FIFA Ranking: April 2014 preview

Only 6 matches - all friendlies.

Here's how the points and rankings could change:

Team - Min points - Max points - Min rank - Max rank

USA	1007	1029	14	13
Mexico	868	891	20	19
Cuba	345	371	94	90
Indonesia	119	166	157	138
Nepal	107	128	160	151
Aruba	87	139	166	149
Guam	68	120	175	154
Yemen	39	60	186	180
Andorra	16	35	199	187

In the table below, the values used for these teams are the minimum possible.



Best movers:

15 - Scotland
9 - Libya, El Salvador, Moldova, Vietnam and Kazakhstan
8 - Armenia and Luxembourg

Worst movers:

-22 - Liberia
-21 - New Zealand
-18 - New Caledonia and Tahiti

Best movers in the top 50:

15 - Scotland
8 - Armenia
5 - Iran

Worst movers in the top 50:

-9 - Cape Verde Islands
-8 - Montenegro
-6 - Panama and Czech Republic

Two countries will improve their best ever ranking:

Azerbaijan (85 - 88 in October 2013)
Afghanistan (122 - 127 in March 2014)

Portugal will return to its best ever ranking - 3rd, first achieved in April 2010.

Philippines will experience its worst ever fall - at least 13 places. It fell 10 places in November 2009.

Some teams will reach their best ranking in the last couple of years:

Austria (40 - 39 in June 2001) - 12 years and 10 months
Honduras (32 - 30 in July 2002) - 11 years and 9 months
Jordan (64 - 63 in August 2005) - 8 years and 8 months
Uzbekistan (53 - 53 in March 2007) - 7 years and 1 month
Malta (127 - 124 in September 2007) - 6 years and 7 months
Kazakhstan (118 - 105 in March 2008) - 6 years and 1 month
Ukraine (17 - 14 in March 2009) - 5 years and 1 month
Scotland (22 - 22 in June 2009) - 4 years and 10 months
Kenya (106 - 98 in December 2009) - 4 years and 4 months
Finland (52 - 51 in August 2010) - 3 years and 8 months
Egypt (24 - 10 in January 2011) - 3 years and 3 months
Guinea (51 - 45 in March 2011) - 3 years and 1 month
Northern Ireland (84 - 84 in October 2011) - 2 years and 6 months
Botswana (at least 91 - 89 in October 2011) - 2 years and 6 months
Singapore (at least 146 - 145 in December 2011) - 2 years and 4 months

Others will drop to their worst ever ranking in the last couple of years:

Netherlands (15 - 15 in July 2002) - 11 years and 9 months
Croatia (at most 19 - 19 in October 2006) - 7 years and 6 months
Ghana (38 - 38 in October 2009) - 4 years and 6 months
Czech Republic (36 - 47 in October 2011) - 2 years and 6 months
Turkmenistan (at most 154 - 166 in March 2012) - 2 years and 1 month

Malta will be ranked above Cyprus for the first time in the last 18 years and 7 months.
Afghanistan will be ranked above Guatemala and Tanzania for the first time ever.
Luxembourg will be ranked above Malawi for the first time in the last 17 years and 11 months.
Finland will be ranked above Norway for the first time in the last 5 years and 3 months.
Iran will be ranked above Ghana for the first time in the last 6 years and 3 months.
Costa Rica and Honduras will be ranked above Czech Republic for the first time in the last 19 years and 11 months.
Scotland will be ranked above Czech Republic for the first time in the last 18 years and 7 months.
Scotland will be ranked above Serbia for the first time in the last 5 years and 1 month.
Ukraine will be ranked above Croatia for the first time in the last 6 years and 11 months.
Chile will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time in the last 15 years and 11 months.
USA will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time in the last 11 years and 5 months.
Greece will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time in the last 5 years and 10 months.

