FIFA Ranking: April 2013 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 11 April 2013.

Only one match left: 6 April Bolivia vs. Brazil (friendly).

This is how the totals could change for these two teams:

Brazil (L: 879, D: 889, W: 909)
Bolivia (L: 537, D: 553, W: 586)

In the table below the values displayed for these teams are the lowest possible, so even if the lose, their totals won't drop.

Croatia move an impressive 5 places to reach 4th. Their best ranking was 3rd in January 1999.

Brazil will drop to at least 19th - their worst ever ranking. If they don't win against Bolivia they will drop out of the top 20, to 21st.




Best movers:

59 - Kyrgyzstan
45 - Equatorial Guinea
40 - Tajikistan

Worst movers:

-22 - Georgia and Northern Ireland
-20 - Bolivia
-18 - Cape Verde Islands

Bolivia could limit the damage by not losing against Brazil.

Best movers in the top 50:

22 - Wales
16 - Albania
11 - Ukraine

Worst movers in the top 50:

-20 - Bolivia
-9 - Zambia
-7 - Australia

Seven teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Ecuador (10 - 11 in March 2013)
Venezuela (36 - 39 in November 2011)
Panama (38 - 41 in March 2013)
Albania (48 - 50 in April 2011)
Equatorial Guinea (59 - 64 in March 2008)
Tajikistan (112 - 114 in July 1997)
Afghanistan (139 - 141 in March 2013)

Three teams will return to their best ever ranking:

Côte d'Ivoire (12 - 12 in February 2013)
Belgium (16 - 16 in January 2003)
Philippines (143 - 143 in November 2012)

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Indonesia (170 - 170 in October 2012)
Seychelles (199 - 199 in July 2011)

Seven teams will drop to new lows:

Brazil (19 - 18 in December 2012)
Singapore (165 - 163 in November 2012)
Yemen (174 - 170 in March 2013)
Fiji (177 - 170 in August 2007)
Cayman Islands (196 - 192 in December 2007)
Eritrea (198 - 197 in February 2013)
Macau (202 - 201 in August 2012)

Georgia's drop of 22 places will be their worst move ever (they fell 21 places in April 2012).
Tajikistan's climb of 40 places will be their best move ever (they climbed 29 places in September 2011).
Kyrgyzstan's climb of 59 places will be their best move ever (they climbed 27 places in June 1997).

