FIFA Ranking: December 2015 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 3 December.

5 matches remaining - all part of the 2015 CECAFA Cup (and thus friendlies).

This is how the points and ranks could change for these 10 teams:


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

Uganda	499	518	68	66
Rwanda	321	332	109	104
Malawi	313	325	111	107
Burundi	283	309	123	112
Ethiopia	274	285	126	121
Tanzania	267	280	129	123
Sudan	224	238	141	140
South Sudan	185	218	152	143
Djibouti	0	20	205	201
Somalia	0	53	205	192

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

Best movers:

32 - Libya
27 - Kenya
25 - Benin

Worst movers:

-20 - Liberia
-18 - St. Kitts and Nevis
-13 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Best movers in the top 50:

13 - Hungary, Finland
11 - Republic of Ireland
10 - Sweden, Peru

Worst movers in the top 50:

-9 - Czech Republic
-8 - Scotland, Norway
-7 - Cape Verde Islands, Denmark

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Hungary (20 - 27 in September 2011)
Nicaragua (92 - 95 in October 2015)
Kyrgyzstan (at least 109 - 119 in August 2006)

One will return to its worst ever ranking:

Eritrea (at most 204 - 204 in July 2015)

Nine teams will drop to new lows:

Denmark (42 - 38 in March 2009)
Honduras (101 - 95 in November 2015)
Lithuania (at most 125 - 123 in November 2015)
Kuwait (137 - 133 in November 2015)
Moldova (155 - 154 in November 2015)
Indonesia (179 - 174 in November 2015)
Suriname (191 - 184 in November 2015)
Solomon Islands (at most 200 - 199 in November 2015)
Tonga (at most 204 - 202 in November 2011)

