FIFA Ranking: June 2012 final preview

The 2012 June ranking will be published on 6 June. The official deadline for matches is 31 May. However, in the article connected to the May FIFA Ranking it says:

The June edition will undoubtedly bring more movement with it, as friendlies are played in Europe to warm up for UEFA EURO 2012 and another batch of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifiers influence the calculations. 

The first qualifiers will take place on 1 June, after the official deadline, so for the June ranking I will use Sunday, 3 June 2012, as deadline for matches. Not sure if FIFA will do the same.

Uruguay up to 2nd, only 4 points ahead of  Germany. In the top 10, only Spain, Netherlands and Croatia didn't move.

France's friendlies against Iceland (27 May, 3 - 2 win) and Serbia (31 May, 2 - 0 win) were removed from FIFA.com - I don't know the reason. With those matches included, France would be 16th with 934 points (instead of 14th with 964), Serbia 35th with 703 (instead of 34th with 725) and Iceland 136th with 231 (instead of 131st with 255).


Best movers:

52 - Benin
43 - New Zealand
29 - Central African Republic

Worst movers:

-29 - Israel
-20 - Liechtenstein
-16 Samoa

 Best movers in the top 50:

10 - Tunisia
9 - Egypt
7 - Japan, Scotland and Iran

Worst movers in the top 50:

-10 - Belgium
-7 - Gabon and Romania
-6 - El Salvador

Three teams will improve their best ever rankings:

Uruguay (2nd - 3rd in September 2011)
Libya (42nd - 46th in April 2012)
Panama (46th - 47th in January 2012)

Chad will return to their best ever ranking - 112th - first achieved in March 2012.

Four teams will return to their worst ever rankings:

Brunei Darussalam (202nd - first happened in December 2011)
Timor-Leste (205th - first happened in December 2011)
Montserrat (206th - first happened in December 2011)
San Marino (206th - first happened in December 2011)

Seven teams will drop to new lows:

Israel (81st - 71st in September 1993)
Barbados (180th - 171st in April 2012)
Swaziland (181st - 180th in December 2011)
Kyrgyzstan (196th - 195th in April 2012)
British Virgin Islands (200th - 199th in December 2011)
Bhutan (203rd - 202nd in May 2001)
Turks and Caicos Islands (206th - 205th in February 2012)

Japan replace Australia at the top of AFC. Uzbekistan replace China PR in the top 5.

Libya climb to 4th in Africa, pushing AFCON 2012 winners, Zambia, out of the top 5.

Panama up to 3rd in CONCACAF, Honduras replace Jamaica in the top 5.

Tahiti climb to 3rd in OFC, Samoa drop out of the top 5.

England up to 4th in Europe, Croatia replace Portugal in the top 5.

