FIFA Ranking: April 2013 preview

Next update: 22 or 29 March 2013.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 11 April 2013.

There will no less than 128 matches this month.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

29 - Tajikistan
23 - Nepal
20 - Afghanistan
18 - Bangladesh
16 - Equatorial Guinea
16 - Maldives
11 - Gambia
11 - Sri Lanka
10 - Liechtenstein
8 - El Salvador
8 - Guatemala
8 - Iraq
8 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
8 - Burundi
8 - Myanmar

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-45 - Germany
-41 - Spain
-33 - Italy
-31 - Korea DPR
-25 - Cuba
-24 - Cape Verde Islands
-18 - Switzerland
-14 - Côte d'Ivoire
-13 - Netherlands
-13 - Haiti
-13 - Grenada

March 2013 rank - Country - March 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1610	1446	1569
2	Germany	1473	1371	1428
3	Argentina	1309	1170	1355
4	England	1174	1081	1192
5	Italy	1173	1081	1140
6	Colombia	1159	1032	1272
7	Portugal	1133	1104	1202
8	Netherlands	1106	953	1093
9	Croatia	1080	1021	1191
10	Russia	1064	999	1093
11	Ecuador	1037	902	1056
12	Greece	1033	986	1081
13	Côte d'Ivoire	1022	978	1008
14	Switzerland	1019	950	1001
15	Mexico	995	921	1071
16	Uruguay	950	898	1111
17	France	921	853	1008
18	Brazil	908	855	957
19	Belgium	892	780	953
20	Ghana	883	845	874
21	Sweden	849	800	916
22	Chile	829	764	962
23	Bosnia-Herzegovina	825	755	896
24	Mali	815	786	826
25	Denmark	814	788	951
26	Japan	811	746	827
27	Czech Republic	809	771	917
28	Montenegro	790	663	912
29	Norway	784	753	855
30	Nigeria	775	747	776
31	Romania	768	708	953
32	Hungary	752	668	911
33	USA	733	687	834
34	Algeria	722	674	735
35	Serbia	657	575	778
36	Zambia	643	624	649
37	Bolivia	641	492	808
38	Paraguay	640	601	856
39	Australia	634	610	654
40	Republic of Ireland	627	604	777
41	Panama	624	589	698
41	Peru	624	610	752
43	Venezuela	622	562	855
44	Tunisia	619	592	647
45	Turkey	616	573	699
46	Bulgaria	615	499	670
47	Korea Republic	601	551	634
48	Ukraine	598	563	675
49	Honduras	592	557	691
50	Burkina Faso	588	544	587
51	Haiti	584	510	571
52	Central African Republic	581	528	657
53	Costa Rica	577	556	664
54	Jamaica	576	539	683
55	Slovakia	574	527	634
56	Slovenia	567	560	650
57	Cape Verde Islands	540	464	516
57	Iran	540	525	565
59	Uzbekistan	536	484	576
60	South Africa	531	485	548
61	Poland	529	505	600
62	Belarus	524	465	533
63	Sierra Leone	517	517	629
64	Albania	510	444	584
65	Libya	507	451	589
66	Scotland	501	459	680
67	Togo	500	470	522
68	Canada	496	457	527
69	Georgia	494	417	569
69	Trinidad and Tobago	494	463	504
71	Wales	491	477	748
72	Guinea	489	455	530
73	FYR Macedonia	487	441	668
74	Israel	485	422	624
75	Egypt	478	468	507
75	Gabon	478	450	513
77	Morocco	475	466	498
78	Cuba	458	433	433
79	Austria	453	395	552
79	Cameroon	453	448	533
81	Congo DR	437	406	493
82	Senegal	434	377	505
83	El Salvador	432	440	471
84	Armenia	431	421	565
85	Uganda	427	413	449
86	Benin	424	381	559
87	Finland	423	379	544
88	New Zealand	419	365	433
89	Estonia	408	386	507
90	Jordan	394	373	462
91	Guatemala	393	401	401
92	Iceland	392	361	469
93	Niger	389	362	450
