FIFA Ranking: October 2011 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on October 19.

The official deadline for matches was yesterday, but FIFA might include Grenada vs. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a 2014 WCQ scheduled for tomorrow.

Greece (8) and Denmark (10) enter the top 10, with Croatia dropping out. Denmark are tied for 10th with Argentina. The Danes return to the top 10 after more than 8 years - they were 10th in May 2003.

Best movers:

57 - Bermuda
45 - Wales
31 - Rwanda

Worst movers:

-34 - Bolivia and Cyprus
-27 - Benin
-20 - Bulgaria and Azerbaijan

Best movers in the top 50:

45 - Wales
11 - Sweden and Algeria
8 - Iran

Worst movers in the top 50:

-13 - Montenegro
-12 - Burkina Faso
-9 - Hungary

Algeria replace Burkina Faso as 4th in Africa.

Honduras drop to 5th from the 4th place tie with Panama.

England replace Portugal in the European top 5.

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Bosnia-Herzegovina (21st - 22nd in September 2011)
Cape Verde Islands (66th - 68th in July 2007)
Antigua and Barbuda (90th - 100th in April 2011)

Two teams will return to their best ever ranking:

Greece (8th - first achieved in April 2008)
Venezuela (40th - first achieved in July 2011)

Ten teams will drop to their worst ever ranking:

Bulgaria (75th - 58th in August 2002)
Saudi Arabia (98th - 97th in September 2011)
Bolivia (115th - 114th in July 2003)
Cyprus (120th - 113th in March 2005)
Congo DR (133rd - 132nd in September 2010)
Myanmar (170th - 168th in August 2011)
Swaziland (175th - 174th in October 1997)
Sri Lanka (177th - 176th in July 2011)
Kyrgyzstan (186th - 180th in July 2011)
Mauritania (200th - 193rd in September 2011)

