FIFA Ranking: December 2017 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 21 December. 2 friendlies left - part of the East Asian championship.

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


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

Japan	600	627	57	54
Korea Republic	541	570	63	60
China PR	492	509	72	70
Korea DPR	244	277	128	118

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

Germany remain on top and will get the Team of the Year award.

Denmark will be Best Mover of the Year (difference in ranking points when compared to December 2016).

There the top 10 of the best movers:

Denmark	643	1099	456
Sweden	675	998	323
Bolivia	359	674	315
FYR Macedonia	138	446	308
Scotland	524	798	274
Bulgaria	492	719	227
Lebanon	185	404	219
Palestine	222	434	212
Andorra	12	215	203
Luxembourg	230	407	177

Now, back to our regular monthly programming :)

Best movers:

28 - Vanuatu
13 - Vietnam
12 - Mongolia

Worst movers:

-13 - Nicaragua
-11 - Libya
-10 - China PR, Cuba

Best movers in the top 50:

1 - Ghana

Worst movers in the top 50:

-1 - Nigeria

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Palestine (80 - 82 in November 2017)
Luxembourg (83 - 84 in November 2017)

Lebanon will return to their best ever ranking - 85th in December 1998.

Three teams will drop to new lows:

Lithuania (149 - 148 in November 2017)
Kuwait (189 - 188 in November 2017)
Bangladesh (197 - 196 in October 2017)



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

 

