FIFA Ranking: March 2014 preview

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

28 - Cuba
22 - Benin
19 - Congo DR
17 - Bolivia
13 - Afghanistan
6 - Japan
4 - Canada
4 - Malawi
4 - Nepal
3 - Nigeria
3 - Cambodia



Most points lost (best case scenario):

-132 - Myanmar
-85 - Palestine
-73 - Laos
-55 - Guam
-48 - Tajikistan
-40 - Chad
-37 - Turkmenistan
-36 - Sao Tome e Principe
-35 - Cape Verde Islands
-25 - St. Kitts and Nevis

At least one team will drop to new lows:

Madagascar (at most 189 - 188 in November 2006)

Myanmar will have their worst drop ever (at least 43 spots). They fell 16 places in October 1995.
Palestine will have their worst drop ever (at least 22 spots). They fell 18 places in October 2006.

Three countries will have their worst rankings in the last couple of years:

Chad (at most 169 - 174 in March 2003) - 11 years
St. Kitts and Nevis (at most 155 - 155 in February 2010) - 4 years and 1 month
Palestine (at most 166 - 166 in July 2011) - 2 years and 8 months

February 2014 rank - Country - February 2014 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1506	1474	1510
2	Germany	1314	1289	1336
3	Argentina	1255	1220	1262
4	Portugal	1219	1164	1199
5	Colombia	1211	1171	1207
6	Switzerland	1159	1102	1163
7	Uruguay	1157	1116	1144
8	Italy	1135	1112	1146
9	Brazil	1125	1084	1104
10	Netherlands	1122	1077	1123
11	Belgium	1117	1069	1114
12	Greece	1084	1038	1077
13	USA	1044	1017	1040
14	Chile	1038	998	1041
15	England	1032	1000	1045
16	Croatia	966	939	987
17	Bosnia-Herzegovina	919	863	913
18	France	917	881	929
18	Ukraine	917	867	911
20	Denmark	907	858	909
21	Mexico	887	883	900
22	Russia	862	838	889
23	Côte d'Ivoire	841	822	874
24	Ecuador	831	823	855
25	Sweden	821	789	821
26	Algeria	819	771	819
27	Cape Verde Islands	799	727	764
27	Slovenia	799	746	794
29	Serbia	775	722	762
30	Armenia	771	699	759
31	Czech Republic	760	734	776
32	Panama	754	755	755
33	Romania	746	723	776
34	Scotland	742	682	721
35	Costa Rica	734	709	732
35	Venezuela	734	704	749
37	Ghana	733	729	753
38	Egypt	729	726	790
38	Iran	729	634	728
40	Honduras	716	699	725
41	Peru	704	703	703
42	Turkey	703	666	710
43	Austria	678	621	679
44	Hungary	673	652	697
45	Tunisia	656	623	677
46	Cameroon	626	588	633
47	Nigeria	616	619	639
48	Iceland	613	582	623
49	Paraguay	603	554	605
50	Japan	601	607	622
51	Wales	598	558	609
52	Montenegro	594	588	639
53	Australia	576	545	586
54	Slovakia	574	545	588
55	Albania	571	546	569
56	Israel	570	526	574
57	Uzbekistan	569	538	621
58	United Arab Emirates	565	512	627
59	Mali	561	553	579
60	Norway	557	546	585
61	Korea Republic	556	523	552
62	Burkina Faso	554	546	553
62	Guinea	554	520	572
64	South Africa	550	536	568
65	Finland	540	513	556
66	Senegal	529	499	536
67	Republic of Ireland	528	513	549
68	Libya	523	495	512
69	Jordan	514	501	521
70	Bolivia	494	511	511
70	Poland	494	475	511
72	Bulgaria	486	482	518
73	Sierra Leone	484	481	481
74	Morocco	454	436	458
75	Saudi Arabia	450	406	453
75	Zambia	450	445	458
77	Trinidad and Tobago	444	446	446
78	El Salvador	436	438	438
79	Haiti	430	430	430
