FIFA Ranking: February 2012 preview

Next update: 3 February 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 February.

Lots of movement in the top 10:

- Germany will overtake the Netherlands for 2nd in the ranking.
- Portugal will overtake Brazil
- Italy will overtake Croatia
- Denmark will overtake Argentina

Australia will overtake Japan at the top of AFC.

El Salvador will overtake Honduras and Costa Rica, climbing to 5th in CONCACAF.

Turks and Caicos Islands will join the group of teams with 0 points.

Côte d'Ivoire could enter the top 10 if they win all their matches and meet Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia in the knock-out stages.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-153 - Egypt
-107 - Japan
-72 - Cape Verde Islands
-50 - Algeria
-49 - Cameroon
-39 - Nigeria
-38 - Korea Republic
-34 - Australia
-30 - Honduras
-26 - Uzbekistan

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

70 - El Salvador
64 - Sao Tome e Principe
58 - Denmark
55 - Portugal
52 - Switzerland
51 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
44 - Wales
43 - Israel
37 - Colombia
36 - Haiti

January 2012 rank - Country - January 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1564	1566	1566
2	Netherlands	1365	1359	1359
3	Germany	1345	1369	1369
4	Uruguay	1309	1317	1317
5	England	1173	1179	1179
6	Brazil	1143	1152	1152
7	Portugal	1100	1155	1155
8	Croatia	1091	1101	1101
9	Italy	1082	1115	1115
10	Argentina	1067	1081	1081
11	Denmark	1032	1090	1090
12	Chile	973	996	996
13	Russia	971	989	989
14	Greece	964	979	979
15	France	915	930	930
16	Switzerland	898	950	950
17	Sweden	891	924	924
18	Côte d'Ivoire	889	732	1104
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	869	920	920
19	Japan	869	762	762
21	Australia	866	832	832
21	Mexico	866	858	882
23	Republic of Ireland	864	893	893
24	Norway	788	793	793
25	Slovenia	780	781	781
26	Ghana	779	647	1036
27	Paraguay	775	781	781
27	Serbia	775	791	791
29	Turkey	769	791	791
30	Korea Republic	752	714	714
31	Czech Republic	749	775	775
32	Algeria	734	684	684
33	USA	721	700	750
34	Peru	712	743	743
35	Colombia	709	746	746
36	Egypt	698	545	545
37	Hungary	665	678	678
37	Israel	665	708	708
39	Slovakia	648	675	675
40	Belgium	647	663	663
41	Venezuela	642	615	660
42	Ecuador	634	644	644
43	Senegal	625	490	912
44	Iran	623	606	606
45	Armenia	612	639	639
45	Nigeria	612	573	573
47	Panama	600	594	624
48	Scotland	599	602	602
49	Wales	591	635	635
50	Montenegro	585	585	585
51	Honduras	579	549	549
52	Estonia	573	576	576
52	Jamaica	573	589	589
54	Ukraine	568	549	549
55	Romania	562	572	583
56	Cameroon	551	502	502
56	South Africa	551	559	559
58	Cape Verde Islands	549	477	477
59	Tunisia	541	452	838
60	Sierra Leone	533	533	533
61	Morocco	523	464	928
62	Costa Rica	522	539	539
63	Libya	514	409	916
64	El Salvador	506	576	576
65	Belarus	501	494	494
66	Burkina Faso	499	462	927
67	Uzbekistan	495	455	469
68	Poland	494	470	470
69	Mali	476	363	899
70	Latvia	466	463	463
71	Austria	459	469	469
71	Zambia	459	343	749
73	Iraq	457	439	453
74	Canada	455	469	469
74	China PR	455	456	456
76	Georgia	451	436	436
77	Albania	450	452	452
78	Trinidad and Tobago	448	417	457
