Just one match left: Vietnam - Malaysia, a friendly scheduled for tomorrow. This is how the points can change for these two teams:
Vietnam (W: 217, D: 207, L: 202, not included: 212)
Malaysia (W: 142, D: 132, L: 127, not included: 133)
In the table below I've used the minimum values.
On 9 October, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has declared the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifying match Sudan-Zambia of 2 June 2012 to be lost by forfeit by Sudan (0-3), but the result still appears as 2-0 win for Sudan. I wrote to FIFA - got no reply. I will use the 2 - 0 result.
There's again a lot of movement in the top 10, with Russia and Croatia replacing Uruguay and Greece. Remember when Uruguay were 2nd? A mere 5 months ago, in June 2012.
Best movers:
-39 - St. Lucia
-30 - Niger
-28 - Myanmar
Worst movers:
-21 - Congo
-20 - Cyprus
-18 - Armenia
Best movers in the top 50:
19 - Hungary
15 - Bulgaria
14 - Iran
Worst movers in the top 50:
-14 - Slovenia
-13 - Ukraine
- 9 - Serbia and Venezuela
Most points gained:
160 - Hungary
158 - Belgium
141 - Argentina
Most points lost:
-101 - Slovenia
-95 - Chile
-93 - Uruguay and Denmark
Zambia replace Egypt in the African top 5.
Honduras replace Haiti in the CONCACAF top 5.
Colombia overtake Uruguay and are now 2nd in South America. Ecuador replace Chile in the top 5.
Italy climb to 4th in Europe, with the Netherlands dropping out of the top 5.
Six teams will improve their best ever ranking:
Algeria (19 - 24 in October 2012)
Haiti (57 - 60 in October 2012)
Dominican Republic (91 - 102 in October 2012)
St. Kitts and Nevis (106 - 108 in July 2004)
Philippines (143 - 147 in October 2012)
Timor-Leste (187 - 197 in December 2008)
Ecuador will return to their best ever ranking - 17th, first achieved in September 2012.
Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:
India (169 - 169 in September 2012)
Anguilla (205 - 205 in July 2006)
Nine teams will drop to new lows:
Lithuania (119 - 118 in September 2004)
Thailand (152 - 141 in April 2012)
Singapore (163 - 162 in August 2012)
Hong Kong (172 - 169 in December 2011)
Eritrea (192 - 190 in September 2011)
Kyrgyzstan (200 - 198 in October 2012)
South Sudan (200 - 199 in August 2012)
Djibouti (202 - 201 in December 2004)
Mauritania (206 - 205 in October 2012)
Singapore could fould to 164th if Malaysia win against Vietnam.
November 2012 rank - Team - November 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
| 1 | Spain | 1564 | 0 | -47 |
| 2 | Germany | 1421 | 0 | -38 |
| 3 | Argentina | 1349 | 1 | 141 |
| 4 | Portugal | 1178 | -1 | -81 |
| 5 | Italy | 1169 | 3 | 63 |
| 6 | England | 1167 | -1 | -29 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1128 | -1 | -13 |
| 8 | Colombia | 1110 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 1084 | 3 | 70 |
| 10 | Croatia | 1078 | 1 | 55 |
| 11 | Uruguay | 1047 | -4 | -93 |
| 12 | Greece | 1004 | -2 | -25 |
| 13 | Brazil | 994 | 1 | -7 |
| 14 | Mexico | 984 | 5 | 59 |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 974 | 1 | 23 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 966 | -1 | -17 |
| 17 | Ecuador | 951 | 3 | 49 |
| 18 | France | 938 | -5 | -73 |
| 19 | Algeria | 907 | 5 | 105 |
| 20 | Belgium | 881 | 10 | 158 |
| 21 | Chile | 853 | -4 | -95 |
| 22 | Denmark | 851 | -4 | -93 |
| 23 | Sweden | 826 | -2 | -33 |
