FIFA Ranking: May 2013 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 9 May 2013.

Only one match left: Zambia - Zimbabwe a friendly scheduled for 28 April 2013.

This is how the points could change:

Zambia (L: 610, D: 616, W: 628) Zambia will be ranked between 48 and 46.
Zimbabwe (L: 330, D: 343, W: 370) Zimbabwe will be ranked between 105 and 100.

In the table below, the values displayed for these teams are the lowest possible.
Best movers:

20 - Grenada
12 - Senegal and St. Lucia
6 - South Africa

Worst movers:

-10 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
-6 - Mongolia
-5 - Georgia

Best movers in the top 50:

5 - Albania
3 - Nigeria
2 - Honduras

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Mexico
-1 - USA, Japan, Norway, Paraguay and Zambia

Zambia could fall another 2 places with a defeat against Zimbabwe.

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Belgium (15 - 16 in January 2003)
Albania (43 - 48 in April 2013)

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

1	Spain	1538	0	0
2	Germany	1428	0	0
3	Argentina	1296	0	4
4	Croatia	1191	0	0
5	Portugal	1163	0	0
6	Colombia	1154	0	0
7	England	1135	0	0
8	Italy	1117	0	0
9	Netherlands	1093	0	0
10	Ecuador	1058	0	2
11	Russia	1052	0	0
12	Côte d'Ivoire	1008	0	0
13	Greece	986	0	0
14	Switzerland	967	1	0
15	Belgium	953	1	0
16	Mexico	945	-2	-26
17	Uruguay	932	0	0
18	France	914	0	0
19	Brazil	902	0	-7
20	Denmark	900	0	0
21	Bosnia-Herzegovina	896	0	0
22	Ghana	874	0	0
23	Chile	847	0	-23
24	Sweden	838	0	0
25	Czech Republic	829	0	0
26	Mali	826	0	0
27	Montenegro	789	0	0
28	Nigeria	780	3	23
29	USA	779	-1	0
30	Japan	773	-1	0
31	Norway	760	-1	0
32	Peru	753	0	1
33	Hungary	749	0	0
34	Romania	746	0	0
35	Algeria	735	0	0
36	Venezuela	703	0	-5
37	Ukraine	675	0	0
38	Panama	663	0	0
39	Republic of Ireland	662	0	0
40	Serbia	659	0	0
41	Tunisia	647	0	0
42	Korea Republic	644	0	0
43	Albania	640	5	44
44	Paraguay	634	-1	-9
44	Turkey	634	0	0
46	Australia	624	0	0
47	Costa Rica	616	0	10
48	Zambia	610	-3	-22
49	Wales	589	0	0
50	Burkina Faso	587	0	0
50	Honduras	587	2	6
52	Bulgaria	583	-1	0
53	Jamaica	571	0	7
54	Slovakia	563	0	0
55	Slovenia	560	0	0
56	South Africa	541	6	11
57	Iran	538	-1	0
58	Bolivia	537	-1	0
59	Haiti	536	2	4
59	Israel	536	-1	0
61	Equatorial Guinea	535	-2	0
62	Cameroon	533	-2	0
63	Poland	529	0	0
64	Central African Republic	528	0	0
65	Libya	524	0	0
66	Uzbekistan	521	0	0
67	Sierra Leone	517	0	0
68	Egypt	512	0	0
69	Belarus	502	0	0
70	Guinea	480	0	0
71	Austria	472	0	0
72	Togo	470	0	0
73	Iceland	469	0	0
74	Morocco	466	0	0
75	Cape Verde Islands	464	0	0
76	Senegal	463	12	33
77	Jordan	462	-1	0
78	Congo	459	-1	0
78	Scotland	459	-1	0
80	Canada	457	-1	0
81	Gabon	450	-1	0
82	Trinidad and Tobago	447	-1	1
83	Finland	444	-1	0
84	FYR Macedonia	441	-1	0
85	El Salvador	440	-1	0
