FIFA Ranking: October 2013 preview

World Cup qualifying nearing the end - all groups will finish in October.

As already announced by FIFA, the October ranking will be used to seed the European teams in the play-off draw (see the simulations).

The October ranking could also be used to seed the teams in the final World Cup draw (see the simulations).

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

54 - Cuba
52 - Guyana
49 - Dominican Republic
39 - Myanmar
25 - Guinea
25 - Trinidad and Tobago
23 - South Africa
23 - Libya
23 - Philippines
21 - Laos



Most points lost (best case scenario):

-134 - New Caledonia

-90 - Equatorial Guinea

-75 - Barbados

-59 - New Zealand

-42 - Russia

-41 - Guatemala

-40 - St. Kitts and Nevis

-35 - Grenada

-33 - Greece

-32 - Aruba

September 2013 rank - Country - September 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1514	1409	1513
2	Argentina	1263	1163	1387
3	Germany	1261	1093	1311
4	Italy	1199	1088	1230
5	Colombia	1180	1028	1262
6	Belgium	1159	996	1249
7	Uruguay	1126	1072	1249
8	Brazil	1067	1038	1078
9	Netherlands	1058	917	1136
10	Croatia	1051	901	1149
11	Portugal	1029	956	1096
12	Greece	1016	825	983
13	USA	996	954	1040
14	Switzerland	992	866	1138
15	Russia	968	787	926
16	Chile	967	910	1126
17	England	947	887	1080
18	Bosnia-Herzegovina	934	810	925
19	Côte d'Ivoire	902	856	917
20	Ecuador	851	730	987
21	Mexico	837	802	906
22	Sweden	836	755	973
23	Denmark	825	753	900
24	Ghana	815	803	860
25	France	812	734	870
26	Ukraine	799	745	871
27	Montenegro	766	584	822
28	Algeria	762	741	815
29	Slovenia	754	631	891
30	Hungary	744	598	779
31	Romania	739	646	767
32	Czech Republic	738	638	783
33	Costa Rica	733	688	794
34	Peru	732	657	867
35	Panama	727	702	812
36	Nigeria	707	691	724
36	Venezuela	707	652	771
38	Mali	704	668	695
39	Norway	699	599	815
40	Honduras	680	655	746
41	Paraguay	673	572	841
42	Japan	671	634	677
43	Serbia	666	641	778
44	Cape Verde Islands	660	662	662
45	Albania	652	542	779
46	Tunisia	643	613	669
47	Austria	639	558	729
48	Iran	633	580	613
49	Turkey	613	594	800
50	Egypt	611	610	713
51	Burkina Faso	607	548	609
52	Wales	606	456	755
53	Australia	603	548	594
54	Iceland	599	534	723
55	Armenia	592	536	785
56	Finland	591	538	669
57	Uzbekistan	579	549	582
58	Korea Republic	574	539	607
59	Republic of Ireland	570	511	664
60	Slovakia	562	506	711
61	Cameroon	558	527	609
62	Bolivia	555	458	571
63	Scotland	551	556	715
64	Bulgaria	549	487	722
65	Poland	539	503	709
66	Senegal	534	530	676
67	New Zealand	529	470	470
68	South Africa	528	551	551
69	Israel	522	439	666
70	Libya	520	543	543
71	Zambia	515	513	540
72	Sierra Leone	497	493	493
73	Jordan	494	484	537
74	Morocco	492	487	487
75	FYR Macedonia	490	430	620
76	Guinea	487	512	512
77	Togo	486	488	488
78	Haiti	471	464	464
78	Jamaica	471	424	632
80	Belarus	458	405	566
81	Uganda	457	431	431
82	United Arab Emirates	456	425	468
83	Gabon	443	438	438
84	Cuba	438	492	492
85	Trinidad and Tobago	432	457	457
86	Northern Ireland	431	358	568
87	Dominican Republic	425	474	474
88	Estonia	405	351	536
89	Angola	400	380	380
90	Benin	398	378	378
