FIFA Ranking: August 2011 preview

Next update: 12 August 2011.

Spain's top position finally in danger. If Spain lose against Italy and Netherlands defeat England, Netherlands will overtake Spain. If Spain manage a draw and Netherlands get the 3 points, they will be tied for 1st place with 1581 points.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):


-38 - Central African Republic
-35 - Tajikistan
-29 - Norway
-25 - Curacao
-23 - Gambia
-23 - India
-22 - Trinidad and Tobago
-20 - Switzerland
-16 - Portugal
-16 - Botswana


Most points gained (worst case scenario):


47 - Cape Verde Islands
44 - Vietnam
39 - Niger
37 - Algeria
33 - Bangladesh
23 - Colombia
22 - Panama
19 - Palestine
18 - Uruguay
17 - Saudi Arabia

July 2011 rank - Country - July 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1588	1563	1616
2	Netherlands	1542	1528	1581
3	Germany	1305	1281	1330
4	Brazil	1202	1156	1205
5	Uruguay	1156	1174	1174
6	England	1146	1112	1178
7	Portugal	1076	1038	1060
8	Italy	1059	1055	1110
9	Croatia	1033	992	1042
10	Argentina	1013	1017	1017
11	Chile	973	946	986
12	Norway	972	895	943
13	Greece	959	922	966
14	Côte d'Ivoire	922	852	919
15	France	920	903	950
16	Japan	918	879	913
17	Montenegro	915	874	927
18	Russia	914	893	940
19	Sweden	884	842	889
20	Mexico	869	856	881
21	Denmark	857	841	888
22	Slovenia	833	800	849
23	Australia	831	818	834
24	Turkey	820	771	811
25	Peru	805	806	806
26	Paraguay	804	807	807
27	Serbia	797	784	834
28	Korea Republic	781	741	774
29	Slovakia	779	766	806
30	Switzerland	778	731	758
30	USA	778	780	816
32	Israel	771	747	799
33	Republic of Ireland	752	739	783
34	Egypt	735	738	738
35	Colombia	707	730	730
36	Ghana	696	695	740
37	Belgium	691	657	710
38	Czech Republic	670	635	692
39	Burkina Faso	661	646	702
40	Venezuela	648	615	656
41	Bosnia-Herzegovina	642	637	693
42	Belarus	636	604	645
43	Nigeria	635	625	678
44	Jamaica	632	623	646
45	Ukraine	620	598	648
46	Senegal	619	591	641
47	Hungary	603	591	613
48	Bulgaria	599	586	639
49	South Africa	597	550	602
50	Cameroon	595	582	582
51	Honduras	592	567	589
52	Algeria	575	612	612
53	Romania	571	545	558
54	Iran	561	556	556
55	Tunisia	553	498	543
56	Costa Rica	532	531	549
57	Georgia	530	522	561
58	Lithuania	526	509	552
59	Albania	524	491	546
60	Gabon	517	466	514
61	Scotland	513	500	554
62	Northern Ireland	498	479	545
63	Libya	494	504	504
63	Morocco	494	472	529
65	Panama	487	509	525
66	Austria	479	472	524
67	Ecuador	478	466	491
68	Guinea	475	447	499
69	Poland	474	465	498
70	Armenia	462	456	509
71	Botswana	440	409	424
72	Malawi	439	436	436
73	China PR	436	439	461
74	Zambia	435	426	450
75	Finland	419	377	416
76	Uganda	417	411	411
77	Mali	416	408	461
78	El Salvador	401	404	431
79	Estonia	399	374	412
80	Bolivia	398	380	422
80	Cyprus	398	384	427
82	Cape Verde Islands	397	444	444
83	Latvia	388	388	429
83	Uzbekistan	388	399	399
85	Moldova	383	364	404
86	Benin	380	394	394
86	Zimbabwe	380	369	434
88	Trinidad and Tobago	379	339	357
89	Central African Republic	370	309	332
90	Qatar	369	351	364
