FIFA Ranking: August 2012 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 8 August.


Only one match left: Guam - Macau.

This is how the points can change for these two teams:

Guam (L: 28, D: 35, W: 50)
Macau (L: 13, D: 22, W: 39)


In the table below, the values displayed for these teams are the minimum values, thus even if they lose, their totals won't drop.

There will be 209 teams in the August ranking, as South Sudan will be ranked for the first time - 199th or 200th depending on the Guam - Macau result.

More bad news for Brazil. FIFA have removed 8 matches from the official list of "A" matches - Lithuania - Russia among them. The Russians will thus gain 35 points and overtake the Brazilians - who will drop to 13th, instead of the expected 12th place.

List of removed matches - all friendlies from 2012:

26/May Jordan - Sierra Leone 4:0 (2:0)
29/May Lithuania - Russia 0:0
01/Jun Estonia - Finland 1:2 (1:2)
01/Jun Latvia - Lithuania 5:0 (3:0)
03/Jun Estonia - Lithuania 1:0 (1:0)
03/Jun Finland - Latvia 1:1 (0:0) 5:6 PSO
04/Jun Hungary - Republic of Ireland 0:0
18/Jun Saudi Arabia - Morocco 0:2 (0:0)

I don't know why these matches were removed. Most likely causes: number of substitutes or change of referee without FIFA's approval.

Best movers:

17 - Lebanon
15 - Solomon Islands
14 - Turkmenistan

Worst movers:

-26 - Vietnam
-18 - Haiti and Bangladesh
-16 - Tajikistan

Best movers in the top 50:

7 - Ecuador and Estonia
3 - Hungary and Scotland
2 - Russia, Serbia, Egypt, Tunisia, Slovakia, Gabon and Iran

Worst movers in the top 50:

-15 - Peru
-6 - Panama
-5 - Venezuela

England up to third, as Uruguay's 2011 Copa America points drop from 1.0 to 0.5. That's the best ever ranking for England.

Six teams will improve their best ever ranking:

England (3 - 4 in December 1997)
Ecuador (20 - 24 in March 2007)
Libya (38 - 39 in July 2012)
Central African Republic (71 - 73 in July 2012)
Aruba (157 - 164 in February 1994)
American Samoa (182 - 183 in July 2012)

Five teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Brunei Darussalam (202 - first happened in December 2011)
Timor-Leste (205 - first happened in December 2011)
Montserrat (206 - first happened in December 2011)
San Marino (206 - first happened in December 2011)
Turks and Caicos Islands (206 - first happened in June 2012)

Nine teams will drop to new lows:

Brazil (13 - 11 in July 2012)
Saudi Arabia (104 - 101 in July 2012)
Syria (147 - 145 in May 1996)
Indonesia (159 - 153 in December 2006)
Singapore (162 - 158 in April 2012)
India (168 - 165 in March 2007)
Myanmar (184 - 180 in July 2012)
Laos (193 - 190 in June 2008)
Bhutan (206 - 205 in July 2012)

