FIFA Ranking: July 2015 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 9 July.

Most likely this ranking will be used to seed both the European and African sections of the 2018 FIFA World Cup draw.

141 matches until the deadline. Copa America 2015 + lots of qualifiers. Big points available for many teams.


Most points gained (worst case scenario):


71 - Kyrgyzstan
50 - Belize
39 - St. Lucia
34 - Niger
30 - Philippines
29 - New Zealand
26 - Saudi Arabia
25 - Guam
24 - Trinidad and Tobago
24 - Kuwait

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-364 - Germany
-333 - Costa Rica
-238 - France
-174 - Netherlands
-149 - Switzerland
-138 - Cape Verde Islands
-118 - Belgium
-106 - Greece
-80 - Nigeria
-75 - USA


June 2015 rank - Country - June 2015 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Germany	1775	1411	1411
2	Belgium	1509	1244	1391
3	Argentina	1496	1157	1671
4	Colombia	1435	1006	1629
5	Brazil	1392	1027	1517
6	Netherlands	1378	1131	1204
7	Portugal	1229	1020	1177
8	Uruguay	1183	933	1541
9	France	1164	882	926
10	Spain	1147	1021	1110
11	Switzerland	1146	911	997
12	Romania	1115	1111	1277
13	Italy	1101	956	1148
14	Costa Rica	1056	682	723
15	England	1051	1044	1157
16	Czech Republic	1036	933	1084
17	Slovakia	1012	934	1016
18	Croatia	992	965	1138
19	Chile	989	808	1261
20	Austria	946	854	1016
21	Algeria	941	917	941
22	Wales	929	910	1155
23	Mexico	926	634	1083
24	Côte d'Ivoire	916	910	930
25	Greece	899	640	793
26	Russia	833	782	915
27	USA	823	727	748
28	Scotland	818	731	861
29	Denmark	808	761	876
29	Tunisia	808	761	799
31	Ecuador	806	604	1130
32	Bosnia-Herzegovina	802	670	819
32	Poland	802	679	818
34	Ghana	800	809	827
35	Ukraine	784	740	791
36	Senegal	782	663	715
37	Iceland	769	740	877
38	Cape Verde Islands	746	579	608
39	Sweden	737	664	752
40	Israel	725	620	828
41	Iran	717	704	740
42	Hungary	685	650	763
43	Nigeria	681	565	601
44	Northern Ireland	676	663	838
45	Guinea	673	577	622
45	Serbia	673	662	821
47	Congo	666	618	656
48	Slovenia	653	626	797
49	Cameroon	641	650	672
50	Equatorial Guinea	635	527	584
51	Albania	624	641	722
52	Japan	623	613	636
52	Mali	623	518	556
54	Panama	597	549	549
55	Egypt	596	554	606
56	Congo DR	591	523	555
57	Turkey	590	578	627
58	Korea Republic	587	585	608
59	Gabon	583	513	545
60	Republic of Ireland	581	555	714
61	Peru	546	416	1047
62	Bulgaria	537	431	489
63	Australia	532	537	559
64	Norway	528	474	537
65	Jamaica	524	437	1073
66	Burkina Faso	520	457	481
67	Trinidad and Tobago	519	543	574
68	Zambia	517	464	506
69	South Africa	515	452	493
70	Montenegro	513	423	594
71	Uganda	504	406	469
72	Venezuela	497	483	1180
73	United Arab Emirates	496	469	487
74	Uzbekistan	479	453	472
75	Honduras	462	416	448
76	Haiti	442	428	428
77	Togo	438	378	415
78	Finland	410	371	518
79	China PR	409	414	436
80	Belarus	400	341	482
81	Mozambique	391	337	399
82	Latvia	390	377	557
83	Sierra Leone	387	300	385
84	Armenia	383	373	578
85	Paraguay	382	372	1064
86	Iraq	381	370	382
87	Cyprus	377	338	391
88	Angola	374	306	393
89	Bolivia	371	294	1178
89	El Salvador	371	338	374
91	Estonia	370	389	420
