Lost of movement in the top 10 - only Spain and Germany keep their places. Colombia and Greece replace Croatia and Denmark in the top 10. England slip to 5th. Portugal up to 3rd.
Colombia return to the top 10 after 10 years - they were 9th in July 2002 and they will be 9th in October.
Central African Republic break into the top 50 for the first time ever. They were 202nd in August 2010.
Montserrat leave the bottom of the ranking in style, after defeating British Virgin Islands 7 - 0. They will climb at least 25 places.
Best movers:
34 - Bulgaria
28 - Cyprus
26 - Montserrat
Worst movers:
-36 - Luxembourg
-24 - Latvia
-18 - Bermuda
Best movers in the top 50:
15 - Central African Republic
14 - Peru
13 - Venezuela and Romania
Worst movers in the top 50:
-17 - Libya
-12 - Hungary and Wales
-11 - Slovenia
Korea Republic will overtake Australia and will be 2nd in Asia.
Ghana drop to 4th in Africa, with Mali climbing to 3rd. Egypt replace Libya as 5th in Africa.
Haiti replace Costa Rica as 5th in CONCACAF.
Argentina top of South America again, with Uruguay 2nd. Brazil drop to 4th and will be ranked lower than Colombia (now 3rd) for the first time ever. Ecuador drop out of the top 5.
New Caledonia and Tahiti swap places, with the OFC champions dropping to 3rd. Samoa replace Fiji in the top 5.
Portugal 3rd in Europe, with England dropping to 4th. Netherlands replace Italy in the top 5.
Ten teams will improve their best ever ranking:
Algeria (24 - 26 in December 2009)
Mali (27 - 32 in September 2012)
Panama (43 - 46 in June 2012)
Central African Republic (49 - 64 in September 2012)
Cape Verde Islands (51 - 57 in November 2011)
Haiti (60 - 62 in July 2012)
Dominican Republic (102 - 103 in September 2012)
Philippines (147 - 148 in April 2012)
Aruba (154 - 157 in August 2012)
Montserrat (180 - 196 in July 2006)
Two teams will return to their best ever ranking:
Portugal (3 - 3 in April 2010)
Venezuela (39 - 39 in November 2011)
Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:
Israel (82 - 82 in July 2012)
Singapore (162 - 162 in August 2012)
Thirteen teams will drop to new lows:
Brazil (14 - 13 in August 2012)
Cameroon (71 - 66 in February 2012)
Saudi Arabia (113 - 105 in September 2012)
Latvia (118 - 111 in July 2007)
Syria (150 - 148 in September 2012)
Indonesia (170 - 168 in September 2012)
Kyrgyzstan (198 - 197 in September 2012)
Brunei Darussalam (203 - 202 in December 2011)
Mauritania (205 - 204 in December 2011)
Timor-Leste (206 - 205 in December 2011)
Bhutan (207 - 206 in August 2012)
Turks and Caicos Islands (207 - 206 in June 2012)
San Marino (207 - 206 in December 2011)
October 2012 rank - Team - October 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
1 | Spain | 1611 | 0 | -6 |
2 | Germany | 1459 | 0 | 22 |
3 | Portugal | 1259 | 1 | 27 |
4 | Argentina | 1208 | 3 | 87 |
5 | England | 1196 | -2 | -78 |
6 | Netherlands | 1141 | 2 | 97 |
7 | Uruguay | 1140 | -2 | -77 |
8 | Italy | 1106 | -2 | -68 |
9 | Colombia | 1102 | 13 | 259 |
10 | Greece | 1029 | 1 | 28 |
11 | Croatia | 1023 | -2 | 3 |
12 | Russia | 1014 | 1 | 24 |