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

1	Spain	1624	0	19
2	Netherlands	1425	0	-146
3	Germany	1352	0	62
4	Uruguay	1230	0	46
5	Brazil	1144	2	12
6	Italy	1135	0	-7
7	England	1101	1	12
8	Greece	1044	3	44
8	Portugal	1044	-3	-114
10	Argentina	1030	0	6
10	Denmark	1030	7	137
12	Croatia	1015	-3	-42
13	Russia	975	0	21
14	Sweden	955	11	163
15	France	953	-3	-3
16	Chile	941	-2	9
17	Japan	924	-2	0
18	Switzerland	919	0	33
19	Côte d'Ivoire	899	-3	-11
20	Australia	868	-1	-14
21	Bosnia-Herzegovina	864	1	25
22	Mexico	859	-2	-7
23	Serbia	854	-2	-1
24	Norway	839	-1	4
25	Republic of Ireland	812	4	63
26	Turkey	803	1	49
27	Slovenia	786	6	54
28	Paraguay	785	-4	-40
29	Egypt	775	7	62
30	Colombia	757	2	19
31	Korea Republic	754	-2	5
32	Peru	746	3	22
33	Ghana	734	4	34
34	USA	719	-3	-22
35	Algeria	713	11	108
36	Hungary	701	-9	-53
37	Belgium	670	-3	-59
38	Israel	669	0	-8
39	Montenegro	654	-13	-123
40	Venezuela	632	7	34
41	Slovakia	629	-2	-33
42	Iran	626	8	50
42	Senegal	626	0	12
44	Nigeria	624	-1	11
45	Wales	619	45	245
46	Armenia	608	-2	-2
47	Cameroon	600	1	4
47	Czech Republic	600	-7	-56
49	South Africa	595	2	21
50	Jamaica	592	-5	-14
51	Scotland	581	1	9
52	Ecuador	579	17	98
53	Burkina Faso	578	-12	-73
53	Panama	578	0	14
55	Romania	575	-6	-9
56	Morocco	566	3	32
57	Honduras	555	-4	-9
58	Ukraine	551	2	20
59	Estonia	542	-1	5
59	Tunisia	542	2	16
61	Belarus	529	-5	-25
62	Costa Rica	522	-5	-27
63	Sierra Leone	519	5	31
64	Poland	506	1	10
65	Libya	504	-3	-15
66	Cape Verde Islands	500	25	128
67	Georgia	475	-3	-24
68	Gabon	473	-1	-16
68	Mali	473	-6	-46
70	China PR	463	3	-6
71	Albania	462	0	-12
72	Austria	458	5	16
73	Uzbekistan	451	6	30
74	Zimbabwe	449	-8	-41
75	Bulgaria	447	-20	-111
75	Guinea	447	1	0
75	Latvia	447	-1	-13
78	Finland	437	-6	-34
79	Trinidad and Tobago	433	1	19
80	Zambia	431	3	22
81	Jordan	428	4	22
82	El Salvador	426	6	36
83	Canada	425	4	30
84	Northern Ireland	421	-14	-56
85	Lithuania	416	-10	-43
86	Angola	404	-2	-3
87	Malawi	400	-9	-39
88	Uganda	393	-6	-18
89	Botswana	386	6	22
90	Antigua and Barbuda	381	11	36
91	Iraq	378	16	71
92	Qatar	371	8	21
93	FYR Macedonia	361	1	-5
94	Togo	359	1	-5
95	Niger	352	-2	-17
96	Kuwait	350	3	-2
97	Guyana	346	19	68
98	Guatemala	340	11	38
98	Saudi Arabia	340	-1	-19
100	Cuba	332	3	0
101	Bahrain	324	1	-11
102	Sudan	323	1	-9
103	Oman	317	2	-2
104	Suriname	313	9	27
105	New Zealand	310	-16	-67
105	Syria	310	4	8
107	Haiti	307	1	2
108	Iceland	300	-2	-16
109	St. Kitts and Nevis	289	14	37
110	Mozambique	281	5	1
111	Gambia	280	14	32
112	Rwanda	277	31	99
113	United Arab Emirates	276	-1	-11
114	Thailand	275	3	1
115	Bolivia	273	-34	-139
115	Grenada	273	5	8
117	Azerbaijan	265	-20	-94
118	Luxembourg	263	-4	-21
119	Benin	260	-27	-110
120	Cyprus	259	-34	-139
121	Liberia	258	7	28
122	Faroe Islands	257	4	13
123	Korea DPR	255	-2	-3
123	Moldova	255	-1	0
125	Central African Republic	251	-14	-45
126	Liechtenstein	249	-8	-21
127	Namibia	248	-8	-21
128	Dominican Republic	245	11	63
129	Kazakhstan	235	3	37
130	Tajikistan	232	-6	-18
130	Tanzania	232	-3	-8
132	Bermuda	225	57	195
133	Congo DR	223	-4	-2
134	Vietnam	222	-4	13
135	Kenya	205	-4	5
136	Ethiopia	202	-3	6
137	Puerto Rico	199	8	26
138	Congo	187	6	10
139	Singapore	185	-3	-3
140	Bangladesh	183	-2	0
140	Burundi	183	1	4
140	Indonesia	183	-1	1
143	Belize	177	-9	-18
144	Nepal	176	-9	-17
145	Turkmenistan	172	-4	-7
146	Lebanon	171	0	8
147	Barbados	164	3	16
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	162	10	47
149	Fiji	158	-2	0
149	Yemen	158	-12	-27
151	Malaysia	155	-4	-3
152	Chad	151	9	41
152	Dominica	151	-3	-3
154	Bahamas	141	-2	0
155	Equatorial Guinea	140	-3	-1
156	Hong Kong	128	0	4
156	Malta	128	-2	-10
156	New Caledonia	128	-1	0
159	Philippines	127	7	22
160	India	115	3	9
160	Lesotho	115	0	2
160	Nicaragua	115	-4	-9
163	Maldives	114	3	9
164	Palestine	111	-2	3
165	Madagascar	110	-7	-5
166	Chinese Taipei	108	6	19
167	Guinea-Bissau	106	-4	0
167	Mongolia	106	-4	0
169	US Virgin Islands	104	-18	-40
170	Myanmar	101	-2	3
171	Curacao	99	7	24
172	Aruba	92	-2	0
173	Pakistan	91	-3	-1
174	Vanuatu	88	-1	0
175	Swaziland	87	-6	-9
176	Cambodia	85	-2	1
177	Sri Lanka	83	-1	0
178	Seychelles	82	-1	0
179	St. Lucia	78	6	32
180	Solomon Islands	75	-2	0
181	Laos	74	1	3
182	Tahiti	73	2	5
183	Comoros	72	-5	-3
184	Afghanistan	69	-1	-1
185	Cayman Islands	51	-11	-33
186	Kyrgyzstan	49	-8	-26
187	Guam	36	-1	0
188	Papua New Guinea	34	-1	0
189	Mauritius	32	-1	-1
190	Eritrea	28	0	0
191	Macau	25	0	0
192	British Virgin Islands	23	-1	-2
192	Somalia	23	1	0
194	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	1	0
195	Djibouti	12	1	0
196	Cook Islands	10	1	0
197	Anguilla	9	1	0
197	Brunei Darussalam	9	1	0
199	Bhutan	6	1	0
200	Mauritania	4	-7	-19
201	Timor-Leste	3	0	0
201	Tonga	3	0	0
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Andorra	0	0	0
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	Samoa	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	0

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