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

1	Belgium	1494	0	54
2	Argentina	1455	1	72
3	Spain	1370	3	83
4	Germany	1347	-2	-41
5	Chile	1273	0	-15
6	Brazil	1251	2	43
7	Portugal	1219	-3	-145
8	Colombia	1211	-1	-22
9	England	1106	0	-73
10	Austria	1091	0	-39
11	Uruguay	1074	1	23
12	Switzerland	1050	-1	-23
13	Ecuador	1040	8	119
14	Netherlands	994	2	18
15	Italy	991	-2	-49
16	Romania	980	-2	-59
17	Wales	974	-2	-58
18	Croatia	958	1	34
19	Côte d'Ivoire	950	3	60
20	Hungary	945	13	186
21	Turkey	933	-3	-8
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	898	-2	-25
22	Mexico	898	2	17
24	Russia	895	-1	10
25	France	868	-1	-13
26	Czech Republic	860	-9	-114
26	Slovakia	860	1	3
28	Algeria	845	-2	-27
29	Ukraine	842	-1	36
30	Northern Ireland	825	-1	28
31	Republic of Ireland	810	11	151
32	USA	784	1	25
33	Ghana	778	-3	-15
34	Poland	776	4	64
35	Sweden	771	10	124
36	Iceland	761	-5	-31
37	Costa Rica	759	3	88
38	Albania	746	-2	23
39	Cape Verde Islands	745	-7	-17
40	Tunisia	711	1	43
41	Greece	706	-4	-12
42	Denmark	685	-7	-58
43	Finland	663	13	77
44	Senegal	661	-5	-17
45	Iran	653	-2	2
46	Paraguay	647	1	37
47	Peru	644	10	61
48	Congo	638	4	45
49	Trinidad and Tobago	628	5	40
50	Guinea	621	3	32
51	Korea Republic	617	-3	11
52	Scotland	609	-8	-40
53	Japan	607	-3	4
54	Jamaica	591	7	32
54	Norway	591	-8	-46
54	Serbia	591	-5	-15
57	Australia	585	3	12
57	Egypt	585	0	2
59	Cameroon	583	-8	-14
60	Congo DR	580	-5	-7
61	Slovenia	565	3	18
62	Mali	552	1	0
63	Panama	544	2	29
64	United Arab Emirates	543	3	48
65	Nigeria	541	-6	-41
66	Belarus	514	4	35
67	Bolivia	500	10	58
68	Uganda	499	0	8
69	Equatorial Guinea	498	0	11
69	Israel	498	-8	-61
71	Bulgaria	494	-5	-3
72	South Africa	487	3	26
73	Zambia	481	-2	4
74	Uzbekistan	470	-3	-7
75	Morocco	469	4	47
76	Gabon	468	-3	-2
77	Haiti	467	-4	-3
78	Benin	461	25	128
79	Cyprus	441	-3	-3
80	Saudi Arabia	432	0	15
81	Libya	427	32	130
82	Antigua and Barbuda	409	-2	-8
83	Venezuela	408	0	0
84	China PR	405	0	2
85	Montenegro	403	-7	-23
86	Qatar	401	-1	4
87	Jordan	399	-5	-12
88	Canada	388	14	53
89	Burkina Faso	381	4	18
89	Iraq	381	-2	-11
91	Cuba	377	17	65
92	Nicaragua	370	8	29
93	Estonia	369	-3	-1
94	Guatemala	368	-3	1
95	Botswana	364	10	37
96	Togo	363	-8	-23
97	Faroe Islands	357	-8	-28
98	Kenya	345	27	71
99	El Salvador	344	-5	-17
100	Niger	339	5	12
101	Honduras	338	-6	-21
101	Latvia	338	-2	-4
103	Oman	333	-11	-32
104	Angola	330	-6	-14
104	Korea DPR	330	16	42
106	Liberia	329	-20	-65
107	Kyrgyzstan	324	17	47
108	Rwanda	321	-12	-35
109	Zimbabwe	318	0	13
110	Mozambique	317	15	43
111	Malawi	313	-14	-38
112	Central African Republic	302	-2	0
113	Chad	301	23	61
114	Aruba	298	-2	-1
115	Mauritania	297	-11	-31
116	Azerbaijan	296	-1	3
117	Sierra Leone	295	4	14
118	Turkmenistan	294	3	13
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	289	-18	-51
120	Georgia	286	-9	-15
121	Armenia	285	6	14
122	Burundi	283	-15	-38
123	Bahrain	278	-8	-15
124	Syria	276	8	22
125	Ethiopia	274	-11	-20
125	Lithuania	274	-2	-5
127	Belize	273	-10	-19
128	Madagascar	272	-10	-18
129	Tanzania	267	6	22
130	Kazakhstan	266	1	10
130	Namibia	266	-12	-24
132	Swaziland	265	-2	7
133	Thailand	263	11	61
134	Palestine	259	4	26
135	FYR Macedonia	257	4	27
136	Hong Kong	252	9	53
137	Kuwait	239	-4	-13
137	Lebanon	239	3	11
137	Philippines	239	0	3
140	Luxembourg	237	6	40
141	Sudan	224	-13	-43
142	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	221	-13	-41
143	St. Lucia	216	0	12
144	Barbados	214	-2	8
145	Guinea-Bissau	207	-4	-9
146	Vietnam	200	1	7
147	Tajikistan	196	13	37
148	Singapore	195	4	16
149	Afghanistan	194	7	26
150	Curaçao	192	0	10
150	New Zealand	192	9	29
152	Lesotho	185	-5	-8
152	South Sudan	185	-18	-61
154	Dominican Republic	180	-5	-7
155	Moldova	172	-1	-5
156	São Tomé e Príncipe	170	1	5
157	Guam	162	-2	-8
158	Myanmar	155	3	-2
159	Bermuda	154	-8	-27
160	Maldives	150	6	9
161	Guyana	144	-9	-35
162	Malta	143	-4	-21
163	Grenada	139	4	2
164	Gambia	135	4	0
164	Liechtenstein	135	-1	-19
166	India	132	6	10
167	Cook Islands	128	2	-4
167	Samoa	128	-3	-24
169	American Samoa	127	-4	-17
169	Malaysia	127	2	0
169	Timor-Leste	127	-7	-28
172	Comoros	120	5	31
172	Puerto Rico	120	-2	-9
174	Mauritius	119	-1	2
174	Yemen	119	5	38
176	Dominica	107	-1	3
177	Laos	88	-1	-2
177	US Virgin Islands	88	1	0
179	Indonesia	84	-5	-24
180	Cambodia	83	3	5
181	New Caledonia	80	-1	0
182	Bangladesh	78	-2	-2
182	Chinese Taipei	78	5	7
184	Pakistan	76	1	0
185	Brunei Darussalam	74	1	0
186	Fiji	68	4	8
187	Montserrat	67	1	0
188	Bhutan	64	-8	-16
189	Seychelles	56	0	-4
189	Tahiti	56	2	0
191	Suriname	55	-7	-22
192	Nepal	49	0	-2
193	Vanuatu	47	8	34
194	Sri Lanka	45	0	0
195	Macau	44	0	0
196	Cayman Islands	43	-3	-6
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	0	0
198	San Marino	28	-2	-7
199	British Virgin Islands	27	-1	0
200	Solomon Islands	26	-1	0
201	Andorra	6	4	1
201	Mongolia	6	2	0
203	Papua New Guinea	4	3	0
204	Anguilla	0	3	0
204	Bahamas	0	3	0
204	Djibouti	0	3	0
204	Eritrea	0	-2	-8
204	Somalia	0	-1	-6
204	Tonga	0	-4	-17

 

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