April 2014 rank - Team - April 2014 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1460	0	-50
2	Germany	1340	0	4
3	Portugal	1245	1	46
4	Colombia	1186	1	3
5	Uruguay	1181	1	55
6	Argentina	1174	-3	-60
6	Brazil	1174	3	70
8	Switzerland	1161	-1	38
9	Italy	1115	-1	3
10	Greece	1082	3	44
11	England	1043	1	-2
12	Belgium	1039	-2	-45
13	Chile	1011	2	13
14	USA	1007	0	-10
15	Netherlands	967	-4	-110
16	France	935	1	6
17	Ukraine	913	1	2
18	Russia	903	1	14
19	Croatia	871	-3	-84
20	Mexico	868	0	-20
21	Côte d'Ivoire	830	3	-9
22	Scotland	825	15	104
23	Denmark	819	-1	-39
24	Egypt	798	2	8
25	Algeria	795	0	-24
25	Bosnia-Herzegovina	795	-4	-68
25	Sweden	795	2	6
28	Ecuador	790	-5	-65
29	Slovenia	787	2	41
30	Serbia	759	-2	-3
31	Romania	756	1	16
32	Honduras	754	4	29
33	Armenia	750	8	51
34	Costa Rica	744	0	12
35	Panama	739	-6	-16
36	Czech Republic	731	-6	-17
37	Iran	715	5	23
38	Ghana	713	-3	-16
39	Turkey	711	-1	1
40	Austria	673	4	32
41	Venezuela	670	-2	-34
42	Cape Verde Islands	665	-9	-74
43	Peru	653	-3	-50
44	Hungary	623	-1	-29
45	Nigeria	620	2	-6
46	Slovakia	616	4	28
47	Japan	613	1	-9
47	Wales	613	2	4
49	Tunisia	597	-5	-44
50	Cameroon	583	0	-5
51	Guinea	580	2	8
52	Finland	578	6	22
53	Uzbekistan	577	2	12
54	Montenegro	555	-8	-84
54	Paraguay	555	5	1
56	Korea Republic	551	4	-1
56	Norway	551	1	-8
58	Iceland	546	-6	-36
59	Australia	545	4	0
59	Mali	545	-3	-16
61	Burkina Faso	528	1	-20
62	Libya	522	9	14
63	Senegal	511	6	-1
64	Jordan	510	2	-11
65	Republic of Ireland	504	3	-9
66	South Africa	500	-2	-36
67	United Arab Emirates	499	-6	-51
68	Bolivia	497	2	-14
69	El Salvador	488	9	50
70	Albania	486	-16	-83
71	Sierra Leone	484	1	3
72	Poland	479	1	4
73	Bulgaria	460	-6	-58
74	Zambia	456	0	-2
75	Saudi Arabia	455	0	2
76	Morocco	454	1	11
76	Trinidad and Tobago	454	0	8
78	Israel	450	-13	-76
79	Haiti	446	0	16
80	FYR Macedonia	443	2	22
81	Oman	418	0	-8
82	Jamaica	414	-2	-15
83	Belarus	404	0	-16
84	Northern Ireland	400	2	12
85	Azerbaijan	398	6	29
86	Uganda	395	-1	4
87	Gabon	386	1	5
88	Congo DR	380	-4	-12
89	Togo	374	0	-3
90	Botswana	369	5	14
91	Congo	367	-4	-15
92	Estonia	366	0	-1
93	Angola	347	3	-1
94	Cuba	345	-1	-17
95	Qatar	336	6	6
96	China PR	333	2	-6
97	Benin	332	-3	-25
98	Zimbabwe	329	4	1
99	Moldova	325	9	22
100	Iraq	324	3	7
101	Ethiopia	319	-1	-12
102	Niger	315	2	0
103	Georgia	303	-4	-30
104	Lithuania	293	1	-21
105	Bahrain	289	1	-23
106	Central African Republic	284	1	-26
106	Kenya	284	3	-9
108	Kuwait	283	2	-4
109	Latvia	273	4	8
110	Canada	272	2	-7
111	New Zealand	271	-21	-102
112	Luxembourg	266	8	24
113	Equatorial Guinea	261	6	10
114	Mozambique	252	1	-6
115	Lebanon	251	1	-3
116	Vietnam	242	9	18
117	Sudan	241	5	5
118	Kazakhstan	235	9	22
119	Liberia	234	-22	-113
120	Namibia	233	4	6
121	Malawi	227	-7	-33
122	Afghanistan	226	5	13
122	Tanzania	226	-5	-27
124	Guatemala	224	2	5
125	Burundi	215	4	4
126	Dominican Republic	212	-15	-70
127	Malta	204	7	18
128	Cyprus	201	-6	-35
129	Rwanda	197	5	11
129	Suriname	197	2	0
131	Gambia	190	5	6
131	Syria	190	6	7
133	Tajikistan	188	-12	-49
134	Grenada	184	-2	-8
135	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	181	4	4
136	New Caledonia	174	-18	-78
137	Korea DPR	172	-4	-19
138	Lesotho	159	5	-6
139	Antigua and Barbuda	158	5	-1
140	Thailand	156	8	5
141	St. Lucia	155	5	0
142	Malaysia	153	-1	-22
143	Belize	152	-3	-24
143	Philippines	152	-13	-48
145	India	144	7	6
145	Singapore	144	4	0
147	Kyrgyzstan	143	-1	-12
147	Puerto Rico	143	3	0
149	Liechtenstein	139	2	0
150	Guyana	137	3	0
151	Mauritania	127	4	0
152	Maldives	124	5	10
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	124	4	-1
154	Indonesia	119	0	-9
154	Turkmenistan	119	-12	-47
156	Tahiti	116	-18	-63
157	Hong Kong	111	-12	-45
158	Nepal	107	2	5
159	Dominica	103	0	0
160	Pakistan	102	-2	-5
161	Barbados	101	0	0
162	Bangladesh	98	0	11
163	Faroe Islands	91	-1	4
163	Palestine	91	4	6
165	Aruba	87	-3	0
166	Sao Tome e Principe	86	-1	0
167	Nicaragua	84	1	0
168	Bermuda	83	1	0
169	Chad	80	1	-1
170	Chinese Taipei	78	1	2
171	Solomon Islands	75	-6	-11
172	Sri Lanka	74	1	6
173	Laos	73	-1	0
173	Myanmar	73	0	5
175	Guam	68	-2	0
176	Mauritius	67	0	1
177	Seychelles	66	-1	0
178	Curacao	65	0	0
179	Swaziland	64	0	1
180	Vanuatu	55	0	0
181	Fiji	47	0	0
182	Samoa	45	0	0
183	Comoros	43	0	2
183	Guinea-Bissau	43	0	2
185	Bahamas	40	0	0
186	Yemen	39	-1	-1
187	Mongolia	35	0	-3
188	Montserrat	33	0	0
189	Madagascar	32	1	2
190	Cambodia	28	-2	-5
191	Brunei Darussalam	26	0	0
191	Timor-Leste	26	0	0
191	Tonga	26	0	0
194	US Virgin Islands	23	0	0
195	Cayman Islands	21	0	0
195	Papua New Guinea	21	0	0
197	American Samoa	18	0	0
197	British Virgin Islands	18	0	0
199	Andorra	16	0	1
200	Eritrea	11	0	0
201	South Sudan	10	0	0
202	Macau	8	0	-1
202	Somalia	8	1	0
204	Djibouti	6	0	0
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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