FIFA Ranking: January 2013 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 17 January.

18 teams involved in 9 friendlies - up to Sunday. This is how the points and rankings can change:

Team - Minimum Points - Maximum Points - Worst possible ranking - Best possible ranking

Algeria	818	850	23	21
Ghana	763	788	30	26
Panama	571	594	53	46
Tunisia	570	596	53	44
Morocco	448	461	77	74
Guatemala	412	437	87	80
South Africa	397	436	88	80
Iraq	386	392	92	89
Qatar	331	346	107	103
Oman	328	340	108	103
United Arab Emirates	324	346	109	103
Ethiopia	302	316	113	110
Saudi Arabia	277	293	120	115
Bahrain	269	282	123	117
Tanzania	264	281	126	117
Kuwait	262	276	126	119
Namibia	259	299	126	114
Yemen	106	129	165	160

In the table below, the values used for these teams are the minimum possible.




Best movers:

13 - Cuba and Niger
11 - Uzbekistan
8 - Syria

Worst movers:

-19 - Benin
-14 - Sao Tome e Principe
-13 - Egypt

Best movers in the top 50:

6 - Libya
3 - Peru
2 - Paraguay, Slovakia and Ukraine

Worst movers in the top 50:

-13 - Egypt
-6 - Gabon
-5 - Zambia

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Ecuador (12 - 13 in December 2012)
Mali (24 - 25 in December 2012)
Haiti (38 - 39 in December 2012)

Two teams will fall to new lows:

Somalia (201 - 200 in December 2008)
Djibouti (203 - 202 in November 2012)



