FIFA Ranking: July 2015 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 9 July.

15 games left: The final two games of the 2015 Copa America and 13 friendlies (most of them CHAN qualifiers).

This is how the points and ranks could change for these 30 teams:


Team - Minimum points - Maximum points - Worst rank - Best rank

Argentina	1439	1540	1	1
Chile	1055	1166	12	8
USA	727	748	35	34
Senegal	705	715	39	39
Paraguay	603	692	56	42
Guinea	588	598	58	57
Peru	566	635	58	46
Mali	542	550	64	61
South Africa	477	483	72	70
Zambia	469	482	73	70
Uganda	464	475	73	72
Mozambique	346	354	95	94
Angola	344	355	100	92
Ethiopia	327	346	104	94
Guatemala	311	342	105	100
Zimbabwe	286	300	114	111
Namibia	276	309	116	107
Kenya	254	280	122	114
Botswana	250	261	123	117
Guinea-Bissau	213	288	136	112
Lesotho	213	226	136	127
Swaziland	206	232	140	126
Burundi	196	217	143	131
Tanzania	191	217	144	131
Gambia	188	272	144	115
Liberia	126	205	165	138
Mauritius	71	113	182	170
Seychelles	52	80	187	178
Comoros	37	78	193	178
Djibouti	4	38	207	192

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

Best movers:

34 - Belize
29 - Paraguay
28 - Faroe Islands

Worst movers:

-29 - Central African Republic
-28 - Sierra Leone
-27 - Costa Rica

Best movers in the top 50:

27 - Venezuela
15 - Albania
14 - Iceland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-27 - Costa Rica
-19 - Greece
-17 - Mexico

9 teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Wales (at least 11 - 21 in May 2015)
Austria (15 - 17 in May 1999)
Slovakia (15 - 16 in September 2010)
Iceland (23 - 28 in October 2014)
Albania (36 - 37 in July 2013)
Faroe Islands (74 - 102 in June 2015)
Belize (at least 121 - 128 in March 2013)
Philippines (at least 126 - 127 in February 2014)
Guam (at least 156 - 160 in February 2014)

Argentina will return to its best ever ranking. They were also 1st in June 2008.

4 teams will drop to new lows:

Italy (17 - 16 in October 2010)
Mexico (40 - 33 in July 2009)
Fiji (at most 199 - 196 in May 2015)
Bahamas (at most 200 - 198 in May 2015)
Mongolia (at most 205 - 200 in May 2015)

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

Romania (8 - 8 in March 2000) - 15 years and 4 months
Argentina (1 - 1 in June 2008) - 7 years and 1 month
Poland (30 - 29 in March 2009) - 6 years and 4 months
Sudan (90 - 88 in June 2009) - 6 years and 1 month
Northern Ireland (37 - 30 in October 2009) - 5 years and 9 months
Swaziland (at least 140 - 136 in August 2010) - 4 years and 11 months
Syria (at least 119 - 117 in January 2012) - 3 years and 6 months
China PR (77 - 69 in August 2012) - 2 years and 11 months
Nicaragua (at least 145 - 145 in February 2013) - 2 years and 5 months
Niger (at least 97 - 93 in March 2013) - 2 years and 4 months

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

Georgia (at most 154 - 156 in April 1994) - 21 years and 3 months
Chad (at most 173 - 174 in March 2003) - 12 years and 4 months
Greece (at most 44 - 45 in May 2003) - 12 years and 2 months
Malaysia (167 - 169 in June 2008) - 7 years and 1 month
Montenegro (81 - 89 in September 2009) - 5 years and 10 months
Central African Republic (at most 170 - 172 in September 2010) - 4 years and 10 months
Tahiti (at most 187 - 194 in September 2010) - 4 years and 10 months
Sierra Leone (at most 111 - 118 in May 2011) - 4 years and 2 months
Mali (at most 61 - 69 in January 2012) - 3 years and 6 months
Uzbekistan (75 - 77 in February 2012) - 3 years and 5 months
Malta (at most 159 - 159 in February 2012) - 3 years and 5 months
USA (at most 34 - 36 in August 2012) - 2 years and 11 months
Switzerland (18 - 20 in September 2012) - 2 years and 10 months
Nigeria (at most 56 - 57 in November 2012) - 2 years and 8 months
Finland (90 - 91 in November 2012) - 2 years and 8 months
Tanzania (at most 131 - 134 in November 2012) - 2 years and 8 months
South Africa (at most 70 - 85 in January 2013) - 2 years and 6 months
Tajikistan (at most 148 - 152 in March 2013) - 2 years and 4 months
Luxembourg (at most 146 - 148 in May 2013) - 2 years and 2 months
Uruguay (13 - 19 in June 2013) - 2 years and 1 month
Armenia (89 - 89 in June 2013) - 2 years and 1 month
Botswana (at most 117 - 127 in June 2013) - 2 years and 1 month

