FIFA Ranking: May 2017 preview

This will most likely be the final preview for May, as the top 96 is already set. The ranking will be almost identical to the April edition.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 4 May.



6 matches left - all part of the 2018 CHAN qualifiers.

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

Malawi	291	342	114	97
Madagascar	245	302	128	110
South Sudan	144	186	158	146
Mauritius	128	156	161	154
Seychelles	45	82	197	183
Somalia	0	51	206	196

Best movers:

8 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1 - Bolivia, Libya, São Tomé e Príncipe

Worst movers:

-2 - Grenada, Nepal

Only one move in the top 50. Slovakia drop from 23rd (tied with USA) to 24th.

Grenada will drop to its worst ever ranking - 178th. They were 176th in December 2007.

May 2017 rank - Team - May 2017 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Brazil	1672	0	11
2	Argentina	1603	0	0
3	Germany	1464	0	0
4	Chile	1411	0	8
5	Colombia	1348	0	0
6	France	1294	0	0
7	Belgium	1281	0	0
8	Portugal	1259	0	0
9	Switzerland	1212	0	0
10	Spain	1204	0	0
11	Poland	1183	0	0
12	Italy	1165	0	0
13	Wales	1119	0	0
14	England	1103	0	0
15	Uruguay	1097	0	0
16	Mexico	1076	0	4
17	Peru	1044	0	2
18	Croatia	1016	0	0
19	Egypt	910	0	0
20	Costa Rica	902	0	0
21	Iceland	872	0	0
22	Turkey	863	0	0
23	USA	847	0	1
24	Slovakia	846	-1	0
25	Ecuador	839	0	0
26	Northern Ireland	823	0	0
26	Republic of Ireland	823	0	0
28	Iran	820	0	0
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	815	0	0
30	Senegal	805	0	0
31	Hungary	801	0	0
32	Netherlands	792	0	0
33	Cameroon	779	0	0
34	Sweden	768	0	0
35	Burkina Faso	765	0	0
36	Austria	762	0	0
37	Ukraine	761	0	0
38	Paraguay	738	0	0
39	Greece	730	0	0
40	Nigeria	726	0	0
41	Congo DR	712	0	0
42	Tunisia	701	0	0
43	Korea Republic	700	0	0
44	Japan	685	0	0
45	Ghana	682	0	0
46	Czech Republic	679	0	0
47	Romania	676	0	0
48	Côte d'Ivoire	672	0	0
49	Serbia	671	0	0
50	Australia	661	0	0
51	Denmark	657	0	0
52	Saudi Arabia	646	0	0
53	Morocco	633	0	0
54	Algeria	628	0	0
55	Bulgaria	614	0	0
55	Slovenia	614	0	0
57	Panama	607	0	0
58	Venezuela	595	0	0
59	Scotland	589	0	0
60	Uzbekistan	586	0	0
61	Russia	561	0	0
62	Montenegro	560	0	0
63	Israel	557	0	0
64	South Africa	539	0	0
65	Haiti	537	0	0
66	Albania	533	0	0
67	Armenia	527	0	0
68	Honduras	524	0	0
69	Mali	504	0	0
70	Curaçao	492	0	0
71	Guinea	474	0	0
72	Uganda	463	0	0
73	Bolivia	460	1	7
74	Jamaica	458	-1	0
75	United Arab Emirates	453	-1	0
76	Trinidad and Tobago	446	0	0
77	Faroe Islands	431	0	0
78	Belarus	428	0	0
78	Kenya	428	0	0
80	Syria	426	0	0
81	China PR	425	0	0
82	Cape Verde Islands	418	0	0
83	Benin	396	0	0
84	Congo	392	0	0
84	Gabon	392	0	0
86	Norway	387	0	0
87	Azerbaijan	386	0	0
88	Swaziland	378	0	0
89	Qatar	369	0	0
90	Libya	361	1	0
91	Mauritania	359	-1	-7
