FIFA Ranking: March 2012 preview

Next update: 2 March 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 7 March. The March edition will be used to seed the AFC teams for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers final group stage draw, schedule for 9 March.

February 2012 rank - Country - February 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1566	1523	1561
2	Germany	1369	1332	1374
3	Netherlands	1359	1326	1379
4	Uruguay	1317	1280	1306
5	England	1179	1121	1187
6	Portugal	1155	1093	1132
7	Brazil	1152	1123	1157
8	Italy	1115	1062	1101
9	Croatia	1101	1049	1099
10	Denmark	1090	1025	1081
11	Argentina	1081	1076	1102
12	Chile	996	941	997
13	Russia	989	951	1003
14	Greece	979	940	980
15	Côte d'Ivoire	967	974	974
16	Switzerland	950	891	954
17	France	930	892	938
18	Sweden	924	879	926
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	920	850	902
20	Republic of Ireland	893	860	896
21	Mexico	882	849	873
22	Australia	832	803	868
23	Ghana	819	809	842
24	Norway	793	762	797
25	Serbia	791	737	791
25	Turkey	791	747	796
27	Paraguay	781	734	791
27	Slovenia	781	748	799
29	Czech Republic	775	747	792
30	Japan	762	715	812
31	USA	750	742	772
32	Colombia	746	706	748
33	Peru	743	711	738
34	Korea Republic	714	658	751
35	Israel	708	651	704
36	Algeria	684	618	710
37	Hungary	678	648	678
38	Slovakia	675	652	710
39	Belgium	663	625	675
40	Ecuador	644	624	648
41	Armenia	639	561	659
42	Wales	635	580	619
43	Zambia	630	630	630
44	Mali	625	629	629
45	Gabon	617	617	617
46	Venezuela	615	593	619
47	Iran	606	545	633
48	Scotland	602	557	609
49	Panama	594	576	606
50	Jamaica	589	521	571
51	Montenegro	585	569	601
52	Romania	583	559	601
53	Libya	581	566	566
54	El Salvador	576	554	582
54	Estonia	576	556	585
56	Nigeria	573	527	588
56	Tunisia	573	554	585
58	South Africa	559	538	572
59	Honduras	549	533	563
59	Ukraine	549	533	578
61	Egypt	545	468	560
62	Morocco	543	516	545
63	Costa Rica	539	525	550
64	Sierra Leone	533	465	518
65	Guinea	517	517	517
66	Cameroon	502	473	505
67	Belarus	494	485	500
68	Senegal	490	471	504
69	Cape Verde Islands	477	477	542
70	Poland	470	443	496
71	Austria	469	439	472
71	Canada	469	443	484
71	Haiti	469	469	469
74	Latvia	463	437	457
75	Burkina Faso	462	451	481
76	China PR	456	430	495
77	Uzbekistan	455	424	533
78	Albania	452	432	465
79	Finland	439	412	447
79	Iraq	439	423	443
81	Georgia	436	421	462
82	Jordan	431	412	479
83	Angola	424	405	421
84	Guatemala	422	384	439
85	Trinidad and Tobago	416	390	423
86	Northern Ireland	412	400	453
87	Uganda	411	374	436
88	Bulgaria	408	388	442
89	Saudi Arabia	407	372	479
90	Antigua and Barbuda	405	380	411
91	Kuwait	399	355	432
92	Guyana	388	344	384
93	Lithuania	383	383	383
94	Togo	380	349	420
95	Oman	377	347	381
96	Qatar	372	353	434
97	Bahrain	366	348	373
98	Malawi	362	354	385
99	Zimbabwe	348	307	337
100	Vietnam	347	347	347
101	FYR Macedonia	345	328	351
102	Mozambique	332	304	371
103	Iceland	330	277	392
104	Botswana	328	331	354
105	Bermuda	321	321	321
106	Korea DPR	314	283	331
107	Bolivia	309	291	307
108	Rwanda	308	290	367
109	Azerbaijan	306	269	305
110	Equatorial Guinea	305	284	307
111	Niger	302	302	302
111	Sudan	302	300	300
113	Puerto Rico	301	249	286
114	Lebanon	299	259	309
115	Gambia	292	271	422
116	Cuba	290	285	381
117	St. Kitts and Nevis	287	287	287
118	Faroe Islands	285	285	285
119	Congo DR	280	254	294
120	Namibia	271	229	290
120	New Zealand	271	284	362
122	Syria	270	267	267
123	Kenya	267	243	318
124	Liechtenstein	263	236	255
125	Liberia	258	210	309
126	Suriname	254	254	254
127	Cyprus	252	242	300
128	Central African Republic	251	251	251
129	Dominican Republic	247	247	247
130	Congo	245	227	331
130	Thailand	245	226	283
132	United Arab Emirates	243	223	275
133	Grenada	240	236	257
133	Luxembourg	240	235	264
135	Belize	238	238	238
136	Benin	237	237	319
137	Ethiopia	230	220	254
138	Kazakhstan	225	208	256
139	Tanzania	224	211	263
140	Tajikistan	218	195	241
141	Chad	207	183	293
142	Moldova	205	201	246
143	Burundi	199	185	250
144	Nicaragua	189	153	211
145	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	172	172	172
146	Indonesia	161	160	220
147	Yemen	159	152	152
148	Singapore	155	142	222
149	Turkmenistan	154	113	113
150	Malaysia	153	137	175
151	Samoa	149	149	149
152	Nepal	144	144	144
153	Curacao	142	142	142
154	Bahamas	141	141	141
154	India	141	132	161
156	Philippines	139	133	142
157	Bangladesh	138	120	120
158	Madagascar	135	123	229
159	Fiji	133	133	133
159	Malta	133	123	152
161	Lesotho	131	131	131
162	Palestine	128	114	143
163	Hong Kong	126	113	132
163	New Caledonia	126	126	126
165	Aruba	120	120	120
166	Chinese Taipei	116	110	123
166	Guinea-Bissau	116	110	234
168	Sao Tome e Principe	113	113	288
169	Barbados	107	107	107
170	Mongolia	106	106	106
171	Laos	105	96	96
172	Cambodia	104	114	114
173	Vanuatu	103	103	103
174	Myanmar	99	86	86
175	Maldives	98	95	106
176	Dominica	95	95	95
177	Tonga	88	88	88
178	Afghanistan	85	85	85
179	Swaziland	83	83	83
180	US Virgin Islands	82	82	82
181	Pakistan	76	76	76
182	Solomon Islands	75	75	75
182	Sri Lanka	75	62	62
184	Tahiti	73	73	73
185	Cayman Islands	72	72	72
186	St. Lucia	65	65	65
187	American Samoa	61	61	61
188	Comoros	55	55	55
189	Seychelles	53	47	105
190	Eritrea	45	45	45
191	Somalia	43	43	43
192	Kyrgyzstan	42	39	39
193	Guam	36	36	36
194	Papua New Guinea	34	34	34
195	Mauritius	32	32	32
196	Macau	29	20	20
197	Cook Islands	28	28	28
198	British Virgin Islands	23	23	23
198	Djibouti	23	23	23
200	Anguilla	9	9	9
201	Bhutan	6	6	6
201	Brunei Darussalam	6	6	6
203	Mauritania	4	4	4
204	Timor-Leste	2	2	2
205	Andorra	0	0	0
205	Montserrat	0	0	0
205	San Marino	0	0	0
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

 

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