FIFA Ranking: January 2012 preview

Next update: 13 January 2012.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 January. The official deadline for matches will be 12 January, although FIFA will most likely move it to 15 January. This preview is using the official deadline.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-57 - Egypt
-37 - Cameroon
-29 - Benin
-28 - Gabon
-27 - United Arab Emirates
-24 - Algeria
-23 - Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal
-19 - Oman
-15 - Japan, Malawi and Syria

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

46 - Uzbekistan
43 - El Salvador
40 - Saudi Arabia
36 - Belize
24 - Nicaragua
22 - Bahrain
18 - Ghana and Estonia
17 - Iraq
15 - Australia

December 2011 rank - Country - December 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1564	1564	1564
2	Netherlands	1365	1365	1365
3	Germany	1345	1345	1345
4	Uruguay	1309	1309	1309
5	England	1173	1173	1173
6	Brazil	1143	1143	1143
7	Portugal	1100	1100	1100
8	Croatia	1091	1091	1091
9	Italy	1082	1082	1082
10	Argentina	1067	1067	1067
11	Denmark	1035	1032	1032
12	Russia	971	971	971
13	Chile	970	970	970
14	Greece	964	964	964
15	France	915	915	915
17	Switzerland	898	898	898
18	Sweden	891	891	891
16	Côte d'Ivoire	912	889	889
20	Bosnia-Herzegovina	869	869	869
19	Japan	884	869	869
23	Australia	851	866	866
21	Mexico	866	866	866
22	Republic of Ireland	864	864	864
24	Paraguay	795	795	795
25	Norway	788	788	788
26	Slovenia	780	780	780
29	Ghana	761	779	779
27	Serbia	775	775	775
28	Turkey	769	769	769
32	Korea Republic	752	752	752
33	Czech Republic	749	749	749
30	Algeria	758	734	734
34	USA	721	721	721
35	Peru	712	712	712
36	Colombia	709	709	709
31	Egypt	755	698	698
37	Hungary	665	665	665
37	Israel	665	665	665
39	Venezuela	661	642	660
40	Slovakia	648	648	648
41	Belgium	647	647	647
42	Ecuador	634	634	634
43	Nigeria	627	624	624
45	Iran	616	623	623
46	Armenia	612	612	612
44	Senegal	625	574	602
49	Panama	589	600	600
47	Scotland	599	599	599
48	Wales	591	591	591
51	Montenegro	585	585	585
53	Honduras	574	579	579
57	Estonia	555	573	573
54	Jamaica	573	573	573
55	Ukraine	568	568	568
52	South Africa	577	522	563
56	Romania	562	562	562
50	Cameroon	588	551	551
58	Cape Verde Islands	549	549	549
59	Tunisia	537	516	541
60	Sierra Leone	526	533	533
61	Morocco	524	523	523
63	Libya	514	514	514
69	El Salvador	463	506	506
64	Belarus	501	501	501
62	Burkina Faso	518	487	523
65	Costa Rica	495	499	522
75	Uzbekistan	449	495	495
66	Poland	492	494	494
67	Mali	472	476	476
68	Latvia	466	466	466
70	Austria	459	459	459
78	Iraq	440	457	457
72	Canada	455	455	455
71	China PR	457	455	455
73	Georgia	451	451	451
74	Albania	450	450	450
76	Trinidad and Tobago	448	448	448
80	Guinea	436	436	436
79	Zambia	439	434	472
81	Haiti	429	433	433
83	Angola	412	408	431
82	Jordan	417	426	426
89	Uganda	398	411	411
84	Bulgaria	410	410	410
87	Antigua and Barbuda	404	407	407
86	Finland	405	405	405
88	Northern Ireland	403	403	403
96	Saudi Arabia	363	403	403
90	Guatemala	397	400	400
85	Oman	408	376	389
77	Gabon	445	372	417
