FIFA Ranking: January 2014 preview

Next update: 10 January 2014.

Only the 2014 WAFF Championship and 2 pre-CHAN friendlies. I expect FIFA to include all 2014 CHAN matches in the February ranking (that would be the logical thing to do).

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

96 - Saudi Arabia
57 - Tunisia
53 - Egypt
41 - United Arab Emirates
31 - South Africa
28 - Cape Verde Islands
20 - Uzbekistan
19 - Ghana
17 - Panama
17 - El Salvador

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-19 - Norway and Syria
-18 - Gambia
-13 - Sao Tome e Principe
-10 - Senegal
-9 - Chile, Burundi and Thailand
-8 - Algeria
-7 - Sierra Leone, Benin and Malawi

Cape Verde Islands will climb to 35th, thus improving its best ever ranking (36th in August 2013).

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Norway (60 - 59 in December 2008)
Yemen (180 - 179 in December 2013)

December 2013 rank - Country - December 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1507	1507	1507
2	Germany	1318	1318	1318
3	Argentina	1251	1251	1251
4	Colombia	1200	1200	1200
5	Portugal	1172	1172	1172
6	Uruguay	1132	1132	1132
7	Italy	1120	1120	1120
8	Switzerland	1113	1113	1113
9	Netherlands	1106	1106	1106
10	Brazil	1102	1102	1102
11	Belgium	1098	1098	1098
12	Greece	1055	1055	1055
13	England	1041	1041	1041
14	USA	1019	1019	1019
15	Chile	1014	1005	1005
16	Croatia	971	971	971
17	Côte d'Ivoire	918	912	912
18	Ukraine	907	907	907
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	899	899	899
20	France	893	893	893
21	Mexico	892	892	892
22	Russia	870	870	870
23	Ecuador	852	852	852
24	Ghana	849	868	868
25	Denmark	831	831	831
26	Algeria	800	792	792
27	Sweden	793	793	793
28	Czech Republic	766	766	766
29	Slovenia	762	762	762
30	Serbia	752	752	752
31	Costa Rica	741	743	743
32	Romania	734	734	734
33	Iran	720	727	727
34	Scotland	717	717	717
35	Armenia	716	716	716
36	Venezuela	711	715	715
37	Nigeria	710	726	726
38	Panama	705	722	722
39	Cape Verde Islands	698	726	726
39	Peru	698	698	698
41	Egypt	695	748	748
42	Honduras	690	692	692
43	Turkey	677	677	677
44	Hungary	668	668	668
45	Mali	664	675	675
46	Austria	648	648	648
47	Japan	638	641	641
48	Tunisia	632	689	689
49	Iceland	624	624	624
50	Cameroon	615	616	616
51	Paraguay	600	607	607
52	Montenegro	594	594	594
53	Burkina Faso	591	585	585
54	Korea Republic	577	581	581
54	Norway	577	558	558
56	Wales	574	574	574
57	Albania	571	571	571
58	Australia	565	571	571
59	Libya	558	566	566
60	Slovakia	557	557	557
61	Guinea	555	555	555
62	South Africa	554	585	585
63	Israel	548	548	548
64	Finland	539	539	539
65	Jordan	536	478	531
65	Senegal	536	526	526
67	Republic of Ireland	528	528	528
68	Uzbekistan	526	546	546
69	Zambia	523	519	519
70	Bolivia	519	519	519
71	United Arab Emirates	507	548	548
72	Togo	504	509	509
73	Morocco	490	501	501
74	Bulgaria	486	486	486
75	Sierra Leone	471	464	464
76	Poland	461	461	461
77	Gabon	453	402	461
78	Trinidad and Tobago	441	441	441
79	Haiti	440	440	440
80	Jamaica	439	439	439
81	Belarus	431	431	431
82	Congo DR	427	439	439
83	FYR Macedonia	425	425	425
84	Congo	421	421	421
85	Oman	408	383	449
86	Uganda	402	391	413
87	Saudi Arabia	391	487	487
