FIFA Ranking: November 2011 preview (II)

Next update: 18 November 2011.

Includes matches up to November 10 (Gabon - Brazil 0 - 2 included).

Many changes to the fixtures list that's why I chose to post another update.

Sao Tome e Principe will return to the ranking after 4 years. Their last appearance was in October 2007 - ranked 200th.
 
Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-39 - New Zealand
-38 - Bulgaria
-34 - Lithuania
-28 - Wales
-25 - Fiji
-24 - Georgia
-23 - Hong Kong
-18 - Northern Ireland
-17 - Syria
-16 - Kazakhstan

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

58 - Cuba
44 - Cape Verde Islands
38 - Grenada
28 - Faroe Islands
27 - Haiti
25 - Iceland
19 - Slovakia
19 - Latvia
18 - Cambodia
17 - Jamaica

October 2011 rank - Country - October 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1624	1553	1634
2	Netherlands	1425	1349	1452
3	Germany	1352	1289	1367
4	Uruguay	1230	1187	1309
5	Brazil	1144	1113	1143
6	Italy	1135	1048	1131
7	England	1101	1045	1173
8	Greece	1044	948	1031
8	Portugal	1044	921	1190
10	Argentina	1030	997	1088
10	Denmark	1030	943	1035
12	Croatia	1015	933	1170
13	Russia	975	953	1006
14	Sweden	955	891	987
15	France	953	866	940
16	Chile	941	890	1062
17	Japan	924	854	917
18	Switzerland	920	849	942
19	Côte d'Ivoire	898	837	937
20	Australia	868	818	888
21	Bosnia-Herzegovina	864	798	1038
22	Mexico	860	840	867
23	Serbia	854	775	850
24	Norway	838	788	839
25	Republic of Ireland	812	763	914
26	Turkey	803	722	1004
27	Slovenia	787	780	832
28	Paraguay	785	736	867
29	Egypt	775	757	806
30	Colombia	757	676	894
31	Korea Republic	754	719	773
32	Peru	746	712	786
33	Ghana	734	726	761
34	USA	720	691	754
35	Algeria	713	632	758
36	Hungary	701	645	702
37	Belgium	670	591	681
38	Israel	669	665	665
39	Montenegro	655	586	873
40	Venezuela	632	608	704
41	Slovakia	629	648	648
42	Iran	626	579	643
42	Senegal	626	533	632
44	Nigeria	625	591	645
45	Wales	619	538	591
46	Armenia	608	612	612
47	Cameroon	600	528	633
47	Czech Republic	600	548	749
49	South Africa	595	560	648
50	Jamaica	592	609	609
51	Scotland	581	575	599
52	Ecuador	580	556	706
53	Panama	579	553	586
54	Burkina Faso	578	490	573
55	Romania	575	521	597
56	Morocco	566	507	593
57	Honduras	555	545	570
58	Ukraine	551	520	601
59	Estonia	542	514	689
60	Tunisia	541	537	591
61	Belarus	529	476	531
62	Costa Rica	522	493	540
63	Sierra Leone	519	521	521
64	Poland	506	449	531
65	Libya	504	493	557
66	Cape Verde Islands	500	544	544
67	Georgia	475	426	451
68	Gabon	473	445	507
68	Mali	473	454	508
70	China PR	463	435	492
71	Albania	462	440	492
72	Austria	458	459	498
73	Uzbekistan	452	398	450
74	Zimbabwe	448	448	448
75	Bulgaria	447	409	409
75	Guinea	447	421	509
75	Latvia	447	466	466
78	Finland	438	406	463
79	Trinidad and Tobago	433	334	485
80	Zambia	432	436	469
81	Jordan	428	400	450
82	El Salvador	426	399	463
83	Canada	425	382	491
84	Northern Ireland	421	403	403
85	Lithuania	416	382	382
86	Angola	404	412	412
87	Malawi	400	407	407
88	Uganda	393	360	399
89	Botswana	386	352	409
90	Antigua and Barbuda	381	362	474
