FIFA Ranking: July 2012 preview

Next update: 20 June 2012.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 4 July 2012.

All OFC Nations Cup matches currently being played in the Solomon Islands will be reflected in the ranking in July (see FIFA.com).

Tahiti will climb at least 28 places, Solomon Islands at least 8, Barbados and New Caledonia at least 7.

 Faroe Islands will drop at least 30 spots, Laos at least 18, Camboadi and Samoa at least 17.


American Samoa will improve their best ever ranking.

Laos and Macao will return to their worst ever rankings.

Myanmar, Swaziland, Cambodia and Bhutan will drop to new lows. Bhutan will join the list of teams with 0 points.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-130 - Faroe Islands
-107 - Brazil
-57 - Mexico
-56 - Samoa
-53 - Cambodia
-52 - Laos
-50 - Serbia
-50 - Belarus
-46 - USA
-42 - Argentina

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

96 - Tahiti
50 - New Caledonia
26 - Estonia
24 - Peru
20 - Luxembourg
17 - Solomon Islands
16 - Finland
13 - Haiti
13 - Barbados
12 - Niger
12 - Papua New Guinea

June 2012 rank - Country - June 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

 

1	Spain	1456	1263	1803
2	Uruguay	1292	1210	1297
3	Germany	1288	1100	1674
4	Netherlands	1234	1079	1683
5	Brazil	1155	1012	1048
6	England	1145	985	1614
7	Argentina	1137	1053	1095
8	Croatia	1053	881	1461
9	Denmark	1019	870	1485
10	Portugal	996	856	1294
11	Chile	994	890	961
12	Italy	977	883	1508
13	Russia	975	829	1370
14	France	964	862	1455
15	Greece	953	881	1421
16	Côte d'Ivoire	943	922	974
17	Sweden	910	790	1322
18	Republic of Ireland	907	762	1350
19	Mexico	889	718	832
20	Colombia	880	814	926
21	Switzerland	868	828	828
22	Paraguay	833	772	812
23	Japan	822	741	887
24	Australia	820	752	916
25	Ghana	818	707	780
26	Norway	787	780	780
27	Czech Republic	771	673	1224
28	USA	767	628	721
29	Bosnia-Herzegovina	756	729	729
30	Slovenia	742	706	706
31	Hungary	735	716	716
32	Algeria	734	619	820
33	Turkey	732	708	708
34	Serbia	725	675	675
35	Korea Republic	719	642	740
36	Ecuador	693	640	752
37	Peru	688	712	804
38	Wales	658	658	658
39	Slovakia	649	626	626
40	Venezuela	614	615	686
41	Scotland	611	611	611
42	Libya	608	479	614
43	Mali	601	567	650
43	Zambia	601	578	648
45	Iran	596	562	608
46	Panama	591	511	612
46	Tunisia	591	574	627
48	Egypt	588	541	683
49	Gabon	586	571	648
50	Montenegro	581	581	581
51	Armenia	579	559	559
52	Romania	572	580	580
52	Ukraine	572	503	1085
54	Belgium	564	564	564
55	El Salvador	550	464	625
55	Honduras	550	473	626
57	Estonia	528	554	554
58	Austria	524	517	517
59	Sierra Leone	523	409	529
60	Jamaica	520	422	529
60	Nigeria	520	473	554
62	Poland	518	480	1039
63	Senegal	517	487	544
64	Cameroon	515	493	605
65	Costa Rica	507	485	579
66	Uzbekistan	503	479	507
67	Guinea	502	448	524
68	South Africa	499	417	511
69	Belarus	497	447	447
70	Morocco	491	399	532
71	Haiti	490	503	503
72	Benin	489	400	539
73	China PR	481	452	474
74	Iraq	477	393	463
75	Finland	464	480	480
76	Latvia	459	466	466
77	Canada	457	406	538
77	Cape Verde Islands	457	387	607
79	Albania	451	448	448
80	Jordan	429	417	474
81	Israel	427	427	427
82	Trinidad and Tobago	425	432	432
83	Congo	422	312	460
84	Angola	416	397	427
