FIFA Ranking: August 2011 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on August 24.

Only 5 matches left before the deadline for matches - all friendlies.

14/Aug Liberia - Sierra Leone
16/Aug Fiji - Samoa
17/Aug Oman - Kuwait
17/Aug Barbados - India
18/Aug Fiji - Samoa

This is how the totals can change for these 8 teams.

Kuwait (L: 333, D: 336, W: 341)
Oman (L: 303, D: 307, W: 317)
Sierra Leone (L: 302, D: 313, W: 334)
Liberia (L: 226, D: 239, W: 265)
Barbados (L: 148, D: 152, W: 161)
Fiji (LL: 129, LD: 137, DD: 146, LW: 154, DW: 163, WW: 180
India (L: 109, D: 111, W: 116)
Samoa (LL: 26, LD: 34, DD: 43, LW: 51, DW: 60, WW: 77)

The values displayed in the table below are the lowest possible.

Biggest change is at the top - we have a new leader - the Netherlands replace Spain.

Brazil drop to 6th and are replaced by 5th placed Uruguay as the top team in CONMEBOL.

Best movers:

18 - Seychelles
15 - Vietnam
12 - Zimbabwe

Worst movers:

-14 - Central African Republic and Sierra Leone
-10 - Tajikistan
-9 - Curacao

Sierra Leone can avoid this by not losing against Liberia.

Best movers in the top 50:

6 - Algeria
5 - Russia and Nigeria
3 - Slovakia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-5 - Korea Republic
-4 - Czech Republic and Venezuela
-3 - Ukraine, Senegal and Bulgaria

Nigeria overtake Burkina Faso for 4th in Africa.

Uruguay replace Brazil at the top of CONMEBOL. Paraguay replace Peru in the top 5.

Vanuatu replace New Caledonia as 3rd in Oceania.

Netherlands replace Spain as UEFA 1st. Italy replace Portugal as 5th.

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Netherlands (1st - 2nd in November 1993)
Belize (147th - 148th in July 2011)
US Virgin Islands (148th - 149th in July 2011)
Mongolia (161st - 163rd in July 2011)

England will return to their best ever ranking - 4th - first achieved in December 1997.

Three teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Eritrea (189th - first happened in October 1998)
Samoa (191st - first happened in May 2007)
Brunei Darussalam (199th - first happened in December 2004)

Seven teams will drop to their worst ever ranking:

Wales (117th - 116th in February 2011)
Iceland (123rd - 122nd in June 2011)
Myanmar (168th - 167th in May 2011)
Lesotho (185th - 184th in July 2011)
Bermuda (186th - 185th in December 1998)
Mauritania (190th - 187th in July 2011)
Tonga (194th - 193rd in September 2009)

