FIFA Ranking: May 2012 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on May 9th.

Only minor changes.

Argentina climb to 9th, with Denmark dropping to 10th.

Best movers:

5 - Jamaica
4 - South Africa
3 - Malaysia

Worst movers:

-5 - Congo DR
-4 - Mozambique
-3 - Nigeria and Sri Lanka

Best movers in the top 50:

1 - Argentina, Slovakia and Hungary

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Peru
-1 - Denmark and Ukraine

Jamaica climb to 4th in CONCACAF. Panama drop to 5th.

No new records this month (best/worst ever rankings).

May 2012 rank - Team - May 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1442	0	0
2	Germany	1345	0	0
3	Uruguay	1309	0	0
4	Netherlands	1207	0	0
5	Portugal	1190	0	0
6	Brazil	1165	0	0
7	England	1132	0	0
8	Croatia	1114	0	0
9	Argentina	1076	1	10
10	Denmark	1069	-1	0
11	Russia	1049	0	0
12	Italy	1041	0	0
13	Chile	968	0	1
14	Greece	961	0	0
15	Côte d'Ivoire	951	0	0
16	France	938	0	0
17	Sweden	931	0	0
18	Republic of Ireland	891	0	0
18	Switzerland	891	0	0
20	Mexico	867	0	-1
21	Australia	862	0	0
22	Ghana	816	0	0
23	Colombia	812	0	-3
24	Norway	805	0	0
25	Paraguay	801	0	-2
26	Czech Republic	798	0	0
27	Bosnia-Herzegovina	792	0	0
28	Slovenia	781	0	0
29	USA	779	0	0
30	Japan	753	0	0
31	Korea Republic	746	0	0
32	Serbia	725	0	0
33	Turkey	720	0	0
34	Slovakia	716	1	0
35	Hungary	692	1	0
36	Peru	691	-2	-28
37	Ecuador	679	0	6
38	Algeria	667	0	0
39	Mali	656	0	0
40	Zambia	640	0	0
41	Wales	635	0	0
42	Gabon	621	0	0
43	Venezuela	613	0	-4
44	Belgium	604	0	0
45	Romania	603	0	0
46	Libya	602	0	0
47	Armenia	598	0	0
48	Scotland	596	0	0
49	El Salvador	591	0	2
50	Ukraine	589	-1	0
51	Jamaica	576	5	11
52	Iran	575	-1	-3
52	Panama	575	0	0
54	Estonia	574	-1	0
55	Montenegro	569	-1	0
56	Tunisia	563	1	0
57	Egypt	559	-2	-7
58	Israel	558	0	0
59	Costa Rica	549	0	-8
60	Morocco	548	2	0
61	Sierra Leone	542	2	9
62	Honduras	540	-1	-10
63	Nigeria	537	-3	-17
64	Cameroon	526	0	0
65	Poland	514	0	0
66	China PR	508	0	5
67	South Africa	500	4	18
68	Guinea	499	-1	0
69	Belarus	494	-1	0
70	Uzbekistan	493	-1	0
71	Haiti	486	1	9
72	Iraq	476	-2	-12
73	Austria	475	0	0
74	Latvia	465	0	0
75	Canada	450	0	0
76	Cape Verde Islands	449	0	0
77	Senegal	448	0	0
78	Angola	440	0	0
79	Finland	430	0	0
80	Burkina Faso	426	0	0
81	Jordan	420	0	0
82	Trinidad and Tobago	419	1	2
83	Guatemala	396	-1	-23
84	Albania	384	0	0
84	Qatar	384	0	0
86	Korea DPR	376	0	-1
86	Kuwait	376	1	0
88	Togo	374	0	0
89	Lithuania	373	0	0
89	Saudi Arabia	373	0	0
91	Congo	366	0	0
92	Oman	363	1	2
93	Uganda	362	-1	0
94	Bahrain	361	-1	0
95	Georgia	360	0	0
96	Bulgaria	354	0	0
