FIFA Ranking: August 2017 final preview

One match left: a friendly between Zambia and Ethiopia.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 10 August.



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

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

Zambia	341	352	96	95
Ethiopia	241	296	132	109

In the table below I've used the minimum points.

Best movers:

27 - Namibia
19 - Jamaica
16 - Liberia

Worst movers:

-18 - Curaçao, Cuba
-12 - Burundi
-9 - Panama

Best movers in the top 50:

9 - USA
5 - Costa Rica
2 - Mexico, Wales, Japan, Korea Republic

Worst movers in the top 50:

-6 - Haiti
-4 - Senegal, Netherlands
-3 - Burkina Faso

One team will improve its best ever ranking:

Poland (5 - 6 in July 2017)

One team will return to its best ever ranking:

Brazil (1 - 1 in June 2017)

One team will return to its worst ever ranking:

Singapore (171 - 171 in October 2016)

Four teams will drop to new lows:

Netherlands (36 - 32 in July 2017)
Kuwait (174 - 173 in July 2017)
Latvia (at most 131 - 130 in July 2017)
Cuba (182 - 175 in December 1994)

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

Switzerland (4 - 4 in April 1994) - 23 years and 4 months

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

Botswana (140 - 143 in March 2002) - 15 years and 5 months
Dominican Republic (161 - 172 in June 2011) - 6 years and 2 months

Cameroon will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time ever.
Tunisia will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time in the last 19 years and 3 months.
Poland will be ranked above Portugal for the first time in the last 18 years and 8 months.


