FIFA Ranking: July 2013 preview

Next update: most likely 21 June 2013.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 4 July.

123 matches will be played this month, most of them FIFA World Cup qualifiers. There's also the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

52 - Cuba
31 - New Zealand
17 - Burundi
13 - Lebanon
8 - United Arab Emirates
7 - US Virgin Islands
6 - New Caledonia
5 - Palestine
5 - Bangladesh
5 - Guam

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-143 - Germany
-101 - England
-56 - Ghana
-50 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
-49 - Vietnam
-47 - El Salvador
-38 - Portugal
-36 - Mali
-35 - France
-33 - Denmark

At least one team will improve its ranking:

Guam (177 - 178 in October 2012)

At least one team will return to its best ever ranking:


Timor-Leste (182 - 182 in December 2012)

At least four teams will drop to new lows:

Fiji (191 - 182 in June 2013)
Cambodia (198 - 192 in July 2012)
Seychelles (200 - 199 in July 2011)
Cook Islands (204 - 202 in April 2009)

June 2013 rank - Country - June 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1614	1224	1670
2	Germany	1416	1273	1273
3	Argentina	1287	1113	1341
4	Croatia	1222	1098	1251
5	Netherlands	1158	1141	1180
6	Portugal	1137	917	1099
7	Colombia	1123	1029	1305
8	Italy	1097	867	1406
9	England	1095	994	994
10	Ecuador	1066	887	1137
11	Russia	1059	979	1141
12	Belgium	1035	967	1079
13	Côte d'Ivoire	1022	867	998
14	Switzerland	1010	922	987
15	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1008	870	958
16	Greece	1006	958	1038
17	Mexico	928	762	1244
18	France	922	838	887
19	Uruguay	913	801	1313
20	Denmark	890	788	857
21	Ghana	887	736	831
22	Brazil	872	685	1100
23	Mali	869	745	833
24	Czech Republic	853	749	893
25	Chile	841	682	872
25	Montenegro	841	774	925
27	Sweden	830	733	842
28	USA	798	664	865
29	Norway	794	731	874
30	Peru	791	779	1019
31	Nigeria	785	676	1034
32	Japan	765	646	1118
33	Hungary	759	749	749
34	Romania	750	732	732
35	Algeria	737	625	726
36	Serbia	723	661	802
37	Venezuela	712	667	913
38	Albania	690	636	796
39	Ukraine	687	642	774
40	Korea Republic	666	540	737
41	Republic of Ireland	659	610	685
42	Tunisia	652	589	703
43	Panama	649	579	765
44	Paraguay	640	622	753
45	Wales	638	630	630
46	Bulgaria	628	596	596
47	Australia	619	566	671
48	Costa Rica	617	554	733
49	Jamaica	602	484	660
49	Zambia	602	521	574
51	Burkina Faso	594	570	656
52	Honduras	582	519	715
53	Bolivia	578	491	721
54	Turkey	573	573	573
55	Slovenia	568	530	634
56	Slovakia	565	530	567
57	New Zealand	551	582	582
58	Uzbekistan	550	516	643
59	Central African Republic	543	398	672
60	South Africa	542	498	599
61	Iceland	541	499	620
62	Israel	540	540	540
63	Haiti	538	509	588
64	Equatorial Guinea	523	464	833
65	Cameroon	517	488	666
65	Poland	517	480	521
67	Belarus	506	458	603
67	Iran	506	497	596
69	Libya	498	391	593
70	Sierra Leone	497	394	658
71	Egypt	491	429	543
72	Cape Verde Islands	486	464	620
73	Togo	483	444	576
74	Scotland	481	463	610
75	Jordan	472	451	547
76	Austria	469	451	595
77	Morocco	463	394	470
78	FYR Macedonia	460	395	438
79	Congo DR	454	371	561
80	Congo	452	354	641
81	Trinidad and Tobago	447	419	442
82	Gabon	444	364	516
83	Canada	443	413	413
84	Finland	442	404	604