| 24 | Japan | 810 | -1 | -8 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 806 | -3 | -31 |
| 26 | Norway | 778 | 0 | 14 |
| 27 | USA | 776 | 5 | 56 |
| 28 | Mali | 772 | -1 | 13 |
| 29 | Ghana | 762 | 2 | 40 |
| 30 | Hungary | 753 | 19 | 160 |
| 31 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 746 | -2 | 6 |
| 32 | Korea Republic | 728 | -7 | -48 |
| 33 | Australia | 719 | 1 | 17 |
| 34 | Montenegro | 691 | 10 | 68 |
| 35 | Paraguay | 690 | 3 | 25 |
| 36 | Republic of Ireland | 682 | -8 | -75 |
| 37 | Romania | 669 | 9 | 50 |
| 38 | Zambia | 660 | 3 | 29 |
| 39 | Turkey | 639 | -3 | -50 |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 627 | 15 | 62 |
| 40 | Egypt | 627 | 0 | -7 |
| 42 | Serbia | 626 | -9 | -80 |
| 43 | Slovakia | 619 | 5 | 11 |
| 44 | Iran | 611 | 14 | 62 |
| 44 | Peru | 611 | -7 | -70 |
| 46 | Panama | 609 | -3 | -16 |
| 46 | Tunisia | 609 | -1 | -11 |
| 48 | Venezuela | 600 | -9 | -35 |
| 49 | Slovenia | 593 | -14 | -101 |
| 50 | Jamaica | 586 | 2 | 3 |
| 51 | Bolivia | 585 | 21 | 120 |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 581 | -3 | -12 |
| 52 | Gabon | 581 | -5 | -29 |
| 54 | Poland | 579 | 0 | 6 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 575 | -13 | -55 |
| 56 | Honduras | 572 | 10 | 72 |
| 57 | Haiti | 553 | 3 | 29 |
| 57 | Nigeria | 553 | 6 | 42 |
| 59 | Libya | 545 | -6 | -33 |
| 60 | Canada | 526 | 1 | 10 |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 521 | 6 | 22 |
| 62 | Cameroon | 520 | 9 | 45 |
| 63 | Cape Verde Islands | 511 | -12 | -76 |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 509 | 8 | 44 |
| 65 | Georgia | 499 | 0 | -2 |
| 66 | Wales | 497 | -9 | -54 |
| 67 | Albania | 496 | 17 | 82 |
| 68 | Austria | 492 | -9 | -36 |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 490 | 1 | 11 |
| 70 | Scotland | 488 | -14 | -68 |
| 71 | Guinea | 485 | -9 | -30 |
| 72 | Morocco | 482 | 3 | 31 |
| 73 | Togo | 479 | 20 | 102 |
| 74 | Belarus | 478 | 13 | 68 |
| 75 | Senegal | 471 | -7 | -21 |
| 76 | Guatemala | 467 | 5 | 36 |
| 77 | Benin | 457 | -3 | 4 |
| 78 | Israel | 452 | 4 | 29 |
| 79 | Angola | 446 | 4 | 27 |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 446 | -2 | 4 |
| 81 | Korea DPR | 445 | 5 | 34 |
| 82 | Armenia | 444 | -18 | -59 |
| 83 | FYR Macedonia | 431 | 21 | 97 |
| 84 | Estonia | 430 | -15 | -55 |
| 84 | South Africa | 430 | -8 | -18 |
| 86 | Oman | 428 | 9 | 58 |
| 87 | China PR | 424 | -2 | 11 |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 423 | 3 | 31 |
| 89 | Jordan | 420 | -11 | -21 |
| 90 | Finland | 411 | -2 | 4 |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 406 | 11 | 60 |
| 92 | New Zealand | 404 | 0 | 14 |
| 93 | El Salvador | 402 | -15 | -39 |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 397 | 11 | 69 |
| 95 | Iceland | 392 | 2 | 30 |
| 96 | Iraq | 390 | -16 | -49 |
| 97 | Uganda | 385 | -7 | -9 |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 383 | -9 | -13 |
| 99 | Congo DR | 360 | 4 | 15 |
| 100 | Northern Ireland | 356 | 17 | 69 |
| 101 | Malawi | 337 | -5 | -28 |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 333 | 16 | 49 |
| 102 | Sudan | 333 | -2 | -18 |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 330 | 9 | 27 |
| 104 | Qatar | 330 | -3 | -20 |
| 106 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 327 | 16 | 51 |
| 107 | Niger | 324 | 30 | 106 |
