FIFA Ranking: February 2012 probable ranking

Next update: 3 February 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 February.

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

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.

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

1	Spain	1566	0	2
2	Germany	1369	1	24
3	Netherlands	1359	-1	-6
4	Uruguay	1317	0	8
5	England	1179	0	6
6	Portugal	1155	1	55
7	Brazil	1152	-1	9
8	Italy	1115	1	33
9	Croatia	1101	-1	10
10	Denmark	1090	1	58
11	Argentina	1081	-1	14
12	Côte d'Ivoire	1038	6	149
13	Chile	996	-1	23
14	Russia	989	-1	18
15	Greece	979	-1	15
16	Ghana	973	10	194
17	Switzerland	950	-1	52
18	France	930	-3	15
19	Sweden	924	-2	33
20	Bosnia-Herzegovina	920	-1	51
21	Republic of Ireland	893	2	29
22	Mexico	882	-1	16
23	Australia	832	-2	-34
24	Norway	793	0	5
25	Serbia	791	2	16
25	Turkey	791	4	22
27	Paraguay	781	0	6
27	Slovenia	781	-2	1
29	Czech Republic	775	2	26
30	Japan	762	-11	-107
31	Senegal	761	12	136
32	Colombia	746	3	37
33	Peru	743	1	31
34	USA	735	-1	14
35	Korea Republic	714	-5	-38
36	Israel	708	1	43
37	Algeria	684	-5	-50
38	Hungary	678	-1	13
39	Slovakia	675	0	27
40	Belgium	663	0	16
41	Ecuador	644	1	10
42	Armenia	639	3	27
43	Wales	635	6	44
44	Venezuela	615	-3	-27
45	Morocco	608	16	85
46	Iran	606	-2	-17
47	Panama	604	0	4
48	Scotland	602	0	3
49	Jamaica	589	3	16
50	Montenegro	585	0	0
51	Romania	583	4	21
52	El Salvador	576	12	70
52	Estonia	576	0	3
54	Nigeria	573	-9	-39
55	South Africa	559	1	8
56	Honduras	549	-5	-30
56	Ukraine	549	-2	-19
58	Egypt	545	-22	-153
59	Tunisia	542	0	1
60	Costa Rica	539	2	17
61	Sierra Leone	533	-1	0
62	Burkina Faso	528	4	29
63	Guinea	510	16	74
64	Cameroon	502	-8	-49
65	Belarus	494	0	-7
66	Libya	489	-3	-25
66	Mali	489	3	13
68	Gabon	487	23	100
69	Cape Verde Islands	477	-11	-72
70	Poland	470	-2	-24
71	Austria	469	0	10
71	Canada	469	3	14
71	Haiti	469	9	36
71	Uzbekistan	469	-4	-26
75	Latvia	463	-5	-3
76	China PR	456	-2	1
77	Iraq	453	-4	-4
78	Albania	452	-1	2
79	Georgia	436	-3	-15
80	Jordan	431	1	5
81	Trinidad and Tobago	430	-3	-18
82	Guatemala	422	7	22
83	Finland	416	2	11
84	Northern Ireland	412	3	9
85	Uganda	411	-3	0
86	Bulgaria	408	-3	-2
87	Saudi Arabia	407	0	4
88	Antigua and Barbuda	405	-4	-2
89	Angola	404	-4	-1
90	Kuwait	399	5	27
91	Guyana	388	1	2
92	Zambia	386	-21	-73
93	Lithuania	383	0	1
94	Togo	380	6	30
95	Oman	377	-5	-16
96	Qatar	372	1	8
97	Bahrain	366	-2	-6
98	Malawi	362	1	3
99	Zimbabwe	348	3	7
100	Vietnam	347	1	3
101	FYR Macedonia	345	2	10
102	Mozambique	332	3	13
103	Iceland	330	1	5
104	Botswana	328	-10	-45
105	Bermuda	321	1	7
106	Korea DPR	314	1	2
107	Bolivia	309	2	0
108	Rwanda	308	2	4
109	Azerbaijan	306	2	6
110	Niger	302	-12	-59
111	Puerto Rico	301	-3	-9
112	Gambia	292	6	21
113	Cuba	290	0	0
114	St. Kitts and Nevis	287	0	2
115	Faroe Islands	285	-1	0
116	Congo DR	281	0	5
117	Lebanon	272	-5	-21
118	Namibia	271	4	12
118	New Zealand	271	0	0
120	Syria	270	-3	-5
121	Kenya	267	0	7
122	Liechtenstein	263	8	17
123	Liberia	258	0	0
124	Suriname	254	1	0
125	Cyprus	252	1	-1
126	Central African Republic	251	2	0
127	Sudan	250	-7	-15
128	Dominican Republic	247	1	0
129	Congo	245	2	0
129	Thailand	245	-5	-12
131	Grenada	240	1	-1
131	Luxembourg	240	-4	-12
133	Belize	238	0	8
134	Benin	237	2	9
135	Ethiopia	230	-2	0
136	Kazakhstan	225	3	5
137	Tanzania	224	0	-1
138	Tajikistan	218	2	0
139	United Arab Emirates	212	-1	-11
140	Chad	207	2	19
141	Moldova	205	-6	-24
142	Burundi	199	-1	0
143	Nicaragua	189	2	24
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	172	0	1
145	Indonesia	161	-2	-22
146	Yemen	159	3	6
147	Singapore	155	0	-6
148	Turkmenistan	154	-2	-10
149	Malaysia	153	-1	-4
150	Lesotho	152	3	8
151	Samoa	149	-1	0
152	Nepal	144	1	0
153	Curacao	142	-1	-4
154	Bahamas	141	1	0
154	India	141	4	3
156	Philippines	139	1	0
157	Bangladesh	138	1	0
158	Madagascar	135	2	0
159	Fiji	133	2	0
159	Malta	133	-3	-7
161	Palestine	128	1	7
162	Hong Kong	126	6	17
162	New Caledonia	126	4	10
164	Equatorial Guinea	123	-13	-24
165	Aruba	120	-1	0
166	Chinese Taipei	116	1	6
166	Guinea-Bissau	116	-4	-5
168	Barbados	107	-3	-12
169	Mongolia	106	0	0
170	Laos	105	4	9
171	Cambodia	104	-1	3
172	Vanuatu	103	2	7
173	Myanmar	99	-1	0
174	Maldives	98	-1	0
175	Dominica	95	-4	-5
176	Sao Tome e Principe	91	20	64
177	Tonga	88	-1	0
178	Afghanistan	85	-1	0
179	Swaziland	83	1	8
180	US Virgin Islands	82	-2	0
181	Pakistan	76	-2	0
182	Solomon Islands	75	-2	0
182	Sri Lanka	75	-2	0
184	Tahiti	73	0	0
185	Cayman Islands	72	-2	-2
186	St. Lucia	65	-1	0
187	American Samoa	61	-1	0
188	Comoros	55	-1	0
189	Seychelles	53	-1	0
190	Eritrea	45	-1	0
191	Somalia	43	-1	0
192	Kyrgyzstan	42	-1	0
193	Guam	36	-1	0
194	Papua New Guinea	34	-1	0
195	Mauritius	32	-1	0
196	Macau	29	1	3
197	Cook Islands	28	-2	0
198	British Virgin Islands	23	0	0
198	Djibouti	23	0	0
200	Anguilla	9	1	0
201	Bhutan	6	1	0
201	Brunei Darussalam	6	1	0
203	Mauritania	4	1	0
204	Timor-Leste	2	1	0
205	Andorra	0	1	0
205	Montserrat	0	1	0
205	San Marino	0	1	0
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	-5	-13

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