85	Guinea	438	387	545
86	El Salvador	429	382	382
87	United Arab Emirates	424	432	432
88	Guatemala	410	384	430
89	Armenia	408	384	575
89	Estonia	408	393	431
91	Angola	406	337	482
91	Cuba	406	458	458
93	Uganda	401	370	466
94	Dominican Republic	396	396	396
95	China PR	393	339	408
96	Georgia	391	369	369
97	New Caledonia	371	377	377
98	Iraq	370	335	425
99	Senegal	366	321	591
100	Liberia	356	324	446
101	Oman	351	353	406
102	Zimbabwe	350	304	479
103	Mozambique	349	326	522
104	Qatar	338	289	359
105	Lithuania	330	321	493
106	Ethiopia	328	295	381
107	Niger	325	313	485
108	Saudi Arabia	323	315	315
109	Malawi	317	298	339
109	Tanzania	317	271	438
111	Kuwait	315	309	309
112	Tajikistan	312	309	309
113	Suriname	311	311	311
114	Korea DPR	309	292	334
115	Benin	308	225	667
116	Northern Ireland	304	307	307
117	Bahrain	292	280	287
118	Azerbaijan	291	284	325
119	Latvia	287	280	419
120	Namibia	281	192	373
121	Antigua and Barbuda	280	265	265
122	Cyprus	269	256	411
123	Kenya	268	249	295
124	Grenada	266	264	264
125	Burundi	256	273	273
126	Guyana	249	250	250
127	Botswana	245	225	352
128	Puerto Rico	241	241	241
129	Belize	239	227	270
130	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	238	238	238
131	Lebanon	233	246	299
132	Turkmenistan	232	232	232
133	Vietnam	231	182	182
134	Moldova	230	206	323
135	Rwanda	224	191	436
135	Sudan	224	203	397
137	St. Kitts and Nevis	218	218	218
138	Syria	215	205	205
138	Tahiti	215	147	843
140	Afghanistan	210	214	214
140	St. Lucia	210	210	210
142	Thailand	209	202	223
143	Kyrgyzstan	206	174	292
144	Philippines	203	203	203
145	Luxembourg	186	190	251
146	Kazakhstan	180	172	172
147	Hong Kong	178	173	173
147	India	178	178	178
149	Barbados	175	175	175
150	Aruba	163	163	163
151	Palestine	162	167	167
152	Bangladesh	161	166	166
153	Lesotho	156	133	399
154	Chad	152	134	134
155	Myanmar	149	129	129
156	Malta	148	144	236
157	Maldives	146	122	193
158	Liechtenstein	145	137	245
159	Malaysia	144	136	136
159	Sao Tome e Principe	144	120	120
161	Bermuda	139	139	139
162	Faroe Islands	138	81	437
162	Gambia	138	126	526
162	Nicaragua	138	138	138
165	Singapore	134	138	146
166	Solomon Islands	130	132	132
167	Dominica	124	124	124
168	Laos	118	87	97
168	Pakistan	118	114	114
170	Indonesia	116	112	161
171	Nepal	108	106	106
172	Sri Lanka	99	95	95
173	Yemen	96	96	96
174	Mauritania	94	94	94
175	Chinese Taipei	90	77	77
176	Bahamas	66	53	53
176	Montserrat	66	66	66
178	Curacao	65	65	65
178	Guam	65	70	70
178	Swaziland	65	60	153
181	Guinea-Bissau	62	58	58
182	Fiji	61	41	41
182	Mongolia	61	49	49
184	Madagascar	55	51	51
185	Brunei Darussalam	52	52	52
185	Mauritius	52	52	52
185	Timor-Leste	52	52	52
188	Samoa	46	46	46
189	Cambodia	45	20	20
190	Tonga	44	43	43
191	Vanuatu	43	43	43
192	Comoros	41	41	41
193	US Virgin Islands	39	46	46
194	Papua New Guinea	38	23	23
195	British Virgin Islands	34	34	34
196	Cayman Islands	33	33	33
197	American Samoa	30	30	30
198	Eritrea	24	24	24
199	Seychelles	22	19	19
200	South Sudan	20	20	20
201	Cook Islands	16	9	9
202	Macau	14	12	12
202	Somalia	14	14	14
204	Djibouti	11	11	11
205	Andorra	8	8	8
206	Anguilla	4	3	3
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	0
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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