1	Germany	1602	0	0
2	Brazil	1483	0	0
3	Portugal	1358	0	0
4	Argentina	1348	0	0
5	Belgium	1325	0	0
6	Spain	1231	0	0
7	Poland	1209	0	0
8	Switzerland	1190	0	0
9	France	1183	0	0
10	Chile	1162	0	0
11	Peru	1128	0	0
12	Denmark	1099	0	0
13	Colombia	1078	0	0
14	Italy	1052	0	0
15	England	1047	0	0
16	Mexico	1032	0	0
17	Croatia	1018	0	0
18	Sweden	998	0	0
19	Wales	985	0	0
20	Netherlands	952	0	0
21	Uruguay	924	0	0
22	Iceland	910	0	0
23	Senegal	884	0	0
24	Northern Ireland	867	0	0
24	USA	867	0	0
26	Costa Rica	850	0	0
27	Tunisia	838	0	0
28	Slovakia	817	0	0
29	Austria	815	0	0
30	Paraguay	812	0	0
31	Egypt	805	0	0
32	Iran	798	0	0
32	Republic of Ireland	798	0	0
32	Scotland	798	0	0
35	Ukraine	781	0	0
36	Congo DR	764	0	0
37	Serbia	756	0	0
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina	753	0	0
39	Australia	747	0	0
40	Morocco	738	0	0
41	Romania	737	0	0
42	Turkey	735	0	0
43	Bulgaria	719	0	0
44	Burkina Faso	705	0	0
45	Cameroon	696	0	0
46	Montenegro	681	0	0
47	Greece	680	0	0
48	Czech Republic	677	0	0
49	Bolivia	674	0	0
50	Ghana	657	1	0
51	Nigeria	640	-1	-31
52	Venezuela	639	0	0
53	Hungary	630	0	0
54	Jamaica	625	0	0
55	Panama	621	1	0
56	Haiti	607	1	0
57	Japan	600	-2	-23
58	Algeria	588	6	51
59	Norway	573	-1	0
60	Côte d'Ivoire	562	1	5
61	Albania	553	1	0
62	Saudi Arabia	543	1	4
63	Korea Republic	541	-4	-22
64	Russia	534	1	0
65	Guinea	532	1	0
66	Finland	531	1	0
67	Cape Verde Islands	530	1	0
68	Honduras	525	2	4
69	Slovenia	522	0	0
70	Ecuador	508	1	0
71	Mali	493	1	0
72	China PR	492	-12	-69
73	United Arab Emirates	477	0	3
74	Zambia	468	1	19
75	Uganda	450	-1	-21
76	FYR Macedonia	446	0	0
77	Syria	442	0	0
78	Uzbekistan	441	2	4
79	Iraq	438	0	0
80	Palestine	434	2	7
81	South Africa	433	0	-1
82	Benin	427	0	0
83	Curaçao	407	1	0
83	Luxembourg	407	1	0
85	Lebanon	404	2	0
86	Guinea-Bissau	403	2	0
87	Trinidad and Tobago	402	2	0
88	Libya	399	-11	-43
89	Estonia	397	-5	-10
90	Armenia	383	0	0
91	Cyprus	373	0	0
92	Belarus	372	0	0
93	Gabon	370	0	0
94	Canada	369	0	0
95	Faroe Islands	364	0	0
96	Congo	362	0	0
97	Sierra Leone	360	0	0
98	Israel	355	0	0
99	Mauritania	354	0	0
100	El Salvador	352	0	0
101	Oman	351	0	1
102	Qatar	329	0	-7
103	Zimbabwe	323	0	0
104	Georgia	322	0	0
105	India	320	0	0
106	Kenya	317	5	17
107	Jordan	313	0	2
108	Madagascar	309	0	0
108	Niger	309	0	0
110	Mozambique	304	0	0
111	St. Kitts and Nevis	303	2	12
112	Vietnam	298	13	33
113	Rwanda	295	7	26
114	Turkmenistan	292	-2	0
115	Bahrain	282	0	0
115	Kyrgyz Republic	282	0	0
117	Azerbaijan	281	0	0
118	Namibia	274	1	0
119	Nicaragua	273	-13	-42
120	Yemen	268	1	0
121	New Zealand	267	1	0
122	Central African Republic	266	1	0
122	Togo	266	1	0
124	Philippines	263	-6	-17
125	Malawi	260	1	0
126	Tajikistan	255	1	0
127	Suriname	245	1	0
128	Korea DPR	244	-14	-39
129	Guatemala	242	0	0
130	Thailand	236	2	6
131	Comoros	235	-1	0
132	Latvia	233	-1	0
133	Swaziland	225	0	0
134	Liberia	224	0	0
135	Chinese Taipei	223	0	2
136	Sudan	221	1	2
137	Kazakhstan	220	-1	0
138	Andorra	215	1	0
139	Antigua and Barbuda	209	1	0
140	Burundi	206	-2	-10
141	Myanmar	203	9	27
142	Angola	201	-1	0
143	Ethiopia	196	2	9
144	Hong Kong	189	-1	0
145	Lesotho	188	-1	0
146	Equatorial Guinea	187	-1	0
147	Tanzania	182	-5	-11
148	Afghanistan	181	-1	0
149	Lithuania	179	-1	0
150	Botswana	176	0	0
151	New Caledonia	164	5	25
152	Solomon Islands	152	-4	-27
153	Tahiti	149	0	0
154	South Sudan	148	-2	-24
155	Barbados	144	-1	0
155	Maldives	144	2	9
157	Vanuatu	141	28	86
158	Belize	135	-1	0
159	Mauritius	134	0	0
160	Papua New Guinea	126	1	0
161	Grenada	125	-1	-7
162	Dominican Republic	121	0	0
162	Indonesia	121	-8	-23
164	Gambia	120	-1	0
165	Guyana	117	-1	0
166	Puerto Rico	112	-1	0
167	Moldova	111	-1	0
168	Chad	110	0	0
168	Dominica	110	-2	-1
170	Fiji	103	8	10
171	Nepal	102	-1	4
172	Singapore	101	-2	3
173	Cambodia	100	-3	2
174	Malaysia	99	0	2
174	St. Lucia	99	0	2
174	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	99	-5	0
177	Kosovo	97	-3	0
178	São Tomé e Príncipe	94	-1	0
179	Aruba	92	0	0
180	Cuba	91	-10	-7
181	Liechtenstein	86	6	32
182	Laos	82	2	20
183	Bermuda	72	-3	0
184	Malta	66	-3	0
185	Macau	65	-3	0
186	Djibouti	64	-3	0
187	Bhutan	55	-2	0
187	Mongolia	55	12	38
189	Kuwait	52	-1	0
190	Brunei Darussalam	45	0	0
191	Timor-Leste	44	5	12
192	Guam	43	-1	0
192	Seychelles	43	-3	-8
194	American Samoa	38	-2	0
194	Cook Islands	38	-2	0
194	Samoa	38	-2	0
197	Bangladesh	37	-5	-1
198	US Virgin Islands	26	-1	0
199	Montserrat	20	-1	0
200	Sri Lanka	16	0	0
201	Pakistan	15	0	0
202	Cayman Islands	13	0	0
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	0	0
204	San Marino	11	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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