FIFA Ranking: February 2016 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 4 February. The probable ranking is here.

46 matches, 2 of them continental qualifiers - the 2016 Copa America play-offs. Most of the remaining games will be part of CHAN 2016.


Most points gained (worst case scenario):

97 - Saudi Arabia
49 - Korea DPR
46 - Kuwait
45 - Cape Verde Islands
40 - Costa Rica
40 - Qatar
40 - Palestine
26 - Equatorial Guinea
18 - Poland
18 - Mozambique
18 - Mauritania

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-102 - Côte d'Ivoire
-99 - Algeria
-85 - Ghana
-82 - Libya
-73 - Australia
-59 - Congo
-52 - Tunisia
-48 - China PR
-46 - Iran
-40 - Senegal

January 2016 rank - Country - January 2016 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Belgium	1494	1494	1494
2	Argentina	1455	1455	1455
3	Spain	1370	1370	1370
4	Germany	1347	1347	1347
5	Chile	1269	1240	1267
6	Brazil	1251	1251	1251
7	Portugal	1219	1219	1219
8	Colombia	1211	1211	1211
9	England	1106	1106	1106
10	Austria	1091	1091	1091
11	Uruguay	1074	1074	1074
12	Switzerland	1050	1050	1050
13	Ecuador	1040	1040	1040
14	Netherlands	994	994	994
15	Italy	991	991	991
16	Romania	980	987	987
17	Wales	974	974	974
18	Croatia	958	958	958
19	Côte d'Ivoire	950	771	848
20	Hungary	945	945	945
21	Turkey	933	933	933
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	905	905	905
23	Mexico	898	898	898
24	Russia	895	895	895
25	France	868	868	868
26	Czech Republic	860	860	860
26	Slovakia	860	860	860
28	Algeria	845	746	746
29	Ukraine	842	842	842
30	Northern Ireland	825	825	825
31	Republic of Ireland	810	810	810
32	USA	784	770	793
33	Ghana	776	691	691
34	Sweden	771	729	771
35	Poland	769	787	787
36	Iceland	761	686	794
37	Costa Rica	759	799	799
38	Albania	746	746	746
39	Cape Verde Islands	745	790	790
40	Tunisia	711	581	659
41	Greece	706	706	706
42	Denmark	685	692	692
43	Iran	672	626	626
44	Finland	663	565	674
45	Senegal	661	621	621
46	Paraguay	652	652	652
47	Peru	644	644	644
48	Congo	638	579	579
49	Guinea	624	503	598
50	Trinidad and Tobago	623	598	663
51	Korea Republic	617	580	580
52	Scotland	609	609	609
53	Japan	607	569	569
54	Norway	591	597	597
55	Jamaica	590	568	600
55	Serbia	590	590	590
57	Cameroon	586	504	591
58	Egypt	585	537	600
59	Australia	583	510	510
60	Congo DR	580	517	595
61	Slovenia	565	565	565
62	Uganda	553	469	563
63	Mali	552	456	540
64	United Arab Emirates	547	469	520
65	Panama	544	542	564
66	Nigeria	540	515	597
67	Zambia	516	451	507
68	Belarus	514	514	514
69	Equatorial Guinea	504	530	530
70	Bolivia	500	500	500
71	Israel	498	498	498
72	Bulgaria	494	494	494
73	Uzbekistan	489	502	502
74	South Africa	486	498	498
75	Saudi Arabia	474	571	571
76	Morocco	469	394	482
77	Gabon	468	409	485
78	Benin	458	458	458
79	Haiti	453	424	520
80	Cyprus	441	441	441
81	Libya	427	345	345
82	China PR	413	365	365
83	Venezuela	412	423	423
84	Qatar	404	444	444
85	Montenegro	403	403	403
86	Jordan	398	408	408
87	Iraq	395	372	372
88	Canada	388	402	402
89	Burkina Faso	385	380	446
90	Estonia	379	379	379
91	Rwanda	375	333	447
92	Antigua and Barbuda	371	371	371
