FIFA Ranking: August 2014 probable ranking

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 14 August.

22 matches left to be played.

Of the teams involved in these matches, the one that could climb highest is Sierra Leone. They could climb to 43rd. This means the top 42 is already set.


Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Costa Rica (15 - 16 in July 2014)
Venezuela (29 - 30 in July 2014)

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

Romania (27 - 26 in September 2009) - 4 years and 11 months
Senegal (at least 60 - 43 in January 2012) - 2 years and 7 months

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

Australia (at most 77 - 89 in May 2004) - 10 years and 3 months
El Salvador (at most 124 - 131 in September 2008) - 5 years and 11 months
Chinese Taipei (at most 179 - 180 in April 2009) - 5 years and 4 months
Zambia (at most 81 - 83 in September 2011) - 2 years and 11 months

Costa Rica will be ranked above USA for the first time ever.
Venezuela will be ranked above Sweden for the first time ever.
Armenia will be ranked above Slovenia for the first time in the last 7 years.
Angola will be ranked above Zambia for the first time in the last 5 years and 4 months.

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

1	Germany	1736	0	12
2	Argentina	1604	0	-2
3	Netherlands	1507	0	11
4	Colombia	1495	0	3
5	Belgium	1407	0	6
6	Uruguay	1316	0	-14
7	Brazil	1241	0	0
7	Spain	1241	1	12
9	Switzerland	1218	0	2
10	France	1212	0	10
11	Portugal	1152	0	4
12	Chile	1100	0	2
13	Greece	1092	0	1
14	Italy	1069	0	13
15	Costa Rica	1023	1	37
16	Croatia	964	1	9
17	Mexico	942	1	12
18	USA	937	-3	-52
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	925	0	8
20	England	915	0	4
21	Ecuador	910	0	9
22	Ukraine	901	0	3
23	Russia	899	0	2
24	Algeria	880	0	8
25	Côte d'Ivoire	840	0	-10
26	Denmark	818	0	11
27	Romania	740	1	7
28	Scotland	738	-1	4
29	Sweden	724	0	0
29	Venezuela	724	1	4
31	Serbia	723	0	6
32	Turkey	711	0	-3
33	Nigeria	673	1	9
34	Hungary	656	4	14
35	Czech Republic	650	0	4
36	Armenia	648	5	13
36	Ghana	648	2	6
38	Egypt	645	-2	0
39	Slovenia	643	-2	-1
40	Austria	624	3	10
41	Wales	623	3	17
42	Tunisia	617	0	-4
43	Sierra Leone	597	21	128
44	Honduras	596	-4	-41
45	Japan	593	0	-11
46	Slovakia	584	0	-4
47	Iceland	573	0	3
48	Paraguay	564	0	-2
49	Iran	563	0	0
50	Montenegro	553	0	-6
51	Uzbekistan	528	1	5
52	Peru	522	7	35
53	Norway	512	0	-8
54	Cameroon	507	-1	-13
55	Finland	502	0	-6
56	Jordan	500	1	0
57	Korea Republic	499	-1	-2
58	Burkina Faso	493	0	-2
59	Senegal	491	3	15
60	Mali	488	0	5
61	Poland	482	0	4
62	Libya	475	1	4
63	Panama	474	-30	-210
64	Guinea	471	-13	-84
65	United Arab Emirates	464	0	-2
66	Republic of Ireland	448	4	8
67	Israel	439	0	-5
68	South Africa	438	-2	-12
69	Albania	437	-2	-7
70	Bolivia	434	1	5
71	Benin	433	20	79
72	Oman	430	-3	-13
73	Bulgaria	429	-1	4
74	Congo	416	8	41
75	Azerbaijan	413	-2	3
76	Cape Verde Islands	411	-1	10
77	Angola	408	2	31
78	FYR Macedonia	407	-4	1
79	Australia	391	-3	-6