91	Congo DR	392	411	411
92	Congo	388	394	394
93	El Salvador	386	404	404
93	Ethiopia	386	376	435
95	New Caledonia	383	249	249
96	Oman	382	367	411
97	Georgia	364	350	538
98	Equatorial Guinea	363	273	273
99	China PR	362	357	382
100	Guatemala	335	294	294
101	Zimbabwe	333	328	328
102	Niger	332	306	306
103	Central African Republic	331	310	310
104	Botswana	326	324	354
105	Iraq	325	325	353
106	Canada	324	296	335
107	Azerbaijan	315	276	500
108	Qatar	309	296	320
109	Kuwait	307	291	340
109	Saudi Arabia	307	277	339
111	Antigua and Barbuda	303	294	294
112	Lithuania	299	243	494
113	Korea DPR	297	310	310
114	Liberia	295	312	312
115	Latvia	288	242	413
116	Mozambique	283	282	282
117	Tajikistan	281	283	283
118	Kenya	271	274	274
119	Grenada	268	233	233
120	Lebanon	265	251	301
121	Bahrain	264	254	282
122	Malawi	263	263	263
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	263	271	271
124	Burundi	256	267	267
125	Turkmenistan	254	254	254
126	Luxembourg	247	247	527
127	Namibia	239	246	246
127	Tanzania	239	242	242
129	Moldova	237	183	369
130	Guyana	234	286	286
131	Rwanda	233	242	242
132	Afghanistan	227	223	223
132	Kazakhstan	227	202	361
134	Cyprus	225	171	453
135	Suriname	223	237	237
136	Gambia	222	202	202
137	St. Kitts and Nevis	212	172	172
138	St. Lucia	210	203	203
139	Thailand	206	181	251
140	Sudan	204	218	218
141	Philippines	200	223	223
142	Malta	199	192	450
143	Syria	192	183	213
144	Kyrgyzstan	186	186	186
145	Belize	184	178	178
146	Tahiti	182	179	179
147	Lesotho	176	183	183
148	Hong Kong	174	164	233
149	Palestine	172	175	175
150	Mauritania	168	168	168
151	Barbados	157	82	82
152	Maldives	146	147	147
153	Nicaragua	144	155	155
153	Vietnam	144	135	251
155	India	143	151	151
156	Liechtenstein	142	141	419
157	Bermuda	139	127	127
158	Chad	138	148	148
159	Singapore	131	124	147
160	Puerto Rico	129	139	139
161	Malaysia	128	120	178
162	Myanmar	124	163	163
163	Nepal	120	119	119
163	Sao Tome e Principe	120	120	120
165	Aruba	114	82	82
166	Bangladesh	113	120	120
167	Dominica	112	89	89
168	Sri Lanka	108	108	108
169	Solomon Islands	105	86	86
170	Indonesia	102	96	168
170	Pakistan	102	102	102
172	Laos	84	105	135
173	Yemen	80	72	131
174	Curacao	72	88	88
175	Chinese Taipei	70	67	67
175	Guam	70	86	86
177	Mauritius	62	62	62
177	Samoa	62	62	62
179	Madagascar	57	57	57
180	Guinea-Bissau	56	56	56
181	Vanuatu	53	53	53
182	Brunei Darussalam	52	26	26
182	Faroe Islands	52	60	267
182	Timor-Leste	52	26	26
185	Mongolia	49	49	49
186	Swaziland	48	49	49
187	Fiji	47	47	47
188	American Samoa	43	43	43
188	Tonga	43	43	43
190	US Virgin Islands	42	30	30
191	Bahamas	40	40	40
192	Cayman Islands	36	29	29
193	Comoros	33	32	32
193	Montserrat	33	33	33
195	Eritrea	24	24	24
196	Seychelles	23	23	23
197	British Virgin Islands	21	18	18
197	Papua New Guinea	21	21	21
199	Cambodia	20	20	20
200	Andorra	16	16	334
201	Somalia	14	14	14
202	Macau	13	10	10
203	Cook Islands	11	11	11
203	Djibouti	11	11	11
205	South Sudan	10	10	10
206	Anguilla	2	3	3
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	230
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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