88	Angola	384	384	384
89	Northern Ireland	381	381	381
90	El Salvador	378	395	395
90	New Zealand	378	378	378
92	China PR	376	376	376
93	Ethiopia	374	374	374
94	Azerbaijan	363	363	363
94	Estonia	363	366	366
96	Moldova	359	359	359
97	Botswana	357	354	354
98	Liberia	354	354	354
99	Benin	342	335	335
100	Cuba	334	334	334
101	Georgia	330	330	330
102	Lithuania	326	326	326
103	Qatar	325	294	343
104	Niger	318	318	318
105	Kuwait	315	293	368
106	Central African Republic	310	310	310
107	Zimbabwe	299	293	313
108	Equatorial Guinea	294	309	309
109	Kenya	293	304	304
110	Bahrain	292	261	363
110	Iraq	292	264	326
112	Canada	291	291	291
113	Guatemala	287	286	286
114	Tajikistan	286	285	285
115	Dominican Republic	282	282	282
116	Latvia	272	272	272
116	Malawi	272	265	265
118	Mozambique	264	265	265
119	Sudan	259	258	258
120	Tanzania	256	261	261
121	Lebanon	249	219	284
121	New Caledonia	249	249	249
123	Luxembourg	243	243	243
124	Burundi	239	230	230
125	Namibia	237	237	237
126	Cyprus	229	229	229
127	Philippines	219	219	219
128	Kazakhstan	216	216	216
129	Syria	207	188	188
130	Myanmar	204	204	204
131	Gambia	202	184	184
132	Malta	198	198	198
133	Rwanda	197	198	198
133	Suriname	197	197	197
135	Turkmenistan	195	195	195
136	Grenada	194	194	194
137	Palestine	192	150	262
138	Korea DPR	187	188	188
138	Lesotho	187	184	184
140	Afghanistan	184	184	184
140	Hong Kong	184	185	185
142	Mauritania	180	180	180
143	Tahiti	179	179	179
144	Vietnam	167	166	166
145	Antigua and Barbuda	164	164	164
146	Thailand	162	153	153
147	Kyrgyzstan	155	155	155
147	St. Lucia	155	155	155
149	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	150	150
150	Guyana	149	149	149
150	Singapore	149	152	152
152	Laos	144	144	144
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	142	142
154	India	141	141	141
154	Liechtenstein	141	141	141
154	Malaysia	141	143	143
154	Puerto Rico	141	141	141
158	Sao Tome e Principe	139	126	126
159	Belize	136	146	146
160	Nicaragua	130	137	137
161	Guam	123	123	123
161	Indonesia	123	124	124
163	Maldives	120	120	120
164	Bangladesh	116	116	116
164	Chad	116	116	116
166	Barbados	101	101	101
167	Chinese Taipei	95	95	95
167	Dominica	95	95	95
169	Sri Lanka	90	90	90
170	Aruba	87	87	87
170	Faroe Islands	87	87	87
172	Nepal	86	86	86
172	Pakistan	86	86	86
172	Solomon Islands	86	86	86
175	Bermuda	83	83	83
176	Seychelles	67	67	67
177	Mauritius	66	66	66
178	Curacao	65	65	65
179	Yemen	54	50	50
180	Vanuatu	53	53	53
181	Mongolia	49	49	49
182	Fiji	47	47	47
183	Samoa	45	45	45
184	Guinea-Bissau	42	42	42
185	Bahamas	40	40	40
186	Swaziland	37	37	37
187	Madagascar	33	33	33
187	Montserrat	33	33	33
189	Cambodia	28	28	28
190	Brunei Darussalam	26	26	26
190	Timor-Leste	26	26	26
190	Tonga	26	26	26
193	US Virgin Islands	23	23	23
194	Cayman Islands	21	21	21
194	Papua New Guinea	21	21	21
196	American Samoa	18	18	18
196	British Virgin Islands	18	18	18
198	Andorra	17	17	17
198	Comoros	17	17	17
200	Eritrea	11	11	11
201	Macau	10	10	10
201	South Sudan	10	10	10
203	Somalia	8	8	8
204	Djibouti	6	6	6
205	Cook Islands	5	5	5
206	Anguilla	3	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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