80	Trinidad and Tobago	384	4	15
81	Morocco	381	-2	4
81	Uganda	381	6	23
83	Saudi Arabia	377	-5	-7
84	Zambia	375	-7	-21
85	Jamaica	373	-2	0
86	Kenya	372	9	33
87	Botswana	371	12	39
88	Togo	365	0	8
89	Belarus	363	-8	-13
89	Palestine	363	-4	1
91	Zimbabwe	358	7	24
92	Iraq	357	-3	1
93	Qatar	348	-7	-13
94	Congo DR	344	2	6
94	Estonia	344	-2	-1
96	Georgia	341	0	3
96	Northern Ireland	341	-7	-15
98	Gabon	337	-5	-7
99	China PR	334	-5	-8
100	New Zealand	330	1	0
101	Tanzania	327	5	40
102	Moldova	325	0	0
103	Latvia	324	0	10
104	Lithuania	306	0	-6
105	Bahrain	289	0	1
106	Luxembourg	288	2	10
107	Kuwait	280	0	-1
108	Ethiopia	275	2	2
109	Equatorial Guinea	270	2	0
110	Namibia	269	2	5
111	Lebanon	263	8	14
111	Sudan	263	4	7
113	Haiti	262	0	0
114	Niger	261	-15	-71
115	Liberia	260	0	4
116	Rwanda	258	-7	-18
117	Central African Republic	252	0	-1
117	Tajikistan	252	7	20
119	Canada	250	-1	0
120	Mozambique	243	-6	-14
121	Guinea-Bissau	242	15	43
122	Malawi	237	-1	3
123	Aruba	233	0	0
123	Cuba	233	-3	-12
125	Dominican Republic	230	0	0
126	El Salvador	223	-5	-11
127	Philippines	221	1	3
128	Afghanistan	217	1	0
128	Burundi	217	-2	-5
130	Kazakhstan	213	-3	-7
130	Suriname	213	1	0
132	Mauritania	204	1	-4
133	Guatemala	203	1	-1
133	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	203	2	0
135	New Caledonia	199	1	0
136	Turkmenistan	197	4	14
137	St. Lucia	195	1	0
138	Vietnam	192	-9	-25
139	Lesotho	190	-8	-23
140	Chad	184	0	1
140	Cyprus	184	-1	-9
142	Grenada	182	0	0
143	Madagascar	179	0	0
144	Kyrgyzstan	176	0	0
145	Maldives	174	0	3
146	Korea DPR	167	1	4
147	Syria	161	-1	-8
148	Gambia	157	0	-4
149	Antigua and Barbuda	156	0	4
150	India	143	1	-1
150	Malta	143	0	-3
152	Singapore	140	2	0
153	Guyana	136	2	0
153	Indonesia	136	0	-5
155	Malaysia	134	-4	-10
155	Puerto Rico	134	1	0
157	Thailand	126	0	-2
158	Swaziland	125	1	2
159	St. Kitts and Nevis	124	-1	0
160	Myanmar	121	0	-1
161	Hong Kong	118	1	4
162	Belize	117	-1	0
163	Guam	102	11	23
164	Pakistan	100	1	0
165	Montserrat	99	1	0
166	Nepal	95	-2	-7
167	Liechtenstein	94	0	1
168	Dominica	93	-1	0
169	Barbados	92	0	0
170	Bangladesh	87	-7	-16
171	Tahiti	85	0	0
172	Laos	84	-2	-3
173	Bermuda	83	0	0
173	Solomon Islands	83	2	5
175	Comoros	78	-3	-6
175	Nicaragua	78	0	0
177	Sao Tome e Principe	72	0	0
178	Sri Lanka	71	0	0
179	Chinese Taipei	70	-1	-1
180	Seychelles	68	2	4
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	0	0
182	Curacao	63	1	0
182	Mongolia	63	7	34
184	Faroe Islands	61	0	0
185	Yemen	59	-5	-11
186	South Sudan	43	0	0
187	Vanuatu	41	0	3
188	Mauritius	37	-3	-19
189	Fiji	31	-1	0
190	Samoa	28	0	0
190	US Virgin Islands	28	0	0
192	Bahamas	26	0	0
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	0	0
198	Andorra	16	0	0
199	Papua New Guinea	14	0	0
200	British Virgin Islands	13	0	0
200	Cambodia	13	0	0
202	Eritrea	11	0	0
203	Somalia	8	0	0
204	Macau	7	0	0
205	Djibouti	6	0	0
206	Cook Islands	5	0	0
207	Anguilla	1	0	0
208	Bhutan	0	0	0
208	San Marino	0	0	0

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