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

1	Spain	1538	0	-72
2	Germany	1428	0	-45
3	Argentina	1292	0	-17
4	Croatia	1191	5	111
5	Portugal	1163	2	30
6	Colombia	1154	0	-5
7	England	1135	-3	-39
8	Italy	1117	-3	-56
9	Netherlands	1093	-1	-13
10	Ecuador	1056	1	19
11	Russia	1052	-1	-12
12	Côte d'Ivoire	1008	1	-14
13	Greece	986	-1	-47
14	Mexico	971	1	-24
15	Switzerland	967	-1	-52
16	Belgium	953	3	61
17	Uruguay	932	-1	-18
18	France	914	-1	-7
19	Denmark	900	6	86
20	Bosnia-Herzegovina	896	3	71
21	Brazil	879	-3	-29
22	Ghana	874	-2	-9
23	Chile	870	-1	41
24	Sweden	838	-3	-11
25	Czech Republic	829	2	20
26	Mali	826	-2	11
27	Montenegro	789	1	-1
28	USA	779	5	46
29	Japan	773	-3	-38
30	Norway	760	-1	-24
31	Nigeria	757	-1	-18
32	Peru	752	9	128
33	Hungary	749	-1	-3
34	Romania	746	-3	-22
35	Algeria	735	-1	13
36	Venezuela	708	7	86
37	Ukraine	675	11	77
38	Panama	663	3	39
39	Republic of Ireland	662	1	35
40	Serbia	659	-5	2
41	Tunisia	647	3	28
42	Korea Republic	644	5	43
43	Paraguay	643	-5	3
44	Turkey	634	1	18
45	Zambia	632	-9	-11
46	Australia	624	-7	-10
47	Costa Rica	606	6	29
48	Albania	596	16	86
49	Wales	589	22	98
50	Burkina Faso	587	0	-1
51	Bulgaria	583	-5	-32
52	Honduras	581	-3	-11
53	Jamaica	564	1	-12
54	Slovakia	563	1	-11
55	Slovenia	560	1	-7
56	Iran	538	1	-2
57	Bolivia	537	-20	-104
58	Israel	536	16	51
59	Equatorial Guinea	535	45	200
60	Cameroon	533	19	80
61	Haiti	532	-10	-52
62	South Africa	530	-2	-1
63	Poland	529	-2	0
64	Central African Republic	528	-12	-53
65	Libya	524	0	17
66	Uzbekistan	521	-7	-15
67	Sierra Leone	517	-4	0
68	Egypt	507	7	29
69	Belarus	502	-7	-22
70	Guinea	480	2	-9
71	Austria	472	8	19
72	Togo	470	-5	-30
73	Iceland	469	19	77
74	Morocco	466	3	-9
75	Cape Verde Islands	464	-18	-76
76	Jordan	462	14	68
77	Congo	459	24	101
77	Scotland	459	-11	-42
79	Canada	457	-11	-39
80	Gabon	450	-5	-28
81	Trinidad and Tobago	446	-12	-48
82	Finland	444	5	21
83	FYR Macedonia	441	-10	-46
84	El Salvador	440	-1	8
85	Congo DR	435	-4	-2
86	Cuba	433	-8	-25
86	New Zealand	433	2	14
88	Senegal	430	-6	-4
89	United Arab Emirates	423	9	59
90	Armenia	421	-6	-10
91	Georgia	417	-22	-77
92	Uganda	413	-7	-14
93	Estonia	411	-4	3
94	Angola	401	1	20
94	Guatemala	401	-3	8
96	Dominican Republic	396	0	18
96	Iraq	396	-2	9
98	China PR	388	11	73
99	Benin	381	-13	-43
100	Niger	362	-7	-27
101	Zimbabwe	349	-1	-12
102	Qatar	346	-4	-18
103	Oman	344	2	15
104	Liberia	334	14	69
105	New Caledonia	333	-2	-3
106	Mozambique	330	1	9
107	Ethiopia	328	5	21
108	Malawi	323	3	13
109	Latvia	322	-1	3
109	Saudi Arabia	322	-3	-5
111	Lithuania	316	4	29
112	Tajikistan	312	40	158
113	Kuwait	311	0	17
113	Suriname	311	-3	0
115	Korea DPR	310	-13	-31
116	Tanzania	305	3	42
117	Bahrain	291	0	20
118	Antigua and Barbuda	288	-4	0
119	Northern Ireland	285	-22	-82
120	Azerbaijan	276	-4	-10
121	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	271	-2	8
122	Kenya	266	4	19
123	Cyprus	262	10	37
124	Burundi	261	0	8
125	Botswana	257	-3	-3
125	Namibia	257	-4	-4
125	Puerto Rico	257	-2	0
128	Guyana	248	-3	0
129	Lebanon	242	1	8
130	Belize	239	-2	-1
131	Turkmenistan	235	9	28
132	Vietnam	234	-3	-5
133	Sudan	224	-6	-17
134	Tahiti	221	4	6
135	Rwanda	219	-3	-9
136	St. Kitts and Nevis	218	1	-1
137	Syria	215	-3	-7
138	Moldova	214	-7	-18
139	Afghanistan	210	2	20
140	Thailand	208	-5	-12
141	Grenada	207	-6	-13
142	Kyrgyzstan	206	59	187
143	Philippines	204	2	31
144	Kazakhstan	199	-5	-13
145	Barbados	188	-3	0
146	Gambia	187	-2	11
147	Liechtenstein	182	10	39
147	Luxembourg	182	4	25
149	India	178	-6	1
150	Hong Kong	176	9	35
151	Palestine	170	-1	9
152	St. Lucia	168	-6	0
153	Aruba	163	-4	0
154	Bangladesh	161	3	18
155	Myanmar	155	0	8
156	Lesotho	154	10	33
157	Malta	153	-10	-13
158	Maldives	152	3	16
159	Nicaragua	150	-5	0
160	Sao Tome e Principe	144	-4	0
161	Faroe Islands	143	-8	-8
162	Solomon Islands	142	-15	-24
163	Bermuda	139	-3	0
164	Malaysia	137	0	8
165	Singapore	133	-3	0
166	Chad	131	-4	-2
167	Dominica	124	-2	0
168	Laos	118	0	0
168	Pakistan	118	3	21
170	Indonesia	117	-4	-4
171	Nepal	108	4	23
172	Sri Lanka	103	1	11
173	Vanuatu	102	-4	0
174	Yemen	100	-4	-1
175	Mauritania	94	-3	0
176	Chinese Taipei	90	-2	1
177	Fiji	85	-2	0
178	Samoa	74	-1	0
179	Mongolia	67	-1	-5
180	Bahamas	66	-1	0
180	Guinea-Bissau	66	3	3
180	Montserrat	66	-1	0
183	Curacao	65	-1	0
183	Guam	65	-4	-1
183	Swaziland	65	0	2
186	Brunei Darussalam	52	0	0
186	Timor-Leste	52	0	0
188	Madagascar	51	0	2
189	Cambodia	50	-4	-8
189	Mauritius	50	0	2
191	Tonga	44	-1	0
192	Comoros	41	0	3
193	US Virgin Islands	39	-2	0
194	Papua New Guinea	38	-2	0
195	British Virgin Islands	34	-1	0
196	Cayman Islands	33	-1	0
197	American Samoa	30	-1	0
198	Eritrea	24	-1	0
199	Seychelles	22	-1	0
200	South Sudan	20	0	0
201	Cook Islands	16	1	0
202	Macau	14	-4	-8
202	Somalia	14	1	0
204	Djibouti	11	0	0
205	Andorra	9	-1	-2
206	Anguilla	4	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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