FIFA Women's Ranking: August 2012 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 17 August 2012.

FIFA have confirmed by e-mail Great Britain matches won't be included.

Best movers:

5 - Wales and South Africa
2 - Iceland, New Zealand, Austria, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia


Worst movers:

-4 - Hungary
-3 - Korea DPR and Slovakia
-2 - Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Uruguay


Most points gained:

49 - USA
35 - Wales and South Africa
21 - Canada

Most points lost:

-47 - Sweden
-26 - Korea DPR and Republic of Ireland
-19 - Czech Republic

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Austria (35 - 37 in December 2008)
Wales (38 - 43 in June 2012)

Six teams will return to their best ever ranking:

France (5 - first achieved in March 2005)
Australia (9 - first achieved in July 2011)
Italy (10 - first achieved in July 2003)
Iceland (15 - first achieved in September 2011)
Switzerland (25 - first achieved in September 2011)
Belarus (37 - first achieved in December 2011)

Six teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Sweden (6 - first happened in March 2005)
Russia (20 - first happened in November 2010)
Ukraine (23 - first happened in December 2011)
Czech Republic (26 - first happened in September 2011)
Hungary (39 - first happened in June 2008)
Chinese Taipei (43 - first happened in March 2012)

China PR will drop to a new low - 19. They were 18 in December 2011.

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

1	USA	2227	0	49
2	Germany	2168	0	0
3	Japan	2109	0	-11
4	Brazil	2044	1	-16
5	France	2021	1	0
6	Sweden	2019	-2	-47
7	Canada	2002	0	21
8	England	1971	1	5
9	Australia	1948	1	-8
10	Italy	1947	1	0
11	Korea DPR	1944	-3	-26
12	Denmark	1923	0	0
13	Norway	1908	0	0
14	Netherlands	1894	0	7
15	Iceland	1843	2	8
16	Korea Republic	1843	0	0
17	Spain	1831	-1	-10
18	Finland	1819	1	16
19	China PR	1818	-1	-10
20	Russia	1801	-1	-2
21	New Zealand	1787	2	15
22	Scotland	1785	-1	8
23	Ukraine	1769	-1	-4
24	Mexico	1768	0	0
25	Switzerland	1722	1	-4
26	Czech Republic	1712	-1	-19
27	Nigeria	1675	0	-11
28	Colombia	1650	0	-1
29	Belgium	1647	1	3
30	Thailand	1645	-1	0
31	Vietnam	1641	0	0
32	Poland	1626	1	3
33	Argentina	1609	1	0
34	Republic of Ireland	1608	-2	-26
35	Austria	1605	2	19
36	Romania	1597	0	10
37	Belarus	1582	1	3
38	Wales	1581	5	35
39	Hungary	1578	-4	-17
40	Costa Rica	1568	0	0
41	Uzbekistan	1565	0	0
42	Slovakia	1564	-3	-10
43	Chinese Taipei	1556	-1	0
44	Serbia	1549	1	6
45	Chile	1544	-1	0
46	Portugal	1542	0	0
47	Myanmar	1523	0	0
48	Trinidad and Tobago	1500	0	0
49	Papua New Guinea	1476	0	0
50	Cameroon	1467	0	-3
51	Ghana	1462	0	0
52	India	1438	0	0
53	Northern Ireland	1432	0	-5
54	Iran	1431	0	0
55	Bulgaria	1417	0	-5
56	South Africa	1412	5	35
57	Jordan	1404	-1	0
58	Haiti	1397	-1	0
59	Slovenia	1387	-1	-1
60	Greece	1385	-1	-1
61	Israel	1375	-1	-5
62	Equatorial Guinea	1371	1	0
63	Croatia	1364	-1	-11
64	Turkey	1355	0	0
64	Hong Kong	1348	2	6
66	Indonesia	1346	-1	0
67	Côte d'Ivoire	1345	0	3
68	Uruguay	1344	-2	0
69	Bahrain	1340	0	0
70	Morocco	1333	0	2
70	Kazakhstan	1329	0	0
72	Estonia	1328	0	1
73	Tunisia	1325	0	0
73	Algeria	1320	0	0
75	Faroe Islands	1318	0	0
76	Tonga	1316	0	0
77	Guatemala	1310	0	0
78	Fiji	1306	0	0
79	Guam	1294	0	-6
80	Lithuania	1294	0	-6
81	Laos	1292	1	0
82	Senegal	1291	-1	-4
83	Egypt	1289	0	0
83	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1267	0	-1
85	Philippines	1264	0	0
86	Malaysia	1256	0	0
87	Tahiti	1238	0	0
88	Dominican Republic	1226	0	0
89	Latvia	1219	0	-1
89	Mali	1204	0	0
91	Cuba	1201	0	0
92	Singapore	1195	0	0
93	Solomon Islands	1195	0	0
94	Zimbabwe	1191	2	4
95	Palestine	1189	-1	0
96	New Caledonia	1188	-1	0
97	El Salvador	1181	0	0
97	Luxembourg	1179	0	0
99	Cook Islands	1170	0	0
100	Ethiopia	1161	2	10

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