94	Iraq	387	395	418
95	Angola	381	378	447
96	Dominican Republic	378	322	410
97	Northern Ireland	367	270	533
98	Qatar	364	338	432
98	United Arab Emirates	364	353	423
100	Zimbabwe	361	349	438
101	Congo	358	344	459
102	Korea DPR	341	310	310
103	New Caledonia	336	297	398
104	Equatorial Guinea	335	351	535
105	Oman	329	314	373
106	Saudi Arabia	327	294	322
107	Mozambique	321	304	380
108	Latvia	319	310	347
109	China PR	315	312	388
110	Suriname	311	311	311
111	Malawi	310	286	337
112	Ethiopia	307	297	328
113	Kuwait	294	286	348
114	Antigua and Barbuda	288	288	288
115	Lithuania	287	272	408
116	Azerbaijan	286	263	446
117	Bahrain	271	259	297
118	Liberia	265	266	334
119	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	263	271	271
119	Tanzania	263	244	305
121	Namibia	261	257	339
122	Botswana	260	241	298
123	Puerto Rico	257	257	257
124	Burundi	253	261	261
125	Guyana	248	248	248
126	Kenya	247	240	319
127	Sudan	241	224	330
128	Belize	240	240	240
129	Vietnam	239	234	257
130	Lebanon	234	219	292
131	Moldova	232	214	457
132	Rwanda	228	219	354
133	Cyprus	225	204	378
134	Syria	222	215	251
135	Grenada	220	207	207
135	Thailand	220	200	255
137	St. Kitts and Nevis	219	218	218
138	Tahiti	215	190	277
139	Kazakhstan	212	199	529
140	Turkmenistan	207	170	370
141	Afghanistan	190	210	210
142	Barbados	188	188	188
143	India	177	178	178
144	Gambia	176	187	428
145	Philippines	173	161	215
146	St. Lucia	168	168	168
147	Malta	166	153	443
147	Solomon Islands	166	142	243
149	Aruba	163	163	163
150	Palestine	161	162	185
151	Luxembourg	157	161	258
152	Tajikistan	154	183	377
153	Faroe Islands	151	143	325
154	Nicaragua	150	150	150
155	Myanmar	147	155	155
156	Sao Tome e Principe	144	144	144
157	Bangladesh	143	161	161
157	Liechtenstein	143	153	239
159	Hong Kong	141	134	176
160	Bermuda	139	139	139
161	Maldives	136	152	152
162	Chad	133	131	131
162	Singapore	133	133	133
164	Malaysia	129	120	157
165	Dominica	124	124	124
166	Indonesia	121	117	172
166	Lesotho	121	115	232
168	Laos	118	118	118
169	Vanuatu	102	102	102
170	Yemen	101	100	123
171	Pakistan	97	78	199
172	Mauritania	94	94	94
173	Sri Lanka	92	103	103
174	Chinese Taipei	89	90	90
175	Fiji	85	85	85
175	Nepal	85	108	108
177	Samoa	74	74	74
178	Mongolia	72	67	67
179	Bahamas	66	66	66
179	Guam	66	65	65
179	Montserrat	66	66	66
182	Curacao	65	65	65
183	Guinea-Bissau	63	66	66
183	Swaziland	63	65	129
185	Cambodia	58	50	202
186	Brunei Darussalam	52	32	165
186	Timor-Leste	52	52	52
188	Madagascar	49	51	51
189	Mauritius	48	50	50
190	Tonga	44	44	44
191	US Virgin Islands	39	39	39
192	Comoros	38	41	41
192	Papua New Guinea	38	38	38
194	British Virgin Islands	34	34	34
195	Cayman Islands	33	33	33
196	American Samoa	30	30	30
197	Eritrea	24	24	24
198	Macau	22	14	152
198	Seychelles	22	22	22
200	South Sudan	20	20	20
201	Kyrgyzstan	19	13	206
202	Cook Islands	16	16	16
203	Somalia	14	14	14
204	Andorra	11	9	209
204	Djibouti	11	11	11
206	Anguilla	4	4	4
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	359
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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