FIFA Ranking: December 2013 probable ranking

Next update: 13 December 2013. 

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Only the 2013 CECAFA Cup and three friendlies set to take place before the deadline for the December ranking. Because of this the top 63 is already set.

We can already look at best/worst movers in the top 50:

Best movers in the top 50:

12 - Iran
2 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
1 - Japan, Tunisia, Iceland and Cameroon

Worst movers in the top 50:

-53 - Cuba
-3 - Egypt
-1 - France, Mexico, Scotland, Nigeria, Panama, Honduras, Mali, Turkey, Hungary, Armenia and Venezuela

At least two teams will improve their ranking:

Philippines (at least 131 - 137 in October 2013)
Guam (at least 165 - 178 in October 2012)

One team will return to its worst ever ranking:

Djibouti (204 - 204 in February 2013)

One team will drop to new worst ever ranking:

Yemen (at most 178 - 174 in April 2013).

Probable December 2013 rank - Team - Probable December 2013 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1507	0	0
2	Germany	1318	0	0
3	Argentina	1251	0	0
4	Colombia	1200	0	0
5	Portugal	1172	0	0
6	Uruguay	1132	0	0
7	Italy	1120	0	0
8	Switzerland	1113	0	0
9	Netherlands	1106	0	0
10	Brazil	1102	0	0
11	Belgium	1098	0	0
12	Greece	1055	0	0
13	England	1041	0	0
14	USA	1019	0	0
15	Chile	1014	0	0
16	Croatia	971	0	0
17	Côte d'Ivoire	918	0	0
18	Ukraine	907	0	0
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	899	2	13
20	France	893	-1	0
21	Mexico	892	-1	0
22	Russia	870	0	0
23	Ecuador	852	0	0
24	Ghana	849	0	0
25	Denmark	831	0	0
26	Algeria	800	0	0
27	Sweden	793	0	0
28	Czech Republic	766	0	0
29	Slovenia	762	0	0
30	Serbia	752	0	0
31	Costa Rica	741	0	3
32	Romania	734	0	0
33	Iran	720	12	70
34	Scotland	717	-1	0
35	Armenia	716	-1	0
36	Venezuela	711	-1	0
37	Nigeria	710	-1	0
38	Panama	705	-1	0
39	Cape Verde Islands	698	0	0
39	Peru	698	0	0
41	Egypt	695	-3	-4
42	Honduras	690	-1	2
43	Mali	684	-1	0
44	Turkey	677	-1	0
45	Hungary	668	-1	0
46	Austria	648	0	0
47	Japan	638	1	0
48	Tunisia	632	1	0
49	Iceland	624	1	0
50	Cameroon	615	1	3
51	Paraguay	600	1	0
52	Montenegro	594	1	0
53	Burkina Faso	591	5	22
54	Korea Republic	577	0	0
54	Norway	577	0	0
56	Wales	574	0	0
57	Albania	571	0	0
58	Australia	565	1	1
59	Slovakia	557	1	0
60	Guinea	555	6	21
61	South Africa	554	0	0
62	Israel	548	0	0
63	Libya	544	0	0
64	Finland	539	0	0
65	Zambia	537	7	32
66	Jordan	536	4	25
66	Senegal	536	-1	0
68	Republic of Ireland	528	-1	0
69	Uzbekistan	526	-1	0
70	Bolivia	519	-1	0
71	United Arab Emirates	507	0	-1
72	Togo	504	5	24
73	Morocco	490	2	0
74	Bulgaria	486	2	0
75	Sierra Leone	471	-1	-22
76	Poland	461	2	-12
77	Gabon	453	3	0
78	Trinidad and Tobago	441	1	-17
79	Haiti	440	-6	-55
80	Jamaica	439	1	-2
81	Belarus	431	1	0
82	Congo DR	427	1	0
83	FYR Macedonia	425	1	4
84	Congo	421	0	0
85	Oman	408	2	19
86	Uganda	402	0	-15