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

1	Brazil	1604	1	1
2	Germany	1549	-1	-60
3	Argentina	1399	0	-14
4	Switzerland	1329	1	0
5	Poland	1319	1	0
6	Portugal	1267	-2	-65
7	Chile	1250	0	0
8	Colombia	1208	0	0
9	Belgium	1194	1	0
10	France	1157	-1	-42
11	Spain	1114	0	0
12	Italy	1059	0	0
13	England	1051	0	0
14	Mexico	1046	2	43
15	Peru	1023	-1	9
16	Croatia	1007	-1	0
17	Uruguay	995	0	0
18	Wales	951	2	29
19	Sweden	933	-1	0
20	Iceland	927	-1	0
21	Costa Rica	918	5	79
22	Slovakia	917	-1	0
23	Northern Ireland	897	-1	0
24	Iran	893	-1	0
25	Egypt	866	-1	0
26	USA	865	9	113
27	Ukraine	843	-2	0
28	Congo DR	822	0	-1
29	Republic of Ireland	816	0	0
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	815	0	0
31	Senegal	794	-4	-37
32	Ecuador	791	-1	0
33	Turkey	779	0	0
34	Tunisia	776	0	12
35	Cameroon	737	1	-1
36	Netherlands	734	-4	-48
37	Austria	723	0	0
38	Greece	716	0	0
38	Nigeria	716	1	1
40	Czech Republic	714	0	0
40	Paraguay	714	0	0
42	Romania	713	0	0
42	Serbia	713	0	0
44	Japan	696	2	12
45	Australia	691	0	2
46	Denmark	683	1	0
47	Burkina Faso	678	-3	-20
48	Algeria	677	0	0
49	Korea Republic	674	2	12
50	Ghana	665	0	0
51	Slovenia	652	2	0
52	Bulgaria	643	2	0
52	Montenegro	643	2	0
54	Côte d'Ivoire	636	2	5
55	Haiti	625	-6	-42
56	Hungary	616	1	0
57	Jamaica	614	19	172
58	Scotland	612	0	0
59	Saudi Arabia	601	2	0
60	Morocco	600	0	-4
61	Panama	592	-9	-61
62	Russia	590	0	0
63	Albania	583	0	0
64	Uzbekistan	579	1	0
65	Mali	545	-6	-62
66	Guinea	536	0	-5
66	South Africa	536	-2	-45
68	Bolivia	532	-1	0
69	Venezuela	521	0	0
70	Israel	512	0	0
71	Belarus	503	0	0
72	Armenia	480	1	0
73	Uganda	464	1	-12
74	United Arab Emirates	459	1	0
75	Honduras	455	-3	-44
76	Sierra Leone	448	7	33
77	China PR	447	0	6
78	Qatar	433	1	-2
79	Azerbaijan	427	1	0
80	Syria	423	2	0
81	Congo	413	5	14
82	Kenya	412	2	4
83	Libya	399	4	3
83	Trinidad and Tobago	399	-5	-37
85	Norway	391	3	0
86	Curaçao	384	-18	-147
86	Mauritania	384	-5	-41
88	Gabon	381	3	8
89	Faroe Islands	376	1	0
90	Madagascar	370	-1	-10
91	Benin	369	2	3
92	Guinea-Bissau	365	-7	-42
93	Palestine	364	1	0
94	Cyprus	358	1	0
95	Canada	352	5	21
96	India	341	0	0
96	Zambia	341	-4	-28
98	Estonia	334	0	0
99	Lithuania	333	0	0
100	Guatemala	331	2	11
101	Iraq	324	2	5
102	El Salvador	320	1	1
103	Zimbabwe	319	-2	-5
104	Mozambique	315	-7	-21
105	Kazakhstan	308	1	0
106	Malawi	306	5	15
107	Suriname	305	0	0
108	Jordan	299	0	-1
109	Nicaragua	295	-4	-17
110	Finland	293	0	0
110	Korea DPR	293	3	5
112	Georgia	290	0	0
113	Togo	289	-4	-7
114	Cape Verde Islands	284	1	0
115	Antigua and Barbuda	276	2	0
116	Equatorial Guinea	272	2	0
116	Niger	272	0	-11
118	Central African Republic	271	1	0
119	Rwanda	260	8	12
120	Oman	259	-1	-12
120	Tanzania	259	-6	-28
122	New Zealand	258	0	0
123	Bahrain	257	0	0
124	Lebanon	255	0	0
124	St. Kitts and Nevis	255	0	0
126	Philippines	249	0	0
127	Kyrgyz Republic	248	0	0
128	Namibia	247	28	88
129	Andorra	246	0	0
130	Thailand	243	1	8
131	Latvia	242	-1	0
132	Ethiopia	241	4	26
133	Burundi	235	-12	-27
134	Liberia	232	16	60
135	Vietnam	231	-2	0
136	FYR Macedonia	228	-2	0
137	Luxembourg	223	-2	0
138	Angola	220	3	19
139	Swaziland	217	-7	-15
140	Botswana	201	-2	-3
141	Turkmenistan	200	-4	-14
142	Maldives	199	0	0
143	Comoros	197	-3	-6
143	Lesotho	197	-5	-7
145	New Caledonia	196	-2	0
146	Hong Kong	192	-1	0
146	Yemen	192	-1	0
148	Chinese Taipei	185	-1	0
148	South Sudan	185	-5	-11
150	Tahiti	181	-2	0
151	Tajikistan	180	-2	1
152	Sudan	179	12	56
153	Chad	168	-2	0
154	Puerto Rico	167	-2	0
155	Solomon Islands	162	-1	0
156	Afghanistan	160	-1	0
157	Myanmar	157	0	0
158	Gambia	156	3	24
159	Moldova	154	-1	0
160	Mauritius	150	-7	-16
161	Dominican Republic	144	-2	0
162	Grenada	140	1	12
163	Guyana	135	-3	0
164	Papua New Guinea	130	-2	0
165	Bhutan	123	-1	0
166	Belize	119	1	0
166	Malaysia	119	1	0
168	Barbados	118	13	34
169	Nepal	117	1	0
169	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	117	10	29
171	Laos	116	0	0
171	Singapore	116	-2	-2
173	Aruba	113	-1	0
174	Kuwait	111	-1	0
175	Indonesia	110	0	0
176	Cambodia	109	-3	-2
177	Dominica	107	0	17
178	São Tomé e Príncipe	98	-2	0
179	St. Lucia	95	4	17
180	Kosovo	90	-3	0
181	Fiji	87	-1	0
182	Cuba	80	-18	-43
183	Macau	79	-1	-3
184	Bermuda	72	0	0
185	Guam	69	3	7
186	American Samoa	64	-1	0
186	Cook Islands	64	-1	0
188	Brunei Darussalam	62	0	0
189	Bangladesh	60	1	0
190	Liechtenstein	56	1	0
190	Malta	56	1	0
192	Djibouti	53	-7	-11
192	Samoa	53	1	0
194	Seychelles	52	0	1
195	Vanuatu	51	-1	0
196	Timor-Leste	42	0	0
197	Sri Lanka	34	0	0
198	Mongolia	30	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	26	0	0
200	Pakistan	24	0	0
201	Montserrat	20	0	0
202	Cayman Islands	13	0	0
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	0	0
204	San Marino	12	0	0
205	British Virgin Islands	6	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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