13 | France | 1011 | 2 | 46 |
14 | Brazil | 1001 | -2 | 5 |
15 | Switzerland | 983 | 5 | 136 |
16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 951 | 0 | 39 |
17 | Chile | 948 | -3 | -36 |
18 | Denmark | 944 | -8 | -62 |
19 | Mexico | 925 | 2 | 80 |
20 | Ecuador | 902 | -3 | 12 |
21 | Sweden | 859 | -3 | -16 |
22 | Czech Republic | 837 | -3 | -32 |
23 | Japan | 818 | 0 | 25 |
24 | Algeria | 802 | 4 | 68 |
25 | Korea Republic | 776 | 2 | 13 |
26 | Norway | 764 | 8 | 82 |
27 | Mali | 759 | 5 | 49 |
28 | Republic of Ireland | 757 | -2 | -11 |
29 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 740 | 1 | 23 |
30 | Belgium | 723 | 10 | 97 |
31 | Ghana | 722 | 0 | 8 |
32 | USA | 720 | 1 | 23 |
33 | Serbia | 706 | 9 | 82 |
34 | Australia | 702 | -9 | -76 |
35 | Slovenia | 694 | -11 | -90 |
36 | Turkey | 689 | -1 | 11 |
37 | Peru | 681 | 14 | 94 |
38 | Paraguay | 665 | -9 | -63 |
39 | Venezuela | 635 | 13 | 51 |
40 | Egypt | 634 | -2 | 0 |
41 | Zambia | 631 | 1 | 7 |
42 | Ukraine | 630 | -3 | 2 |
43 | Panama | 625 | 7 | 34 |
44 | Montenegro | 623 | 4 | 17 |
45 | Tunisia | 620 | -4 | -5 |
46 | Romania | 619 | 11 | 77 |
47 | Gabon | 610 | -3 | -7 |
48 | Slovakia | 608 | -3 | -8 |
49 | Central African Republic | 593 | 15 | 101 |
49 | Hungary | 593 | -12 | -70 |
51 | Cape Verde Islands | 587 | 14 | 97 |
52 | Jamaica | 583 | 8 | 68 |
53 | Libya | 578 | -17 | -88 |
54 | Poland | 573 | 2 | 26 |
55 | Bulgaria | 565 | 34 | 177 |
56 | Scotland | 556 | -9 | -54 |
57 | Wales | 551 | -12 | -65 |
58 | Iran | 549 | -4 | -24 |
59 | Austria | 528 | -10 | -70 |
60 | Haiti | 524 | 17 | 85 |
61 | Canada | 516 | 12 | 62 |
62 | Guinea | 515 | 7 | 43 |
63 | Nigeria | 511 | -5 | -12 |
64 | Armenia | 503 | -11 | -72 |
65 | Georgia | 501 | 21 | 96 |
66 | Honduras | 500 | 6 | 40 |
67 | Sierra Leone | 499 | -8 | -19 |
68 | Senegal | 492 | -6 | -16 |
69 | Estonia | 485 | -14 | -87 |
70 | Uzbekistan | 479 | 0 | 9 |
71 | Cameroon | 475 | -10 | -35 |
72 | Bolivia | 465 | -9 | -36 |
72 | Costa Rica | 465 | -6 | -22 |
74 | Benin | 453 | -3 | -15 |
75 | Morocco | 451 | -7 | -27 |
76 | South Africa | 448 | -2 | 0 |
77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 442 | 5 | 22 |
78 | El Salvador | 441 | -11 | -40 |
78 | Jordan | 441 | 9 | 39 |
80 | Iraq | 439 | -2 | 2 |
81 | Guatemala | 431 | 10 | 47 |
82 | Israel | 423 | -7 | -23 |
83 | Angola | 419 | -3 | -14 |
84 | Albania | 414 | 0 | 4 |
85 | China PR | 413 | -7 | -24 |
86 | Korea DPR | 411 | -5 | -18 |
87 | Belarus | 410 | -11 | -33 |
88 | Finland | 407 | 8 | 42 |
89 | Zimbabwe | 396 | 9 | 38 |
90 | Uganda | 394 | -2 | -7 |
91 | Burkina Faso | 392 | -6 | -14 |
92 | New Zealand | 390 | 3 | 24 |
93 | Togo | 377 | 6 | 21 |
94 | Oman | 376 | -1 | 0 |
95 | Congo | 374 | -12 | -39 |
96 | Malawi | 365 | -6 | -20 |
97 | Iceland | 362 | 21 | 79 |
98 | Liberia | 357 | 13 | 47 |
99 | Mozambique | 352 | 10 | 40 |
100 | Sudan | 351 | 3 | 19 |
101 | Qatar | 350 | -9 | -30 |
102 | Dominican Republic | 346 | 1 | 14 |
103 | Congo DR | 345 | 7 | 34 |
104 | FYR Macedonia | 334 | -7 | -30 |
105 | Equatorial Guinea | 328 | 2 | 4 |
