FIFA Ranking: May 2014 preview

FIFA will release the ranking on 8 May.

8 matches remaining - 6 friendlies and 2 continental qualifiers.

Here's how the points and rankings could change:

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

Tanzania	222	235	126	118
Burundi	209	227	127	121
Afghanistan	198	237	129	118
Tajikistan	188	229	133	121
Malaysia	143	161	148	137
Philippines	143	171	148	136
Kyrgyzstan	136	170	151	136
Mauritania	115	165	159	136
Nepal	102	123	162	154
Chad	80	105	170	159
Yemen	57	76	180	172
Mauritius	55	148	180	142

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

Best movers:

3 - Korea DPR
2 - Brazil, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti

Worst movers:

-9 - St. Lucia
-7 - Grenada
-5 - Zambia

Best movers in the top 50:

2 - Brazil, Honduras
1 - Chile, Peru, Nigeria

Worst movers in the top 50:

-1 - Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, USA, Romania, Hungary

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

Honduras (30 - 30 in July 2002) - 11 years and 10 months
Brazil (4 - 4 in July 2011) - 2 years and 10 months

Brazil will also return to the top of the pile in CONMEBOL. They were 1st in CONMEBOL in July 2011.

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

1	Spain	1460	0	0
2	Germany	1340	0	0
3	Portugal	1245	0	0
4	Brazil	1210	2	36
5	Colombia	1186	-1	0
6	Uruguay	1181	-1	0
7	Argentina	1178	-1	4
8	Switzerland	1161	0	0
9	Italy	1115	0	0
10	Greece	1082	0	0
11	England	1043	0	0
12	Belgium	1039	0	0
13	Chile	1037	1	26
14	USA	1015	-1	0
15	Netherlands	967	0	0
16	France	935	0	0
17	Ukraine	913	0	0
18	Russia	903	0	0
19	Mexico	877	0	1
20	Croatia	871	0	0
21	Côte d'Ivoire	830	0	0
22	Scotland	825	0	0
23	Denmark	819	0	0
24	Egypt	798	0	0
25	Algeria	795	0	0
25	Bosnia-Herzegovina	795	0	0
25	Sweden	795	0	0
28	Ecuador	794	0	4
29	Slovenia	787	0	0
30	Honduras	759	2	5
30	Serbia	759	0	0
32	Romania	756	-1	0
33	Armenia	750	0	0
34	Costa Rica	748	0	4
35	Panama	739	0	0
36	Czech Republic	731	0	0
37	Iran	715	0	0
38	Ghana	713	0	0
39	Turkey	711	0	0
40	Austria	673	0	0
41	Venezuela	666	0	-4
42	Cape Verde Islands	665	0	0
42	Peru	665	1	12
44	Nigeria	631	1	11
45	Hungary	623	-1	0
46	Slovakia	616	0	0
47	Japan	613	0	0
47	Wales	613	0	0
49	Tunisia	597	0	0
50	Cameroon	583	0	0
51	Guinea	580	0	0
52	Finland	578	0	0
53	Uzbekistan	577	0	0
54	Montenegro	555	0	0
55	Korea Republic	551	1	0
55	Norway	551	1	0
55	Paraguay	551	-1	-4
58	Iceland	546	0	0
59	Australia	545	0	0
59	Mali	545	0	0
61	Burkina Faso	528	0	0
62	Libya	522	0	0
63	Senegal	511	0	0
64	Jordan	510	0	0
65	South Africa	507	1	7
66	Republic of Ireland	504	-1	0
67	United Arab Emirates	499	0	0
68	Bolivia	497	0	0
69	El Salvador	488	0	0
70	Albania	486	0	0
71	Sierra Leone	484	0	0
72	Poland	479	0	0
73	Bulgaria	460	0	0
74	Trinidad and Tobago	457	2	3