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

1	Argentina	1439	2	-57
2	Germany	1411	-1	-364
3	Belgium	1244	-1	-265
4	Colombia	1217	0	-218
5	Netherlands	1204	1	-174
6	Brazil	1186	-1	-206
7	Portugal	1177	0	-52
8	Romania	1166	4	51
9	England	1157	6	106
10	Wales	1155	12	226
11	Spain	1110	-1	-37
12	Chile	1055	7	66
13	Uruguay	1036	-5	-147
14	Croatia	1023	4	31
15	Austria	1016	5	70
15	Slovakia	1016	2	4
17	Italy	1001	-4	-100
18	Switzerland	997	-7	-149
19	Algeria	941	2	0
20	Czech Republic	933	-4	-103
21	Côte d'Ivoire	917	3	1
22	France	882	-13	-282
23	Iceland	877	14	108
24	Denmark	876	5	68
25	Ghana	827	9	27
26	Bosnia-Herzegovina	819	6	17
27	Ukraine	791	8	7
28	Russia	782	-2	-51
29	Scotland	774	-1	-44
30	Poland	769	2	-33
31	Hungary	763	11	78
32	Tunisia	758	-3	-50
33	Sweden	752	6	15
34	Ecuador	738	-3	-68
35	USA	727	-8	-96
36	Albania	722	15	98
37	Northern Ireland	721	7	45
38	Iran	716	3	-1
39	Senegal	705	-3	-77
40	Mexico	697	-17	-229
41	Costa Rica	695	-27	-361
42	Cameroon	672	7	31
43	Serbia	662	2	-11
44	Greece	661	-19	-238
45	Venezuela	643	27	146
46	Congo	630	1	-36
47	Turkey	627	10	37
48	Slovenia	626	0	-27
49	Japan	621	3	-2
50	Israel	620	-10	-105
51	Cape Verde Islands	608	-13	-138
51	Korea Republic	608	7	21
51	Republic of Ireland	608	9	27
54	Egypt	606	1	10
55	Paraguay	603	30	221
56	Nigeria	601	-13	-80
57	Guinea	588	-12	-85
58	Peru	566	3	20
59	Australia	559	4	27
60	Congo DR	555	-4	-36
61	Panama	549	-7	-48
62	Equatorial Guinea	546	-12	-89
63	Trinidad and Tobago	543	4	24
64	Mali	542	-12	-81
65	Gabon	524	-6	-59
66	Bolivia	511	23	140
67	Norway	495	-3	-33
68	Bulgaria	489	-6	-48
69	United Arab Emirates	487	4	-9
70	Burkina Faso	481	-4	-39
71	South Africa	477	-2	-38
72	Zambia	469	-4	-48
73	Uganda	464	-2	-40
74	Faroe Islands	456	28	138
75	Uzbekistan	453	-1	-26
76	Jamaica	437	-11	-87
77	China PR	436	2	27
78	Rwanda	433	16	87
79	Haiti	428	-3	-14
80	Honduras	427	-5	-35
81	Montenegro	423	-11	-90
82	Estonia	420	9	50
83	Togo	415	-6	-23
84	Morocco	394	8	25
85	Cyprus	391	2	14
86	Iraq	382	0	1
87	Latvia	377	-5	-13
88	El Salvador	374	1	3
89	Armenia	373	-5	-10
90	Finland	371	-12	-39
90	Sudan	371	18	79
92	Jordan	355	11	39
92	Saudi Arabia	355	6	26
94	Mozambique	346	-13	-45
95	Benin	345	15	56
95	Libya	345	24	107
95	Niger	345	22	94
95	Qatar	345	2	11
99	Angola	344	-11	-30
100	Belarus	341	-20	-59
101	Oman	329	0	10
102	Canada	328	7	38
103	Ethiopia	327	-4	3
104	Cuba	313	3	18
105	FYR Macedonia	311	-5	-10
105	Guatemala	311	-12	-37
107	Antigua and Barbuda	303	-3	-10
108	Azerbaijan	302	7	30
108	Malawi	302	-13	-43