91	Iraq	379	362	429
92	Qatar	371	346	395
93	FYR Macedonia	361	320	359
94	Togo	359	289	381
95	Niger	352	333	400
96	Kuwait	350	329	363
97	Guyana	346	304	437
98	Saudi Arabia	341	324	383
99	Guatemala	340	323	397
100	Cuba	332	390	390
101	Bahrain	324	310	400
102	Sudan	323	297	346
103	Oman	317	306	413
104	Suriname	313	261	456
105	New Zealand	310	271	271
106	Syria	309	292	292
107	Haiti	307	334	541
108	Iceland	300	325	325
109	St. Kitts and Nevis	289	252	445
110	Mozambique	281	243	324
111	Gambia	280	280	280
112	Rwanda	277	244	324
113	United Arab Emirates	276	264	357
114	Thailand	275	243	373
115	Bolivia	273	275	463
116	Grenada	270	308	387
117	Azerbaijan	265	261	300
118	Luxembourg	263	252	306
119	Benin	260	257	257
120	Cyprus	259	253	303
121	Liberia	258	258	258
122	Faroe Islands	257	285	285
123	Moldova	255	229	269
124	Korea DPR	254	243	349
125	Central African Republic	251	251	251
126	Liechtenstein	249	246	307
127	Namibia	248	192	264
128	Dominican Republic	245	203	269
129	Kazakhstan	235	219	219
130	Tajikistan	232	207	373
131	Tanzania	231	211	245
132	Bermuda	225	193	307
133	Congo DR	223	207	253
134	Vietnam	222	234	234
135	Kenya	205	204	240
136	Ethiopia	201	192	241
137	Puerto Rico	199	199	309
138	Congo	187	173	281
139	Singapore	185	146	260
140	Indonesia	184	177	272
141	Bangladesh	183	181	181
141	Burundi	183	165	219
143	Belize	177	151	215
144	Nepal	176	177	177
145	Turkmenistan	172	164	164
146	Lebanon	171	144	304
146	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	171	157	233
148	Barbados	164	125	206
149	Fiji	158	133	133
149	Yemen	158	153	153
151	Malaysia	155	137	153
152	Chad	151	113	262
152	Dominica	151	90	350
154	Bahamas	141	141	141
155	Equatorial Guinea	140	108	188
156	Hong Kong	128	105	105
156	New Caledonia	128	116	116
158	Malta	127	139	139
158	Philippines	127	130	130
160	India	115	106	126
160	Nicaragua	115	108	141
162	Lesotho	114	87	196
162	Maldives	114	106	106
164	Palestine	112	113	113
165	Madagascar	111	89	181
166	Chinese Taipei	108	109	109
167	Guinea-Bissau	106	96	292
167	Mongolia	106	106	106
169	US Virgin Islands	104	82	155
170	Myanmar	101	103	103
171	Curacao	99	88	154
172	Aruba	92	92	92
173	Pakistan	91	87	87
174	Vanuatu	88	96	96
175	Swaziland	87	75	147
176	Cambodia	85	103	103
177	Sri Lanka	83	85	85
178	Seychelles	82	69	208
179	St. Lucia	78	65	158
180	Solomon Islands	75	75	75
181	Laos	74	86	86
182	Tahiti	73	73	73
183	Comoros	72	55	184
184	Afghanistan	69	77	77
185	Cayman Islands	51	48	206
186	Kyrgyzstan	49	42	42
187	Guam	36	36	36
188	Papua New Guinea	34	34	34
189	Mauritius	32	32	32
190	Eritrea	28	28	255
191	Macau	25	26	26
192	British Virgin Islands	23	23	23
192	Somalia	23	23	188
194	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
195	Djibouti	12	5	194
196	Cook Islands	10	10	10
197	Anguilla	9	9	9
197	Brunei Darussalam	9	6	6
199	Bhutan	6	6	6
200	Mauritania	4	4	4
201	Timor-Leste	3	2	2
201	Tonga	3	3	3
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
208	Sao Tome e Principe	0	0	160

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