FIFA Ranking: March 2014 final preview

Three matches left - all friendlies.

07/Mar Sudan - Chad
07/Mar Lesotho - Swaziland
09/Mar Lesotho - Swaziland

This is how the points and ranking could change for these 4 teams:

Team - Minimum points - Maximum points - Minimum rank - Maximum rank

Sudan	229	238	123	121
Lesotho	161	183	143	137
Chad	81	121	170	157
Swaziland	37	76	187	171

In the table below, I've used the minimum points for these 4 teams.

The top 120 is already set.

Best movers:

18 - Vietnam
15 - Comoros
12 - Egypt

Worst movers:

-43 - Myanmar
-23 - Palestine
-16 - Laos

Best movers in the top 50:

12 - Egypt
6 - Montenegro
4 - Honduras, Turkey, Slovakia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-11 - Armenia
-10 - Paraguay
-6 - Cape Verde Islands

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Panama (29 - 32 in February 2014)
Afghanistan (127 - 129 in November 2013)

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Republic of Ireland (68 - 67 in November 2013)
Madagascar (190 - 188 in November 2006)

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

Pakistan (at least 159 - 153 in March 2010) - 4 years
Egypt (26 - 10 in January 2011) - 3 years and 2 months
Guinea (53 - 45 in March 2011) - 3 years
Malaysia (at least 142 - 138 in March 2011) - 3 years
Kazakhstan (127 - 126 in August 2011) - 2 years and 7 months
Comoros (at least 183 - 183 in October 2011) - 2 years and 5 months

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

Paraguay (59 - 63 in July 1996) - 17 years and 8 months
Netherlands (11 - 12 in September 2002) - 11 years and 6 months
Australia (63 - 64 in October 2004) - 9 years and 5 months
St. Kitts and Nevis (156 - 156 in December 2009) - 4 years and 3 months
Côte d'Ivoire (24 - 25 in March 2011) - 3 years
Libya (71 - 71 in March 2011) - 3 years
US Virgin Islands (194 - 200 in May 2011) - 2 years and 10 months
Palestine (at most 167 - 167 in June 2011) - 2 years and 9 months
Nicaragua (at most 168 - 179 in August 2011) - 2 years and 7 months

Panama will be ranked above Czech Republic for the first time ever.
Afghanistan will be ranked above Burundi, Korea DPR and Rwanda for the first time ever.
Malaysia will be ranked above Thailand for the first time ever.
Comoros will be ranked above Madagascar and Yemen for the first time ever.
Uzbekistan will be ranked above Paraguay for the first time in the last 18 years and 9 months.
Finland will be ranked above Paraguay for the first time in the last 17 years and 10 months.
United Arab Emirates will be ranked above Israel for the first time in the last 15 years and 3 months.
Liberia will be ranked above China PR for the first time in the last 12 years and 11 months.
United Arab Emirates will be ranked above Australia for the first time in the last 9 years and 10 months.