January 2013 rank - Team - January 2013 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1606	0	0
2	Germany	1437	0	0
3	Argentina	1290	0	0
4	Italy	1165	0	0
5	Colombia	1164	0	0
6	England	1151	0	0
7	Portugal	1144	0	0
8	Netherlands	1124	0	0
9	Russia	1070	0	0
10	Croatia	1064	0	0
11	Greece	1033	0	0
12	Ecuador	1007	1	8
13	Switzerland	1004	-1	0
14	Côte d'Ivoire	996	0	1
15	Mexico	994	0	0
16	Uruguay	975	0	0
17	France	949	0	0
18	Brazil	946	0	0
19	Sweden	870	1	0
20	Belgium	868	1	0
21	Japan	834	1	-6
22	Denmark	819	1	-2
23	Algeria	818	-4	-69
24	Mali	807	1	-2
25	Norway	805	-1	-5
26	Bosnia-Herzegovina	788	1	0
27	USA	782	1	0
28	Czech Republic	781	1	0
29	Chile	774	-3	-19
30	Ghana	763	0	-14
31	Montenegro	756	0	0
32	Hungary	750	0	0
33	Romania	700	0	0
34	Korea Republic	687	1	1
35	Paraguay	682	2	16
36	Australia	674	0	6
37	Serbia	659	1	0
38	Haiti	650	1	0
39	Zambia	646	-5	-51
40	Turkey	627	0	0
41	Bolivia	609	1	0
41	Republic of Ireland	609	1	0
43	Peru	603	3	0
44	Slovakia	595	3	0
44	Ukraine	595	3	0
46	Libya	591	8	19
46	Slovenia	591	3	0
48	Gabon	588	-6	-21
49	Bulgaria	585	1	0
50	Central African Republic	581	2	0
51	Nigeria	573	1	-8
52	Panama	571	-1	-11
53	Tunisia	570	-8	-36
54	Egypt	566	-13	-49
55	Venezuela	561	2	10
56	Poland	555	-1	2
56	Uzbekistan	555	11	42
58	Jamaica	552	-2	0
59	Honduras	543	-1	3
60	Iran	537	-1	5
61	Guinea	527	-1	0
62	Sierra Leone	526	0	5
63	Albania	518	0	0
64	Canada	517	0	0
65	Belarus	516	0	0
66	Costa Rica	515	0	0
67	Cameroon	500	-6	-23
68	Austria	492	2	0
69	Scotland	490	3	0
70	Cape Verde Islands	486	-1	-12
71	Trinidad and Tobago	483	-3	-24
72	Georgia	481	1	0
73	Equatorial Guinea	469	6	30
74	Armenia	457	1	0
75	Israel	454	3	0
75	Togo	454	-4	-37
77	Morocco	448	-3	-18
78	Angola	447	6	19
79	Senegal	439	-2	-16
80	FYR Macedonia	436	1	0
81	Uganda	435	3	7
81	Wales	435	1	0
83	Estonia	433	3	8
84	Finland	431	-1	0
85	China PR	415	3	5
86	Guatemala	412	-6	-26
87	Cuba	399	13	44
88	South Africa	397	-1	-19
89	Iceland	392	1	0
90	New Zealand	390	1	0
91	Burkina Faso	389	-2	-19
92	Iraq	386	0	1
92	Niger	386	13	51
94	Benin	384	-19	-73
95	Dominican Republic	378	-2	0
96	Jordan	375	-2	0
97	El Salvador	374	6	26
98	Northern Ireland	367	-2	0
99	Korea DPR	363	0	2
100	Sudan	361	1	12
101	Congo DR	355	6	23
102	Zimbabwe	354	-1	5
103	Burundi	334	1	-8
103	Latvia	334	3	0
105	Qatar	331	-7	-34
106	New Caledonia	330	2	0
107	Oman	328	-12	-41
108	Congo	325	1	0
109	United Arab Emirates	324	-13	-43
110	Liberia	312	2	0
111	Suriname	311	3	0
112	Mozambique	308	0	-4
113	Ethiopia	302	-3	-21
114	Malawi	299	-3	-19
115	Antigua and Barbuda	293	0	0
116	Lithuania	284	0	0
117	Azerbaijan	277	1	0
117	Saudi Arabia	277	9	13
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	271	4	0
120	Bahrain	269	-1	-6
121	Botswana	268	0	-6
122	Guyana	267	2	0
123	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	266	2	0
124	Tanzania	264	6	11
125	Kuwait	262	-8	-19
126	Namibia	259	-5	-15
127	Kenya	256	7	10
128	Moldova	255	0	0
129	Turkmenistan	254	0	0
130	Lebanon	253	-3	-6
131	Cyprus	248	1	0
131	Puerto Rico	248	1	0
133	Sao Tome e Principe	243	-14	-32
134	Vietnam	242	-3	-9
135	Tajikistan	240	1	7
136	Syria	237	8	51
137	Rwanda	236	-3	-10
138	Thailand	228	-2	-5
139	Grenada	222	-1	0
140	Tahiti	215	-1	0
141	Chad	212	-1	0
142	Kazakhstan	200	0	0
143	Barbados	197	0	0
143	Gambia	197	-2	-9
145	Nicaragua	192	0	12
146	Malta	178	0	0
147	Philippines	176	0	2
148	Luxembourg	172	0	0
149	St. Lucia	168	0	0
150	Solomon Islands	166	0	0
151	Aruba	163	0	0
152	Palestine	154	0	2
153	Faroe Islands	151	0	0
154	Liechtenstein	146	0	0
154	Singapore	146	0	0
156	Indonesia	145	0	2
157	Bermuda	139	0	0
158	Malaysia	134	0	1
159	Maldives	130	0	0
160	Lesotho	127	-1	-3
161	Dominica	124	0	0
162	Myanmar	114	0	0
163	Hong Kong	111	0	-1
164	Belize	110	3	18
165	Yemen	106	-1	-2
166	India	100	0	4
167	Vanuatu	99	-2	0
168	Bangladesh	90	0	0
169	Fiji	85	0	0
170	Laos	83	1	0
170	Nepal	83	1	0
172	Chinese Taipei	82	-3	-3
173	Samoa	74	0	0
174	Bahamas	66	0	0
174	Guinea-Bissau	66	0	0
174	Montserrat	66	0	0
177	Curacao	65	0	0
178	Swaziland	61	0	0
179	Madagascar	55	0	0
179	Mongolia	55	0	0
181	Guam	53	0	0
182	Brunei Darussalam	52	0	0
182	Timor-Leste	52	0	0
184	Cambodia	50	0	0
185	Tonga	44	0	0
186	Afghanistan	39	0	0
186	US Virgin Islands	39	0	0
188	Papua New Guinea	38	0	0
189	Pakistan	37	0	0
190	Sri Lanka	36	0	0
191	British Virgin Islands	34	0	0
192	Cayman Islands	33	0	0
193	American Samoa	30	0	0
194	Comoros	29	0	0
195	Eritrea	24	1	0
195	Seychelles	24	1	0
197	Macau	23	1	0
198	Kyrgyzstan	20	1	0
198	South Sudan	20	1	0
200	Cook Islands	16	1	0
201	Somalia	14	-6	-13
202	Mauritius	13	0	0
203	Andorra	11	1	0
203	Djibouti	11	-1	-2
205	Anguilla	4	0	0
206	Mauritania	3	0	0
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	0
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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