FIFA Ranking: December 2012 preview (IV)

Next update: 14 December 2012.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 19 December.

The top 21 teams are already set.

Haiti could climb to 22nd, Dominican Republic to 33rd.



Ecuador, Mali, Aruba, Montserrat and Timor-Leste will improve their best ever ranking.

Côte d'Ivoire will return to their best ever ranking.

Cayman Islands and Seychelles will return to their worst ever ranking.

Brazil, Sri Lanka and Eritrea will fall to new lows.

Spain will again be the Team of the Year (by finishing top of the table in December).

Unless Dominican Republic pull of something extremely unlikely at the 2012 Caribbean Cup, Colombia will be the Best Mover of the year (most points gained since December 2011) with 455 points.

Expect some raised eyebrows in South East Asia. Although Vietnam were eliminated in the group stage of the AFF Suzuki Cup, they will climb at least 6 places, while the Philippines will drop at least 1 spot, even if they advance to the final with two wins against Singapore.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):


87 - Burundi
65 - Montenegro
64 - Zambia
57 - Thailand
56 - Grenada
54 - Colombia
48 - Ecuador
47 - United Arab Emirates
46 - Suriname
44 - Sweden

Most points lost (best case scenario):


-96 - Bermuda
-87 - Belize
-84 - Korea DPR
-82 - Afghanistan
-73 - Republic of Ireland
-72 - Uruguay
-70 - Chad
-69 - Curacao
-62 - Wales
-60 - Chile

Moving up most places (worst case scenario):


22 - Burundi
13 - Thailand
12 - Equatorial Guinea
11 - United Arab Emirates
11 - Sao Tome e Principe
10 - Suriname
10 - Grenada
9 - Guinea
9 - Barbados
8 - Bahamas


Moving down most places (best case scenario):


-23 - Belize
-20 - Bermuda
-19 - Chad
-19 - Afghanistan
-16 - Wales
-16 - Korea DPR
-16 - Curacao
-14 - American Samoa
-13 - St. Kitts and Nevis
-10 - Iran

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

 

