FIFA Ranking: December 2016 preview

Most likely this will also be the final preview, as the top 121 is already set.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 22 December.


6 matches left - the KO stages of the AFF Championship.

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

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

Thailand	236	268	129	122
Vietnam	205	243	139	127
Myanmar	148	193	159	145
Indonesia	90	147	181	160

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

Best movers:

9 - Rwanda
7 - Myanmar
6 - Estonia

Myanmar could climb up to 21 spots.

Worst movers:

-27 - Cuba
-25 - Nicaragua
-11 - Antigua and Barbuda

 Best movers in the top 50:

1 - Iran, Australia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-1 - Ukraine, Tunisia, Congo DR, Nigeria, Slovenia
 
Three teams will fall to new lows:

Russia (56 - 55 in November 2016)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (at most 178 - 177 in November 2016)
Malta (183 - 182 in November 2016)

Argentina will keep the top spot and will be "Team of the Year", while France will be the "Best Mover of the Year" (based on points gained in the last 12 months)

Top 20 best movers

France	1305	868	437
Peru	965	644	321
Poland	1087	776	311
Guinea-Bissau	515	207	308
Brazil	1544	1251	293
Costa Rica	1041	759	282
Curaçao	467	192	275
Burkina Faso	617	381	236
Argentina	1634	1455	179
Saudi Arabia	605	432	173
Venezuela	581	408	173
Iran	814	653	161
St. Kitts and Nevis	443	289	154
Wales	1121	974	147
Montenegro	549	403	146
Croatia	1103	958	145
Kosovo	135	0	135
Colombia	1345	1211	134
Egypt	719	585	134
Chile	1404	1273	131

Bottom 20

Austria	773	1091	-318
Russia	592	895	-303
Cape Verde Islands	443	745	-302
Finland	368	663	-295
Romania	690	980	-290
Equatorial Guinea	293	498	-205
Spain	1166	1370	-204
Côte d'Ivoire	746	950	-204
Cuba	180	377	-197
Czech Republic	671	860	-189
Trinidad and Tobago	451	628	-177
Norway	422	591	-169
Ghana	611	778	-167
Gabon	308	468	-160
Algeria	692	845	-153
Cyprus	290	441	-151
Aruba	147	298	-151
Ecuador	890	1040	-150
Bolivia	359	500	-141
Congo	504	638	-134

