FIFA Ranking: March 2015 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 12 March.

Only two matches left, both friendlies between Bermuda and Grenada on 6th and 8th March. The top 147 is already set.

This is how the points and rankings could change for these two teams.


Team - Min points - Max points - Worst rank - Best rank

Grenada	120	156	159	148
Bermuda	55	106	180	163

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

Best movers:

9 - St. Lucia
8 - Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Afghanistan
7 - Venezuela, Mauritania, Liechtenstein

Worst movers:

-25 - Lebanon
-13 - Palestine
-12 - Myanmar

For Lebanon it will also be the worst ever move. They dropped 23 spots in October 1995.

Best movers in the top 50:

8 - Northern Ireland
6 - Israel, Poland
2 - Italy, Romania, Iceland, Hungary

Worst movers in the top 50:

-4 - Ukraine, Cameroon
-3 - Greece, Wales, Cape Verde Islands, Congo
-2 - England

One team will improve its best ever ranking:

Rwanda (64 - 68 in December 2014).

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Syria (152 - 152 in September 2014)
Chinese Taipei (188 - 188 in October 2014)

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Sweden (45 - 44 in February 2015)
India (172 - 171 in December 2014)

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

Mauritania (116 - 114 in March 2008) - 7 years
Romania (14 - 13 in September 2008) - 6 years and 6 months
Poland (34 - 29 in March 2009) - 6 years
Czech Republic (16 - 15 in October 2009) - 5 years and 5 months
Tanzania (101 - 99 in October 2009) - 5 years and 5 months
Turks and Caicos Islands (at least 175 - 174 in February 2010) - 5 years and 1 month
Israel (26 - 26 in May 2010) - 4 years and 10 months
Mozambique (86 - 80 in August 2010) - 4 years and 7 months
Uganda (74 - 70 in November 2010) - 4 years and 4 months
Barbados (141 - 141 in June 2011) - 3 years and 9 months
Liechtenstein (123 - 118 in September 2011) - 3 years and 6 months
Latvia (95 - 94 in September 2012) - 2 years and 6 months
Gabon (54 - 49 in January 2013) - 2 years and 2 months

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

Paraguay (80 - 81 in September 1995) - 19 years and 6 months
Mongolia (195 - 196 in February 2001) - 14 years and 1 month
Greece (27 - 32 in August 2006) - 8 years and 7 months
Honduras (81 - 81 in September 2006) - 8 years and 6 months
Spain (11 - 12 in January 2007) - 8 years and 2 months
Nicaragua (185 - 185 in November 2008) - 6 years and 4 months
Azerbaijan (138 - 139 in September 2009) - 5 years and 6 months
Montenegro (67 - 73 in August 2010) - 4 years and 7 months
Morocco (89 - 95 in September 2010) - 4 years and 6 months
Jordan (102 - 107 in January 2011) - 4 years and 2 months
Zimbabwe (124 - 126 in May 2011) - 3 years and 10 months
Sierra Leone (87 - 92 in August 2011) - 3 years and 7 months
Lebanon (146 - 146 in October 2011) - 3 years and 5 months
Sao Tome e Principe (at most 178 - 196 in January 2012) - 3 years and 2 months
USA (32 - 33 in March 2013) - 2 years
Tajikistan (140 - 152 in March 2013) - 2 years

Congo DR will be ranked above Cameroon for the first time ever.
Liechtenstein will be ranked above Georgia for the first time ever.
Mauritania will be ranked above Canada for the first time ever.
Pakistan will be ranked above India for the first time ever.
Rwanda will be ranked above Bulgaria, Norway and Republic of Ireland for the first time ever.
Faroe Islands will be ranked above FYR Macedonia for the first time in the last 20 years and 10 months.
Italy will be ranked above Spain for the first time in the last 6 years and 9 months.
Romania will be ranked above England for the first time in the last 6 years and 6 months.
Czech Republic will be ranked above England for the first time in the last 6 years and 4 months.