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

1	Spain	1510	0	4
2	Germany	1336	0	22
3	Argentina	1234	0	-21
4	Portugal	1199	0	-20
5	Colombia	1183	0	-28
6	Uruguay	1126	1	-31
7	Switzerland	1123	-1	-36
8	Italy	1112	0	-23
9	Brazil	1104	0	-21
10	Belgium	1084	1	-33
11	Netherlands	1077	-1	-45
12	England	1045	3	13
13	Greece	1038	-1	-46
14	USA	1017	-1	-27
15	Chile	998	-1	-40
16	Croatia	955	0	-11
17	France	929	1	12
18	Ukraine	911	0	-6
19	Russia	889	3	27
20	Mexico	888	1	1
21	Bosnia-Herzegovina	863	-4	-56
22	Denmark	858	-2	-49
23	Ecuador	855	1	24
24	Côte d'Ivoire	839	-1	-2
25	Algeria	819	1	0
26	Egypt	790	12	61
27	Sweden	789	-2	-32
28	Serbia	762	1	-13
29	Panama	755	3	1
30	Czech Republic	748	1	-12
31	Slovenia	746	-4	-53
32	Romania	740	1	-6
33	Cape Verde Islands	739	-6	-60
34	Costa Rica	732	1	-2
35	Ghana	729	2	-4
36	Honduras	725	4	9
37	Scotland	721	-3	-21
38	Turkey	710	4	7
39	Venezuela	704	-4	-30
40	Peru	703	1	-1
41	Armenia	699	-11	-72
42	Iran	692	-4	-37
43	Hungary	652	1	-21
44	Austria	641	-1	-37
44	Tunisia	641	1	-15
46	Montenegro	639	6	45
47	Nigeria	626	0	10
48	Japan	622	2	21
49	Wales	609	2	11
50	Cameroon	588	-4	-38
50	Slovakia	588	4	14
52	Iceland	582	-4	-31
53	Guinea	572	9	18
54	Albania	569	1	-2
55	Uzbekistan	565	2	-4
56	Mali	561	3	0
57	Norway	559	3	2
58	Finland	556	7	16
59	Paraguay	554	-10	-49
60	Korea Republic	552	1	-4
61	United Arab Emirates	550	-3	-15
62	Burkina Faso	548	0	-6
63	Australia	545	-10	-31
64	South Africa	536	0	-14
65	Israel	526	-9	-44
66	Jordan	521	3	7
67	Bulgaria	518	5	32
68	Republic of Ireland	513	-1	-15
69	Senegal	512	-3	-17
70	Bolivia	511	0	17
71	Libya	501	-3	-22
72	Sierra Leone	481	1	-3
73	Poland	475	-3	-19
74	Zambia	458	1	8
75	Saudi Arabia	453	0	3
76	Trinidad and Tobago	446	1	2
77	Morocco	443	-3	-11
78	El Salvador	438	0	2
79	Haiti	430	0	0
80	Jamaica	429	0	3
81	Oman	426	-1	0
82	FYR Macedonia	421	1	19
83	Belarus	420	-1	-3
84	Congo DR	392	7	19
85	Uganda	391	-1	-9
86	Northern Ireland	388	-1	-9
87	Gabon	381	0	-5
88	Togo	377	2	1
89	Congo	375	-3	-18
90	New Zealand	373	-1	-5
91	Azerbaijan	369	2	-3
92	Estonia	367	-1	-6
93	Cuba	362	5	28
94	Benin	357	3	22
95	Botswana	355	-1	-5
96	Angola	348	-1	-8
97	Liberia	347	-1	-7
98	China PR	339	-10	-41
99	Georgia	333	4	8
100	Ethiopia	331	1	2
101	Qatar	330	-2	-1
102	Zimbabwe	328	-2	-2
103	Iraq	317	11	48
104	Niger	315	0	-1
105	Lithuania	314	-3	-12
106	Bahrain	312	0	4
107	Central African Republic	310	-2	0
108	Moldova	303	-1	-2
109	Kenya	293	-1	-7
110	Kuwait	287	-1	-12
111	Dominican Republic	282	0	0
112	Canada	279	1	4
113	Latvia	265	-2	-17
114	Malawi	260	1	-8
115	Mozambique	258	3	7
116	Lebanon	254	5	11
117	Tanzania	253	-1	-1
118	New Caledonia	252	-1	0
119	Equatorial Guinea	251	-1	0
120	Luxembourg	242	0	-5
121	Tajikistan	237	-11	-48
122	Cyprus	236	0	-4
123	Sudan	229	0	-7
124	Namibia	227	0	-7
125	Vietnam	224	18	52
126	Guatemala	219	0	-10
127	Afghanistan	213	11	29
127	Kazakhstan	213	1	-1
129	Burundi	211	-5	-23
130	Philippines	200	-3	-19
131	Suriname	197	1	0
132	Grenada	192	3	-2
133	Korea DPR	191	3	0
134	Malta	186	-3	-13
134	Rwanda	186	0	-9
136	Gambia	184	1	-6
137	Syria	183	-4	-13
138	Tahiti	179	2	0
139	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	177	2	0
140	Belize	176	2	0
141	Malaysia	175	9	23
142	Turkmenistan	166	-13	-37
143	Lesotho	161	-4	-21
144	Antigua and Barbuda	159	2	-5
145	Hong Kong	156	-1	-14
146	Kyrgyzstan	155	2	0
146	St. Lucia	155	2	0
148	Thailand	151	-1	-7
149	Singapore	144	1	-8
150	Puerto Rico	143	7	2
151	Liechtenstein	139	-1	-13
152	India	138	2	-11
153	Guyana	137	1	-12
154	Indonesia	128	4	-7
155	Mauritania	127	4	0
156	St. Kitts and Nevis	125	-3	-25
157	Maldives	114	6	-6
158	Pakistan	107	7	0
159	Dominica	103	7	0
160	Nepal	102	9	4
161	Barbados	101	7	0
162	Aruba	87	10	0
162	Bangladesh	87	2	-29
162	Faroe Islands	87	10	0
165	Sao Tome e Principe	86	-4	-36
165	Solomon Islands	86	9	0
167	Palestine	85	-23	-85
168	Nicaragua	84	-1	-18
169	Bermuda	83	6	0
170	Chad	81	-8	-40
171	Chinese Taipei	76	-1	-21
172	Laos	73	-16	-73
173	Guam	68	-13	-55
173	Myanmar	68	-43	-132
173	Sri Lanka	68	-2	-22
176	Mauritius	66	1	0
176	Seychelles	66	0	-1
178	Curacao	65	0	0
179	Vanuatu	55	0	0
180	Fiji	47	1	0
181	Samoa	45	1	0
182	Comoros	41	16	24
182	Guinea-Bissau	41	1	-2
184	Bahamas	40	0	0
184	Yemen	40	2	1
186	Mongolia	38	-6	-11
187	Swaziland	37	-3	-3
188	Cambodia	33	1	3
188	Montserrat	33	-1	0
190	Madagascar	30	-3	-3
191	Brunei Darussalam	26	-1	0
191	Timor-Leste	26	-1	0
191	Tonga	26	-1	0
194	US Virgin Islands	23	-1	0
195	Cayman Islands	21	-1	0
195	Papua New Guinea	21	-1	0
197	American Samoa	18	-1	0
197	British Virgin Islands	18	-1	0
199	Andorra	15	-1	-2
200	Eritrea	11	0	0
201	South Sudan	10	1	0
202	Macau	9	-2	-2
203	Somalia	8	0	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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