FIFA Ranking: October 2014 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 23 October.

Two matches left - both friendlies (although they are part of an important ASEAN competition - the AFF Suzuki Cup):

18/10 Cambodia - Myanmar
18/10 Laos - Timor Leste




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

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

Myanmar	193	207	141	137
Laos	123	141	158	154
Timor-Leste	51	76	183	174
Cambodia	46	64	185	178

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

Best movers:

73 - Togo
37 - Trinidad and Tobago
28 - Northern Ireland

Worst movers:

-31 - Azerbaijan
-23 - Burkina Faso
-23 - Armenia

Best movers in the top 50:

37 - Trinidad and Tobago
28 - Northern Ireland
26 - Poland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-23 - Burkina Faso
-21 - Montenegro
-14 - Congo

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Belgium (4 - 5 in October 2013)
Algeria (15 - 19 in November 2012)
Iceland (28 - 34 in September 2014)
Antigua and Barbuda (70 - 80 in September 2014)

Canada will return to their worst ever ranking (122 - 122 in August 2014)

Eight teams will drop to new lows:

Korea Republic (66 - 63 in September 2014)
Australia (94 - 92 in June 2000)
Thailand (165 - 158 in September 2014)
Gambia (168 - 166 in March 2006)
Chinese Taipei (188 - 180 in May 1996)
Fiji (192 - 191 in July 2013)
Cayman Islands (201 - 198 in September 2014)
British Virgin Islands (203 - 201 in August 2014)

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

Austria (29 - 29 in January 2000) - 14 years and 9 months
Trinidad and Tobago (49 - 47 in May 2006) - 8 years and 5 months
Togo (52 - 48 in September 2006) - 8 years and 1 month
Congo DR (60 - 60 in January 2007) - 7 years and 9 months
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (105 - 101 in December 2007) - 6 years and 10 months
Romania (21 - 20 in March 2009) - 5 years and 7 months
Seychelles (171 - 170 in July 2009) - 5 years and 3 months
Poland (44 - 36 in September 2009) - 5 years and 1 month
Turks and Caicos Islands (at least 178 - 174 in February 2010) - 4 years and 8 months
France (7 - 7 in March 2010) - 4 years and 7 months
Maldives (142 - 142 in May 2010) - 4 years and 5 months
Cameroon (40 - 38 in January 2011) - 3 years and 9 months
Slovakia (24 - 22 in March 2011) - 3 years and 7 months
Northern Ireland (43 - 40 in March 2011) - 3 years and 7 months
Mozambique (97 - 94 in May 2011) - 3 years and 5 months
Macau (at least 185 - 183 in June 2011) - 3 years and 4 months
Israel (45 - 38 in March 2012) - 2 years and 7 months
Lithuania (92 - 85 in August 2012) - 2 years and 2 months
Czech Republic (22 - 22 in October 2012) - 2 years
Iraq (81 - 80 in October 2012) - 2 years

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

 Paraguay (76 - 81 in September 1995) - 19 years and 1 month
Japan (52 - 57 in June 2000) - 14 years and 4 months
Belarus (106 - 110 in August 2000) - 14 years and 2 months
Venezuela (85 - 88 in October 2002) - 12 years
Serbia (46 - 46 in April 2006) - 8 years and 6 months
Russia (30 - 33 in October 2006) - 8 years
Spain (10 - 10 in March 2007) - 7 years and 7 months
New Zealand (131 - 156 in September 2007) - 7 years and 1 month
Suriname (149 - 155 in March 2008) - 6 years and 7 months
Jamaica (113 - 116 in October 2008) - 6 years
Faroe Islands (187 - 198 in October 2008) - 6 years
Greece (18 - 19 in March 2009) - 5 years and 7 months
Mongolia (193 - 193 in March 2009) - 5 years and 7 months
Azerbaijan (126 - 139 in September 2009) - 5 years and 1 month
Sweden (39 - 40 in March 2010) - 4 years and 7 months
Denmark (32 - 36 in May 2010) - 4 years and 5 months
Georgia (117 - 120 in May 2010) - 4 years and 5 months
Dominica (at most 180 - 180 in July 2010) - 4 years and 3 months
Montenegro (64 - 73 in August 2010) - 4 years and 2 months
Morocco (88 - 95 in September 2010) - 4 years and 1 month
Central African Republic (144 - 172 in September 2010) - 4 years and 1 month
Libya (73 - 81 in November 2010) - 3 years and 11 months
US Virgin Islands (197 - 200 in May 2011) - 3 years and 5 months
Bahamas (194 - 197 in June 2011) - 3 years and 4 months
Tonga (194 - 202 in November 2011) - 2 years and 11 months
Equatorial Guinea (125 - 151 in January 2012) - 2 years and 9 months
Bolivia (103 - 110 in June 2012) - 2 years and 4 months
New Caledonia (153 - 155 in June 2012) - 2 years and 4 months
Honduras (69 - 72 in September 2012) - 2 years and 1 month
Niger (121 - 137 in October 2012) - 2 years