| 108 | Latvia | 322 | 10 | 38 |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 320 | 7 | 32 |
| 110 | Kuwait | 318 | 2 | 10 |
| 110 | Mozambique | 318 | -11 | -34 |
| 112 | Lebanon | 313 | -3 | -1 |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 313 | 1 | 10 |
| 114 | Liberia | 312 | -16 | -45 |
| 115 | Congo | 309 | -21 | -65 |
| 116 | Guyana | 305 | 6 | 29 |
| 117 | Botswana | 299 | 3 | 22 |
| 117 | Namibia | 299 | -9 | -19 |
| 119 | Lithuania | 296 | -9 | -15 |
| 120 | Chad | 282 | 5 | 16 |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 281 | -15 | -43 |
| 122 | Rwanda | 280 | 2 | 8 |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 277 | -12 | -32 |
| 124 | Bahrain | 270 | -9 | -21 |
| 125 | Suriname | 265 | 5 | 22 |
| 126 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 263 | 17 | 73 |
| 127 | Cyprus | 258 | -20 | -63 |
| 128 | Burundi | 255 | 7 | 23 |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 254 | -4 | -12 |
| 130 | Kenya | 248 | -2 | -14 |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 248 | -1 | 4 |
| 132 | Moldova | 241 | 13 | 54 |
| 133 | Sao Tome e Principe | 240 | -1 | 0 |
| 134 | Tanzania | 237 | -2 | -3 |
| 135 | Bermuda | 235 | -15 | -42 |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 233 | 2 | 23 |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 225 | -1 | 5 |
| 138 | Tahiti | 215 | -11 | -50 |
| 139 | Vietnam | 202 | 1 | -1 |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 200 | 7 | 22 |
| 141 | Cuba | 198 | 5 | 19 |
| 142 | Gambia | 186 | -11 | -56 |
| 143 | Philippines | 184 | 4 | 6 |
| 144 | Belize | 179 | 0 | -9 |
| 144 | Luxembourg | 179 | -2 | -12 |
| 146 | St. Lucia | 175 | 39 | 120 |
| 147 | Syria | 172 | 3 | 3 |
| 148 | Palestine | 168 | 1 | -2 |
| 149 | Grenada | 166 | -15 | -68 |
| 149 | Malta | 166 | 4 | 10 |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 166 | -8 | -36 |
| 152 | Thailand | 160 | -13 | -46 |
| 153 | Barbados | 158 | -1 | 0 |
| 154 | Aruba | 154 | 0 | 0 |
| 155 | Dominica | 151 | 1 | 5 |
| 156 | Myanmar | 149 | 28 | 89 |
| 157 | Liechtenstein | 147 | -2 | -3 |
| 158 | Lesotho | 140 | 0 | 5 |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 138 | -1 | 3 |
| 160 | Maldives | 135 | 0 | 2 |
| 161 | Curacao | 134 | -10 | -32 |
| 162 | Yemen | 131 | -5 | -10 |
| 163 | Malaysia | 127 | -1 | 1 |
| 163 | Singapore | 127 | -1 | 1 |
| 165 | Indonesia | 124 | 5 | 13 |
| 165 | Samoa | 124 | -1 | 0 |
| 167 | Afghanistan | 121 | -1 | -1 |
| 167 | Fiji | 121 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 | India | 116 | -1 | 2 |
| 169 | Nepal | 116 | -4 | -7 |
| 171 | Bangladesh | 114 | -2 | 2 |
| 172 | Hong Kong | 108 | -12 | -25 |
| 173 | Madagascar | 106 | -2 | 0 |
| 174 | Vanuatu | 99 | -2 | 0 |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 98 | -2 | 0 |
| 176 | Chinese Taipei | 90 | 0 | 10 |
| 177 | Laos | 87 | 16 | 49 |
| 177 | Tonga | 87 | -3 | 0 |
| 179 | American Samoa | 85 | -4 | 0 |
| 180 | Pakistan | 72 | -3 | 0 |
| 181 | Guam | 71 | -3 | 0 |
| 182 | Sri Lanka | 68 | -2 | 0 |
| 183 | Bahamas | 66 | -2 | 0 |
| 183 | Montserrat | 66 | -2 | 0 |
| 185 | Swaziland | 56 | 5 | 17 |
| 186 | Mongolia | 55 | -1 | 0 |
| 187 | Brunei Darussalam | 52 | 16 | 47 |
| 187 | Timor-Leste | 52 | 19 | 50 |
| 189 | Cayman Islands | 51 | -6 | -14 |
| 190 | US Virgin Islands | 50 | -11 | -20 |
| 191 | Cambodia | 49 | -2 | 7 |
| 192 | Eritrea | 45 | -5 | 0 |
