FIFA Ranking: January 2012 probable ranking

Next update: 13 January 2012.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 January.

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Panama and Estonia will very likely improve their best ever ranking.

Probable January 2012 rank - Team - Probable January 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

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

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