79	Guinea	436	401	875
80	Haiti	433	469	469
81	Jordan	426	431	431
82	Uganda	411	411	411
83	Bulgaria	410	408	408
84	Antigua and Barbuda	407	405	405
85	Angola	405	335	715
85	Finland	405	405	439
87	Northern Ireland	403	412	412
87	Saudi Arabia	403	407	407
89	Guatemala	400	422	422
90	Oman	393	377	377
91	Gabon	387	348	830
92	Guyana	386	388	388
93	Lithuania	382	383	383
94	Botswana	373	328	708
95	Bahrain	372	366	366
95	Kuwait	372	399	399
97	Qatar	364	372	372
98	Niger	361	302	767
99	Malawi	359	362	362
100	Togo	350	380	380
101	Vietnam	344	347	347
102	Zimbabwe	341	348	348
103	FYR Macedonia	335	345	345
104	Iceland	325	330	330
105	Mozambique	319	332	332
106	Bermuda	314	321	321
107	Korea DPR	312	314	314
108	Puerto Rico	310	301	301
109	Bolivia	309	309	309
110	Rwanda	304	308	308
111	Azerbaijan	300	306	306
112	Lebanon	293	272	299
113	Cuba	290	290	290
114	Faroe Islands	285	285	285
114	St. Kitts and Nevis	285	287	287
116	Congo DR	276	281	281
117	Syria	275	270	270
118	Gambia	271	292	292
118	New Zealand	271	271	271
120	Sudan	265	250	519
121	Kenya	260	267	267
122	Namibia	259	271	271
123	Liberia	258	258	258
124	Thailand	257	245	245
125	Suriname	254	254	254
126	Cyprus	253	252	252
127	Luxembourg	252	240	240
128	Central African Republic	251	251	251
129	Dominican Republic	247	247	247
130	Liechtenstein	246	263	263
131	Congo	245	245	245
132	Grenada	241	240	240
133	Belize	230	238	238
133	Ethiopia	230	230	230
135	Moldova	229	205	205
136	Benin	228	237	237
137	Tanzania	225	224	224
138	United Arab Emirates	223	212	243
139	Kazakhstan	220	225	225
140	Tajikistan	218	218	218
141	Burundi	199	199	199
142	Chad	188	207	207
143	Indonesia	183	161	161
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	171	172	172
145	Nicaragua	165	189	189
146	Turkmenistan	164	154	221
147	Singapore	161	155	155
148	Malaysia	157	153	153
149	Yemen	153	159	159
150	Samoa	149	149	149
151	Equatorial Guinea	147	123	620
152	Curacao	146	142	142
153	Lesotho	144	120	152
153	Nepal	144	144	144
155	Bahamas	141	141	141
156	Malta	140	133	133
157	Philippines	139	139	139
158	Bangladesh	138	138	138
158	India	138	141	141
160	Madagascar	135	135	135
161	Fiji	133	133	133
162	Guinea-Bissau	121	116	116
162	Palestine	121	128	128
164	Aruba	120	120	120
165	Barbados	119	107	107
166	New Caledonia	116	126	126
167	Chinese Taipei	110	116	116
168	Hong Kong	109	126	126
169	Mongolia	106	106	106
170	Cambodia	101	104	104
171	Dominica	100	95	95
172	Myanmar	99	99	99
173	Maldives	98	98	98
174	Laos	96	105	105
174	Vanuatu	96	103	103
176	Tonga	88	88	88
177	Afghanistan	85	85	85
178	US Virgin Islands	82	82	82
179	Pakistan	76	76	76
180	Solomon Islands	75	75	75
180	Sri Lanka	75	75	75
180	Swaziland	75	83	83
183	Cayman Islands	74	72	72
184	Tahiti	73	73	73
185	St. Lucia	65	65	65
186	American Samoa	61	61	61
187	Comoros	55	55	55
188	Seychelles	53	53	53
189	Eritrea	45	45	45
190	Somalia	43	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	91	156
197	Macau	26	29	29
198	British Virgin Islands	23	23	23
198	Djibouti	23	23	23
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	0	0
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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