FIFA Ranking: May 2013 preview

Next update: 26 April 2013.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 9 May 2013.

Only 9 matches will affect the May ranking, two of them have already been played. Six of those still to be played will be part of the Windward Islands Tournament. The other one will involve Brazil and Chile.

This is how the points and ranks could change for these teams:

Team - Minimum Points - Maximum Points - Worst Ranking - Best Ranking

Brazil	892	923	21	18
Chile	832	878	24	22
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	223	261	135	123
Grenada	207	302	142	117
St. Lucia	145	228	160	132
Dominica	113	195	170	145

In the table below, I've used the lowest values possible for these teams, thus their totals won't drop.

Best movers:

12 - Senegal
6 - South Africa
5 - Albania

Worst movers:

-6 - Mongolia
-5 - Georgia
-2 - Mexico, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Myanmar and Sri Lanka

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Myanmar could fall even lower depending on the Windward Islands Tournament results.

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, Zambia, Australia and Costa Rica

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

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

Brazil could fall to 21st (new worst ever ranking) if they lose to Chile.

Singapore could fall to 166th (new worst ever ranking) if Dominica perform well at the Windward Islands Tournament.

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	Denmark	900	1	0
20	Bosnia-Herzegovina	896	1	0
21	Brazil	892	-2	-17
22	Ghana	874	0	0
23	Sweden	838	1	0
24	Chile	832	-1	-38
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	Zambia	632	-1	0
47	Australia	624	-1	0
48	Costa Rica	616	-1	10
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	Zimbabwe	349	0	0
102	Qatar	345	0	-1
103	Oman	344	0	0
104	Liberia	334	0	0
105	New Caledonia	333	0	0
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	Kenya	266	1	0
122	Cyprus	262	1	0
123	Burundi	261	1	0
124	Botswana	257	1	0
124	Namibia	257	1	0
124	Puerto Rico	257	1	0
127	Guyana	248	1	0
128	Lebanon	242	1	0
129	Belize	239	1	0
130	Vietnam	234	2	0
131	Turkmenistan	232	0	-3
132	Sudan	224	1	0
133	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	223	-12	-48
134	Tahiti	221	0	0
135	Rwanda	219	0	0
136	St. Kitts and Nevis	218	0	0
137	Syria	215	0	0
138	Moldova	214	0	0
139	Afghanistan	210	0	0
140	Thailand	208	0	0
141	Grenada	207	0	0
142	Kyrgyzstan	206	0	0
143	Kazakhstan	199	1	0
143	Philippines	199	0	-5
145	Barbados	188	0	0
146	Gambia	187	0	0
147	Liechtenstein	182	0	0
147	Luxembourg	182	0	0
149	India	178	0	0
150	Hong Kong	176	0	0
151	Aruba	163	2	0
152	Palestine	162	-1	-8
153	Bangladesh	161	1	0
154	Lesotho	154	2	0
155	Malta	153	2	0
156	Nicaragua	150	3	0
157	Myanmar	149	-2	-6
158	Maldives	146	0	-6
159	St. Lucia	145	-7	-23
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	Laos	118	1	0
167	Pakistan	118	1	0
169	Indonesia	117	1	0
170	Dominica	113	-3	-11
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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