75	Saudi Arabia	455	0	0
76	Morocco	454	0	0
77	Haiti	452	2	6
78	Israel	450	0	0
79	Zambia	448	-5	-8
80	FYR Macedonia	443	0	0
81	Jamaica	420	1	6
82	Oman	418	-1	0
83	Belarus	404	0	0
84	Northern Ireland	400	0	0
85	Azerbaijan	398	0	0
86	Uganda	395	0	0
87	Gabon	386	0	0
88	Congo DR	380	0	0
89	Togo	374	0	0
90	Cuba	371	0	0
91	Botswana	369	0	0
92	Congo	367	0	0
93	Estonia	366	0	0
94	Angola	347	0	0
95	Qatar	338	0	2
96	China PR	333	0	0
97	Benin	332	0	0
98	Zimbabwe	327	0	-2
99	Moldova	325	0	0
100	Iraq	321	0	-3
101	Ethiopia	319	0	0
102	Niger	315	0	0
103	Georgia	303	0	0
104	Lithuania	293	0	0
105	Bahrain	289	0	0
106	Central African Republic	284	0	0
106	Kenya	284	0	0
108	Kuwait	283	0	0
109	Latvia	273	0	0
110	Canada	272	0	0
111	New Zealand	271	0	0
112	Luxembourg	266	0	0
113	Equatorial Guinea	261	0	0
114	Lebanon	251	1	0
114	Mozambique	251	0	-1
116	Vietnam	242	0	0
117	Sudan	241	0	0
118	Kazakhstan	235	0	0
119	Liberia	234	0	0
120	Namibia	233	0	0
121	Malawi	227	0	0
122	Guatemala	223	2	-1
123	Tanzania	222	-1	-4
124	Dominican Republic	212	2	0
125	Burundi	209	0	-6
126	Malta	204	1	0
127	Cyprus	201	1	0
128	Afghanistan	198	-6	-28
129	Rwanda	197	0	0
129	Suriname	197	0	0
131	Gambia	190	0	0
131	Syria	190	0	0
133	Tajikistan	188	0	0
134	Korea DPR	175	3	3
135	New Caledonia	174	1	0
136	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	163	-1	-18
137	Lesotho	159	1	0
138	Antigua and Barbuda	158	1	0
139	Thailand	156	1	0
140	Belize	152	3	0
141	Grenada	150	-7	-34
142	India	144	3	0
142	Singapore	144	3	0
144	Malaysia	143	-2	-10
144	Philippines	143	-1	-9
144	Puerto Rico	143	3	0
147	Liechtenstein	139	2	0
148	Guyana	137	2	0
149	Kyrgyzstan	136	-2	-7
150	Indonesia	135	1	0
150	St. Lucia	135	-9	-20
152	Maldives	124	1	0
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	124	1	0
154	Aruba	122	1	0
155	Turkmenistan	119	1	0
156	Tahiti	116	1	0
157	Mauritania	115	-5	-12
158	Hong Kong	111	0	0
159	Dominica	103	1	0
160	Nepal	102	-1	-5
160	Pakistan	102	1	0
162	Barbados	101	0	0
163	Bangladesh	98	0	0
164	Faroe Islands	91	0	0
165	Palestine	88	-1	-3
166	Sao Tome e Principe	86	0	0
167	Nicaragua	84	0	0
168	Bermuda	83	0	0
169	Chad	80	0	0
170	Chinese Taipei	78	0	0
171	Guam	77	0	0
172	Solomon Islands	75	0	0
173	Laos	73	1	0
173	Myanmar	73	1	0
173	Sri Lanka	73	0	-1
176	Seychelles	66	1	0
177	Curacao	65	1	0
178	Swaziland	64	1	0
179	Yemen	57	1	-3
180	Mauritius	55	-4	-12
180	Vanuatu	55	1	0
182	Fiji	47	0	0
183	Samoa	45	0	0
184	Comoros	43	0	0
184	Guinea-Bissau	43	0	0
186	Bahamas	40	0	0
187	Mongolia	35	0	0
188	Montserrat	33	0	0
189	Madagascar	32	0	0
190	Cambodia	28	0	0
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	0
200	Eritrea	11	0	0
201	South Sudan	10	0	0
202	Macau	8	0	0
202	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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