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

1	Spain	1605	0	-86
2	Germany	1474	0	-28
3	England	1294	1	0
4	Uruguay	1236	-1	-61
5	Portugal	1213	0	0
6	Italy	1192	0	0
7	Argentina	1098	0	3
8	Netherlands	1053	0	-26
9	Croatia	1050	0	0
10	Denmark	1017	0	0
11	Russia	1016	2	35
12	Greece	1003	0	0
13	Brazil	991	-2	-21
14	France	980	0	0
15	Chile	953	0	-8
16	Côte d'Ivoire	939	0	0
17	Sweden	909	0	0
18	Mexico	862	1	30
19	Czech Republic	854	-1	0
20	Ecuador	836	7	84
21	Colombia	835	1	21
22	Japan	829	-2	0
23	Switzerland	828	-2	0
24	Australia	807	-1	0
25	Norway	780	-1	0
26	Republic of Ireland	779	0	17
27	Paraguay	747	-2	-25
28	Hungary	746	3	30
29	Korea Republic	740	-1	0
30	Turkey	735	-1	0
31	Bosnia-Herzegovina	729	-1	0
32	Ghana	707	1	0
33	Slovenia	706	1	0
34	Algeria	693	1	0
35	Serbia	675	2	0
36	USA	672	0	-15
37	Wales	658	1	0
38	Libya	655	1	0
39	Mali	650	1	0
40	Egypt	637	2	6
41	Tunisia	627	2	0
42	Slovakia	626	2	0
43	Gabon	624	2	0
44	Zambia	623	-3	-25
45	Ukraine	621	1	0
46	Scotland	611	3	0
47	Peru	607	-15	-105
48	Iran	590	2	9
49	Estonia	587	7	33
50	Montenegro	581	0	0
51	Romania	580	1	0
52	Venezuela	570	-5	-45
53	Belgium	564	0	0
54	Panama	560	-6	-52
54	Poland	560	0	0
56	Armenia	559	-1	0
57	Sierra Leone	529	8	41
58	Nigeria	525	0	0
59	Cameroon	520	0	0
60	Austria	517	0	0
61	Senegal	506	0	0
62	Costa Rica	501	-5	-40
63	Uzbekistan	493	2	5
64	El Salvador	490	3	3
65	Honduras	486	-2	-10
66	Jamaica	479	-3	-17
67	Morocco	474	4	3
67	South Africa	474	1	0
69	China PR	470	-1	-4
70	Latvia	463	2	-3
71	Central African Republic	462	2	0
72	Finland	451	2	-7
73	Bolivia	449	10	30
74	Albania	448	1	0
74	Guinea	448	1	0
76	Belarus	447	1	0
77	Benin	446	1	0
78	Cape Verde Islands	441	1	0
79	Canada	439	-11	-35
80	Haiti	435	-18	-68
80	Trinidad and Tobago	435	0	3
82	Israel	427	0	0
83	Jordan	425	1	8
84	Iraq	420	-3	-8
85	Angola	407	1	0
85	Lithuania	407	5	31
87	Burkina Faso	405	0	0
88	Guatemala	399	0	-2
88	Uganda	399	-3	-10
90	Malawi	397	3	27
91	Korea DPR	392	-2	6
92	Congo	375	-1	0
92	Oman	375	4	17
94	Bulgaria	373	-2	0
95	New Zealand	366	0	0
96	Kuwait	359	-3	-11
97	Georgia	357	0	0
98	Qatar	354	0	-2
99	Togo	342	-1	-14
100	Antigua and Barbuda	337	6	11
101	Northern Ireland	336	1	0
102	Bahrain	331	1	0
102	FYR Macedonia	331	1	0
104	Saudi Arabia	329	-3	-10
104	Sudan	329	1	0
106	Zimbabwe	328	-6	-19
107	Mozambique	316	0	0
108	Azerbaijan	308	0	0
109	Guyana	307	0	3
110	Luxembourg	303	0	0
111	Equatorial Guinea	302	0	0
112	Botswana	301	1	5
113	Namibia	298	4	17
113	St. Kitts and Nevis	298	-1	-3
115	Congo DR	291	-1	0
115	Niger	291	-1	0
117	Liberia	287	3	15
118	Chad	284	5	22
118	Dominican Republic	284	12	37
120	Bermuda	281	-3	0
121	United Arab Emirates	279	-5	-8
122	Ethiopia	273	-3	0
123	Cyprus	266	-1	0
123	Turkmenistan	266	14	43
125	Rwanda	264	0	8
126	Kenya	259	-1	3
127	Lebanon	254	17	57
128	Tanzania	253	-1	0
129	Gambia	251	-1	0
130	Iceland	250	-1	0
131	Sao Tome e Principe	240	1	0
132	Belize	236	-1	-6
133	Burundi	234	3	0
133	Thailand	234	2	-1
135	Suriname	229	-3	-11
136	Tahiti	214	2	0
137	Moldova	213	2	0
138	Puerto Rico	210	2	0
139	Nicaragua	203	2	-6
140	Tajikistan	202	-16	-56
141	New Caledonia	200	2	0
142	Grenada	198	0	-6
143	Malta	196	2	0
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	196	2	0
145	Kazakhstan	195	2	0
146	Vietnam	183	-26	-89
147	Syria	180	-15	-60
148	Liechtenstein	177	1	0
149	Cuba	171	1	0
150	Philippines	167	2	10
151	Yemen	154	-3	-25
152	Palestine	153	2	-1
153	Faroe Islands	149	2	0
154	Hong Kong	147	6	15
155	Fiji	146	6	16
156	Vanuatu	142	12	38
157	Aruba	134	7	14
157	Malaysia	134	0	-5
159	Indonesia	128	-6	-28
159	Solomon Islands	128	15	36
161	Maldives	126	3	6
162	Nepal	125	-7	-24
162	Singapore	125	-4	-13
164	Afghanistan	122	-2	0
165	Curacao	114	-7	-24
165	Madagascar	114	2	-1
167	Lesotho	109	-1	-10
168	India	106	-5	-15
169	Bangladesh	103	-18	-57
169	Guinea-Bissau	103	0	0
171	Barbados	100	-1	0
172	Dominica	95	0	0
173	Samoa	93	0	0
174	Tonga	87	1	0
175	Chinese Taipei	83	1	-3
176	Cayman Islands	72	2	0
176	Pakistan	72	2	0
178	US Virgin Islands	70	-1	-15
179	Sri Lanka	68	2	4
180	Bahamas	66	-9	-33
181	Swaziland	64	1	1
182	American Samoa	61	1	0
183	Mongolia	55	1	0
184	Myanmar	50	-4	-17
185	Papua New Guinea	46	2	0
186	Eritrea	45	3	0
186	St. Lucia	45	0	-7
188	Seychelles	44	-1	-2
189	Somalia	43	2	0
190	British Virgin Islands	40	9	27
190	Cambodia	40	2	0
192	Comoros	39	-7	-15
193	Laos	38	-3	-6
193	Mauritius	38	0	0
195	Guam	32	-1	0
196	Cook Islands	25	-1	0
196	Kyrgyzstan	25	0	1
198	Djibouti	24	-2	0
199	South Sudan	20	10	20
200	Andorra	15	-2	0
201	Macau	13	-2	0
202	Brunei Darussalam	5	-1	0
203	Anguilla	4	-1	0
203	Mauritania	4	-1	0
205	Timor-Leste	2	-1	0
206	Bhutan	0	-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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