86	Congo DR	435	-1	0
87	Cuba	433	-1	0
87	New Zealand	433	-1	0
89	United Arab Emirates	423	0	0
90	Armenia	421	0	0
91	Uganda	413	1	0
92	Estonia	411	1	0
93	Angola	401	1	0
94	Guatemala	400	0	-1
95	Dominican Republic	396	1	0
96	Georgia	394	-5	-23
97	Iraq	391	-1	-5
98	China PR	388	0	0
99	Benin	381	0	0
100	Niger	362	0	0
101	Qatar	345	1	-1
102	Oman	344	1	0
103	Liberia	334	1	0
104	New Caledonia	333	1	0
105	Zimbabwe	330	-4	-19
106	Mozambique	329	0	-1
107	Ethiopia	328	0	0
108	Saudi Arabia	324	0	0
109	Malawi	323	0	0
110	Latvia	322	0	0
111	Lithuania	316	0	0
112	Tajikistan	312	0	0
113	Kuwait	311	0	0
113	Suriname	311	0	0
115	Korea DPR	309	0	-1
116	Tanzania	306	0	1
117	Bahrain	291	0	0
118	Antigua and Barbuda	288	0	0
119	Northern Ireland	285	0	0
120	Azerbaijan	276	0	0
121	Grenada	275	20	68
122	Kenya	266	0	0
123	Cyprus	262	0	0
124	Burundi	261	0	0
125	Botswana	257	0	0
125	Namibia	257	0	0
125	Puerto Rico	257	0	0
128	Guyana	248	0	0
129	Lebanon	242	0	0
130	Belize	239	0	0
131	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	236	-10	-35
132	Vietnam	234	0	0
133	Turkmenistan	232	-2	-3
134	Sudan	224	-1	0
135	Tahiti	221	-1	0
136	Rwanda	219	-1	0
137	St. Kitts and Nevis	218	-1	0
138	Syria	215	-1	0
139	Moldova	214	-1	0
140	Afghanistan	210	-1	0
140	St. Lucia	210	12	42
142	Thailand	208	-2	0
143	Kyrgyzstan	206	-1	0
144	Kazakhstan	199	0	0
144	Philippines	199	-1	-5
146	Barbados	188	-1	0
147	Gambia	187	-1	0
148	Liechtenstein	182	-1	0
148	Luxembourg	182	-1	0
150	India	178	-1	0
151	Hong Kong	176	-1	0
152	Aruba	163	1	0
153	Palestine	162	-2	-8
154	Bangladesh	161	0	0
155	Lesotho	154	1	0
156	Malta	153	1	0
157	Nicaragua	150	2	0
158	Myanmar	149	-3	-6
159	Maldives	146	-1	-6
160	Sao Tome e Principe	144	0	0
161	Faroe Islands	143	0	0
161	Malaysia	143	2	2
163	Solomon Islands	142	-1	0
164	Bermuda	139	0	0
165	Singapore	133	0	0
166	Chad	131	0	0
167	Dominica	124	0	0
168	Laos	118	0	0
168	Pakistan	118	0	0
170	Indonesia	117	0	0
171	Nepal	108	0	0
172	Vanuatu	102	1	0
173	Yemen	100	1	0
174	Sri Lanka	99	-2	-4
175	Mauritania	94	0	0
176	Chinese Taipei	90	0	0
177	Fiji	85	0	0
178	Samoa	74	0	0
179	Bahamas	66	1	0
179	Guinea-Bissau	66	1	0
179	Montserrat	66	1	0
182	Curacao	65	1	0
182	Guam	65	1	0
182	Swaziland	65	1	0
185	Mongolia	61	-6	-6
186	Brunei Darussalam	52	0	0
186	Timor-Leste	52	0	0
188	Madagascar	51	0	0
189	Mauritius	50	0	0
190	Cambodia	45	-1	-5
191	Tonga	44	0	0
192	Comoros	41	0	0
193	US Virgin Islands	39	0	0
194	Papua New Guinea	38	0	0
195	British Virgin Islands	34	0	0
196	Cayman Islands	33	0	0
197	American Samoa	30	0	0
198	Eritrea	24	0	0
199	Seychelles	22	0	0
200	South Sudan	20	0	0
201	Cook Islands	16	0	0
202	Macau	14	0	0
202	Somalia	14	0	0
204	Djibouti	11	0	0
205	Andorra	9	0	0
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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