110	Lithuania	301	-14	-40
111	Sierra Leone	300	-28	-87
112	Zimbabwe	286	7	48
113	Bahrain	282	-7	-17
114	Namibia	276	-9	-27
115	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	268	-3	-11
116	Syria	262	5	28
117	Belize	257	38	126
118	Palestine	255	0	13
119	Kenya	254	4	34
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	254	-5	-21
121	Botswana	250	-10	-35
121	Madagascar	250	-8	-28
123	Kuwait	242	2	24
124	Moldova	236	0	17
124	Philippines	236	13	53
126	Dominican Republic	227	-10	-30
127	St. Lucia	225	9	39
128	Mauritania	224	21	78
129	Korea DPR	222	17	71
130	Lebanon	218	5	30
131	Guinea-Bissau	213	24	82
131	Lesotho	213	-9	-13
133	Afghanistan	212	18	74
134	Aruba	211	17	73
135	Bermuda	209	-9	-8
135	New Zealand	209	3	29
137	Swaziland	206	25	85
138	Thailand	199	-9	-8
139	Barbados	198	-7	2
140	Burundi	196	-6	2
141	Kazakhstan	193	-8	-2
142	Tanzania	191	-15	-24
143	Gambia	188	17	64
143	Nicaragua	188	8	50
143	Vietnam	188	-16	-27
146	Luxembourg	187	-15	-14
147	Liechtenstein	182	-18	-25
148	Tajikistan	181	-9	8
149	Curaçao	174	-5	15
150	Puerto Rico	169	17	55
150	Singapore	169	4	33
152	Guyana	167	6	38
152	Turkmenistan	167	21	68
154	Georgia	165	-15	-8
155	Guam	163	19	66
155	Hong Kong	163	9	45
157	India	161	-16	0
158	Kyrgyzstan	160	19	71
159	Malta	157	-14	3
160	Grenada	153	0	29
161	Myanmar	145	-18	-15
162	Indonesia	134	-7	3
163	Timor-Leste	130	-17	-21
164	Bhutan	128	-5	0
165	Liberia	126	-17	-23
166	New Caledonia	118	3	7
167	Malaysia	117	-5	-4
168	Bangladesh	115	-2	-1
168	Suriname	115	-18	-26
170	Central African Republic	111	-29	-50
171	Yemen	104	-6	-13
172	Pakistan	101	-2	-5
173	Chad	100	-1	0
174	Dominica	98	-6	-14
175	US Virgin Islands	97	-4	-7
176	Maldives	87	2	1
177	Laos	86	-2	-8
178	Montserrat	74	3	0
179	Chinese Taipei	72	-1	-14
180	Mauritius	71	-4	-19
181	Cambodia	66	-3	-20
181	Macau	66	4	0
183	Sri Lanka	62	3	-2
184	Brunei Darussalam	61	0	-8
185	Nepal	60	-2	-10
186	Seychelles	52	1	-8
187	Tahiti	50	-5	-21
188	Cayman Islands	48	1	0
188	Sao Tome e Principe	48	0	-10
190	Solomon Islands	44	0	0
191	San Marino	40	1	0
192	Comoros	37	-2	-7
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	0	0
194	British Virgin Islands	27	0	-2
195	South Sudan	24	2	0
196	Samoa	19	2	-2
197	Tonga	17	3	0
197	Vanuatu	17	3	0
199	Fiji	16	-4	-12
200	Bahamas	13	-4	-13
201	American Samoa	12	2	0
202	Andorra	9	2	1
202	Papua New Guinea	9	0	-4
204	Eritrea	8	0	0
205	Mongolia	6	-6	-13
205	Somalia	6	1	0
207	Cook Islands	4	0	0
207	Djibouti	4	0	0
209	Anguilla	0	0	-2

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