FIFA Ranking: January 2013 preview

Next update: 11 January 2013.


Most points gained (worst case scenario):

44 - Cuba
30 - Equatorial Guinea
27 - Uzbekistan
26 - El Salvador
22 - Congo DR
19 - Libya
18 - Belize
16 - Paraguay
16 - Syria
12 - Sudan
 
Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-63 - Mali
-37 - Algeria
-32 - Sao Tome e Principe
-28 - Benin
-26 - United Arab Emirates
-24 - Trinidad and Tobago
-23 - Zambia
-19 - Chile
-17 - Egypt
-16 - Senegal

December 2012 rank - Country - December 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1606	1606	1606
2	Germany	1437	1437	1437
3	Argentina	1290	1290	1290
4	Italy	1165	1165	1165
5	Colombia	1164	1164	1164
6	England	1151	1151	1151
7	Portugal	1144	1144	1144
8	Netherlands	1124	1124	1124
9	Russia	1070	1070	1070
10	Croatia	1064	1064	1064
11	Greece	1033	1033	1033
12	Switzerland	1004	1004	1004
13	Ecuador	999	1007	1007
14	Côte d'Ivoire	995	996	996
15	Mexico	994	994	994
16	Uruguay	975	975	975
17	France	949	949	949
18	Brazil	946	946	946
19	Algeria	887	818	850
20	Sweden	870	870	870
21	Belgium	868	868	868
22	Japan	840	845	845
23	Denmark	821	821	821
24	Norway	810	776	805
25	Mali	809	711	746
26	Chile	793	774	774
27	Bosnia-Herzegovina	788	788	788
28	USA	782	782	782
29	Czech Republic	781	781	781
30	Ghana	777	760	787
31	Montenegro	756	756	756
32	Hungary	750	750	750
33	Romania	700	700	700
34	Zambia	697	637	674
35	Korea Republic	686	687	687
36	Australia	668	674	674
37	Paraguay	666	682	682
38	Serbia	659	659	659
39	Haiti	650	650	650
40	Turkey	627	627	627
41	Egypt	615	565	598
42	Bolivia	609	609	609
42	Gabon	609	603	636
42	Republic of Ireland	609	609	609
45	Tunisia	606	581	627
46	Peru	603	603	603
47	Slovakia	595	595	595
47	Ukraine	595	595	595
49	Slovenia	591	591	591
50	Bulgaria	585	585	585
51	Panama	582	567	578
52	Central African Republic	581	581	581
52	Nigeria	581	589	589
54	Libya	572	591	591
55	Poland	553	553	553
56	Jamaica	552	552	552
57	Venezuela	551	561	561
58	Honduras	540	543	543
59	Iran	532	537	537
60	Guinea	527	527	527
61	Cameroon	523	485	515
62	Sierra Leone	521	526	526
63	Albania	518	518	518
64	Canada	517	517	517
65	Belarus	516	516	516
66	Costa Rica	515	515	515
67	Uzbekistan	513	540	540
68	Trinidad and Tobago	507	483	483
69	Cape Verde Islands	498	498	498
70	Austria	492	492	492
71	Togo	491	427	479
72	Scotland	490	490	490
73	Georgia	481	481	481
74	Morocco	466	439	480
75	Armenia	457	457	457
75	Benin	457	384	429
77	Senegal	455	439	439
78	Israel	454	454	454
79	Equatorial Guinea	439	469	469
80	Guatemala	438	444	444
81	FYR Macedonia	436	436	436
82	Wales	435	435	435
83	Finland	431	431	431
84	Angola	428	401	441
84	Uganda	428	430	430
86	Estonia	425	433	433
87	South Africa	416	378	477
88	China PR	410	415	415
89	Burkina Faso	408	402	402
90	Iceland	392	392	392
91	New Zealand	390	390	390
92	Iraq	385	368	415
93	Dominican Republic	378	378	378
94	Jordan	375	377	377
95	Oman	369	300	373