87	Saudi Arabia	391	12	39
88	Angola	384	1	2
89	Northern Ireland	381	1	0
90	El Salvador	378	1	0
90	New Zealand	378	1	0
92	China PR	376	1	0
93	Azerbaijan	363	2	0
93	Estonia	363	3	3
93	Ethiopia	363	0	-13
96	Moldova	359	1	0
97	Botswana	357	1	0
98	Liberia	354	7	42
99	Benin	342	1	0
100	Cuba	334	-53	-307
101	Georgia	330	0	0
102	Lithuania	326	0	0
103	Qatar	325	0	5
104	Niger	318	0	0
105	Kuwait	315	1	5
106	Central African Republic	310	0	0
107	Zimbabwe	304	-1	-6
108	Kenya	295	9	14
109	Equatorial Guinea	294	2	0
110	Bahrain	292	8	17
110	Iraq	292	-1	-7
112	Canada	291	2	0
113	Guatemala	287	2	0
114	Tajikistan	286	2	0
115	Dominican Republic	282	-27	-102
116	Latvia	272	3	0
116	Malawi	272	5	2
118	Mozambique	255	2	-16
119	Lebanon	249	4	1
119	New Caledonia	249	3	0
121	Luxembourg	243	3	0
122	Tanzania	241	2	-2
123	Namibia	237	3	-3
124	Burundi	232	-12	-61
125	Cyprus	229	2	0
126	Philippines	219	7	15
127	Kazakhstan	216	5	0
128	Sudan	215	2	-3
129	Syria	207	6	7
130	Myanmar	204	10	20
131	Gambia	202	3	0
131	Rwanda	202	-4	-27
133	Malta	198	3	0
134	Suriname	197	5	11
135	Turkmenistan	195	2	0
136	Grenada	194	-6	-24
137	Palestine	192	5	19
138	Korea DPR	187	-25	-105
138	Lesotho	187	0	0
140	Afghanistan	184	-11	-42
140	Hong Kong	184	4	26
142	Mauritania	180	2	22
143	Tahiti	179	-2	0
144	Vietnam	167	14	35
145	Antigua and Barbuda	164	-36	-135
146	Thailand	162	-4	-11
147	Kyrgyzstan	155	-1	0
148	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	-1	0
149	Guyana	149	1	3
149	Singapore	149	5	9
151	St. Lucia	147	10	18
152	Laos	144	11	24
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	-2	0
154	India	141	-6	-8
154	Liechtenstein	141	-2	0
154	Malaysia	141	4	9
154	Puerto Rico	141	-2	0
158	Sao Tome e Principe	139	-3	0
159	Belize	136	-2	0
160	Nicaragua	130	0	0
161	Maldives	128	-12	-19
162	Guam	123	7	30
162	Indonesia	123	0	1
164	Bangladesh	116	-8	-21
164	Chad	116	0	0
166	Barbados	101	2	0
167	Chinese Taipei	95	7	14
168	Sri Lanka	90	-2	-18
169	Aruba	87	4	5
169	Faroe Islands	87	1	0
171	Dominica	86	4	19
171	Nepal	86	-6	-27
171	Pakistan	86	-4	-21
171	Solomon Islands	86	0	0
175	Bermuda	83	-3	0
176	Mauritius	66	2	4
177	Curacao	65	-2	-2
178	Yemen	54	-1	-10
179	Vanuatu	53	0	0
180	Mongolia	49	0	0
181	Fiji	47	0	0
182	Samoa	45	0	0
183	Guinea-Bissau	42	0	0
184	Seychelles	41	16	26
185	Bahamas	40	-1	0
186	Swaziland	37	-1	0
187	Madagascar	33	-1	0
187	Montserrat	33	-1	0
189	Cambodia	28	-1	0
190	Brunei Darussalam	26	-1	0
190	Timor-Leste	26	-1	0
190	Tonga	26	-1	0
193	US Virgin Islands	23	-1	0
194	Cayman Islands	21	0	0
194	Papua New Guinea	21	0	0
196	American Samoa	18	0	0
196	British Virgin Islands	18	0	0
198	Andorra	17	0	0
198	Comoros	17	-5	-5
200	Eritrea	11	-1	-5
201	Macau	10	0	0
201	South Sudan	10	0	0
203	Somalia	8	1	2
204	Djibouti	6	-1	-2
205	Cook Islands	5	0	0
206	Anguilla	3	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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