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

1	Argentina	1634	0	0
2	Brazil	1544	0	0
3	Germany	1433	0	0
4	Chile	1404	0	0
5	Belgium	1368	0	0
6	Colombia	1345	0	0
7	France	1305	0	0
8	Portugal	1229	0	0
9	Uruguay	1187	0	0
10	Spain	1166	0	0
11	Switzerland	1129	0	0
12	Wales	1121	0	0
13	England	1114	0	0
14	Croatia	1103	0	0
15	Poland	1087	0	-2
16	Italy	1083	0	0
17	Costa Rica	1041	0	0
18	Mexico	1012	0	0
19	Peru	965	0	0
20	Ecuador	890	0	0
21	Iceland	889	0	0
22	Netherlands	887	0	0
23	Republic of Ireland	858	0	0
24	Turkey	851	0	0
25	Slovakia	837	0	0
26	Hungary	826	0	0
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	825	0	0
28	USA	822	0	0
29	Iran	814	1	17
30	Ukraine	804	-1	0
31	Austria	773	0	0
32	Northern Ireland	767	0	0
33	Senegal	755	0	0
34	Côte d'Ivoire	746	0	8
35	Tunisia	738	-1	0
36	Egypt	719	0	0
37	Korea Republic	699	0	0
38	Algeria	692	0	0
39	Romania	690	0	0
40	Paraguay	684	0	0
41	Sweden	675	0	0
42	Greece	674	0	0
43	Czech Republic	671	0	0
44	Serbia	647	0	0
45	Japan	644	0	0
46	Denmark	643	0	0
47	Australia	641	1	5
48	Congo DR	638	-1	0
49	Albania	618	0	0
50	Burkina Faso	617	0	1
51	Nigeria	616	-1	0
51	Slovenia	616	-1	0
53	Ghana	611	0	0
54	Saudi Arabia	605	2	16
55	Israel	595	-1	0
56	Russia	592	-1	0
57	Morocco	587	0	0
58	Panama	584	0	0
59	Venezuela	581	0	0
60	South Africa	569	0	-2
60	Mali	569	1	0
62	Uzbekistan	563	0	5
63	Montenegro	549	0	0
64	United Arab Emirates	542	0	5
65	Cameroon	534	0	0
66	Benin	531	0	5
67	Scotland	524	0	0
68	Guinea-Bissau	515	0	0
69	Guinea	507	2	7
70	Congo	504	0	0
71	Bulgaria	492	1	0
72	Uganda	490	1	2
73	Haiti	489	-4	-16
74	Belarus	470	0	0
75	Curaçao	467	0	0
75	Honduras	467	1	6
77	Jamaica	463	-1	2
78	Trinidad and Tobago	451	0	-3
79	Guatemala	450	0	0
80	Cape Verde Islands	443	0	0
80	St. Kitts and Nevis	443	0	0
82	China PR	427	1	4
83	Faroe Islands	422	1	0
83	Norway	422	1	0
85	Libya	417	1	0
86	Armenia	412	1	0
87	Qatar	411	1	2
88	Kenya	395	1	-2
89	Azerbaijan	386	1	0
90	Togo	385	1	11
91	Zambia	374	0	0
92	Rwanda	373	9	37
93	Antigua and Barbuda	370	-11	-63
94	Finland	368	-1	0
95	Bolivia	359	0	0
96	Syria	355	-2	-8
96	Sierra Leone	355	0	-2
98	Kazakhstan	354	-1	0
99	Namibia	347	-1	0
100	Swaziland	343	0	0
101	Liberia	338	2	11
102	Zimbabwe	334	0	0
103	Malawi	330	0	3
104	Central African Republic	325	1	0
105	Lithuania	324	1	0
105	Jordan	324	4	11
107	Mozambique	319	1	-1
108	Mauritania	317	-1	-5
109	New Zealand	311	1	0
110	Gabon	308	1	0
111	Latvia	304	1	0
112	Botswana	296	1	0
112	Ethiopia	296	3	5
114	Equatorial Guinea	293	0	0
115	Cyprus	290	1	0
116	Estonia	285	6	19
117	Canada	282	1	0
118	Georgia	281	1	0
119	Iraq	278	1	-1
120	Philippines	273	-3	-16
121	Oman	272	1	6
122	Kyrgyzstan	265	2	0
123	Bahrain	264	4	5
124	Nicaragua	262	-25	-84
125	Korea DPR	257	-4	-17
126	Niger	246	2	0
127	Dominican Republic	242	-1	-21
128	Thailand	236	1	1
129	Tajikistan	231	2	0
130	Luxembourg	230	2	0
131	Palestine	229	2	7
132	Guyana	221	3	0
133	Madagascar	220	3	0
134	India	217	3	0
134	Sudan	217	6	12
136	El Salvador	216	2	0
137	Burundi	213	-4	-9
138	Hong Kong	210	2	5
139	Vietnam	205	-10	-30
139	Comoros	205	0	-1
141	Lesotho	202	1	0
142	Turkmenistan	200	1	0
143	Angola	199	1	0
144	Puerto Rico	194	1	0
145	Mauritius	191	0	-3
146	Afghanistan	189	1	0
147	Lebanon	186	1	1
148	Tahiti	184	1	0
148	Yemen	184	1	0
150	Suriname	183	1	0
151	Cuba	180	-26	-84
152	Chad	179	0	0
153	São Tomé e Príncipe	177	0	0
154	Maldives	174	0	9
155	Barbados	163	0	0
156	Tanzania	154	4	8
157	Chinese Taipei	153	1	4
158	Grenada	150	-1	0
159	Myanmar	148	7	17
160	Aruba	147	-1	0
161	Malaysia	143	-5	-15
162	FYR Macedonia	142	0	4
163	Belize	141	-2	0
164	Moldova	138	-2	0
165	Kosovo	135	0	0
165	Singapore	135	-3	-3
167	Laos	134	0	4
168	South Sudan	123	1	0
168	New Caledonia	123	1	0
170	Papua New Guinea	122	1	0
171	Kuwait	120	1	3
172	Cambodia	118	-4	-11
173	Dominica	113	0	3
174	Gambia	106	0	0
174	Vanuatu	106	0	0
176	Bhutan	103	0	0
176	St. Lucia	103	4	8
178	Fiji	102	-1	0
178	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	102	-1	0
180	Nepal	96	1	6
181	Indonesia	90	-2	-10
182	Guam	89	3	8
183	Malta	85	-1	0
184	Macau	82	0	0
185	Bangladesh	81	-2	-3
186	Seychelles	78	0	-1
187	Bermuda	77	0	0
188	Solomon Islands	76	-1	0
189	Liechtenstein	75	0	0
190	Brunei Darussalam	74	0	0
191	American Samoa	64	0	0
191	Cook Islands	64	0	0
191	Samoa	64	0	0
191	Timor-Leste	64	0	0
195	Sri Lanka	44	0	0
195	US Virgin Islands	44	0	0
197	Pakistan	40	0	0
198	Mongolia	38	0	0
199	Montserrat	30	0	0
200	Cayman Islands	21	0	0
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	20	0	0
202	San Marino	17	0	0
203	Andorra	12	0	0
204	British Virgin Islands	11	0	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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