96	Northern Ireland	367	367	367
96	United Arab Emirates	367	261	341
98	Qatar	365	311	394
99	Korea DPR	361	363	363
100	Cuba	355	399	399
101	Sudan	349	361	361
101	Zimbabwe	349	354	354
103	El Salvador	348	374	374
104	Burundi	342	334	334
105	Niger	335	321	351
106	Latvia	334	334	334
107	Congo DR	332	354	354
108	New Caledonia	330	330	330
109	Congo	325	325	325
110	Ethiopia	323	304	333
111	Malawi	318	299	322
112	Liberia	312	312	312
112	Mozambique	312	308	308
114	Suriname	311	311	311
115	Antigua and Barbuda	293	293	293
116	Lithuania	284	284	284
117	Kuwait	281	269	308
118	Azerbaijan	277	277	277
119	Bahrain	275	256	350
119	Sao Tome e Principe	275	243	243
121	Botswana	274	268	268
121	Namibia	274	279	279
123	St. Kitts and Nevis	271	271	271
124	Guyana	267	267	267
125	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	266	266	266
126	Saudi Arabia	264	261	305
127	Lebanon	259	253	253
128	Moldova	255	255	255
129	Turkmenistan	254	254	254
130	Tanzania	253	244	277
131	Vietnam	251	243	243
132	Cyprus	248	248	248
132	Puerto Rico	248	248	248
134	Kenya	246	252	252
134	Rwanda	246	236	266
136	Tajikistan	233	221	259
136	Thailand	233	222	242
138	Grenada	222	222	222
139	Tahiti	215	215	215
140	Chad	212	212	212
141	Gambia	206	197	197
142	Kazakhstan	200	200	200
143	Barbados	197	197	197
144	Syria	186	202	233
145	Nicaragua	180	192	271
146	Malta	178	178	178
147	Philippines	174	176	176
148	Luxembourg	172	172	172
149	St. Lucia	168	168	168
150	Solomon Islands	166	166	166
151	Aruba	163	163	163
152	Palestine	152	154	154
153	Faroe Islands	151	151	151
154	Liechtenstein	146	146	146
154	Singapore	146	140	158
156	Indonesia	143	145	145
157	Bermuda	139	139	139
158	Malaysia	133	134	134
159	Lesotho	130	127	127
159	Maldives	130	130	130
161	Dominica	124	124	124
162	Myanmar	114	114	114
163	Hong Kong	112	111	111
164	Yemen	108	106	185
165	Vanuatu	99	99	99
166	India	96	100	100
167	Belize	92	110	110
168	Bangladesh	90	90	90
169	Chinese Taipei	85	82	82
169	Fiji	85	85	85
171	Laos	83	83	83
171	Nepal	83	83	83
173	Samoa	74	74	74
174	Bahamas	66	66	66
174	Guinea-Bissau	66	66	66
174	Montserrat	66	66	66
177	Curacao	65	65	65
178	Swaziland	61	61	147
179	Madagascar	55	55	55
179	Mongolia	55	55	55
181	Guam	53	53	53
182	Brunei Darussalam	52	52	52
182	Timor-Leste	52	52	52
184	Cambodia	50	50	50
185	Tonga	44	44	44
186	Afghanistan	39	39	39
186	US Virgin Islands	39	39	39
188	Papua New Guinea	38	38	38
189	Pakistan	37	37	37
190	Sri Lanka	36	36	36
191	British Virgin Islands	34	34	34
192	Cayman Islands	33	33	33
193	American Samoa	30	30	30
194	Comoros	29	29	29
195	Somalia	27	14	14
196	Eritrea	24	24	24
196	Seychelles	24	24	24
198	Macau	23	23	23
199	Kyrgyzstan	20	20	20
199	South Sudan	20	20	20
201	Cook Islands	16	16	16
202	Djibouti	13	11	11
202	Mauritius	13	13	13
204	Andorra	11	11	11
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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