91	Guyana	387	386	386
95	Botswana	371	365	385
92	Lithuania	382	382	382
101	Bahrain	350	372	372
99	Kuwait	351	364	372
93	Qatar	378	364	364
97	Niger	361	361	361
94	Malawi	374	359	359
101	Togo	350	350	350
99	Vietnam	351	344	344
103	FYR Macedonia	333	335	335
98	Zimbabwe	354	333	358
104	Iceland	325	325	325
105	Mozambique	322	319	319
107	Bermuda	310	314	314
110	Korea DPR	306	312	312
108	Puerto Rico	309	310	310
108	Bolivia	309	309	309
106	Rwanda	314	304	304
112	Azerbaijan	300	300	300
111	Lebanon	305	293	293
115	Cuba	290	290	290
116	Faroe Islands	285	285	285
116	St. Kitts and Nevis	285	285	285
114	Syria	291	276	276
116	Gambia	285	271	271
119	New Zealand	271	271	271
125	Congo DR	254	261	288
120	Kenya	269	260	260
123	Liberia	258	258	258
113	Sudan	297	258	298
122	Thailand	262	257	257
125	Suriname	254	254	254
127	Cyprus	253	253	253
128	Luxembourg	252	252	252
129	Central African Republic	251	251	251
121	Namibia	264	249	279
131	Dominican Republic	247	247	247
132	Liechtenstein	246	246	246
133	Congo	245	245	245
134	Grenada	241	241	241
141	Belize	194	230	230
135	Ethiopia	230	230	230
136	Moldova	229	229	229
124	Benin	257	228	228
137	Tanzania	224	225	225
130	United Arab Emirates	250	223	223
138	Kazakhstan	220	220	220
139	Tajikistan	208	218	218
140	Burundi	203	199	199
143	Chad	188	188	188
147	Lesotho	160	144	184
142	Indonesia	189	183	183
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	170	171	171
154	Nicaragua	141	165	165
146	Turkmenistan	164	164	164
145	Singapore	165	161	161
148	Malaysia	154	157	157
151	Yemen	146	153	153
149	Samoa	149	149	149
151	Curacao	146	146	146
153	Nepal	144	144	144
154	Bahamas	141	141	141
156	Malta	140	140	140
159	Philippines	136	139	139
157	Bangladesh	138	138	138
162	India	131	138	138
160	Madagascar	135	135	135
150	Equatorial Guinea	148	133	175
161	Fiji	133	133	133
163	Guinea-Bissau	121	121	121
158	Palestine	137	121	139
164	Aruba	120	120	120
165	Barbados	119	119	119
166	New Caledonia	116	116	116
167	Chinese Taipei	114	110	110
169	Hong Kong	105	109	109
168	Mongolia	106	106	106
170	Cambodia	101	101	101
171	Dominica	100	100	100
172	Myanmar	99	99	99
173	Maldives	98	98	98
174	Laos	96	96	96
174	Vanuatu	96	96	96
176	Tonga	88	88	88
177	Afghanistan	85	85	85
178	US Virgin Islands	82	82	82
180	Swaziland	75	72	97
179	Pakistan	76	76	76
180	Solomon Islands	75	75	75
180	Sri Lanka	75	75	75
183	Cayman Islands	74	74	74
184	Tahiti	73	73	73
185	St. Lucia	65	65	65
186	American Samoa	61	61	61
188	Seychelles	53	47	83
187	Comoros	55	55	55
190	Eritrea	45	45	45
189	Somalia	47	43	43
191	Kyrgyzstan	42	42	42
192	Guam	36	36	36
193	Papua New Guinea	34	34	34
194	Mauritius	32	32	32
195	Cook Islands	28	28	28
196	Sao Tome e Principe	27	27	95
197	Macau	26	26	26
199	British Virgin Islands	23	23	23
198	Djibouti	25	23	23
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
201	Anguilla	9	9	9
202	Bhutan	6	6	6
202	Brunei Darussalam	6	6	6
204	Mauritania	4	4	4
205	Timor-Leste	2	2	2
206	Andorra	0	0	0
206	Montserrat	0	0	0
206	San Marino	0	0	0

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