FIFA Ranking: January 2012 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on January 18.

The official deadline for matches was yesterday, but FIFA usually include more matches up to Sunday.

Best movers:

9 - Saudi Arabia, Congo DR and Nicaragua
8 - Uzbekistan, Zambia and Belize
7 - Uganda

Worst movers:

-14 - Gabon
-12 - Benin
-9 - Sudan

Best movers in the top 50:

3 - Ghana
2 - Australia, Korea Republic, Czech Republic, Iran, Armenia and Panama
1 - Chile, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Norway, Slovenia, USA, Peru, Colombia, Slovakia, Belgium and Montenegro

Worst movers in the top 50:

-6 - Cameroon
-5 - Egypt
-3 - Paraguay

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Bosnia-Herzegovina (19th - 20th in December 2011)
Panama (47th - 49th in December 2011)
Estonia (52nd - 57th in December 2011)
Belize (133rd - 134th in September 2011)

Armenia will return to their best ever ranking - 44th, first achieved in September 2011.

United Arab Emirates will drop to their worst ever ranking 138th (130th in December 2011).

January 2012 rank - Team - 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	Chile	973	1	3
13	Russia	971	-1	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	Norway	788	1	0
25	Slovenia	780	1	0
26	Ghana	779	3	18
27	Paraguay	775	-3	-20
27	Serbia	775	0	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	Slovakia	648	1	0
40	Belgium	647	1	0
41	Venezuela	642	-2	-19
42	Ecuador	634	0	0
43	Iran	623	2	7
44	Armenia	612	2	0
44	Nigeria	612	-1	-15
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	Romania	562	1	0
56	Cameroon	551	-6	-37
56	South Africa	551	-4	-26
58	Cape Verde Islands	549	0	0
59	Tunisia	541	0	4
60	Sierra Leone	533	0	7
61	Morocco	523	0	-1
62	Costa Rica	522	3	27
63	Libya	514	0	0
64	El Salvador	506	5	43
65	Belarus	501	-1	0
66	Burkina Faso	499	-4	-19
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
71	Zambia	459	8	20
73	Iraq	457	5	17
74	Canada	455	-2	0
74	China PR	455	-3	-2
76	Georgia	451	-3	0
77	Albania	450	-3	0
78	Trinidad and Tobago	448	-2	0
79	Guinea	436	1	0
80	Haiti	433	1	4
81	Jordan	426	1	9
82	Uganda	411	7	13
83	Bulgaria	410	1	0
84	Antigua and Barbuda	407	3	3
85	Angola	405	-2	-7
85	Finland	405	1	0
87	Northern Ireland	403	1	0
87	Saudi Arabia	403	9	40
89	Guatemala	400	1	3
90	Oman	393	-5	-15
91	Gabon	387	-14	-58
92	Guyana	386	-1	-1
93	Lithuania	382	-1	0
94	Botswana	373	1	2
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	Zimbabwe	341	-4	-13
103	FYR Macedonia	335	0	2
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	Congo DR	276	9	22
116	Syria	276	-2	-15
118	Gambia	271	-2	-14
118	New Zealand	271	1	0
120	Kenya	260	0	-9
121	Namibia	259	0	-5
122	Liberia	258	1	0
122	Sudan	258	-9	-39
124	Thailand	257	-2	-5
125	Suriname	254	0	0
126	Cyprus	253	1	0
127	Luxembourg	252	1	0
128	Central African Republic	251	1	0
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	Indonesia	183	-1	-6
144	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	171	0	1
145	Nicaragua	165	9	24
146	Turkmenistan	164	0	0
147	Singapore	161	-2	-4
148	Malaysia	157	0	3
149	Yemen	153	2	7
150	Samoa	149	-1	0
151	Equatorial Guinea	147	-1	-1
152	Curacao	146	-1	0
153	Lesotho	144	-6	-16
153	Nepal	144	0	0
155	Bahamas	141	-1	0
156	Malta	140	0	0
157	Philippines	139	2	3
158	Bangladesh	138	-1	0
158	India	138	4	7
160	Madagascar	135	0	0
161	Fiji	133	0	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	Pakistan	76	0	0
180	Solomon Islands	75	0	0
180	Sri Lanka	75	0	0
180	Swaziland	75	0	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	Comoros	55	0	0
188	Seychelles	53	0	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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