92	Morocco	369	311	402
93	Guatemala	348	266	365
94	Rwanda	346	325	433
95	Malawi	345	302	334
96	Lithuania	341	301	441
97	Qatar	334	345	345
98	Saudi Arabia	329	355	355
99	Ethiopia	324	257	346
100	FYR Macedonia	321	311	505
101	Oman	319	329	329
102	Faroe Islands	318	239	456
103	Jordan	316	334	355
104	Antigua and Barbuda	313	269	303
105	Namibia	303	242	362
106	Bahrain	299	282	282
107	Cuba	295	299	339
108	Sudan	292	265	371
109	Canada	290	293	328
110	Benin	289	282	473
111	Botswana	285	247	314
112	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	279	260	286
113	Madagascar	278	250	381
114	St. Kitts and Nevis	275	254	325
115	Azerbaijan	272	264	377
116	Dominican Republic	257	227	259
117	Niger	251	285	345
118	Palestine	242	230	255
119	Libya	238	258	538
119	Zimbabwe	238	197	300
121	Syria	234	240	276
122	Lesotho	226	209	270
123	Kenya	220	222	371
124	Moldova	219	216	275
125	Kuwait	218	242	242
126	Bermuda	217	177	372
127	Tanzania	215	191	313
127	Vietnam	215	188	188
129	Liechtenstein	207	161	223
129	Thailand	207	179	199
131	Luxembourg	201	187	340
132	Barbados	196	198	227
133	Kazakhstan	195	185	303
134	Burundi	194	175	392
135	Lebanon	188	173	218
136	St. Lucia	186	225	276
137	Philippines	183	213	236
138	New Zealand	180	209	209
139	Georgia	173	165	344
139	Tajikistan	173	166	212
141	Central African Republic	161	111	253
141	India	161	161	225
143	Myanmar	160	145	214
144	Curaçao	159	152	218
145	Malta	154	157	271
146	Korea DPR	151	160	222
146	Timor-Leste	151	130	232
148	Liberia	149	126	441
149	Mauritania	146	139	362
150	Suriname	141	115	179
151	Afghanistan	138	148	212
151	Aruba	138	125	211
151	Nicaragua	138	153	188
154	Singapore	136	149	208
155	Belize	131	181	257
155	Guinea-Bissau	131	131	451
155	Indonesia	131	134	134
158	Guyana	129	143	213
159	Bhutan	128	128	282
160	Gambia	124	133	467
160	Grenada	124	121	184
162	Malaysia	121	117	150
162	Swaziland	121	108	249
164	Hong Kong	118	135	163
165	Yemen	117	104	144
166	Bangladesh	116	97	152
167	Puerto Rico	114	116	223
168	Dominica	112	98	150
169	New Caledonia	111	118	118
170	Pakistan	106	101	101
171	US Virgin Islands	104	97	97
172	Chad	100	100	300
173	Turkmenistan	99	99	302
174	Guam	97	122	163
175	Laos	94	86	120
176	Mauritius	90	71	287
177	Kyrgyzstan	89	160	334
178	Cambodia	86	66	88
178	Chinese Taipei	86	72	122
178	Maldives	86	87	151
181	Montserrat	74	74	74
182	Tahiti	71	50	50
183	Nepal	70	60	60
184	Brunei Darussalam	69	61	61
185	Macau	66	66	66
186	Sri Lanka	64	62	62
187	Seychelles	60	52	211
188	Sao Tome e Principe	58	48	255
189	Cayman Islands	48	48	48
190	Comoros	44	37	291
190	Solomon Islands	44	44	44
192	San Marino	40	40	155
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	33	33
194	British Virgin Islands	29	27	27
195	Fiji	28	16	16
196	Bahamas	26	13	13
197	South Sudan	24	24	213
198	Samoa	21	19	19
199	Mongolia	19	6	6
200	Tonga	17	17	17
200	Vanuatu	17	17	17
202	Papua New Guinea	13	9	9
203	American Samoa	12	12	12
204	Andorra	8	9	128
204	Eritrea	8	8	8
206	Somalia	6	6	6
207	Cook Islands	4	4	4
207	Djibouti	4	4	290
209	Anguilla	2	0	0

 

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