91	Jordan	361	346	346
92	Saudi Arabia	353	370	370
93	Sierra Leone	348	348	348
94	New Zealand	345	345	345
95	Kuwait	339	331	345
96	FYR Macedonia	338	331	358
97	Sudan	333	308	322
98	Niger	331	370	370
99	Cuba	330	327	327
100	Angola	329	330	354
100	Bahrain	329	320	331
100	Gambia	329	277	306
103	Mozambique	327	327	327
104	Syria	324	333	343
105	Canada	314	319	319
106	Antigua and Barbuda	308	308	308
107	Oman	306	298	326
108	Iraq	303	284	294
109	United Arab Emirates	300	297	297
110	Suriname	296	285	285
111	Azerbaijan	282	272	306
112	Faroe Islands	273	273	403
112	Wales	273	251	312
114	Guyana	269	260	260
115	Guatemala	260	261	261
115	Korea DPR	260	254	269
117	Haiti	256	228	277
118	Liechtenstein	253	248	312
119	Thailand	251	244	244
120	Grenada	247	250	250
121	Iceland	244	232	298
122	St. Kitts and Nevis	243	239	239
123	Congo DR	238	222	245
123	Togo	238	231	231
125	Liberia	232	213	273
126	Kazakhstan	231	216	249
127	Tanzania	230	228	228
128	Luxembourg	213	211	264
129	Congo	206	201	201
130	Kenya	204	198	219
131	Singapore	199	207	207
132	Dominican Republic	198	198	198
133	Dominica	193	193	193
134	Rwanda	190	192	192
135	Yemen	188	198	198
136	Nepal	184	191	191
137	Indonesia	183	195	205
138	Turkmenistan	176	179	179
139	Ethiopia	170	161	196
140	Namibia	168	169	169
141	Puerto Rico	167	167	167
142	Tajikistan	166	131	131
143	Burundi	164	164	164
144	Vietnam	163	207	207
145	Barbados	156	156	156
146	Malaysia	155	152	162
147	Bangladesh	148	181	181
148	Belize	146	146	146
149	Madagascar	144	140	140
149	US Virgin Islands	144	144	144
151	Guinea-Bissau	142	124	142
152	Bahamas	141	141	141
153	India	135	112	112
154	Hong Kong	133	130	130
155	Equatorial Guinea	131	131	156
156	Fiji	129	129	180
157	Curacao	128	103	103
158	Chad	127	131	131
159	Lebanon	119	116	116
160	Maldives	115	101	124
161	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	112	112	112
162	Philippines	108	105	105
163	Mongolia	105	105	105
164	New Caledonia	104	104	104
165	Myanmar	99	99	99
166	Chinese Taipei	96	96	96
166	Palestine	96	115	115
168	Aruba	95	92	92
169	Swaziland	93	90	90
169	Vanuatu	93	105	105
171	Pakistan	91	91	91
172	Cayman Islands	90	90	90
173	Malta	83	64	103
174	Cambodia	81	82	82
175	Comoros	80	63	95
176	Sri Lanka	79	85	85
177	Laos	75	70	70
177	Nicaragua	75	75	75
179	Afghanistan	72	70	70
179	Kyrgyzstan	72	79	79
181	Solomon Islands	70	72	114
182	Tahiti	57	57	108
183	St. Lucia	54	54	54
184	Lesotho	44	41	41
185	Bermuda	40	40	40
186	British Virgin Islands	38	38	38
187	Mauritania	32	27	27
188	Eritrea	29	29	29
189	Samoa	26	26	76
190	Macau	25	25	25
191	Somalia	23	23	23
192	Tonga	15	15	15
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
194	Djibouti	12	12	12
195	Cook Islands	10	10	10
195	Guam	10	10	10
195	Mauritius	10	15	52
198	Brunei Darussalam	9	9	9
199	Anguilla	7	7	7
199	Seychelles	7	16	68
201	Bhutan	6	6	6
202	Timor-Leste	3	3	3
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Andorra	0	0	0
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	49

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