And many "first time ever"s this month:

Algeria will be ranked above Mexico and England for the first time ever.
Ukraine will be ranked above England for the first time ever.
Iceland will be ranked above Russia, Denmark and Sweden for the first time ever.
Cape Verde Islands will be ranked above Sweden for the first time ever.
Trinidad and Tobago will be ranked above Norway for the first time ever.
Togo and Congo DR will be ranked above Republic of Ireland for the first time ever.
Antigua and Barbuda will be ranked above Paraguay and Venezuela for the first time ever.
Dominican Republic will be ranked above Morocco, Australia and Bolivia for the first time ever.
Philippines will be ranked above New Zealand for the first time ever.
Laos will be ranked above Singapore and Thailand for the first time ever.
Guam will be ranked above Hong Kong and Thailand for the first time ever.

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

1	Germany	1669	0	-96
2	Argentina	1565	0	-66
3	Colombia	1420	0	-68
4	Belgium	1388	1	-56
5	Netherlands	1375	-1	-81
6	Brazil	1307	0	16
7	France	1191	2	-11
8	Uruguay	1184	-1	-59
9	Portugal	1175	2	25
10	Spain	1119	-2	-109
11	Italy	1064	2	-4
12	Switzerland	1063	-2	-112
13	Chile	1060	-1	-40
14	Croatia	1002	5	74
15	Algeria	989	5	63
16	Costa Rica	974	-1	-14
17	Mexico	954	-1	-9
18	Greece	946	-4	-106
19	Ukraine	920	5	65
20	England	919	-2	-16
21	Romania	876	5	39
22	Czech Republic	870	6	58
23	USA	862	-6	-74
24	Slovakia	861	16	245
25	Côte d'Ivoire	842	-3	-37
26	Bosnia-Herzegovina	837	-1	-14
27	Ecuador	826	-6	-63
28	Iceland	816	6	170
29	Austria	810	10	188
30	Russia	792	-7	-83
31	Tunisia	780	0	79
32	Denmark	763	-5	-70
33	Cape Verde Islands	716	8	112
34	Wales	715	-5	1
35	Ghana	685	-2	24
36	Slovenia	683	17	128
37	Scotland	674	-8	-40
38	Egypt	658	23	145
39	Sweden	646	-7	-16
40	Cameroon	637	2	36
41	Senegal	635	-5	-10
42	Nigeria	632	-5	-10
43	Northern Ireland	625	28	190
44	Poland	621	26	185
45	Israel	615	19	117
46	Serbia	614	-12	-32
46	Turkey	614	-8	-23
48	Albania	604	-3	33
49	Trinidad and Tobago	598	37	224
50	Hungary	561	4	13
51	Iran	560	-7	-12
52	Japan	559	-4	2
52	Togo	559	73	314
54	Peru	558	-7	-5
55	Guinea	552	-7	-5
56	Panama	546	-1	6
57	South Africa	542	10	84
58	Mali	533	1	7
59	Bulgaria	532	-13	-38
60	Congo DR	521	13	91
61	Republic of Ireland	519	1	13
62	Congo	512	-14	-45
63	Finland	510	2	19
64	Montenegro	504	-21	-87
65	Uzbekistan	498	-7	-32
66	Korea Republic	496	-3	-5
67	Gabon	487	16	95
68	Norway	481	8	60
69	Honduras	480	-13	-55
70	Antigua and Barbuda	478	10	67
71	Burkina Faso	469	-23	-88
72	Guatemala	466	-15	-68
73	Libya	440	-5	-15
74	Jordan	434	-5	-16
75	Armenia	432	-23	-124
76	Paraguay	423	-16	-91
77	Sierra Leone	421	-2	-3
78	Zambia	418	10	53
79	United Arab Emirates	413	-6	-17
80	Dominican Republic	405	27	110
81	Iraq	393	9	36
82	El Salvador	392	-10	-39
83	Oman	391	-7	-30
84	Uganda	389	-5	-29
85	Venezuela	388	-19	-88
86	Benin	375	-8	-45
87	Angola	373	14	61