106 | Antigua and Barbuda | 324 | -5 | -16 |
107 | Cyprus | 321 | 28 | 89 |
108 | Namibia | 318 | 7 | 19 |
109 | Lebanon | 314 | 15 | 43 |
110 | Lithuania | 311 | 6 | 21 |
111 | Azerbaijan | 309 | -4 | -15 |
112 | Kuwait | 308 | -12 | -40 |
113 | New Caledonia | 303 | 15 | 42 |
113 | Saudi Arabia | 303 | -8 | -25 |
115 | Bahrain | 291 | -3 | -17 |
116 | United Arab Emirates | 288 | 4 | 10 |
117 | Northern Ireland | 287 | 12 | 30 |
118 | Ethiopia | 284 | -4 | -19 |
118 | Latvia | 284 | -24 | -91 |
120 | Bermuda | 277 | -18 | -56 |
120 | Botswana | 277 | 3 | 2 |
122 | Guyana | 276 | 0 | 0 |
122 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 276 | -9 | -30 |
124 | Rwanda | 272 | -4 | -6 |
125 | Chad | 266 | -9 | -24 |
125 | Turkmenistan | 266 | 2 | 0 |
127 | Tahiti | 265 | -8 | -17 |
128 | Kenya | 262 | -3 | -6 |
129 | Puerto Rico | 244 | 8 | 34 |
130 | Suriname | 243 | 8 | 36 |
131 | Gambia | 242 | -2 | -15 |
132 | Sao Tome e Principe | 240 | 1 | 0 |
132 | Tanzania | 240 | 0 | -3 |
134 | Grenada | 234 | 5 | 28 |
135 | Burundi | 232 | -1 | -6 |
136 | Tajikistan | 220 | 6 | 24 |
137 | Niger | 218 | -11 | -49 |
138 | Nicaragua | 210 | 6 | 15 |
139 | Thailand | 206 | -8 | -38 |
140 | Vietnam | 203 | 6 | 20 |
141 | Solomon Islands | 202 | 12 | 52 |
142 | Luxembourg | 191 | -36 | -135 |
143 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 190 | -7 | -35 |
144 | Belize | 188 | 1 | 0 |
145 | Moldova | 187 | -4 | -17 |
146 | Cuba | 179 | 1 | 4 |
147 | Kazakhstan | 178 | -5 | -18 |
147 | Philippines | 178 | 3 | 11 |
149 | Palestine | 170 | 2 | 9 |
150 | Syria | 169 | -2 | -1 |
151 | Curacao | 166 | 10 | 37 |
152 | Barbados | 158 | 23 | 77 |
153 | Malta | 156 | -14 | -50 |
154 | Aruba | 154 | 4 | 20 |
155 | Liechtenstein | 150 | -6 | -18 |
156 | Dominica | 146 | 18 | 62 |
157 | Yemen | 141 | -5 | -13 |
158 | Faroe Islands | 135 | -4 | -12 |
158 | Lesotho | 135 | -1 | 0 |
160 | Hong Kong | 133 | -1 | 0 |
160 | Maldives | 133 | -1 | 0 |
162 | Malaysia | 126 | -6 | -10 |
162 | Singapore | 126 | -1 | -3 |
164 | Samoa | 124 | 0 | 0 |
165 | Nepal | 123 | 1 | 2 |
166 | Afghanistan | 122 | -1 | 0 |
167 | Fiji | 121 | -12 | -25 |
168 | India | 114 | 1 | 9 |
169 | Bangladesh | 112 | 1 | 9 |
170 | Indonesia | 111 | -2 | 0 |
171 | Madagascar | 106 | -8 | -21 |
172 | Vanuatu | 99 | -5 | -14 |
173 | Guinea-Bissau | 98 | -2 | 0 |
174 | Tonga | 87 | -2 | 0 |
175 | American Samoa | 85 | -2 | 0 |
176 | Chinese Taipei | 80 | 0 | 1 |
177 | Pakistan | 72 | 0 | 0 |
178 | US Virgin Islands | 70 | 0 | 0 |
179 | Sri Lanka | 68 | 0 | 0 |
180 | Bahamas | 66 | 0 | 0 |
180 | Montserrat | 66 | 26 | 66 |
182 | Cayman Islands | 65 | -1 | 0 |
183 | Myanmar | 60 | 0 | 8 |
184 | Mongolia | 55 | -2 | 0 |
184 | St. Lucia | 55 | 0 | 5 |
186 | Eritrea | 45 | -1 | 0 |
186 | Guam | 45 | -1 | 0 |
188 | Somalia | 43 | -1 | 0 |
189 | Cambodia | 42 | -1 | 0 |
190 | Comoros | 39 | 0 | 0 |
190 | Seychelles | 39 | 0 | 0 |
190 | Swaziland | 39 | 0 | 0 |
193 | Laos | 38 | 0 | 0 |
193 | Papua New Guinea | 38 | 0 | 0 |
195 | British Virgin Islands | 34 | -6 | -6 |
196 | Cook Islands | 28 | -1 | 0 |