1	Spain	1564	1606	1606
2	Germany	1421	1437	1437
3	Argentina	1349	1290	1290
4	Portugal	1178	1144	1144
5	Italy	1169	1165	1165
6	England	1167	1151	1151
7	Netherlands	1128	1124	1124
8	Colombia	1110	1164	1164
9	Russia	1084	1070	1070
10	Croatia	1078	1064	1064
11	Uruguay	1047	975	975
12	Greece	1004	1033	1033
13	Brazil	994	946	946
14	Mexico	984	994	994
15	Côte d'Ivoire	974	995	995
16	Switzerland	966	1004	1004
17	Ecuador	951	999	999
18	France	938	949	949
19	Algeria	907	887	887
20	Belgium	881	868	868
21	Chile	853	793	793
22	Denmark	851	821	821
23	Sweden	826	870	870
24	Japan	810	840	840
25	Czech Republic	806	781	781
26	Norway	778	810	810
27	USA	776	782	782
28	Mali	772	809	809
29	Ghana	762	777	777
30	Hungary	753	750	750
31	Bosnia-Herzegovina	746	788	788
32	Korea Republic	728	686	686
33	Australia	719	648	668
34	Montenegro	691	756	756
35	Paraguay	690	666	666
36	Republic of Ireland	682	609	609
37	Romania	669	700	700
38	Turkey	639	627	627
39	Zambia	633	697	697
40	Bulgaria	627	585	585
40	Egypt	627	615	615
42	Serbia	626	659	659
43	Slovakia	619	595	595
44	Iran	611	512	552
44	Peru	611	603	603
46	Panama	609	582	582
46	Tunisia	609	606	606
48	Venezuela	600	551	551
49	Slovenia	593	591	591
50	Jamaica	586	520	645
51	Bolivia	585	609	609
52	Central African Republic	581	581	581
52	Gabon	581	609	609
54	Poland	579	550	550
55	Ukraine	575	595	595
56	Honduras	572	540	540
57	Haiti	553	481	860
57	Nigeria	553	581	581
59	Libya	545	572	572
60	Canada	526	517	517
61	Sierra Leone	521	521	521
62	Cameroon	520	523	523
63	Cape Verde Islands	511	498	498
64	Costa Rica	509	515	515
65	Georgia	499	481	481
66	Wales	497	435	435
67	Albania	496	518	518
68	Austria	492	492	492
69	Uzbekistan	490	513	513
70	Scotland	488	490	490
71	Guinea	485	527	527
72	Morocco	482	452	468
73	Togo	479	491	491
74	Belarus	478	516	516
75	Senegal	471	455	455
76	Guatemala	467	438	438
77	Benin	457	457	457
78	Israel	452	454	454
79	Angola	446	443	443
79	Trinidad and Tobago	446	414	699
81	Korea DPR	445	350	361
82	Armenia	444	457	457
83	FYR Macedonia	431	467	467
84	Estonia	430	425	425
84	South Africa	430	416	416
86	Oman	428	346	384
86	Uganda	428	416	428
88	China PR	424	410	410
89	Burkina Faso	423	408	408
90	Jordan	420	364	391
91	Finland	411	431	431
92	Dominican Republic	406	304	731
93	New Zealand	404	390	390
94	El Salvador	402	348	348
95	Equatorial Guinea	397	439	439
96	Iceland	392	392	392
97	Iraq	390	366	390
98	Zimbabwe	383	349	349
99	Congo DR	360	332	332
100	Northern Ireland	356	367	367
101	Malawi	337	318	318
102	Ethiopia	333	323	323
102	Sudan	333	349	349
104	New Caledonia	330	330	330
104	Qatar	330	365	365
106	St. Kitts and Nevis	327	271	271
107	Niger	324	321	351
108	Latvia	322	334	334
109	United Arab Emirates	320	367	367
110	Kuwait	318	253	303
110	Mozambique	318	312	312
112	Lebanon	313	241	282
112	Saudi Arabia	313	240	306
114	Liberia	312	312	312
115	Congo	309	325	325
116	Guyana	305	267	267
117	Botswana	299	274	274
117	Namibia	299	274	274
119	Lithuania	296	284	284
120	Chad	282	212	212
121	Antigua and Barbuda	281	231	519
122	Rwanda	280	246	246
123	Azerbaijan	277	277	277
124	Bahrain	270	242	293
125	Suriname	265	311	311
126	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	263	266	266
127	Cyprus	258	248	248
128	Burundi	255	342	342
129	Turkmenistan	254	254	254
130	Kenya	248	246	271
130	Puerto Rico	248	248	248
132	Moldova	241	255	255
133	Sao Tome e Principe	240	275	275
134	Tanzania	237	253	253
135	Bermuda	235	139	139
136	Nicaragua	233	180	180
137	Tajikistan	225	233	233
138	Vietnam	217	251	251
139	Tahiti	215	215	215
140	Kazakhstan	200	200	200
141	Cuba	198	212	407
142	Gambia	186	186	186
143	Philippines	184	171	184
144	Belize	179	92	92
144	Luxembourg	179	172	172
146	St. Lucia	175	168	168
147	Syria	172	167	245
148	Palestine	168	139	181
149	Grenada	166	222	222
149	Malta	166	178	178
149	Solomon Islands	166	166	166
152	Thailand	160	217	240
153	Barbados	158	197	197
154	Aruba	154	163	163
155	Dominica	151	124	124
156	Myanmar	149	114	114
157	Liechtenstein	147	146	146
158	Lesotho	140	130	130
159	Faroe Islands	138	151	151
160	Maldives	135	130	130
161	Curacao	134	65	65
162	Yemen	131	108	211
163	Malaysia	127	130	146
163	Singapore	127	133	152
165	Indonesia	124	143	143
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	90	90
172	Hong Kong	108	99	143
173	Madagascar	106	55	55
174	Vanuatu	99	99	99
175	Guinea-Bissau	98	66	66
176	Chinese Taipei	90	85	155
177	Laos	87	83	83
177	Tonga	87	44	44
179	American Samoa	85	30	30
180	Pakistan	72	37	37
181	Guam	71	53	101
182	Sri Lanka	68	36	36
183	Bahamas	66	66	66
183	Montserrat	66	66	66
185	Swaziland	56	61	61
186	Mongolia	55	55	55
187	Brunei Darussalam	52	52	52
187	Timor-Leste	52	52	52
189	Cayman Islands	51	33	33
190	US Virgin Islands	50	39	39
191	Cambodia	49	50	50
192	Eritrea	45	24	24
193	Somalia	43	27	27
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	20
202	Djibouti	17	13	13
203	Andorra	13	11	11
203	Mauritius	13	13	13
205	Anguilla	4	4	4
206	Mauritania	3	3	3
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	0
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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