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

1	Spain	1456	0	14
2	Uruguay	1292	1	-17
3	Germany	1288	-1	-57
4	Netherlands	1234	0	27
5	Brazil	1155	1	-10
6	England	1145	1	13
7	Argentina	1137	2	61
8	Croatia	1053	0	-61
9	Denmark	1019	1	-50
10	Portugal	996	-5	-194
11	Chile	994	2	26
12	Italy	977	0	-64
13	Russia	975	-2	-74
14	France	964	2	26
15	Greece	953	-1	-8
16	Côte d'Ivoire	943	-1	-8
17	Sweden	910	0	-21
18	Republic of Ireland	907	0	16
19	Mexico	889	1	22
20	Colombia	880	3	68
21	Switzerland	868	-3	-23
22	Paraguay	833	3	32
23	Japan	822	7	69
24	Australia	820	-3	-42
25	Ghana	818	-3	2
26	Norway	787	-2	-18
27	Czech Republic	771	-1	-27
28	USA	767	1	-12
29	Bosnia-Herzegovina	756	-2	-36
30	Slovenia	742	-2	-39
31	Hungary	735	4	43
32	Algeria	734	6	67
33	Turkey	732	0	12
34	Serbia	725	-2	0
35	Korea Republic	719	-4	-27
36	Ecuador	693	1	14
37	Peru	688	-1	-3
38	Wales	658	3	23
39	Slovakia	649	-5	-67
40	Venezuela	614	3	1
41	Scotland	611	7	15
42	Libya	608	4	6
43	Mali	601	-4	-55
43	Zambia	601	-3	-39
45	Iran	596	7	21
46	Panama	591	6	16
46	Tunisia	591	10	28
48	Egypt	588	9	29
49	Gabon	586	-7	-35
50	Montenegro	581	5	12
51	Armenia	579	-4	-19
52	Romania	572	-7	-31
52	Ukraine	572	-2	-17
54	Belgium	564	-10	-40
55	El Salvador	550	-6	-41
55	Honduras	550	7	10
57	Estonia	528	-3	-46
58	Austria	524	15	49
59	Sierra Leone	523	2	-19
60	Jamaica	520	-9	-56
60	Nigeria	520	3	-17
62	Poland	518	3	4
63	Senegal	517	14	69
64	Cameroon	515	0	-11
65	Costa Rica	507	-6	-42
66	Uzbekistan	503	4	10
67	Guinea	502	1	3
68	South Africa	499	-1	-1
69	Belarus	497	0	3
70	Morocco	491	-10	-57
71	Haiti	490	0	4
72	Benin	489	52	220
73	China PR	481	-7	-27
74	Iraq	477	-2	1
75	Finland	464	4	34
76	Latvia	459	-2	-6
77	Canada	457	-2	7
77	Cape Verde Islands	457	-1	8
79	Albania	451	5	67
80	Jordan	429	1	9
81	Israel	427	-23	-131
82	Trinidad and Tobago	425	0	6
83	Congo	422	8	56
84	Angola	416	-6	-24
85	Guatemala	412	-2	16
86	Burkina Faso	407	-6	-19
87	New Zealand	405	43	149
88	Kuwait	383	-2	7
89	Lithuania	380	0	7
90	Korea DPR	375	-4	-1
91	Bulgaria	373	5	19
92	Qatar	372	-8	-12
93	Saudi Arabia	369	-4	-4
94	Central African Republic	366	29	95
95	Uganda	363	-2	1
96	Bahrain	359	-2	-2
96	Georgia	359	-1	-1
98	Oman	349	-6	-14
99	Togo	343	-11	-31
99	Vietnam	343	-2	-4
101	FYR Macedonia	338	-3	-4
101	Sudan	338	12	46
103	Northern Ireland	336	-3	-2
104	Guyana	332	-5	-9
105	Antigua and Barbuda	330	-5	-8
106	Zimbabwe	329	-2	1
107	Malawi	324	-5	-8
108	Gambia	320	5	28
109	Bermuda	318	-2	0
110	Bolivia	312	-2	4
111	Kenya	303	6	18
112	Azerbaijan	300	-3	-5
112	Chad	300	3	11
114	Equatorial Guinea	298	-11	-32
114	St. Kitts and Nevis	298	-3	0
116	Botswana	295	-10	-26
117	Mozambique	290	-7	-10
118	Sao Tome e Principe	288	-2	0
119	Rwanda	284	-14	-43
119	United Arab Emirates	284	1	3
121	Luxembourg	283	-2	0
122	Faroe Islands	279	-4	-5
122	Niger	279	0	5
124	Liberia	277	-12	-19
125	Cyprus	266	8	14
126	Syria	263	0	-5
127	Congo DR	257	-3	-12
128	Suriname	255	5	3
129	Tajikistan	254	2	-1
130	Ethiopia	249	8	13
131	Burundi	248	-4	-19
131	Iceland	248	0	-7
133	Dominican Republic	247	2	0
134	Namibia	246	-14	-35
135	Belize	236	5	1
136	Thailand	234	5	2
137	Puerto Rico	224	1	-12
138	Turkmenistan	219	6	-1
139	Tanzania	214	6	-3
140	Moldova	212	2	-10
141	Kazakhstan	209	-4	-34
141	Nicaragua	209	5	-2
143	Lebanon	207	-14	-53
144	Grenada	206	-1	-15
145	Cuba	197	-9	-47
146	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	196	1	5
147	Malta	195	3	34
148	Liechtenstein	177	-20	-84
149	Nepal	164	0	0
149	Philippines	164	-1	-8
151	New Caledonia	163	4	13
152	Indonesia	159	-1	0
152	Tahiti	159	27	73
154	Bangladesh	157	-2	1
155	Palestine	153	-1	2
156	Malaysia	151	-3	-2
157	Singapore	143	1	-2
158	Hong Kong	142	3	10
159	Yemen	141	-2	-7
160	Curacao	137	-1	-1
161	Bahamas	132	0	0
162	Madagascar	128	4	7
163	Fiji	125	-3	-8
164	India	121	0	-1
165	Aruba	120	2	0
165	Maldives	120	-1	-2
167	Vanuatu	117	5	14
168	Chinese Taipei	115	0	-2
169	Afghanistan	114	1	-1
170	Guinea-Bissau	111	-1	-5
171	Lesotho	109	-8	-22
172	Samoa	106	-16	-43
173	Solomon Islands	97	10	22
174	Laos	96	-1	0
175	Dominica	95	-1	0
176	Myanmar	94	-1	0
177	Cambodia	93	-2	-1
178	Mongolia	88	-1	0
178	Tonga	88	-1	0
180	Barbados	87	-9	-19
181	Swaziland	86	-2	0
182	Pakistan	82	-1	2
183	US Virgin Islands	78	-1	0
184	Sri Lanka	74	0	0
185	Cayman Islands	72	0	0
186	American Samoa	61	0	0
187	Comoros	54	0	-6
188	St. Lucia	52	0	0
189	Seychelles	48	0	1
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	Cook Islands	28	1	0
196	Kyrgyzstan	24	-1	-5
197	Djibouti	23	0	0
198	Macau	17	0	1
199	Andorra	15	6	15
200	British Virgin Islands	13	-1	0
201	Anguilla	9	-1	0
202	Brunei Darussalam	5	-1	1
203	Bhutan	4	-2	0
203	Mauritania	4	-2	0
205	Timor-Leste	2	-1	0
206	Montserrat	0	-1	0
206	San Marino	0	-1	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	-1	0

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