FIFA Ranking: December 2012 preview

Next update: 16 November 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 19 December.

The 2012 CECAFA Cup draw is scheduled for 12 November, but I've computed the possible minimum and maximum values for the 11 FIFA members involved.

The top 3 will remain unchanged, while Colombia could climb as high as 4th. Even if they lose to Brazil, they won't drop from their current 8th spot.

Ecuador will climb to at least 14th and at most 11th, thus improving their best ever ranking of 17th.

Cayman Islands and Seychelles will return to their worst ever rankings, while Sri Lanka will drop to a new worst ever ranking.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

48 - Ecuador
44 - Zambia
42 - Guinea
42 - Equatorial Guinea
39 - Barbados
37 - Mali
35 - Sao Tome e Principe
30 - Colombia
27 - Libya
27 - Vietnam

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-96 - Bermuda
-87 - Belize
-82 - Afghanistan
-72 - Uruguay
-70 - Chad
-69 - Curacao
-62 - Wales
-60 - Korea DPR
-56 - St. Kitts and Nevis
-55 - American Samoa

November 2012 rank - Country - November 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1564	1579	1606
2	Germany	1421	1424	1465
3	Argentina	1349	1232	1305
4	Portugal	1178	1134	1163
5	Italy	1169	1165	1204
6	England	1167	1151	1192
7	Netherlands	1128	1109	1154
8	Colombia	1110	1140	1210
9	Russia	1084	1056	1097
10	Croatia	1078	1064	1064
11	Uruguay	1047	931	975
12	Greece	1004	995	1033
13	Brazil	994	931	1021
14	Mexico	984	994	994
15	Côte d'Ivoire	974	971	995
16	Switzerland	966	956	1004
17	Ecuador	951	999	999
18	France	938	908	949
19	Algeria	907	887	946
20	Belgium	881	868	922
21	Chile	853	793	832
22	Denmark	851	806	850
23	Sweden	826	826	870
24	Japan	810	779	840
25	Czech Republic	806	745	781
26	Norway	778	759	810
27	USA	776	769	807
28	Mali	772	809	809
29	Ghana	762	752	777
30	Hungary	753	750	815
31	Bosnia-Herzegovina	746	732	788
32	Korea Republic	728	686	734
33	Australia	719	597	683
34	Montenegro	691	703	756
35	Paraguay	690	660	660
36	Republic of Ireland	682	609	660
37	Romania	669	646	700
38	Turkey	639	611	660
39	Zambia	633	677	697
40	Bulgaria	627	585	633
40	Egypt	627	609	629
42	Serbia	626	610	659
43	Slovakia	619	595	653
44	Iran	611	512	612
44	Peru	611	592	626
46	Panama	609	582	629
46	Tunisia	609	606	640
48	Venezuela	600	551	584
49	Slovenia	593	591	635
50	Jamaica	586	507	702
51	Bolivia	585	593	641
52	Central African Republic	581	581	581
52	Gabon	581	595	637
54	Poland	579	550	594
55	Ukraine	575	555	595
56	Honduras	572	526	566
57	Haiti	553	382	851
57	Nigeria	553	543	581
59	Libya	545	572	572
60	Canada	526	517	517
61	Sierra Leone	521	521	521
62	Cameroon	520	486	536
63	Cape Verde Islands	511	498	561
64	Costa Rica	509	505	535
65	Georgia	499	462	518
66	Wales	497	435	435
67	Albania	496	504	546
68	Austria	492	492	557
69	Uzbekistan	490	436	513
70	Scotland	488	469	490
71	Guinea	485	527	527
72	Morocco	482	466	490
73	Togo	479	450	491
74	Belarus	478	470	516
75	Senegal	471	441	463
76	Guatemala	467	457	457
77	Benin	457	457	457
78	Israel	452	454	496
79	Angola	446	437	454
79	Trinidad and Tobago	446	345	707
81	Korea DPR	445	317	385
82	Armenia	444	430	457
83	FYR Macedonia	431	417	467
84	Estonia	430	425	444
84	South Africa	430	416	458