197 | Djibouti | 25 | -1 | 1 |
198 | Kyrgyzstan | 20 | -1 | 0 |
198 | Macau | 20 | 2 | 7 |
198 | South Sudan | 20 | -1 | 0 |
201 | Andorra | 13 | -2 | -2 |
201 | Mauritius | 13 | -1 | 0 |
203 | Brunei Darussalam | 5 | -1 | 0 |
204 | Anguilla | 4 | -1 | 0 |
205 | Mauritania | 3 | -1 | 0 |
206 | Timor-Leste | 2 | -1 | 0 |
207 | Bhutan | 0 | -1 | 0 |
207 | San Marino | 0 | -1 | 0 |
207 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | -1 | 0 |
Cambodia-Philippines (5/9) and Laos-Philippines (10/9) friendlies are removed from the results list and excluded from the points-calculation. Does anybody know why ?
ReplyDeleteAlso the friendly between Guinea and Cameroon (1:2 played on 26 May 2012 (!) in France) is removed this September. Does anybody know why ?
In general: does anybody know the rules FIFA uses to determine if a match is eligible for the FIFA-ranking? A link to some official document would be much appreciated.
Cambodia - Philippines Match: removed because Cambodia used more than 6 substitutes
DeleteLaos - Philippines: removed because the referees are not certified FIFA referees
Hey Anon,
Deletethanks for the info.
So rules are:
- no more than 6 substitutes;
- certified FIFA-referees (the whole team of referees including the fourth official must be FIFA-approved => Baltic Cup 2012).
Any more rules ?
actually you can read the full list of rules on the official FIFA website..
Deletehttp://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/lawsofthegame/index.html
download The Laws of the Game pdf file :)
Finland FA tolds that FIFA has been accepted Baltic-cup results after all and points will be added in November ranking
DeleteNot calculated some prejudice to classification results
ReplyDeleteLevels change when the classification changes
Algeria or Ivory Coast if won Ghafrikie Cup and participated in the Confederations Cup will be on of the best 7 teams and thus will be in the first level and this does not satisfy FIFA
It seems to be strange but believe it. If FIFA included the friendly between Cote d'Ivoire and Mali (CIV 2 MLI 1), both teams will be loosing points. Cote d'Ivoire will have 947 instead of 951, and Mali will have 717. Cote d'Ivoire will be ranked 17 instead of 16 if the game was included, and Mali will be ranked 33 instead of 27.
DeleteIt looks reasonable for Mali, but for Cote d'Ivoire the team is performing so good (winning most games last year except defeated by penalties against Zambia in the ACN12') that a friendly win against an average team (MLI rankd 39 in May 2012) pushes the average points over last year down.
Better for CIV to play friendlies against top teams (top 10 possibly), or they need just to play official games to keep their position. Removing this game was beneficial to both teams!
Algeria can overtake Cote d'Ivoire in December just before the ACN 2013. Algeria will be in the top 20 with 907 points if they defeat Libya on October 14.
The points Philippines will have in FIFA ranking November?? (If lose Kuwait and Bahrain in october)
ReplyDeleteBHR-PHI (12/10) and KUW-PHI (16/10).
