FIFA Ranking: July 2014 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 17 July.

4 matches left. Two African friendlies and the last two matches of the World Cup.

Uganda - Seychelles
Rwanda - Gabon
Brazil - Netherlands
Germany - Argentina

This is how the points and ranking could change for these 8 teams:



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

Germany	1594	1724	2	1
Argentina	1575	1734	2	1
Netherlands	1368	1507	6	3
Brazil	1241	1371	7	5
Uganda	350	358	92	87
Gabon	332	352	98	91
Rwanda	263	287	112	106
Seychelles	64	123	182	159

In the table below, I've used the minimum points for these 8 teams.

Also take a look at how the confederation weightings could change depending on the outcome of the final and the 3rd place final.

The winner of the World Cup final will also be the new leader of the FIFA ranking.

Best movers:

25 - Turks and Caicos Islands
15 - Iraq
14 - Angola, Qatar and Swaziland

Worst movers:

-53 - El Salvador
-40 - Haiti
-36 - Cape Verde Islands

Best movers in the top 50:

12 - Costa Rica
10 - Venezuela and Nigeria
9 - Hungary and Netherlands

Worst movers in the top 50:

-36 - Cape Verde Islands
-14 - Peru
-12 - Slovenia

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Costa Rica (16 - 17 in May 2003)
Venezuela (30 - 35 in November 2013)
Azerbaijan (73 - 83 in June 2014)
Palestine (85 - 94 in June 2014)

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

British Virgin Islands (200 - 200 in June 2012)
Macau (204 - 204 in October 2013)

Ten teams will drop to new lows:

Canada (118 - 114 in November 2013)
Thailand (157 - 152 in November 2012)
Liechtenstein (167 - 165 in May 1998)
Cambodia (200 - 199 in August 2013)
Eritrea (202 - 201 in June 2014)
Djibouti (205 - 204 in February 2013)
Cook Islands (206 - 205 in November 2013)
Anguilla (207 - 206 in February 2013)
Bhutan (208 - 207 in October 2012)
San Marino (208 - 207 in October 2012)

Four teams will experience their worst drop ever:

-53 - El Salvador (dropped 37 places in October 1995)
-40 - Haiti (dropped 39 in July 2010)
-14 - Australia (dropped 13 in September 1993)
-10 - England (dropped 6 in July 2008)

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

Lesotho (131 - 130 in September 2004) - 9 years and 10 months
Jordan (57 - 57 in July 2005) - 9 years
Oman (69 - 69 in November 2006) - 7 years and 8 months
Uzbekistan (52 - 50 in February 2007) - 7 years and 5 months
Mauritania (133 - 123 in May 2008) - 6 years and 2 months
Kenya (at least 95 - 84 in January 2009) - 5 years and 6 months
France (10 - 9 in May 2010) - 4 years and 2 months
Romania (28 - 28 in May 2010) - 4 years and 2 months
Turks and Caicos Islands (at least 182 - 180 in August 2010) - 3 years and 11 months
Tanzania (106 - 106 in December 2009) - 4 years and 7 months
Maldives (145 - 143 in April 2011) - 3 years and 3 months
Madagascar (143 - 138 in June 2011) - 3 years and 1 month
Swaziland (159 - 157 in June 2011) - 3 years and 1 month
Comoros (at least 173 - 164 in June 2011) - 3 years and 1 month
Qatar (86 - 84 in May 2012) - 2 years and 2 months
Rwanda (at least 112 - 105 in May 2012) - 2 years and 2 months

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

Guatemala (134 - 145 in December 1995) - 18 years and 7 months
England (20 - 24 in May 1996) - 18 years and 2 months
Korea DPR (147 - 151 in July 2001) - 13 years
Australia (76 - 89 in May 2004) - 10 years and 2 months
Spain (8 - 8 in August 2007) - 6 years and 11 months
El Salvador (121 - 131 in September 2008) - 5 years and 10 months
Faroe Islands (184 - 185 in March 2009) - 5 years and 4 months
Mongolia (189 - 193 in March 2009) - 5 years and 4 months
Chinese Taipei (at most 178 - 180 in April 2009) - 5 years and 3 months
Jamaica (83 - 83 in July 2010) - 4 years
Russia (23 - 25 in September 2010) - 3 years and 10 months
Italy (14 - 14 in January 2011) - 3 years and 6 months
Côte d'Ivoire (25 - 25 in March 2011) - 3 years and 4 months
Peru (59 - 59 in March 2011) - 3 years and 4 months
Bahamas (192 - 197 in June 2011) - 3 years and 1 month
Papua New Guinea (199 - 203 in June 2011) - 3 years and 1 month
Haiti (113 - 116 in August 2011) - 2 years and 11 months
Samoa (190 - 204 in November 2011) - 2 years and 8 months
Mali (60 - 69 in January 2012) - 2 years and 6 months
Gabon (at most 91 - 91 in January 2012) - 2 years and 6 months
Sao Tome e Principe (at most 177 - 196 in January 2012) - 2 years and 6 months
Central African Republic (117 - 123 in May 2012) - 2 years and 2 months
Tahiti (at most 171 - 179 in June 2012) - 2 years and 1 month
British Virgin Islands (200 - 200 in June 2012) - 2 years and 1 month