85	Guatemala	412	372	530
86	Burkina Faso	407	405	480
87	Kuwait	383	346	389
88	Lithuania	380	376	376
89	Korea DPR	375	386	386
90	Bulgaria	373	373	373
91	Qatar	372	337	452
92	Saudi Arabia	369	327	359
93	Central African Republic	366	298	600
94	Uganda	363	335	452
95	Bahrain	359	304	381
95	Georgia	359	357	357
97	Oman	349	327	420
98	Togo	343	299	403
98	Vietnam	343	238	330
100	New Zealand	341	327	366
101	FYR Macedonia	338	331	331
101	Sudan	338	308	355
103	Northern Ireland	336	336	336
104	Guyana	332	304	465
105	Antigua and Barbuda	330	304	451
106	Zimbabwe	329	299	375
107	Malawi	324	303	416
108	Gambia	320	251	436
109	Bermuda	318	281	281
110	Bolivia	312	308	419
111	Kenya	303	256	339
112	Azerbaijan	300	308	308
112	Chad	300	262	347
114	Equatorial Guinea	298	278	348
114	St. Kitts and Nevis	298	301	301
116	Botswana	295	277	334
117	Mozambique	290	273	364
118	Sao Tome e Principe	288	240	392
119	Rwanda	284	238	353
119	United Arab Emirates	284	287	287
121	Luxembourg	283	303	303
122	Faroe Islands	279	149	149
122	Niger	279	291	349
124	Liberia	277	233	350
125	Cyprus	266	266	266
126	Syria	263	240	240
127	Congo DR	257	221	291
128	Suriname	255	240	240
129	Tajikistan	254	258	258
130	Ethiopia	249	192	319
131	Burundi	248	234	302
131	Iceland	248	250	250
133	Dominican Republic	247	247	247
134	Namibia	246	224	306
135	Belize	236	242	242
136	Thailand	234	235	235
137	Puerto Rico	224	210	210
138	Turkmenistan	219	223	223
139	Tanzania	214	205	275
140	Moldova	212	213	213
141	Kazakhstan	209	195	195
141	Nicaragua	209	209	209
143	Lebanon	207	174	319
144	Grenada	206	204	204
145	Cuba	197	171	476
146	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	196	196	196
147	Malta	195	196	196
148	Liechtenstein	177	177	177
149	Nepal	164	149	149
149	Philippines	164	149	157
151	Indonesia	159	156	156
152	Bangladesh	157	160	160
153	Palestine	153	146	180
154	Malaysia	151	122	148
155	New Caledonia	150	200	229
156	Samoa	149	93	93
157	Singapore	143	135	152
158	Hong Kong	142	132	164
159	Yemen	141	134	303
160	Curacao	137	138	138
161	Fiji	133	130	130
162	Bahamas	132	99	99
163	Madagascar	128	115	228
164	India	121	121	121
165	Aruba	120	120	120
165	Maldives	120	120	120
167	Chinese Taipei	115	86	86
168	Afghanistan	114	122	122
169	Guinea-Bissau	111	103	249
170	Lesotho	109	103	152
171	Vanuatu	103	104	104
172	Laos	96	44	44
173	Dominica	95	95	95
174	Myanmar	94	67	67
175	Cambodia	93	40	40
176	Mongolia	88	55	55
176	Tonga	88	87	87
178	Barbados	87	100	100
179	Swaziland	86	63	63
179	Tahiti	86	182	214
181	Pakistan	82	72	72
182	US Virgin Islands	78	85	85
183	Solomon Islands	75	92	135
184	Sri Lanka	74	64	64
185	Cayman Islands	72	72	72
186	American Samoa	61	61	61
187	Comoros	54	54	54
188	St. Lucia	52	52	52
189	Seychelles	48	46	93
190	Eritrea	45	45	45
191	Somalia	43	43	43
192	Mauritius	37	38	38
193	Papua New Guinea	34	46	46
194	Guam	32	32	59
195	Cook Islands	28	25	25
196	Kyrgyzstan	24	24	24
197	Djibouti	23	24	24
198	Macau	17	13	13
199	Andorra	15	15	15
200	British Virgin Islands	13	13	13
201	Anguilla	9	4	4
202	Brunei Darussalam	5	5	5
203	Bhutan	4	0	0
203	Mauritania	4	4	4
205	Timor-Leste	2	2	2
206	Montserrat	0	0	0
206	San Marino	0	0	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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