FIFA Ranking: November 2016 final preview

5 matches left before the deadline. 4 group stage matches of the 2016 AFF Championship and a friendly: St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Estonia.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 24 November.



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

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

St. Kitts and Nevis	432	464	82	76
Philippines	283	302	118	113
Estonia	256	285	127	117
Thailand	223	235	132	129
Vietnam	219	235	136	129
Malaysia	147	158	160	156
Singapore	132	149	167	157
Myanmar	131	151	167	156
Cambodia	129	138	168	162
Indonesia	100	128	179	169

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

Best movers:

38 - Armenia
25 - Israel
23 - Tahiti

Worst movers:

-49 - Chad
-29 - Turkmenistan
-24 - Kyrgyzstan

Best movers in the top 50:

17 - Burkina Faso
10 - Republic of Ireland, Egypt, Nigeria


Worst movers in the top 50:

-14 - Uzbekistan
-8 - Australia, Ghana
-5 - Romania

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Guinea-Bissau (68 - 69 in October 2016)
Curaçao (75 - 77 in October 2016)
Comoros (139 - 143 in October 2016)

Peru will return to their best ever ranking (19th in July 2013).

British Virgin Islands will return to their worst ever ranking (204th in July 2016).

Nine teams will drop to new lows:

Russia (55 - 53 in October 2016)
Norway (84 - 81 in October 2016)
Angola (144 - 137 in July 2016)
FYR Macedonia (at most 162 - 155 in October 2016)
Kuwait (at most 172 - 167 in October 2016)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (at most 177 - 170 in February 2004)
Malta (182 - 178 in October 2016)
Liechtenstein (189 - 183 in October 2016)
Sri Lanka (195 - 194 in November 2015)

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

Namibia (98 - 98 in November 2001) - 14 years and 10 months
Brazil (2 - 1 in May 2010) - 6 years and 4 months
Syria (94 - 94 in September 2010) - 6 years
Chinese Taipei (at least 159 - 147 in March 2011) - 5 years and 6 months

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

Gabon (111 - 112 in January 2005) - 11 years and 8 months
Ghana (53 - 62 in September 2005) - 11 years
Tanzania (at most 160 - 167 in May 2006) - 10 years and 4 months
Jordan (109 - 111 in December 2009) - 6 years and 9 months
Cape Verde Islands (at most 80 - 91 in September 2011) - 5 years

Poland will be ranked above Italy for the first time ever.
Peru will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time ever.
Senegal will be ranked above Côte d'Ivoire for the first time in the last 10 years and 4 months.
Congo DR will be ranked above Ghana for the first time in the last 11 years and 3 months.
Burkina Faso will be ranked above Russia for the first time ever.
Burkina Faso will be ranked above Ghana for the first time in the last 12 years and 3 months.
Benin will be ranked above Scotland for the first time ever.
Guinea-Bissau will be ranked above Guinea for the first time ever.
Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, China PR will be ranked above Norway for the first time ever.
Curaçao will be ranked above Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago for the first time ever.
Lesotho will be ranked above Angola for the first time ever.
Cambodia and Laos will be ranked above Kuwait for the first time ever.

November 2016 rank - Team - November 2016 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
 

