FIFA Ranking: August 2013 preview (II)

FIFA will publish the ranking on August 8th.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

92 - Cameroon
49 - El Salvador
40 - Ecuador
33 - Trinidad and Tobago
33 - Suriname
31 - Lebanon
30 - Botswana
25 - Dominican Republic
24 - Vanuatu
22 - Turkmenistan

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-75 - Togo
-49 - Aruba
-48 - Spain
-47 - Côte d'Ivoire
-46 - Haiti
-43 - Peru
-43 - Vietnam
-37 - Belize
-33 - Ethiopia
-31 - Tunisia

At least three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Bosnia-Herzegovina (13 - 14 in July 2013)
Dominican Republic (at least 89 - 90 in July 2013)
Philippines (141 - 143 in November 2012)

One team will return to its best ever ranking:

Afghanistan (139 - 139 in April 2013)

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Cambodia (199 - 198 in July 2013)
South Sudan (203 - 200 in November 2012)

July 2013 rank - Country - July 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1532	1484	1484
2	Germany	1273	1257	1257
3	Colombia	1206	1219	1219
4	Argentina	1204	1210	1210
5	Netherlands	1180	1165	1165
6	Italy	1142	1142	1142
7	Portugal	1099	1099	1099
8	Croatia	1098	1098	1098
9	Brazil	1095	1089	1089
10	Belgium	1079	1079	1079
11	Greece	1038	1038	1038
12	Uruguay	1016	998	998
13	Côte d'Ivoire	1009	932	962
14	Bosnia-Herzegovina	995	995	995
15	England	994	994	994
16	Switzerland	987	987	987
17	Russia	979	979	979
18	Ecuador	932	972	972
19	Peru	898	855	855
20	Mexico	880	857	977
21	Chile	872	871	871
22	USA	865	866	977
23	France	838	838	838
24	Ghana	830	830	830
25	Norway	801	801	801
26	Czech Republic	797	797	797
27	Denmark	788	788	788
28	Mali	774	735	763
28	Montenegro	774	774	774
28	Ukraine	774	774	774
31	Sweden	765	765	765
32	Hungary	749	749	749
33	Romania	732	732	732
34	Algeria	730	730	730
35	Nigeria	723	700	725
36	Venezuela	704	688	688
37	Albania	689	689	689
37	Japan	689	645	705
39	Costa Rica	688	651	781
40	Australia	671	622	685
41	Serbia	661	661	661
42	Burkina Faso	656	618	631
43	Korea Republic	642	575	666
44	Republic of Ireland	639	639	639
45	Slovenia	634	634	634
46	Wales	630	630	630
47	Tunisia	627	596	596
48	Paraguay	622	614	614
49	Cape Verde Islands	620	620	620
50	Scotland	610	610	610
51	Panama	601	605	741
52	Bulgaria	596	596	596
52	Iran	596	601	601
54	Austria	595	595	595
55	Honduras	582	597	750
55	New Zealand	582	582	582
57	Turkey	573	573	573
58	Uzbekistan	563	566	566
59	South Africa	558	523	530
60	Zambia	554	522	558
61	Guinea	545	482	526
62	Egypt	543	544	544
63	Slovakia	542	542	542
64	Israel	540	540	540
65	Finland	537	537	537
66	Armenia	534	534	534
67	Equatorial Guinea	532	532	532
68	Bolivia	528	538	538
69	Haiti	522	476	476
70	Libya	518	518	518
71	Cameroon	517	609	609
72	Togo	511	436	436
73	Iceland	499	499	499
74	Senegal	497	452	471
75	Poland	493	493	493
76	Jordan	489	495	495
77	Jamaica	484	469	469
78	Belarus	482	482	482
79	Morocco	470	474	474
80	Uganda	466	454	468
81	Gabon	459	459	459
82	Cuba	458	389	601
83	Sierra Leone	443	443	443
84	Congo DR	434	407	433
85	United Arab Emirates	432	429	429
86	Estonia	423	423	423
87	Trinidad and Tobago	419	452	628
88	Canada	413	386	386