93	Guatemala	368	347	347
93	Togo	368	329	329
95	Botswana	363	367	367
96	Faroe Islands	357	357	357
96	Nicaragua	357	311	337
98	Honduras	349	354	370
99	El Salvador	344	344	344
99	Oman	344	345	345
101	Kenya	339	339	339
102	Latvia	338	338	338
103	Liberia	337	337	337
103	Niger	337	299	387
105	Angola	333	279	392
106	Malawi	327	327	327
107	Kyrgyzstan	324	324	324
108	Zimbabwe	322	257	358
109	Mozambique	316	334	334
110	Burundi	307	316	316
111	Central African Republic	302	302	302
111	Mauritania	302	320	320
113	Chad	301	301	301
113	Korea DPR	301	350	350
115	Aruba	298	298	298
116	Azerbaijan	296	296	296
117	Turkmenistan	294	298	298
118	Ethiopia	291	276	358
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	289	289	289
120	Georgia	286	286	286
121	Armenia	285	285	285
121	Bahrain	285	269	269
121	Sierra Leone	285	290	290
121	Thailand	285	286	286
125	Syria	278	278	278
126	Tanzania	277	278	278
127	Lithuania	274	274	274
128	Belize	273	286	286
129	Madagascar	272	272	272
130	Sudan	271	261	261
131	Palestine	267	307	307
132	Kazakhstan	266	266	266
133	Namibia	265	264	264
133	Swaziland	265	277	277
135	Philippines	264	264	264
136	Cuba	259	250	322
136	Hong Kong	259	259	259
138	FYR Macedonia	257	257	257
139	South Sudan	246	246	246
140	Lebanon	245	246	246
141	Kuwait	242	288	288
142	Luxembourg	237	237	237
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	221	221	221
144	St. Lucia	216	216	216
145	Barbados	214	227	227
146	Vietnam	209	209	209
147	Guinea-Bissau	207	207	207
148	Singapore	196	196	196
148	Tajikistan	196	196	196
150	Curaçao	192	192	192
150	New Zealand	192	192	192
152	Lesotho	186	186	186
153	Afghanistan	183	183	183
154	Moldova	172	170	170
155	São Tomé e Príncipe	170	152	152
156	Guam	169	169	169
157	Maldives	159	156	165
158	Myanmar	155	155	155
159	Bermuda	154	154	154
160	Dominican Republic	150	150	150
161	Guyana	144	139	139
162	Malta	143	143	143
163	Grenada	139	139	139
163	India	139	139	139
165	Gambia	135	135	135
165	Liechtenstein	135	135	135
167	American Samoa	128	128	128
167	Cook Islands	128	128	128
167	Samoa	128	128	128
170	Timor-Leste	127	127	127
171	Malaysia	126	126	126
172	Mauritius	120	120	120
172	Puerto Rico	120	120	120
174	Comoros	119	119	119
175	Yemen	114	113	113
176	Dominica	107	107	107
177	Laos	88	88	88
177	US Virgin Islands	88	88	88
179	Bangladesh	87	89	105
180	Indonesia	84	86	86
181	Cambodia	83	79	88
182	Chinese Taipei	80	80	80
182	New Caledonia	80	80	80
184	Brunei Darussalam	74	74	74
185	Pakistan	72	72	72
186	Fiji	68	68	68
187	Montserrat	67	67	67
188	Sri Lanka	61	58	94
189	Suriname	57	57	57
190	Seychelles	56	56	56
190	Tahiti	56	56	56
192	Bhutan	49	49	49
193	Vanuatu	47	47	47
194	Macau	44	44	44
195	Cayman Islands	42	42	42
196	Nepal	41	35	67
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	33	33
198	San Marino	28	28	28
199	British Virgin Islands	27	27	27
200	Solomon Islands	26	26	26
201	Andorra	6	6	6
201	Mongolia	6	6	6
203	Papua New Guinea	4	4	4
204	Anguilla	0	0	0
204	Bahamas	0	0	0
204	Djibouti	0	0	0
204	Eritrea	0	0	0
204	Somalia	0	0	0
204	Tonga	0	0	0

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