FIFA Ranking: February 2013 preview

Next update: 8 February 2013.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

130 - Belize
98 - Burkina Faso
91 - Mauritania
72 - South Africa
63 - Congo
60 - El Salvador
45 - Congo DR
44 - Costa Rica
42 - Tunisia
39 - Ghana

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-134 - Equatorial Guinea
-110 - Gabon
-104 - Algeria
-62 - Angola
-55 - Japan
-55 - Zambia
-55 - Egypt
-45 - Libya
-45 - Guinea
-35 - Colombia

Best movers (worst case scenario):


37 - Mauritania
27 - Belize
19 - Burkina Faso
16 - Congo
15 - South Africa, Mauritius and El Salvador
12 - Congo DR
5 - Costa Rica
4 - Cape Verde Islands, Togo and Turkmenistan

Worst movers (best case scenario):

-32 - Equatorial Guinea
-22 - Gabon
-14 - Angola
-9 - Burundi
-8 - Algeria, Libya and Guinea
-7 - Egypt
-6 - Liberia
-5 - Zambia

FIFA decided to consider CHAN matches as friendlies and they have added some CHAN games played in December 2012. That's why for instance Mauritania and Mauritius climb in the rankings.

January 2013 rank - Country - January 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1606	1557	1590
2	Germany	1437	1401	1437
3	Argentina	1290	1236	1281
4	Italy	1165	1144	1183
5	Colombia	1164	1093	1129
6	England	1151	1121	1160
7	Portugal	1144	1129	1166
8	Netherlands	1124	1094	1136
9	Russia	1070	1029	1055
10	Croatia	1064	1021	1059
11	Greece	1033	1007	1047
12	Ecuador	1007	935	999
13	Switzerland	1004	974	1031
14	Côte d'Ivoire	996	983	1203
15	Mexico	994	944	1016
16	Uruguay	975	950	1005
17	France	949	929	968
18	Brazil	946	924	965
19	Sweden	870	863	908
20	Belgium	868	817	864
21	Japan	834	758	779
22	Algeria	829	725	725
23	Denmark	819	825	851
24	Norway	810	780	827
25	Mali	807	679	987
26	Bosnia-Herzegovina	788	768	814
26	Ghana	788	827	997
28	USA	782	736	802
29	Czech Republic	781	763	797
30	Chile	774	786	815
31	Montenegro	756	756	756
32	Hungary	750	713	758
33	Romania	700	698	744
34	Korea Republic	687	643	696
35	Paraguay	682	657	681
36	Australia	674	649	682
37	Serbia	659	651	668
38	Haiti	650	584	629
39	Zambia	646	591	591
40	Turkey	627	616	658
41	Bolivia	609	556	607
41	Republic of Ireland	609	598	634
43	Peru	603	606	634
44	Slovakia	595	589	643
44	Ukraine	595	556	597
46	Panama	594	595	647
47	Libya	591	514	546
47	Slovenia	591	573	631
49	Gabon	588	478	478
50	Bulgaria	585	590	590
51	Central African Republic	581	581	581
52	Nigeria	573	568	777
53	Tunisia	570	612	612
54	Egypt	566	490	511
55	Venezuela	561	599	599
56	Poland	555	528	560
56	Uzbekistan	555	548	575
58	Jamaica	552	544	621
59	Honduras	543	510	581
60	Iran	537	513	543
61	Guinea	527	482	482
62	Sierra Leone	526	517	517
63	Albania	518	489	528
64	Canada	517	485	485
65	Belarus	516	484	540
66	Costa Rica	515	559	613
67	Cameroon	500	464	483
68	Austria	492	470	510
69	Scotland	490	472	511
70	Cape Verde Islands	486	512	741
71	Trinidad and Tobago	483	466	503
72	Georgia	481	446	491
73	Equatorial Guinea	469	335	335
74	Morocco	461	481	481
75	Armenia	457	457	473
76	Israel	454	461	495
77	Togo	451	488	658
78	Angola	443	381	381
79	Senegal	439	426	426