1	Argentina	1634	0	13
2	Brazil	1544	1	134
3	Germany	1433	-1	-32
4	Chile	1404	2	131
5	Belgium	1368	-1	-14
6	Colombia	1345	-1	-16
7	France	1305	0	34
8	Portugal	1229	0	-2
9	Uruguay	1187	0	12
10	Spain	1166	0	-2
11	Switzerland	1129	3	58
12	Wales	1121	-1	8
13	England	1114	-1	24
14	Croatia	1103	2	76
15	Poland	1089	0	60
16	Italy	1083	-3	1
17	Costa Rica	1041	1	70
18	Mexico	1012	-1	11
19	Peru	965	4	100
20	Ecuador	890	-1	-42
21	Iceland	889	0	-9
22	Netherlands	887	-2	-14
23	Republic of Ireland	858	10	82
24	Turkey	851	1	8
25	Slovakia	837	1	-3
26	Hungary	826	-4	-65
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	825	1	18
28	USA	822	-4	-30
29	Ukraine	804	0	1
30	Iran	797	-3	-40
31	Austria	773	-1	-19
32	Northern Ireland	767	4	28
33	Senegal	755	-1	-28
34	Côte d'Ivoire	738	-3	-52
34	Tunisia	738	4	17
36	Egypt	719	10	93
37	Korea Republic	699	7	59
38	Algeria	692	-3	-49
39	Romania	690	-5	-56
40	Paraguay	684	-3	-54
41	Sweden	675	-2	-40
42	Greece	674	0	18
43	Czech Republic	671	-3	8
44	Serbia	647	-1	-3
45	Japan	644	6	43
46	Denmark	643	4	37
47	Congo DR	638	2	29
48	Australia	636	-8	-27
49	Albania	618	-2	-1
50	Nigeria	616	10	54
50	Slovenia	616	2	21
50	Burkina Faso	616	17	97
53	Ghana	611	-8	-17
54	Israel	595	25	145
55	Russia	592	-2	-2
56	Saudi Arabia	589	-2	-4
57	Morocco	587	3	25
58	Panama	584	5	33
59	Venezuela	581	9	65
60	South Africa	571	2	12
61	Mali	569	-3	1
62	Uzbekistan	558	-14	-59
63	Montenegro	549	-7	-21
64	United Arab Emirates	537	6	24
65	Cameroon	534	-6	-33
66	Benin	526	0	1
67	Scotland	524	-10	-45
68	Guinea-Bissau	515	1	0
69	Haiti	505	18	100
70	Congo	504	-15	-71
71	Guinea	500	-7	-39
72	Bulgaria	492	17	97
73	Uganda	488	-1	-12
74	Belarus	470	3	18
75	Curaçao	467	2	15
76	Honduras	461	10	50
76	Jamaica	461	-1	-3
78	Trinidad and Tobago	454	-13	-79
79	Guatemala	450	4	16
80	Cape Verde Islands	443	-9	-65
81	Antigua and Barbuda	433	1	-2
82	St. Kitts and Nevis	432	-9	-40
83	China PR	423	1	4
84	Faroe Islands	422	-10	-47
84	Norway	422	-3	-16
86	Libya	417	-10	-44
87	Armenia	412	38	142
88	Qatar	409	3	24
89	Kenya	397	-4	-19
90	Azerbaijan	386	-2	-18
91	Togo	374	2	-1
91	Zambia	374	3	0
93	Finland	368	8	31
94	Syria	363	2	6
95	Bolivia	359	-15	-85
96	Sierra Leone	357	1	5
97	Kazakhstan	354	-7	-32
98	Namibia	347	20	47
99	Nicaragua	346	8	21
100	Swaziland	343	6	13
101	Rwanda	336	6	11
102	Liberia	327	2	-5
102	Malawi	327	-2	-11
104	Central African Republic	325	3	0
105	Lithuania	324	-7	-23
106	Zimbabwe	323	4	0
107	Mauritania	322	8	14
108	Mozambique	320	-13	-39
109	Jordan	313	-5	-19
110	New Zealand	311	6	5
111	Gabon	308	-1	-15
112	Latvia	304	4	-2
113	Botswana	296	-12	-41
114	Equatorial Guinea	293	-22	-87
115	Ethiopia	291	11	24
116	Cyprus	290	23	62
117	Philippines	283	7	12
118	Canada	282	-8	-41
119	Georgia	281	3	5
120	Iraq	279	-7	-35
121	Korea DPR	274	5	7
122	Oman	266	7	6
123	Kyrgyzstan	265	-24	-78
124	Cuba	264	18	38
125	Dominican Republic	263	-4	-18
126	Bahrain	259	-3	-13
127	Estonia	256	-8	-43
128	Niger	246	0	-16
129	Tajikistan	231	11	4
130	Luxembourg	230	0	-22
131	Thailand	223	15	16
132	Burundi	222	6	-7
132	Palestine	222	-12	-63
134	Guyana	221	-3	-26
135	Madagascar	220	-2	-23
136	Vietnam	219	0	-12
137	India	217	0	-13
138	El Salvador	216	-3	-16
139	Comoros	206	4	-17
140	Hong Kong	205	0	-22
140	Sudan	205	8	1
142	Lesotho	202	8	1
143	Turkmenistan	200	-29	-109
144	Angola	199	-10	-37
145	Mauritius	194	6	0
145	Puerto Rico	194	6	0
147	Afghanistan	189	-2	-19
148	Lebanon	185	1	-17
149	Tahiti	184	23	64
149	Yemen	184	-17	-60
151	Suriname	183	-4	-22
152	Chad	179	-49	-155
153	São Tomé e Príncipe	177	0	0
154	Maldives	165	4	4
155	Barbados	163	2	0
156	Grenada	150	-2	-22
157	Chinese Taipei	149	4	4
158	Malaysia	147	6	12
158	Aruba	147	2	0
160	Tanzania	146	-16	-66
161	Belize	141	2	0
162	FYR Macedonia	138	-7	-29
162	Moldova	138	11	19
164	Kosovo	135	0	0
165	Singapore	132	6	10
166	Myanmar	131	-10	-34
167	Laos	130	8	23
168	Cambodia	129	-1	6
169	South Sudan	123	-2	0
169	New Caledonia	123	-3	-5
171	Papua New Guinea	122	-12	-30
172	Kuwait	117	-5	-6
173	Dominica	110	1	0
174	Gambia	106	2	0
174	Vanuatu	106	3	3
176	Bhutan	103	3	10
177	Fiji	102	2	9
177	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	102	-15	-40
179	Indonesia	100	0	7
180	St. Lucia	95	-13	-28
181	Nepal	90	5	16
182	Malta	85	-4	-12
183	Bangladesh	84	5	11
184	Macau	82	12	42
185	Guam	81	-3	-5
186	Seychelles	79	-2	0
187	Bermuda	77	-2	0
187	Solomon Islands	77	6	21
189	Liechtenstein	75	-6	-6
190	Brunei Darussalam	74	2	17
191	American Samoa	64	-2	0
191	Cook Islands	64	-2	0
191	Samoa	64	-2	0
191	Timor-Leste	64	-5	-10
195	Sri Lanka	44	-1	-4
195	US Virgin Islands	44	0	0
197	Pakistan	40	0	1
198	Mongolia	38	4	25
199	Montserrat	30	-1	0
200	Cayman Islands	21	-1	0
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	20	-1	0
202	San Marino	17	-1	0
203	Andorra	12	0	1
204	British Virgin Islands	11	-1	0
205	Anguilla	0	0	0
205	Bahamas	0	0	0
205	Djibouti	0	0	0
205	Eritrea	0	0	0
205	Gibraltar	0	0	0
205	Somalia	0	0	0
205	Tonga	0	0	0

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