89	Central African Republic	398	398	398
90	Congo	396	348	385
90	Dominican Republic	396	421	421
92	FYR Macedonia	395	395	395
93	Guatemala	388	377	377
94	El Salvador	382	431	627
95	Ethiopia	381	338	348
96	Angola	380	364	364
97	New Caledonia	377	377	377
98	Georgia	369	369	369
99	Oman	361	370	370
100	China PR	339	317	413
101	Iraq	335	328	328
102	Mozambique	326	301	328
103	Liberia	324	335	335
104	Lithuania	321	321	321
105	Saudi Arabia	315	316	316
106	Tajikistan	314	301	301
107	Niger	313	289	323
108	Malawi	312	283	283
109	Suriname	311	344	344
110	Kuwait	309	304	304
111	Northern Ireland	307	307	307
112	Korea DPR	306	306	306
112	Qatar	306	305	305
114	Zimbabwe	304	277	329
115	Benin	302	302	302
116	Botswana	301	331	382
117	Azerbaijan	298	298	298
118	Bahrain	286	286	286
119	Latvia	280	280	280
120	Burundi	273	235	260
121	Tanzania	271	249	271
122	Antigua and Barbuda	265	272	272
123	Grenada	264	264	264
123	Kenya	264	243	243
125	Cyprus	256	256	256
125	Moldova	256	256	256
127	Namibia	252	219	261
128	Guyana	250	250	250
129	Lebanon	246	277	277
130	Belize	242	205	205
131	Puerto Rico	241	241	241
132	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	238	238	238
133	Malta	236	236	236
134	Rwanda	233	216	240
134	Sudan	233	223	239
136	Turkmenistan	232	254	254
137	Kyrgyzstan	227	228	228
138	Thailand	223	223	223
139	St. Kitts and Nevis	218	218	218
140	Afghanistan	214	214	214
141	Luxembourg	210	210	210
141	St. Lucia	210	207	207
143	Syria	205	174	174
144	Philippines	203	208	208
145	Vietnam	182	139	139
146	India	178	177	177
147	Barbados	175	175	175
148	Hong Kong	173	180	180
148	Liechtenstein	173	173	173
150	Kazakhstan	172	172	172
151	Palestine	167	168	168
152	Bangladesh	166	138	138
153	Aruba	163	114	114
154	Maldives	147	150	150
154	Tahiti	147	147	147
156	Singapore	146	142	142
157	Bermuda	139	139	139
158	Nicaragua	138	138	138
159	Malaysia	136	133	133
160	Chad	134	135	135
161	Lesotho	133	135	165
162	Solomon Islands	132	152	152
163	Myanmar	129	120	120
164	Gambia	126	124	124
165	Dominica	124	124	124
166	Sao Tome e Principe	120	120	120
167	Pakistan	114	114	114
168	Indonesia	112	99	99
169	Nepal	106	95	95
170	Yemen	96	83	83
171	Sri Lanka	95	95	95
172	Mauritania	94	94	159
173	Laos	87	84	84
174	Faroe Islands	81	81	81
175	Chinese Taipei	77	75	75
176	Guam	70	71	71
177	Montserrat	66	66	66
178	Curacao	65	61	61
179	Swaziland	60	62	62
180	Guinea-Bissau	58	58	58
181	Bahamas	53	40	40
182	Brunei Darussalam	52	52	52
182	Mauritius	52	70	143
182	Timor-Leste	52	52	52
185	Madagascar	51	50	50
186	Mongolia	49	49	49
187	Samoa	46	46	46
187	US Virgin Islands	46	42	42
189	Tonga	43	43	43
189	Vanuatu	43	67	67
191	Comoros	41	33	33
191	Fiji	41	50	50
193	British Virgin Islands	34	21	21
194	Cayman Islands	33	33	33
195	American Samoa	30	30	30
196	Eritrea	24	24	24
197	Papua New Guinea	23	23	23
198	Cambodia	20	20	20
198	South Sudan	20	10	10
200	Seychelles	19	24	24
201	Somalia	14	14	14
202	Macau	12	13	13
203	Djibouti	11	11	11
204	Cook Islands	9	9	9
205	Andorra	8	8	8
206	Anguilla	3	2	2
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	0
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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