97	Vietnam	347	0	0
98	FYR Macedonia	342	0	0
99	Guyana	341	0	0
100	Antigua and Barbuda	338	0	0
100	Northern Ireland	338	0	0
102	Malawi	332	0	0
103	Equatorial Guinea	330	0	-1
104	Zimbabwe	328	0	0
105	Rwanda	327	0	0
106	Botswana	321	1	0
107	Bermuda	318	1	0
108	Bolivia	308	1	0
109	Azerbaijan	305	1	0
110	Mozambique	300	-4	-22
111	St. Kitts and Nevis	298	0	0
112	Liberia	296	0	3
113	Gambia	292	0	0
113	Sudan	292	0	0
115	Chad	289	0	0
116	Sao Tome e Principe	288	0	0
117	Kenya	285	0	0
118	Faroe Islands	284	0	0
119	Luxembourg	283	0	0
120	Namibia	281	1	0
120	United Arab Emirates	281	1	0
122	Niger	274	1	0
123	Central African Republic	271	1	0
124	Benin	269	1	0
124	Congo DR	269	-5	-14
126	Syria	268	0	0
127	Burundi	267	0	0
128	Liechtenstein	261	1	0
129	Lebanon	260	-1	-6
130	New Zealand	256	0	0
131	Iceland	255	0	0
131	Tajikistan	255	0	0
133	Cyprus	252	0	0
133	Suriname	252	0	0
135	Dominican Republic	247	0	0
136	Cuba	244	0	0
137	Kazakhstan	243	0	0
138	Ethiopia	236	0	0
138	Puerto Rico	236	0	0
140	Belize	235	0	0
141	Thailand	232	0	0
142	Moldova	222	0	0
143	Grenada	221	1	4
144	Turkmenistan	220	-2	-2
145	Tanzania	217	0	2
146	Nicaragua	211	0	0
147	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	191	0	0
148	Philippines	172	0	-10
149	Nepal	164	0	0
150	Malta	161	0	0
151	Indonesia	159	0	-1
152	Bangladesh	156	0	2
153	Malaysia	153	3	5
154	Palestine	151	-1	0
155	New Caledonia	150	-1	0
156	Samoa	149	-1	0
157	Yemen	148	-1	0
158	Singapore	145	0	0
159	Curacao	138	0	0
160	Fiji	133	0	0
161	Bahamas	132	0	0
161	Hong Kong	132	0	0
163	Lesotho	131	0	0
164	India	122	1	0
164	Maldives	122	0	-8
166	Madagascar	121	0	0
167	Aruba	120	0	0
168	Chinese Taipei	117	1	0
169	Guinea-Bissau	116	1	0
170	Afghanistan	115	-2	-3
171	Barbados	106	0	0
172	Vanuatu	103	0	0
173	Laos	96	2	0
174	Dominica	95	2	0
175	Cambodia	94	-2	-7
175	Myanmar	94	-2	-7
177	Mongolia	88	0	-2
177	Tonga	88	1	0
179	Swaziland	86	0	0
179	Tahiti	86	0	0
181	Pakistan	80	1	0
182	US Virgin Islands	78	1	0
183	Solomon Islands	75	1	0
184	Sri Lanka	74	-3	-8
185	Cayman Islands	72	0	0
186	American Samoa	61	0	0
187	Comoros	60	0	0
188	St. Lucia	52	0	0
189	Seychelles	47	0	0
190	Eritrea	45	0	0
191	Somalia	43	0	0
192	Mauritius	37	0	0
193	Papua New Guinea	34	0	0
194	Guam	32	0	0
195	Kyrgyzstan	29	0	0
196	Cook Islands	28	0	0
197	Djibouti	23	0	0
198	Macau	16	0	-3
199	British Virgin Islands	13	0	0
200	Anguilla	9	0	0
201	Bhutan	4	0	-2
201	Brunei Darussalam	4	1	0
201	Mauritania	4	1	0
204	Timor-Leste	2	0	0
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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