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

1	Netherlands	1596	1	54
2	Spain	1563	-1	-25
3	Germany	1330	0	25
4	England	1177	2	31
5	Uruguay	1174	0	18
6	Brazil	1156	-2	-46
7	Italy	1110	1	51
8	Portugal	1060	-1	-16
9	Argentina	1017	1	4
10	Croatia	1009	-1	-24
11	Chile	959	0	-14
12	Norway	943	0	-29
13	Russia	940	5	26
14	Greece	937	-1	-22
15	Côte d'Ivoire	919	-1	-3
16	France	918	-1	-2
17	Japan	913	-1	-5
18	Sweden	889	1	5
19	Montenegro	874	-2	-41
20	Mexico	864	0	-5
21	Denmark	841	0	-16
22	Australia	834	1	3
23	Slovenia	816	-1	-17
24	Turkey	811	0	-9
25	Paraguay	807	1	3
26	Peru	806	-1	1
26	Slovakia	806	3	27
28	USA	792	2	14
29	Serbia	784	-2	-13
30	Switzerland	758	0	-20
31	Republic of Ireland	754	2	2
32	Israel	747	0	-24
33	Korea Republic	741	-5	-40
34	Egypt	738	0	3
35	Colombia	730	0	23
36	Ghana	726	0	30
37	Belgium	675	0	-16
38	Nigeria	659	5	24
39	Bosnia-Herzegovina	656	2	14
40	Burkina Faso	646	-1	-15
41	Belarus	645	1	9
42	Czech Republic	635	-4	-35
43	Jamaica	623	1	-9
44	Venezuela	615	-4	-33
45	Hungary	613	2	10
46	Algeria	612	6	37
47	South Africa	602	2	5
48	Ukraine	598	-3	-22
49	Senegal	591	-3	-28
50	Honduras	589	1	-3
51	Bulgaria	586	-3	-13
52	Cameroon	582	-2	-13
53	Romania	558	0	-13
54	Iran	556	0	-5
55	Scotland	554	6	41
56	Lithuania	552	2	26
57	Albania	546	2	22
58	Northern Ireland	545	4	47
59	Tunisia	543	-4	-10
60	Costa Rica	531	-4	-1
61	Morocco	529	2	35
62	Panama	525	3	38
63	Georgia	522	-6	-8
64	Libya	504	-1	10
65	Poland	498	4	24
66	Ecuador	491	1	13
67	Gabon	482	-7	-35
68	Austria	472	-2	-7
69	Guinea	465	-1	-10
70	China PR	461	3	25
71	Armenia	456	-1	-6
72	Cape Verde Islands	444	10	47
73	Malawi	436	-1	-3
74	Zimbabwe	434	12	54
75	El Salvador	431	3	30
76	Cyprus	427	4	29
77	Zambia	426	-3	-9
78	Botswana	424	-7	-16
79	Finland	416	-4	-3
80	Uganda	411	-4	-6
81	Mali	408	-4	-8
82	Uzbekistan	399	1	11
83	Benin	394	3	14
84	Latvia	388	-1	0
85	Bolivia	380	-5	-18
86	Estonia	374	-7	-25
87	Saudi Arabia	370	5	17
88	Moldova	364	-3	-19
89	Qatar	362	1	-7
90	FYR Macedonia	358	6	20
91	Trinidad and Tobago	355	-3	-24
92	Jordan	346	-1	-15
93	New Zealand	345	1	0
94	Angola	338	6	9
95	Niger	336	3	5
95	Syria	336	9	12
97	Kuwait	333	-2	-6
98	Sudan	329	-1	-4
99	Cuba	327	0	-3
99	Mozambique	327	4	0
101	Bahrain	324	-1	-5
102	Canada	319	3	5
103	Central African Republic	309	-14	-61
104	Antigua and Barbuda	308	2	0
105	Gambia	306	-5	-23
106	Oman	303	1	-3
107	Sierra Leone	302	-14	-46
108	United Arab Emirates	297	1	-3
109	Iraq	291	-1	-12
110	Suriname	285	0	-11
111	Faroe Islands	273	1	0
112	Azerbaijan	272	-1	-10
113	Guatemala	261	2	1
114	Guyana	260	0	-9
115	Haiti	259	2	3
115	Korea DPR	259	0	-1
117	Wales	251	-5	-22
118	Grenada	250	2	3
119	Liechtenstein	248	-1	-5
120	Thailand	244	-1	-7
121	Togo	242	2	4
122	St. Kitts and Nevis	239	0	-4
123	Iceland	232	-2	-12
124	Tanzania	228	3	-2
125	Kazakhstan	227	1	-4
126	Liberia	226	-1	-6
127	Congo DR	222	-4	-16
128	Luxembourg	211	0	-2
129	Singapore	207	2	8
129	Vietnam	207	15	44
131	Indonesia	205	6	22
132	Congo	201	-3	-5
133	Dominican Republic	198	-1	0
133	Kenya	198	-3	-6
133	Yemen	198	2	10
136	Dominica	193	-3	0
137	Rwanda	192	-3	2
138	Nepal	191	-2	7
139	Ethiopia	182	0	12
140	Bangladesh	181	7	33
141	Turkmenistan	179	-3	3
142	Namibia	169	-2	1
143	Puerto Rico	167	-2	0
144	Burundi	164	-1	0
145	Malaysia	157	1	2
146	Barbados	148	-1	-8
147	Belize	146	1	0
148	US Virgin Islands	144	1	0
149	Guinea-Bissau	142	2	0
150	Bahamas	141	2	0
151	Madagascar	140	-2	-4
152	Chad	131	6	4
152	Equatorial Guinea	131	3	0
152	Tajikistan	131	-10	-35
155	Hong Kong	130	-1	-3
156	Fiji	129	0	0
157	Lebanon	116	2	-3
158	Palestine	115	8	19
159	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	112	2	0
160	India	109	-7	-26
161	Maldives	105	-1	-10
161	Mongolia	105	2	0
161	Philippines	105	1	-3
161	Vanuatu	105	8	12
165	New Caledonia	104	-1	0
166	Curacao	103	-9	-25
166	Malta	103	7	20
168	Myanmar	99	-3	0
169	Chinese Taipei	96	-3	0
170	Aruba	92	-2	-3
171	Pakistan	91	0	0
172	Cayman Islands	90	0	0
172	Swaziland	90	-3	-3
174	Sri Lanka	85	2	6
175	Cambodia	82	-1	1
176	Kyrgyzstan	79	3	7
176	Solomon Islands	79	5	9
178	Nicaragua	75	-1	0
179	Afghanistan	70	0	-2
179	Laos	70	-2	-5
181	Comoros	68	-6	-12
181	Seychelles	68	18	61
183	Tahiti	57	-1	0
184	St. Lucia	54	-1	0
185	Lesotho	41	-1	-3
186	Bermuda	40	-1	0
187	British Virgin Islands	38	-1	0
188	Mauritius	33	7	23
189	Eritrea	29	-1	0
190	Mauritania	27	-3	-5
191	Samoa	26	-2	0
192	Macau	25	-2	0
193	Somalia	23	-2	0
194	Tonga	15	-2	0
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	-2	0
196	Djibouti	12	-2	0
197	Cook Islands	10	-2	0
197	Guam	10	-2	0
199	Brunei Darussalam	9	-1	0
200	Anguilla	7	-1	0
201	Bhutan	6	0	0
202	Timor-Leste	3	0	0
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Andorra	0	0	0
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	0

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