Deletewin BHR, win KUW: 210 pts
win BHR, draw KUW: 199 pts
win BHR, loss KUW: 194 pts
draw BHR, win KUW: 200 pts
draw BHR, draw KUW: 189 pts
draw BHR, loss KUW: 183 pts
loss BHR, win KUW: 194 pts
loss BHR, draw KUW: 184 pts
loss BHR, loss KUW: 178 pts
So, no harm done if Philippines loses both matches. Then they will have the same amount as in October: 178 pts.
I'd go with 179 with two losses.
DeleteYep, my bad !
DeleteI didn't include the PHI-TPE match in the Philippines Peace Cup in my forecast.
I think that Algeria will win on Libya and qualify for the African Championship and then beat Bosnia in a friendly match and also wins in three friendly matches before the start of the African Championship and thus will be before the beginning of 2013 in the Top 15.
ReplyDeleteThe champion will enter the list of top 10 teams
The only reason I think that Algeria will win over Bosnia is because that game is played due to the independence of their country as they will give 100% of them, while we will play probably to try out new combinations and similar and that's the sole reason why we don't play very good the friendly games but I would love that we win against Algeria just to advance a bit on the list because we will need that for the World Cup on which we will hopefully qualify.
Deletewhen is the asian cup 2015 qualification draw
ReplyDeleteOctober 9 in Melbourne
DeleteIt is funny that my mom's and dad's countries are next to each other:
ReplyDelete32 USA 720 1 23
33 Serbia 706 9 82
:)
Just to let you know that the Finnish media reported today that Baltic Cup 2012 results have now been accepted by FIFA and they should be included in the next (November) rankings. At least the two matches by Finland, that is.
ReplyDeleteEstonia 1:2 Finland
Finland 1:1 Latvia
They are not yet included in the FIFA results list, but thanks for the info.
DeleteSomething to keep an eye on for the coming month.....
Hi Ed.
ReplyDeleteCan you post detailed games and points for Italy and Morocco for October 2012?
I also have a few questions:
* How do you deal with awarded games (few games against SLV, PLE, ETH and SYR). Also ITA-SRB this year.
* I know that Curacao (CUW) got independence and started playing games just a short time ago after being part of the Netherlands Antilles. Did you use the results for ANT to expand results for CUW? Same for MNE being independence from SRB.
Hi Brahim,
ReplyDeletematch points for awarded games are generally calculated with the ranking of the month in which the decision was taken (which is a bit odd if you think about it).
The abandoned match ITA-SRB (12/10/2010) for instance should have been calculated with the september 2010 ranking but was based on the October 2010 ranking.
Same goes for the SYR-TJK WC-Qualifiers in 2011: match points were based on the August 2011 ranking but should have been based on June (1st leg) and July (2nd leg) in my opinion.
Indeed, all the matches that the Netherlands Antilles played in and before October 2010 count for Curacao now.
Montenegro is a different story. They started playing as an independent nation in June 2007. They did not 'inherit' any points from Serbia because Serbia itself didn't ceased to exist as was the case with the Antilles.
