FIFA Ranking: July 2014 preview and probable ranking (27 June 2014)

Yes, two in one :)

22 matches left involving 25 teams. 6 friendlies and 16 World Cup matches.

Here's how the points and ranking could change for these 25 teams:




Team - Min points - Max points - Min Rank - Max Rank

Germany	1354	1724	12	1
Brazil	1126	1562	17	1
Argentina	1376	1803	12	1
Switzerland	1216	1655	16	1
Uruguay	1330	1736	12	1
Colombia	1389	1805	11	1
Belgium	1305	1729	12	1
Greece	1048	1453	18	1
USA	989	1294	18	6
Chile	1045	1464	18	1
Netherlands	1258	1637	14	1
France	1138	1510	17	1
Mexico	930	1242	20	7
Algeria	872	1377	25	2
Costa Rica	888	1277	25	6
Nigeria	664	959	34	16
Mali	462	483	65	60
Botswana	300	339	104	95
China PR	342	373	94	83
Tanzania	266	297	111	105
Mozambique	250	264	118	112
Malawi	218	253	128	116
Vietnam	195	217	137	129
Lesotho	182	238	141	121
Myanmar	122	162	160	148

Probable results generated using the Elo Ratings.

Before posting comments like: "Hey my team actually beat the other team! It's a mistake!" please read the previous paragraph again and look when these results were posted (Yes, before the matches actually took place!) ;)

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

28/Jun Brazil - Chile 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
28/Jun Colombia - Uruguay 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
29/Jun China PR - Mali 1 (Friendly)
29/Jun Costa Rica - Greece X Costa Rica PSO (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
29/Jun Netherlands - Mexico 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
30/Jun France - Nigeria 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
30/Jun Germany - Algeria 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
01/Jul Argentina - Switzerland 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
01/Jul Belgium - USA X Belgium PSO (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
01/Jul Botswana - Tanzania X (Friendly)
02/Jul Vietnam - Myanmar 1 (Friendly)
04/Jul Brazil - Colombia 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
04/Jul France - Germany 2 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
05/Jul Argentina - Belgium 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
05/Jul Netherlands - Costa Rica 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
06/Jul Malawi - Mozambique X (Friendly)
08/Jul Brazil - Germany 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
09/Jul Netherlands - Argentina X Netherlands PSO (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
11/Jul Tanzania - Lesotho 1 (Friendly)
12/Jul Germany - Argentina X Germany PSO (FIFA World Cup™ Final)
13/Jul Botswana - Lesotho 1 (Friendly)
13/Jul Brazil - Netherlands 1 (FIFA World Cup™ Final)