88	China PR	369	9	28
88	Estonia	369	-7	-34
88	Morocco	369	-1	-2
88	Qatar	369	8	27
92	Lithuania	364	11	55
93	Haiti	360	26	94
94	Australia	359	-10	-31
95	Rwanda	356	-2	7
96	Cyprus	348	-11	-40
97	Mozambique	341	12	47
97	Saudi Arabia	341	-15	-61
99	FYR Macedonia	340	13	54
99	Latvia	340	0	7
101	Zimbabwe	330	-9	-23
102	Botswana	323	-11	-33
103	Bolivia	310	-9	-36
104	Bahrain	308	0	3
105	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	302	1	1
106	Belarus	301	-17	-63
107	Sudan	298	26	77
108	Palestine	297	-6	-14
109	Malawi	292	-11	-48
110	Tanzania	291	5	14
111	Ethiopia	289	21	67
112	Cuba	286	10	29
113	Jamaica	284	-13	-37
113	Namibia	284	0	0
115	St. Kitts and Nevis	279	2	3
116	Kenya	273	-5	-15
117	Georgia	271	-7	-19
118	Lesotho	266	-3	-11
119	Moldova	262	-14	-40
120	Kuwait	261	4	11
121	Niger	258	-14	-37
122	Canada	251	-2	-14
123	Liberia	249	3	8
124	Lebanon	246	-3	-18
125	Equatorial Guinea	238	-11	-42
126	Azerbaijan	233	-31	-111
126	Luxembourg	233	1	-6
128	Burundi	232	2	6
129	Philippines	229	5	11
130	Guinea-Bissau	226	0	0
131	New Zealand	225	-13	-49
132	Aruba	218	-3	-15
132	Kazakhstan	218	-5	-21
134	Afghanistan	214	1	0
134	Tajikistan	214	2	1
136	Vietnam	208	6	14
137	St. Lucia	197	-14	-59
137	Turkmenistan	197	4	0
139	Mauritania	195	1	-3
140	Chad	194	4	9
141	Myanmar	193	2	0
142	Maldives	183	3	0
143	Madagascar	180	3	0
144	Central African Republic	178	-7	-31
145	Grenada	176	-8	-33
146	Barbados	172	15	60
147	Curaçao	171	1	7
148	Korea DPR	168	2	8
149	Suriname	167	-2	-8
150	Kyrgyzstan	158	1	0
151	Syria	154	1	0
152	Guyana	148	1	0
153	New Caledonia	142	-16	-67
154	Liechtenstein	136	18	55
155	Malaysia	134	-1	0
156	Indonesia	129	0	-1
156	Malta	129	-1	-4
158	Laos	123	11	39
159	India	119	-1	3
159	Puerto Rico	119	-2	-7
161	Singapore	115	-12	-48
162	Guam	111	2	9
163	Hong Kong	109	1	7
164	Swaziland	103	-4	-11
165	Thailand	102	-7	-14
166	Tahiti	100	-4	-6
167	Belize	99	-4	-4
168	Gambia	90	-2	-11
168	Nicaragua	90	2	7
170	Montserrat	86	-2	0
171	Seychelles	81	1	0
172	Bermuda	80	-2	-3
172	Comoros	80	2	0
174	Sri Lanka	76	2	0
175	Sao Tome e Principe	72	2	0
176	Bangladesh	68	5	3
177	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	3	0
178	Yemen	62	6	4
179	Nepal	61	4	-1
180	Dominica	53	-13	-36
180	Solomon Islands	53	2	-11
182	Pakistan	51	-7	-26
182	Timor-Leste	51	11	25
184	Macau	49	2	8
185	Cambodia	46	14	33
186	South Sudan	43	-1	0
187	Faroe Islands	42	-8	-25
188	Chinese Taipei	39	-10	-31
189	Samoa	37	-2	0
190	Vanuatu	33	-2	0
191	Mauritius	32	-2	0
192	Fiji	30	-2	0
193	Mongolia	29	-2	0
194	American Samoa	26	-1	0
194	Bahamas	26	-1	0
194	Tonga	26	-1	0
197	US Virgin Islands	20	-5	-8
198	Brunei Darussalam	15	-5	-11
199	Papua New Guinea	13	0	0
200	Eritrea	11	2	0
201	Cayman Islands	10	-3	-13
202	Andorra	9	1	0
203	British Virgin Islands	8	-4	-5
203	Somalia	8	1	0
205	Cook Islands	6	0	0
205	Djibouti	6	0	0
207	Anguilla	2	0	1
208	Bhutan	0	0	0
208	San Marino	0	0	0

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