| 193 | Somalia | 43 | -5 | 0 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 39 | -4 | 0 |
| 195 | Papua New Guinea | 38 | -2 | 0 |
| 196 | Comoros | 36 | -6 | -3 |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 34 | -2 | 0 |
| 198 | Cook Islands | 28 | -2 | 0 |
| 199 | Macau | 22 | -1 | 2 |
| 200 | Kyrgyzstan | 20 | -2 | 0 |
| 200 | South Sudan | 20 | -2 | 0 |
| 202 | Djibouti | 17 | -5 | -8 |
| 203 | Andorra | 13 | -2 | 0 |
| 203 | Mauritius | 13 | -2 | 0 |
| 205 | Anguilla | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 206 | Mauritania | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 207 | Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 207 | San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 207 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Noticed this - FIFA ranking tool says:
ReplyDeleteFrance 945
Serbia 643
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INDONESIA:
ReplyDeleteFIFA rangking tool says:
posible poin :110
:p
MV, Dodi,
ReplyDeleteIt has already been established that the FIFA ranking tool is not up-to-date with regard to the latest removals and inclusions of matches in the FIFA fixture list.
The matches France-Serbia (May 31), France-Iceland (May 27) and Brunei-Indonesia (September 26) are new inclusions in the calculation of the November ranking.
Thanks, Ed.
DeleteI trust Edgar over FIFA, of course. Just wanted to know why the difference.
Thanks Trifon :)
DeleteFIFA has Haiti's match against non-FIFA French Guyana listed in the prediction tool. I'm guessing it's just an error, but according to the tool, if Haiti beat the 2 FIFA teams (Guyana and Grenada) they'll go up to 608pts, which would be 1pt behind 3rd in CONCACAF Panama. However, since Panama are going to play Spain of all nations in a friendly, I imagine Haiti would go 3rd in CONCACAF with 2 wins! Panama will only prevent it with a victory. They'll drop points if they tie. Jamaica and Honduras are incapable of getting to that total.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the tool says Haiti will go to 641pts if they defeat all three. This should be bogus though, right?
The fact remains though that Haiti are certainly capable of defeating Guyana and Grenada and going 3rd in CONCACAF and likely breaking into the top 50 in the World.
Haiti could be the new Cuba in the next CONCACAF World Cup qualifying draw.
Can't get through round 2 of World Cup qualifying? Then they'll just get themselves seeded and skip it :)
DeleteLorric,
ReplyDeletethe possibility to gain match points against a non FIFA-member is even against their own, recently re-published criteria for an 'A'-international match counting for the ranking. Clearly humbug !
This ranking tool evidently uses another list of matches than the official results list.
Btw Jamaica will of course play the Caribbean Cup finals early december (together with Haiti if they qualify) so they will have a fair chance to overtake Haiti in the December ranking.
But still... Haiti has only played 4 'counting' matches this last year of which 3 continental and WC-qualifiers were won. This gives their FIFA points total a great boost. A good run at the second round qualifiers for the Caribbean Cup and after that the finals would certainly see them in contention for a top-3 spot in the CONCACAF ranking order.
Ed, thanks as usual!
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