October 2012 ITA:
timeframe - date - opponent - type - pts
1 11-9-2012 MLT 2 457,500
1 7-9-2012 BUL 2 277,500
1 15-8-2012 ENG 1 0,000
1 1-7-2012 ESP 3 0,000
1 28-6-2012 GER 3 1773,000
1 24-6-2012 ENG 3 1164,000
1 18-6-2012 IRL 3 1638,000
1 14-6-2012 CRO 3 576,000
1 10-6-2012 ESP 3 600,000
1 1-6-2012 RUS 1 0,000
1 29-2-2012 USA 1 0,000
1 15-11-2011 URU 1 0,000
1 11-11-2011 POL 1 408,000
1 11-10-2011 NIR 2 975,000
1 7-10-2011 SRB 2 447,500
2 6-9-2011 SVN 2 1327,500
2 2-9-2011 FRO 2 667,500
2 10-8-2011 ESP 1 600,000
2 7-6-2011 IRL 1 0,000
2 3-6-2011 EST 2 937,500
2 29-3-2011 UKR 1 501,000
2 25-3-2011 SVN 2 1372,500
2 9-2-2011 GER 1 197,000
2 17-11-2010 ROU 1 148,000
2 12-10-2010 SRB 2 1335,000
2 8-10-2010 NIR 2 387,500
3 7-9-2010 FRO 2 615,000
3 3-9-2010 EST 2 795,000
3 10-8-2010 CIV 1 0,000
3 24-6-2010 SVK 4 0,000
3 20-6-2010 NZL 4 451,400
3 14-6-2010 PAR 4 669,240
3 5-6-2010 SUI 1 176,000
3 3-6-2010 MEX 1 0,000
3 3-3-2010 CMR 1 166,500
3 18-11-2009 SWE 1 477,000
3 14-11-2009 NED 1 197,000
3 14-10-2009 CYP 2 930,000
3 10-10-2009 IRL 2 405,000
4 9-9-2009 BUL 2 1357,500
4 5-9-2009 GEO 2 660,000
4 12-8-2009 SUI 1 187,000
4 21-6-2009 BRA 3 0,000
4 18-6-2009 EGY 3 0,000
4 15-6-2009 USA 3 1548,450
4 10-6-2009 NZL 1 327,450
4 6-6-2009 NIR 1 519,000
4 1-4-2009 IRL 2 435,000
4 28-3-2009 MNE 2 660,000
4 10-2-2009 BRA 1 0,000
4 19-11-2008 GRE 1 182,000
4 15-10-2008 MNE 2 622,500
4 11-10-2008 BUL 2 462,500
timeframe - sum - MP - avg - weight - wt_avg
1 8316,500 15 554,433 1,0 554,433
2 7473,500 11 679,409 0,5 339,705
3 4882,140 13 375,549 0,3 112,665
4 6961,400 14 497,243 0,2 99,449
ITA 1106,25
October 2012 MAR:
timeframe - date - opponent - type - pts
1 9-9-2012 MOZ 2 0,000
1 15-8-2012 GUI 1 0,000
1 3-7-2012 IRQ 1 307,020
1 29-6-2012 YEM 1 129,000
1 23-6-2012 BHR 1 270,900
1 9-6-2012 CIV 2 395,600
1 2-6-2012 GAM 2 187,050
1 25-5-2012 SEN 1 0,000
1 29-2-2012 BFA 1 322,500
1 31-1-2012 NIG 3 789,480
1 27-1-2012 GAB 3 0,000
1 23-1-2012 TUN 3 0,000
1 13-11-2011 CMR 1 131,580
1 11-11-2011 UGA 1 0,000
1 9-10-2011 TAN 2 470,850
2 4-9-2011 CTA 2 206,400
2 10-8-2011 SEN 1 397,320
2 4-6-2011 ALG 2 1025,550
2 27-3-2011 ALG 2 0,000
2 9-2-2011 NIG 1 268,320
2 17-11-2010 NIR 1 146,940
2 9-10-2010 TAN 2 574,050
3 4-9-2010 CTA 2 107,500
3 11-8-2010 EQG 1 141,900
3 14-11-2009 CMR 2 0,000
3 10-10-2009 GAB 2 0,000
4 6-9-2009 TOG 2 274,125
4 12-8-2009 CGO 1 94,350
4 20-6-2009 TOG 2 280,500
4 7-6-2009 CMR 2 380,375
4 31-3-2009 ANG 1 311,100
4 28-3-2009 GAB 2 0,000
4 11-2-2009 CZE 1 173,900
4 19-11-2008 ZAM 1 328,950
4 11-10-2008 MTN 2 350,625
timeframe - sum - MP - avg - weight - wt_avg
1 3003,980 15 200,265 1 200,265
2 2618,580 7 374,083 0,5 187,041
3 249,400 4 49,880 0,3 14,964
4 2193,925 9 243,769 0,2 48,754
MAR 451,02
Hi Ed.
DeleteDon't work too late! Thanks a lot for the detailed listing.
I have issues with 7-8 teams in the October 2012 ranking. I will get back to you later.
@Ed
ReplyDeleteThanks for the help - as usual! :)
@Anonymous (Finland)
Thanks for the info!
Algeria beat Libya and the loss of Ivory Coast against Senegal means that Algeria First Africa
ReplyDeleteI think that Algeria will win over Bosnia in November because the game will take place on July 5 Stadium in Algiers in front of more than 120 thousand fans at the 50th anniversary of independence