FIFA Ranking: August 2013 preview (I)

FIFA will publish the ranking on August 8th.

It's quite an active month: Gold Cup, COSAFA Cup, CHAN qualifiers and the East Asian Cup.

For this month, I've changed the preview approach. I won't be looking at minimum and maximum points, but at best and worst possible ranking.

Moving up (worst case scenario):

9 - Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
8 - Cameroon
6 - Suriname and Botswana

Moving down (best case scenario):

-12 - Aruba
-10 - Vietnam and Bahamas
-8 - Togo

July 2013 rank - Country - Worst possible rank - Best possible rank

1	Spain	1	1
2	Germany	2	2
3	Colombia	3	3
4	Argentina	4	4
5	Netherlands	5	5
6	Italy	6	6
7	Portugal	7	7
8	Croatia	8	8
9	Brazil	9	9
10	Belgium	10	10
11	Greece	11	11
12	Uruguay	12	12
13	Côte d'Ivoire	19	15
14	Bosnia-Herzegovina	13	13
15	England	14	14
16	Switzerland	16	15
17	Russia	17	16
18	Ecuador	18	17
19	Peru	22	20
20	Mexico	23	18
21	Chile	21	19
22	USA	30	19
23	France	23	21
24	Ghana	24	23
25	Norway	25	24
26	Czech Republic	26	25
27	Denmark	27	26
28	Mali	36	31
28	Montenegro	28	27
28	Ukraine	28	27
31	Sweden	30	29
32	Hungary	32	31
33	Romania	34	32
34	Algeria	35	33
35	Nigeria	40	34
36	Venezuela	39	36
37	Albania	38	35
37	Japan	44	35
39	Costa Rica	53	32
40	Australia	49	37
41	Serbia	42	38
42	Burkina Faso	53	42
43	Korea Republic	58	38
44	Republic of Ireland	45	40
45	Slovenia	46	41
46	Wales	48	42
47	Tunisia	56	44
48	Paraguay	51	45
49	Cape Verde Islands	50	44
50	Scotland	52	46
51	Panama	69	40
52	Bulgaria	56	50
52	Iran	54	48
54	Austria	57	51
55	Honduras	72	38
55	New Zealand	58	53
57	Turkey	59	55
58	Uzbekistan	62	56
59	South Africa	73	58
60	Zambia	72	56
61	Guinea	78	56
62	Egypt	64	57
63	Slovakia	65	59
64	Israel	67	60
65	Finland	69	62
66	Armenia	71	64
67	Equatorial Guinea	72	65
68	Bolivia	68	61
69	Haiti	88	53
70	Libya	73	67
71	Cameroon	63	50
72	Togo	86	80
73	Iceland	75	70
74	Senegal	85	75
75	Poland	77	72
76	Jordan	76	71
77	Jamaica	82	75
78	Belarus	79	73
79	Morocco	85	73
80	Uganda	85	76
81	Gabon	88	73
82	Cuba	98	46
83	Sierra Leone	85	78
84	Congo DR	96	82
85	United Arab Emirates	88	82
86	Estonia	90	84
87	Trinidad and Tobago	95	57
88	Canada	101	56
89	Central African Republic	93	87
90	Congo	101	85
90	Dominican Republic	91	85
92	FYR Macedonia	94	89
93	Guatemala	96	87
94	El Salvador	100	57
95	Ethiopia	105	98
96	Angola	101	87
97	New Caledonia	97	90
98	Georgia	100	94
99	Oman	99	92
100	China PR	108	86
101	Iraq	107	102
102	Mozambique	125	96
103	Liberia	105	100
104	Lithuania	109	103
105	Saudi Arabia	110	105
106	Tajikistan	117	112
107	Niger	119	96
108	Malawi	120	100
109	Suriname	103	99
110	Kuwait	114	110
111	Northern Ireland	111	106
112	Korea DPR	112	107
112	Qatar	113	108
114	Zimbabwe	126	99
115	Benin	116	111
116	Botswana	110	90
117	Azerbaijan	118	113
118	Bahrain	120	115
119	Latvia	122	117
120	Burundi	137	119
121	Tanzania	132	114
122	Antigua and Barbuda	125	119
123	Grenada	127	121
123	Kenya	136	115
125	Cyprus	129	123
125	Moldova	129	123
127	Namibia	141	103
128	Guyana	132	126
129	Lebanon	124	118
130	Belize	144	58
131	Puerto Rico	133	128
132	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	134	130
133	Malta	135	131
134	Rwanda	140	121
134	Sudan	139	126
136	Turkmenistan	131	125
137	Kyrgyzstan	137	133
138	Thailand	139	134
139	St. Kitts and Nevis	140	135
140	Afghanistan	141	138
141	Luxembourg	142	139
141	St. Lucia	144	142
143	Syria	149	147
144	Philippines	143	141
145	Vietnam	158	155
146	India	147	145
147	Barbados	148	146
148	Hong Kong	145	144
148	Liechtenstein	150	148
150	Kazakhstan	151	149
151	Palestine	152	150
152	Bangladesh	160	157
153	Aruba	169	165
154	Maldives	154	152
154	Tahiti	156	153
156	Singapore	157	154
157	Bermuda	158	155
158	Nicaragua	160	157
159	Malaysia	163	160
160	Chad	162	159
161	Lesotho	170	144
162	Solomon Islands	153	151
163	Myanmar	166	163
164	Gambia	164	161
165	Dominica	164	161
166	Sao Tome e Principe	166	163
167	Pakistan	169	165
168	Indonesia	172	168
169	Nepal	173	169
170	Yemen	176	173
171	Sri Lanka	173	169
172	Mauritania	174	135
173	Laos	175	172
174	Faroe Islands	177	174
175	Chinese Taipei	178	175
176	Guam	179	176
177	Montserrat	181	178
178	Curacao	182	179
179	Swaziland	183	153
180	Guinea-Bissau	183	180
181	Bahamas	192	191
182	Brunei Darussalam	184	182
182	Mauritius	188	144
182	Timor-Leste	184	182
185	Madagascar	186	184
186	Mongolia	188	187
187	Samoa	189	188
187	US Virgin Islands	191	190
189	Tonga	190	189
189	Vanuatu	180	177
191	Comoros	193	192
191	Fiji	186	184
193	British Virgin Islands	198	198
194	Cayman Islands	193	192
195	American Samoa	195	194
196	Eritrea	196	195
197	Papua New Guinea	197	197
198	Cambodia	199	199
198	South Sudan	203	203
200	Seychelles	195	140
201	Somalia	200	200
202	Macau	201	201
203	Djibouti	202	202
204	Cook Islands	204	204
205	Andorra	205	205
206	Anguilla	206	206
207	Bhutan	207	207
207	San Marino	207	207
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	207	207

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