80	Jamaica	426	408	432
80	Oman	426	403	426
82	Belarus	423	420	450
83	FYR Macedonia	402	395	421
84	Uganda	400	391	409
85	Northern Ireland	397	378	407
86	Congo	393	365	396
87	Gabon	386	373	398
88	China PR	380	339	381
89	New Zealand	378	373	421
90	Togo	376	377	377
91	Congo DR	373	392	392
91	Estonia	373	367	367
93	Azerbaijan	372	350	369
94	Botswana	360	345	355
95	Angola	356	342	360
96	Liberia	354	347	347
97	Benin	335	357	357
98	Cuba	334	362	362
99	Qatar	331	319	351
100	Zimbabwe	330	325	325
101	Ethiopia	329	331	331
102	Lithuania	326	306	330
103	Georgia	325	314	333
104	Niger	316	309	325
105	Central African Republic	310	310	310
106	Bahrain	308	294	348
107	Moldova	305	292	303
108	Kenya	300	293	293
109	Kuwait	299	287	357
110	Tajikistan	285	237	237
111	Dominican Republic	282	282	282
111	Latvia	282	265	297
113	Canada	275	279	279
114	Iraq	269	258	317
115	Malawi	268	272	272
116	Tanzania	254	249	262
117	New Caledonia	252	252	252
118	Equatorial Guinea	251	251	251
118	Mozambique	251	252	268
120	Luxembourg	247	226	275
121	Lebanon	243	234	254
122	Cyprus	240	219	268
123	Sudan	236	236	236
124	Burundi	234	212	212
124	Namibia	234	222	238
126	Guatemala	229	219	219
127	Philippines	219	195	238
128	Kazakhstan	214	202	235
129	Turkmenistan	203	166	166
130	Myanmar	200	68	68
131	Malta	199	186	230
132	Suriname	197	197	197
133	Syria	196	183	289
134	Rwanda	195	186	186
135	Grenada	194	192	256
136	Korea DPR	191	191	235
137	Gambia	190	184	184
138	Afghanistan	184	197	216
139	Lesotho	182	182	182
140	Tahiti	179	179	179
141	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	177	177	177
142	Belize	176	176	176
143	Vietnam	172	164	224
144	Hong Kong	170	156	208
144	Palestine	170	85	85
146	Antigua and Barbuda	164	159	159
147	Thailand	158	151	236
148	Kyrgyzstan	155	155	155
148	St. Lucia	155	155	155
150	Liechtenstein	152	139	168
150	Malaysia	152	127	191
150	Singapore	152	144	214
153	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	125	125
154	Guyana	149	137	137
154	India	149	133	147
156	Laos	146	73	73
157	Puerto Rico	141	143	143
158	Indonesia	135	128	229
159	Mauritania	127	120	142
160	Guam	123	68	68
161	Sao Tome e Principe	122	86	86
162	Chad	121	81	81
163	Maldives	120	114	114
164	Bangladesh	116	78	104
165	Pakistan	107	101	116
166	Dominica	103	103	103
167	Nicaragua	102	84	84
168	Barbados	101	101	164
169	Nepal	98	102	102
170	Chinese Taipei	97	76	76
171	Sri Lanka	90	68	68
172	Aruba	87	87	87
172	Faroe Islands	87	87	87
174	Solomon Islands	86	86	86
175	Bermuda	83	83	83
176	Seychelles	67	66	66
177	Mauritius	66	66	66
178	Curacao	65	65	65
179	Vanuatu	55	55	55
180	Mongolia	49	38	38
181	Fiji	47	47	47
182	Samoa	45	45	45
183	Guinea-Bissau	43	41	41
184	Bahamas	40	40	40
184	Swaziland	40	40	40
186	Yemen	39	40	93
187	Madagascar	33	30	30
187	Montserrat	33	33	33
189	Cambodia	30	33	33
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	15	50
198	Comoros	17	17	89
200	Eritrea	11	11	11
200	Macau	11	9	9
202	South Sudan	10	10	65
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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