86	Oman	428	346	455
86	Uganda	428	368	452
88	China PR	424	397	436
89	Burkina Faso	423	384	408
90	Jordan	420	375	441
91	Finland	411	407	431
92	Dominican Republic	406	291	739
93	New Zealand	404	383	405
94	El Salvador	402	348	348
95	Equatorial Guinea	397	439	439
96	Iceland	392	377	392
97	Iraq	390	327	397
98	Zimbabwe	383	349	349
99	Congo DR	360	332	361
100	Northern Ireland	356	340	422
101	Malawi	337	295	389
102	Ethiopia	333	300	410
102	Sudan	333	325	392
104	New Caledonia	330	330	330
104	Qatar	330	308	365
106	St. Kitts and Nevis	327	271	271
107	Niger	324	321	351
108	Latvia	322	334	334
109	United Arab Emirates	320	326	367
110	Kuwait	318	248	314
110	Mozambique	318	312	312
112	Lebanon	313	241	321
112	Saudi Arabia	313	223	339
114	Liberia	312	312	312
115	Congo	309	310	355
116	Guyana	305	262	472
117	Botswana	299	274	274
117	Namibia	299	267	289
119	Lithuania	296	284	323
120	Chad	282	212	212
121	Antigua and Barbuda	281	234	492
122	Rwanda	280	228	264
123	Azerbaijan	277	250	333
124	Bahrain	270	231	307
125	Suriname	265	226	693
126	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	263	220	530
127	Cyprus	258	248	295
128	Burundi	255	207	383
129	Turkmenistan	254	254	254
130	Kenya	248	192	307
130	Puerto Rico	248	248	248
132	Moldova	241	255	255
133	Sao Tome e Principe	240	275	275
134	Tanzania	237	203	317
135	Bermuda	235	139	139
136	Nicaragua	233	180	180
137	Tajikistan	225	233	233
138	Vietnam	217	244	285
139	Tahiti	215	215	215
140	Kazakhstan	200	200	200
141	Cuba	198	174	491
142	Gambia	186	186	186
143	Philippines	184	156	190
144	Belize	179	92	92
144	Luxembourg	179	172	221
146	St. Lucia	175	168	168
147	Syria	172	163	252
148	Palestine	168	133	193
149	Grenada	166	111	769
149	Malta	166	157	178
149	Solomon Islands	166	166	166
152	Thailand	160	159	240
153	Barbados	158	197	197
154	Aruba	154	163	163
155	Dominica	151	124	124
156	Myanmar	149	105	165
157	Liechtenstein	147	146	168
158	Lesotho	140	126	138
159	Faroe Islands	138	151	151
160	Maldives	135	130	130
161	Curacao	134	65	65
162	Yemen	131	108	211
163	Malaysia	127	116	166
163	Singapore	127	113	170
165	Indonesia	124	119	207
165	Samoa	124	74	74
167	Afghanistan	121	39	39
167	Fiji	121	85	85
169	India	116	96	96
169	Nepal	116	83	83
171	Bangladesh	114	81	107
172	Hong Kong	108	82	195
173	Madagascar	106	55	55
174	Vanuatu	99	99	99
175	Guinea-Bissau	98	66	66
176	Chinese Taipei	90	80	204
177	Laos	87	78	137
177	Tonga	87	44	44
179	American Samoa	85	30	30
180	Pakistan	72	37	63
181	Guam	71	48	159
182	Sri Lanka	68	36	36
183	Bahamas	66	66	66
183	Montserrat	66	66	66
185	Swaziland	56	53	79
186	Mongolia	55	55	55
187	Brunei Darussalam	52	52	52
187	Timor-Leste	52	52	77
189	Cayman Islands	51	33	33
190	US Virgin Islands	50	39	39
191	Cambodia	49	50	50
192	Eritrea	45	24	291
193	Somalia	43	27	294
194	Seychelles	39	24	24
195	Papua New Guinea	38	38	38
196	Comoros	36	29	29
197	British Virgin Islands	34	34	34
198	Cook Islands	28	16	16
199	Macau	22	23	23
200	Kyrgyzstan	20	20	20
200	South Sudan	20	20	243
202	Djibouti	17	13	13
203	Andorra	13	11	50
203	Mauritius	13	13	13
205	Anguilla	4	4	4
206	Mauritania	3	3	3
207	Bhutan	0	0	26
207	San Marino	0	0	249
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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