 Macau 35 -2 -4
184 St. Lucia 31 -2 -6
184 Tahiti 31 0 0
186 Samoa 26 -1 0
187 Somalia 23 -1 0
188 Comoros 19 -1 0
189 Mauritius 18 2 2
190 Cook Islands 17 -2 0
190 Tonga 17 -2 0
192 Djibouti 15 0 0
193 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 0 0
194 Guam 10 -6 -7
194 Seychelles 10 1 0
196 Bahamas 9 -3 -4
196 Bhutan 9 1 0
198 Aruba 7 1 0
199 Brunei Darussalam 6 -2 -3
200 Timor-Leste 3 1 0
200 US Virgin Islands 3 0 -2
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Andorra 0 0 0
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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11 comments:

  1. adminApril 2, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    thanks

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  2. BassilApril 3, 2011 at 5:53 AM

    How is Palestine ranked below Bangladesh (who moved up from 174) and Myanmar when they beat them last month? 2 wins and 1 draw (vs. Philippines), with such a low ranking I expected a 15-20 point jump for Palestine.

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  3. bApril 4, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    how can scotland lose so many points after losing to brazil?

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  4. EdgarApril 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    @B

    There are various reasons:

    1. AFC Challenge Cup matches are considered friendlies for FIFA ranking purposes - thus Palestine got few points.
    2. Palestine played few matches in the last 4 years and none of them were wins. With the exceptions of these two wins in March.
    3. All these teams are below 150th - few points for a win.

    @b

    Scotland would have lost 7 points even without this loss. However, they lost another 27 points because the 1505.5 match points in the last 12 months are no longer divided by 7, but by 8.

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  5. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    Hi! So the results of the 5 remaining matches won't change this preview? Pls reply.

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  6. EdgarApril 8, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    They changed the preview, but only from the 119th spot.

    Philippines will be 155th.

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  7. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    Wow you're creepy, howd you know im from Philippines? :) Thanks though! So you're not releasing a final final preview?

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  8. LorricApril 8, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    @ anonymous

    Edgar sees everything. Edgar hears everything. Edgar knows everything :)

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  9. AnonymousApril 12, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    how can Botswana lose points after winning an international qualifer? 2.Botswana also drew an international friendly game away to a team above it in the FIFA rankings? tell me how it lost 8 points!!!!

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  10. AnonymousApril 12, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    @ Edgar

    Can you please provide a Points computation for Philippines, why we slipped 4 places to 155th? A friend of mine got 212.5 points for the last 4 matches. Can you confirm it? Thank you very much!

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  11. EdgarApril 15, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    @Anonymous (April 8th)

    Traffic stats. No, I'm not releasing a final final preview :)

    @Botswana

    Devaluation of older results. Also, with a win against Namibia you'd have had 487 points. With not game against Namibia - 507 points.
    The match against Morocco was not a FIFA "A" match.

    @Philippines

    Yes, I can confirm it :) 212.5 points.

    You lost 2 points because the average of the last 12 months dropped.

    In March, 12 games, 765.85 points = 63.82 average.
    In April, 16 games, 978.35 points = 61.14 average.

    You did qualify for the next stage, but you had a loss and two draws in the last four matches (average for the 4 matches: 53.125). This brought your average down by 2 points.

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