March 2015 rank - Team - March 2015 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Germany	1770	0	41
2	Argentina	1577	0	43
3	Colombia	1499	0	43
4	Belgium	1471	0	41
5	Netherlands	1415	0	30
6	Brazil	1348	0	15
7	Portugal	1191	0	2
8	France	1180	0	12
9	Uruguay	1164	0	18
10	Italy	1146	2	34
11	Spain	1130	-1	-14
12	Switzerland	1126	-1	9
13	Costa Rica	1095	0	21
14	Romania	1081	2	59
15	Chile	1057	-1	20
16	Czech Republic	1045	1	55
17	England	1031	-2	3
18	Algeria	986	0	5
19	Croatia	963	0	18
20	Côte d'Ivoire	944	0	12
21	Mexico	935	0	23
22	Slovakia	932	0	29
23	Austria	916	0	35
24	Ghana	887	1	23
25	Tunisia	881	1	21
26	Israel	880	6	75
27	Greece	872	-3	1
28	Denmark	863	0	17
29	Ecuador	852	0	12
30	Bosnia-Herzegovina	841	0	9
31	Ukraine	838	-4	-21
32	USA	828	-1	4
33	Russia	788	0	-4
34	Poland	778	6	69
35	Iceland	776	2	33
36	Senegal	772	0	28
37	Wales	763	-3	-1
38	Cape Verde Islands	761	-3	5
39	Scotland	727	-1	-11
40	Serbia	709	-1	-14
41	Iran	691	0	-9
42	Nigeria	684	0	20
43	Northern Ireland	679	8	53
44	Guinea	669	-1	7
45	Sweden	663	-1	9
46	Hungary	659	2	25
47	Congo DR	651	-1	10
48	Slovenia	649	-1	9
49	Cameroon	646	-4	0
50	Equatorial Guinea	630	-1	0
51	Mali	626	2	13
52	Congo	625	-3	-5
53	Japan	617	2	12
54	Gabon	610	4	25
55	South Africa	608	1	16
56	Korea Republic	594	-2	-14
56	Turkey	594	-4	-25
58	Egypt	582	-1	-8
59	Peru	565	0	-1
60	Zambia	560	0	4
61	Albania	557	2	9
61	Panama	557	0	2
63	Trinidad and Tobago	553	-1	2
64	Rwanda	550	8	58
65	Australia	549	-2	1
66	Republic of Ireland	537	1	16
67	Montenegro	531	-2	-6
68	Burkina Faso	529	0	16
69	United Arab Emirates	523	-3	-6
70	Norway	522	-1	10
71	Bulgaria	501	-1	-5
72	Venezuela	485	7	45
73	Uzbekistan	483	-2	-10
74	Uganda	478	2	14
75	Togo	466	0	1
76	Jamaica	463	3	23
77	Haiti	454	1	0
78	Finland	450	-5	-25
79	Armenia	437	-5	-33
80	Paraguay	434	-1	-6
81	Honduras	433	-4	-26
82	Guatemala	425	0	-4
83	China PR	423	-1	-6
84	Angola	403	0	12
85	Cyprus	398	4	22
86	Mozambique	385	4	14
87	Estonia	379	-2	-6
87	Sierra Leone	379	-1	-3
89	El Salvador	378	-2	-3
89	Morocco	378	-1	0
91	Malawi	376	2	15
92	Benin	372	3	13
92	Bolivia	372	0	10
94	Lithuania	364	2	9
95	Latvia	361	5	19
96	Oman	356	-5	-12
97	Iraq	353	-3	-7
98	Belarus	346	3	15
99	Antigua and Barbuda	340	0	-4
100	Saudi Arabia	339	-2	-12
101	Tanzania	331	6	16
102	Jordan	326	-5	-27
103	Ethiopia	325	-1	2
104	Bahrain	319	-1	-3
105	Faroe Islands	317	0	0
106	Botswana	316	-1	-1
107	Dominican Republic	310	1	0