92	Guatemala	352	0	0
93	Antigua and Barbuda	349	0	0
94	Guinea-Bissau	346	0	0
94	Namibia	346	0	0
96	Cyprus	343	0	0
97	Finland	335	0	0
97	Zambia	335	0	0
99	St. Kitts and Nevis	334	0	0
100	Estonia	331	1	0
100	India	331	1	0
100	Lithuania	331	1	0
100	Nicaragua	331	1	0
104	Kazakhstan	325	1	0
105	Mozambique	323	1	0
106	Togo	320	1	0
107	El Salvador	317	1	0
108	Canada	312	1	0
109	Jordan	311	1	0
110	Zimbabwe	302	1	0
111	New Zealand	301	1	0
112	Sierra Leone	300	1	0
113	Malawi	291	-13	-42
114	Oman	290	0	0
115	Korea DPR	289	0	0
116	Equatorial Guinea	287	0	0
117	Rwanda	285	0	0
118	Suriname	284	0	0
119	Iraq	278	0	0
120	Botswana	276	0	0
121	Georgia	274	1	0
122	Yemen	268	1	2
123	Ethiopia	265	1	0
123	Latvia	265	1	0
123	Palestine	265	1	0
126	Philippines	254	1	3
127	Kyrgyzstan	250	1	1
128	Madagascar	245	-8	-31
128	Thailand	245	1	0
130	Central African Republic	239	0	0
131	Niger	235	0	0
132	Bahrain	232	0	0
133	FYR Macedonia	225	0	0
134	Puerto Rico	221	0	0
135	Tanzania	218	0	0
136	Vietnam	217	0	0
137	Lebanon	216	0	0
138	Tajikistan	205	0	2
139	Guyana	194	0	0
140	Turkmenistan	193	0	0
141	Burundi	192	0	0
141	Liberia	192	0	0
143	Comoros	190	0	0
144	Angola	189	0	0
145	Belize	188	0	0
146	Luxembourg	185	0	0
147	Dominican Republic	184	0	0
148	Lesotho	181	0	0
149	Chad	179	0	0
149	Hong Kong	179	0	0
151	Maldives	175	0	0
152	Tahiti	167	0	0
153	Afghanistan	161	0	0
154	Sudan	155	0	0
155	Papua New Guinea	154	1	0
156	Malaysia	145	1	-1
157	South Sudan	144	-3	-11
158	Moldova	142	0	0
159	Singapore	141	0	0
160	Chinese Taipei	136	1	0
161	Mauritius	128	-1	-12
162	Aruba	127	0	0
163	Cuba	124	0	0
164	Bhutan	123	0	0
165	New Caledonia	121	0	0
166	Gambia	120	0	0
166	Kuwait	120	0	0
166	Myanmar	120	0	0
169	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	116	8	14
170	St. Lucia	115	-1	1
171	Kosovo	112	-1	0
172	Barbados	110	0	0
172	Nepal	110	-2	-2
174	Cambodia	108	-1	0
175	Laos	107	-1	0
176	Indonesia	105	-1	0
177	São Tomé e Príncipe	98	1	0
178	Grenada	96	-2	-7
179	Vanuatu	94	0	0
180	Solomon Islands	92	0	0
181	Fiji	90	0	0
182	Malta	86	0	0
183	Guam	82	0	0
184	Macau	77	0	0
185	Bermuda	75	0	0
186	Dominica	74	0	7
187	Andorra	66	0	0
188	Brunei Darussalam	65	0	0
189	American Samoa	64	0	0
189	Cook Islands	64	0	0
189	Liechtenstein	64	0	0
189	Samoa	64	0	0
193	Bangladesh	60	0	0
194	Djibouti	53	0	0
195	Timor-Leste	52	0	0
196	Seychelles	45	0	0
197	Mongolia	34	0	0
197	Sri Lanka	34	0	0
199	Montserrat	26	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	26	0	0
201	Pakistan	24	0	0
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	20	0	0
203	Cayman Islands	13	0	0
204	San Marino	12	0	0
205	British Virgin Islands	5	0	0
206	Anguilla	0	0	0
206	Bahamas	0	0	0
206	Eritrea	0	0	0
206	Gibraltar	0	0	0
206	Somalia	0	0	0
206	Tonga	0	0	0

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