80	FYR Macedonia	436	417	465
81	Uganda	435	435	435
81	Wales	435	444	493
83	Estonia	433	426	454
84	Finland	431	414	455
85	South Africa	423	495	713
86	China PR	415	375	434
87	Guatemala	412	394	421
88	Cuba	399	399	399
89	Iceland	392	370	422
89	Iraq	392	379	392
91	New Zealand	390	390	390
92	Burkina Faso	389	487	689
93	Benin	384	384	384
94	Dominican Republic	378	378	378
95	Jordan	375	367	386
96	El Salvador	374	434	461
97	Niger	371	355	355
98	Northern Ireland	367	347	368
99	Korea DPR	363	361	361
100	Sudan	361	343	343
101	Congo DR	355	400	400
102	Zimbabwe	354	359	359
103	United Arab Emirates	346	334	364
104	Burundi	334	301	301
104	Latvia	334	325	375
106	Qatar	331	336	357
107	New Caledonia	330	336	336
108	Oman	328	320	338
109	Congo	325	388	388
110	Ethiopia	316	303	303
111	Liberia	312	280	280
112	Suriname	311	311	311
113	Mozambique	308	310	310
114	Malawi	299	304	304
115	Antigua and Barbuda	293	293	293
116	Lithuania	284	287	287
117	Bahrain	282	265	280
118	Azerbaijan	277	268	283
118	Saudi Arabia	277	279	328
120	Kuwait	276	287	311
121	St. Kitts and Nevis	271	271	271
122	Guyana	267	267	267
123	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	266	266	266
124	Botswana	264	262	262
124	Tanzania	264	234	258
126	Namibia	259	268	268
127	Kenya	256	238	264
128	Moldova	255	228	248
129	Turkmenistan	254	275	275
130	Lebanon	253	241	289
131	Cyprus	248	232	293
131	Puerto Rico	248	248	248
133	Sao Tome e Principe	243	232	232
134	Vietnam	242	239	287
135	Tajikistan	240	240	240
136	Syria	237	223	283
137	Rwanda	236	247	247
138	Thailand	228	220	259
139	Grenada	222	222	222
140	Tahiti	215	215	215
141	Chad	212	221	221
142	Kazakhstan	200	189	216
143	Barbados	197	188	188
143	Gambia	197	187	187
145	Nicaragua	192	187	187
146	Malta	178	160	199
147	Philippines	176	171	176
148	Luxembourg	172	160	202
149	St. Lucia	168	168	168
150	Solomon Islands	166	166	166
151	Aruba	163	163	163
152	Palestine	154	152	160
153	Faroe Islands	151	151	151
154	Liechtenstein	146	153	184
154	Singapore	146	134	169
156	Indonesia	145	117	182
157	Bermuda	139	139	139
158	Malaysia	134	130	166
159	Maldives	130	130	130
160	Lesotho	127	121	121
161	Dominica	124	124	124
162	Myanmar	114	107	122
163	Hong Kong	111	115	199
164	Belize	110	240	240
165	Yemen	106	106	147
166	India	100	98	111
167	Vanuatu	99	102	102
168	Bangladesh	90	90	90
169	Fiji	85	85	85
170	Laos	83	87	87
170	Nepal	83	80	109
172	Chinese Taipei	82	87	87
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	63	63
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	53	53
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	88
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	38	38
195	Eritrea	24	24	24
195	Seychelles	24	24	24
197	Macau	23	24	24
198	Kyrgyzstan	20	20	20
198	South Sudan	20	20	20
200	Cook Islands	16	16	16
201	Somalia	14	14	14
202	Mauritius	13	48	48
203	Andorra	11	11	11
203	Djibouti	11	11	11
205	Anguilla	4	4	4
206	Mauritania	3	94	94
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	0
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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