Belgium and Uruguay will be ranked above Spain for the first time ever.
Costa Rica will be ranked above England for the first time ever.
Spain will be ranked below Colombia for the first time in the last 12 years and 2 months, Germany (6 years 9 months), Argentina (6 years 1 month).
France will be ranked above Italy for the first time in the last 7 years and 10 months.
Mexico will be ranked above England for the first time in the last 6 years and 11 months.
Costa Rica will be ranked above Mexico for the first time in the last 5 years.

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

1	Germany	1594	1	294
2	Argentina	1575	3	400
3	Colombia	1492	5	355
4	Belgium	1401	7	327
5	Netherlands	1368	10	387
6	Uruguay	1330	1	183
7	Brazil	1241	-4	-1
8	Spain	1229	-7	-256
9	Switzerland	1216	-3	67
10	France	1202	7	289
11	Portugal	1148	-7	-41
12	Chile	1098	2	72
13	Greece	1091	-1	27
14	Italy	1056	-5	-48
15	USA	989	-2	-46
16	Costa Rica	986	12	224
17	Croatia	955	1	52
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	Cameroon	520	3	-38
53	Norway	520	2	-42
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	Mali	483	-3	-64
61	Poland	478	8	4
62	Senegal	476	12	25
63	Libya	471	1	-27
64	Sierra Leone	469	-10	-96
65	United Arab Emirates	466	7	6
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	Angola	377	14	13
79	Morocco	377	-2	-62
81	Belarus	376	1	-21
82	Congo	375	3	-18
83	Jamaica	373	-2	-38
83	Trinidad and Tobago	369	-13	-101
85	Palestine	362	9	4
86	Qatar	361	14	22
87	Togo	357	1	-26
88	Iraq	356	16	27
89	Northern Ireland	356	2	-25
90	Benin	354	-3	-32
90	Uganda	350	-5	-40
92	Estonia	345	6	2
93	China PR	342	10	11
94	Kenya	339	14	43
95	Congo DR	338	-11	-57
96	Georgia	338	1	-11
96	Zimbabwe	334	2	-6
98	Botswana	332	-6	-43
99	Gabon	332	-9	-50
100	Niger	332	14	48
101	New Zealand	330	-4	-17
102	Moldova	325	-1	-9
103	Latvia	314	6	21
104	Lithuania	312	2	-7
105	Bahrain	288	5	-1
106	Tanzania	287	7	4
107	Kuwait	281	8	5
108	Luxembourg	278	11	11
109	Ethiopia	273	-2	-44
110	Equatorial Guinea	270	-8	-63
111	Namibia	264	3	-13
112	Rwanda	263	4	-8
113	Haiti	262	-40	-190
114	Mozambique	257	4	-12
114	Liberia	256	1	-15
116	Sudan	256	5	2
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	Malawi	234	1	-13
123	Aruba	233	-3	-21
124	Tajikistan	232	2	3
125	Dominican Republic	230	6	18
126	Burundi	222	2	1
127	Kazakhstan	220	-3	-21
128	Philippines	218	1	1
129	Afghanistan	217	1	2
129	Vietnam	217	-6	-25
131	Lesotho	213	8	19
132	Suriname	213	5	16
133	Mauritania	208	4	12
134	Guatemala	204	-7	-22
135	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	203	-2	0
135	Guinea-Bissau	199	-2	-2
137	New Caledonia	199	4	9
138	St. Lucia	195	-1	-1
139	Cyprus	193	3	4
139	Chad	183	-6	-18
141	Turkmenistan	183	3	0
141	Grenada	182	2	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	India	144	3	0
151	Malaysia	144	2	-5
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	Dominica	93	2	0
167	Liechtenstein	93	-5	-25
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	British Virgin Islands	13	-2	-5
200	Cambodia	13	-10	-15
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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