Probable July 2014 rank - Team - Probable July 2014 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Argentina	1609	4	434
2	Brazil	1555	1	313
3	Germany	1549	-1	249
4	Colombia	1492	4	355
5	Netherlands	1444	10	463
6	Belgium	1351	5	277
7	Uruguay	1330	0	183
8	Spain	1229	-7	-256
9	Switzerland	1216	-3	67
10	France	1202	7	289
11	Portugal	1148	-7	-41
12	Greece	1091	0	27
13	Italy	1056	-4	-48
14	Chile	1045	0	19
15	USA	1024	-2	-11
16	Croatia	955	2	52
17	Costa Rica	942	11	180
18	Mexico	930	2	48
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	917	2	44
20	England	911	-10	-179
21	Ecuador	901	5	110
22	Ukraine	898	-6	-17
23	Russia	897	-4	4
24	Algeria	872	-2	14
25	Côte d'Ivoire	850	-2	41
26	Denmark	807	-3	-2
27	Scotland	734	0	-52
28	Romania	733	1	-28
29	Sweden	724	3	-17
30	Venezuela	720	10	48
31	Serbia	717	-1	-28
32	Turkey	714	3	-8
33	Panama	684	-2	-59
34	Nigeria	664	10	24
35	Czech Republic	646	-1	-78
36	Egypt	645	0	-70
37	Slovenia	644	-12	-156
38	Ghana	642	-1	-62
38	Hungary	642	9	18
40	Honduras	637	-7	-94
41	Armenia	635	-3	-47
42	Tunisia	621	6	9
43	Austria	614	-1	-29
44	Wales	606	-3	-38
45	Japan	604	1	-22
46	Slovakia	588	3	-3
47	Iceland	570	5	4
48	Paraguay	566	2	-9
49	Iran	563	-6	-78
50	Montenegro	559	1	-15
51	Guinea	555	1	-11
52	Uzbekistan	523	7	-16
53	Norway	520	2	-42
53	Cameroon	520	3	-38
55	Finland	508	6	-24
56	Korea Republic	501	1	-46
57	Jordan	500	6	-10
58	Burkina Faso	495	2	-43
59	Peru	487	-14	-140
60	Poland	478	9	4
61	Senegal	476	13	25
62	Libya	471	2	-27
63	Sierra Leone	469	-9	-96
64	United Arab Emirates	466	8	6
65	Mali	462	-8	-85
66	South Africa	450	-1	-46
67	Albania	444	-1	-51
67	Israel	444	8	0
69	Oman	443	10	23
70	Republic of Ireland	440	0	-33
71	Bolivia	429	-4	-54
72	Bulgaria	425	6	0
73	Azerbaijan	410	10	14
74	FYR Macedonia	406	6	-13
75	Cape Verde Islands	401	-36	-273
76	Australia	397	-14	-129
77	Zambia	396	-1	-45
78	Saudi Arabia	384	12	3
79	Morocco	377	-2	-62
79	Angola	377	14	13
81	Belarus	376	1	-21
82	Congo	375	3	-18
83	Jamaica	373	-2	-38
83	China PR	373	20	42
85	Trinidad and Tobago	369	-14	-101
86	Palestine	362	8	4
87	Qatar	361	13	22
88	Uganda	358	-2	-32
89	Togo	357	-1	-26
90	Northern Ireland	356	0	-25
90	Iraq	356	14	27
92	Benin	354	-5	-32
93	Estonia	345	5	2
94	Gabon	344	-5	-38
95	Kenya	339	13	43
96	Congo DR	338	-12	-57
96	Georgia	338	0	-11
98	Zimbabwe	334	1	-6
99	Niger	332	13	48
100	New Zealand	330	-3	-17
101	Moldova	325	0	-9
102	Botswana	324	-10	-51
103	Latvia	314	6	21
104	Lithuania	312	2	-7
105	Bahrain	288	5	-1
106	Tanzania	283	7	0
107	Kuwait	281	8	5
108	Luxembourg	278	11	11
109	Rwanda	276	7	5
110	Ethiopia	273	-3	-44
111	Equatorial Guinea	270	-9	-63
112	Namibia	264	2	-13
113	Haiti	262	-40	-190
114	Liberia	256	2	-15
114	Sudan	256	6	2
116	Mozambique	255	2	-14
117	Central African Republic	253	-12	-68
118	Canada	250	-8	-39
119	Lebanon	249	6	16
120	Cuba	245	-25	-109
121	El Salvador	234	-53	-247
122	Aruba	233	-2	-21
123	Tajikistan	232	3	3
124	Dominican Republic	230	7	18
125	Malawi	229	-3	-18
126	Burundi	222	2	1
127	Kazakhstan	220	-3	-21
128	Philippines	218	1	1
129	Vietnam	217	-6	-25
129	Afghanistan	217	1	2
131	Suriname	213	5	16
132	Mauritania	208	5	12
133	Guatemala	204	-6	-22
134	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	203	-1	0
135	Guinea-Bissau	199	-1	-2
135	New Caledonia	199	5	9
137	St. Lucia	195	0	-1
138	Cyprus	193	4	4
139	Chad	183	-5	-18
139	Turkmenistan	183	4	0
141	Lesotho	182	-2	-12
141	Grenada	182	3	0
143	Madagascar	179	1	-3
144	Kyrgyzstan	176	5	13
145	Maldives	171	2	0
146	Syria	169	-6	-21
147	Korea DPR	163	-1	-12
148	Gambia	161	0	-5
149	Antigua and Barbuda	152	2	-6
150	Malta	146	-18	-58
151	Malaysia	144	2	-5
151	India	144	3	0
153	Indonesia	141	4	6
154	Singapore	140	1	-1
155	Guyana	136	1	-1
156	Puerto Rico	134	2	0
157	Thailand	128	-8	-35
158	St. Kitts and Nevis	124	2	0
159	Swaziland	123	14	38
160	Myanmar	122	-1	-11
161	Belize	117	-9	-35
162	Hong Kong	114	1	2
163	Bangladesh	103	4	5
164	Nepal	102	0	0
165	Pakistan	100	-1	-2
166	Montserrat	99	0	0
167	Liechtenstein	93	-5	-25
167	Dominica	93	2	0
169	Barbados	92	1	0
170	Laos	87	-2	-10
171	Tahiti	85	-10	-37
172	Comoros	84	2	0
173	Bermuda	83	2	0
174	Guam	79	4	2
175	Nicaragua	78	1	0
175	Solomon Islands	78	5	8
177	Sao Tome e Principe	72	-5	-14
178	Chinese Taipei	71	-2	-7
178	Sri Lanka	71	1	-2
180	Yemen	70	3	9
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	26	66
182	Seychelles	64	-1	-2
183	Curacao	63	-1	-2
184	Faroe Islands	61	-13	-28
185	Mauritius	56	-1	-1
186	South Sudan	43	-1	-4
187	Vanuatu	38	3	10
188	Fiji	31	0	-3
189	Mongolia	29	-2	-6
190	Samoa	28	-1	-4
190	US Virgin Islands	28	5	5
192	Bahamas	26	-6	-14
192	Brunei Darussalam	26	0	0
192	Timor-Leste	26	0	0
192	Tonga	26	0	0
196	Cayman Islands	21	0	0
197	American Samoa	18	1	0
198	Andorra	16	2	0
199	Papua New Guinea	14	-3	-7
200	Cambodia	13	-10	-15
200	British Virgin Islands	13	-2	-5
202	Eritrea	11	-1	0
203	Somalia	8	-1	0
204	Macau	7	-2	-1
205	Djibouti	6	-1	0
206	Cook Islands	5	-1	0
207	Anguilla	1	-1	-2
208	Bhutan	0	-1	0
208	San Marino	0	-1	0

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