108	FYR Macedonia	308	-4	-12
109	Qatar	300	0	-5
109	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	300	1	0
111	Cuba	288	3	17
111	Sudan	288	1	0
113	Libya	281	0	0
114	Namibia	277	-3	-16
115	Niger	271	3	8
116	Mauritania	268	7	17
117	Canada	266	0	2
118	Liberia	264	-3	-4
119	Kenya	263	-3	-3
120	Lesotho	257	5	14
121	St. Kitts and Nevis	244	-2	-14
122	Moldova	243	-1	-11
123	Liechtenstein	238	7	15
124	Zimbabwe	237	-5	-21
125	Kuwait	231	3	0
126	Burundi	225	-2	-24
126	Georgia	225	0	-9
128	Aruba	221	4	0
128	Philippines	221	4	0
130	Vietnam	220	2	-1
131	St. Lucia	216	9	14
132	Maldives	214	3	-6
133	Guinea-Bissau	211	5	-1
133	New Zealand	211	3	-5
135	Luxembourg	209	-6	-16
136	Afghanistan	203	8	22
137	Kazakhstan	199	2	-4
138	Azerbaijan	198	-7	-24
139	Palestine	194	-13	-40
140	Tajikistan	192	-3	-23
141	Barbados	191	1	0
142	Thailand	189	1	5
143	Central African Republic	178	2	0
144	Turkmenistan	175	3	5
145	Malta	168	4	4
146	Lebanon	164	-25	-90
147	Madagascar	163	1	-3
148	Chad	155	-2	-22
149	Korea DPR	149	3	5
150	Kyrgyzstan	146	1	0
151	New Caledonia	143	2	0
152	Syria	141	-2	-6
153	Malaysia	137	1	-5
153	Myanmar	137	-12	-61
153	Singapore	137	3	1
156	Indonesia	129	2	1
157	Hong Kong	127	2	0
158	Curaçao	125	2	0
159	Grenada	120	-4	-17
160	Puerto Rico	119	2	0
161	Suriname	115	3	0
162	Bangladesh	112	-5	-17
163	Swaziland	106	2	3
164	Belize	100	3	0
164	Tahiti	100	3	0
166	Guyana	94	0	-7
167	Guam	93	-5	-26
168	Gambia	90	1	-5
169	Laos	88	-8	-35
169	Pakistan	88	2	3
171	Montserrat	86	-1	0
172	India	74	-1	-11
173	Sri Lanka	73	0	-5
174	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	2	0
175	Yemen	65	4	5
176	Comoros	64	-2	-11
177	Seychelles	61	0	-1
178	Sao Tome e Principe	58	-4	-17
179	Nepal	57	1	2
180	Bermuda	55	0	0
180	Cambodia	55	4	2
180	Dominica	55	0	0
180	San Marino	55	0	0
184	Solomon Islands	53	0	0
185	Nicaragua	51	-8	-10
185	Timor-Leste	51	2	0
187	Macau	45	1	-5
188	Chinese Taipei	43	-4	-10
188	South Sudan	43	1	0
190	Mauritius	36	0	0
191	Vanuatu	34	0	0
192	Fiji	30	0	0
192	Samoa	30	0	0
194	Bahamas	26	1	0
195	Mongolia	25	-1	-4
196	Tonga	17	0	0
197	US Virgin Islands	16	0	0
198	Brunei Darussalam	15	0	0
199	Papua New Guinea	13	0	0
200	American Samoa	12	0	0
201	Andorra	8	0	-1
201	British Virgin Islands	8	1	0
201	Eritrea	8	1	0
204	Somalia	6	0	0
205	Cayman Islands	5	0	0
206	Cook Islands	4	0	0
206	Djibouti	4	0	0
208	Anguilla	2	0	0
209	Bhutan	0	0	0

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