Friday, December 22, 2017

FIFA Ranking: January 2018 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 January.

20 matches left - most of them part of the Gulf Cup of Nations, a friendly and four group stage matches of the CHAN final tournament.

Also check the probable ranking.


Most points gained (worst case scenario):

77 - Tunisia
49 - Iceland
31 - El Salvador
30 - Croatia
28 - Trinidad and Tobago
17 - Ethiopia
16 - Australia
15 - Panama
15 - Equatorial Guinea
14 - Nicaragua
14 - Korea DPR

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-204 - Haiti
-124 - Suriname
-30 - Belize
-25 - Congo DR
-19 - Costa Rica
-19 - Togo
-16 - Honduras
-16 - Mali
-15 - Chile
-14 - Finland

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Palestine (at least 76 - 80 in December 2017)
Lebanon (at least 84 - 85 in December 2017)

Two will drop to new lows:

Israel (at most 99 - 98 in December 2017)
Togo (at most 126 - 125 in September 2014)

December 2017 rank - Country - December 2017 points - Minimum points - Maximum points



1 Germany 1602 1602 1602
2 Brazil 1483 1483 1483
3 Portugal 1358 1358 1358
4 Argentina 1348 1348 1348
5 Belgium 1325 1325 1325
6 Spain 1231 1231 1231
7 Poland 1209 1209 1209
8 Switzerland 1190 1190 1190
9 France 1183 1183 1183
10 Chile 1162 1147 1147
11 Peru 1128 1128 1128
12 Denmark 1099 1099 1099
13 Colombia 1078 1078 1078
14 Italy 1052 1052 1052
15 England 1047 1047 1047
16 Mexico 1032 1032 1032
17 Croatia 1018 1048 1048
18 Sweden 998 1000 1000
19 Wales 985 985 985
20 Netherlands 952 952 952
21 Uruguay 924 924 924
22 Iceland 910 959 959
23 Senegal 884 875 875
24 Northern Ireland 867 867 867
24 USA 867 867 867
26 Costa Rica 850 831 831
27 Tunisia 838 915 915
28 Slovakia 817 817 817
29 Austria 815 815 815
30 Paraguay 812 812 812
31 Egypt 805 814 814
32 IR Iran 798 797 797
32 Republic of Ireland 798 798 798
32 Scotland 798 798 798
35 Ukraine 781 781 781
36 Serbia 756 756 756
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 753 753 753
38 Australia 747 763 763
39 Congo DR 740 715 715
40 Morocco 738 731 748
41 Romania 737 737 737
42 Turkey 735 735 735
43 Bulgaria 719 719 719
44 Burkina Faso 705 709 709
45 Cameroon 696 707 707
46 Montenegro 681 681 681
47 Greece 680 680 680
48 Czech Republic 677 677 677
49 Bolivia 674 674 674
50 Ghana 657 659 659
51 Nigeria 640 651 651
52 Venezuela 639 639 639
53 Hungary 630 630 630
54 Jamaica 625 625 625
55 Panama 621 636 636
56 Haiti 607 403 403
57 Japan 600 598 598
58 Algeria 588 585 585
59 Norway 573 572 572
60 Korea Republic 570 569 569
61 Côte d'Ivoire 562 544 561
62 Albania 553 553 553
63 Saudi Arabia 543 487 577
64 Russia 534 534 534
65 Guinea 532 510 523
66 Finland 531 517 517
67 Cape Verde Islands 530 530 530
68 Honduras 525 509 509
69 Slovenia 522 529 529
70 Ecuador 508 508 508
71 China PR 498 504 504
72 Mali 493 477 477
73 United Arab Emirates 476 399 493
74 Zambia 468 447 466
75 Uganda 448 446 464
76 FYR Macedonia 446 446 446
77 Syria 442 442 442
78 Uzbekistan 441 441 441
79 Iraq 438 369 439
80 Palestine 434 443 443
81 South Africa 433 436 436
82 Benin 427 427 427
83 Curaçao 407 407 407
83 Luxembourg 407 407 407
85 Lebanon 404 407 407
86 Guinea-Bissau 403 409 409
87 Trinidad and Tobago 402 430 430
88 Libya 399 382 402
89 Estonia 397 399 399
90 Armenia 383 383 383
91 Cyprus 373 373 373
92 Belarus 372 372 372
93 Gabon 370 372 372
94 Canada 369 371 371
95 Faroe Islands 364 364 364
96 Congo 362 369 369
97 Sierra Leone 360 360 360
98 Israel 355 355 355
99 Mauritania 354 340 381
100 El Salvador 352 383 383
101 Oman 351 283 382
102 Qatar 329 311 374
103 Zimbabwe 323 311 311
104 Georgia 322 322 322
105 India 320 333 333
106 Kenya 317 317 317
107 Jordan 313 298 324
108 Madagascar 309 309 309
108 Niger 309 311 311
110 Mozambique 304 310 310
111 St Kitts and Nevis 303 303 303
112 Vietnam 298 298 298
113 Rwanda 295 282 282
114 Turkmenistan 292 292 292
115 Bahrain 282 250 336
115 Kyrgyz Republic 282 282 282
117 Azerbaijan 281 281 281
118 Namibia 274 265 300
119 Nicaragua 273 287 287
120 Yemen 268 212 323
121 New Zealand 267 267 267
122 Togo 266 247 247
122 Central African Republic 266 266 266
124 Philippines 263 263 263
125 Malawi 260 260 260
126 Korea DPR 255 269 269
126 Tajikistan 255 255 255
128 Suriname 245 121 121
129 Guatemala 242 242 242
130 Thailand 236 236 236
131 Comoros 235 235 235
132 Latvia 233 233 233
133 Swaziland 225 228 228
134 Liberia 224 224 224
135 Chinese Taipei 223 223 223
136 Sudan 221 203 260
137 Kazakhstan 220 220 220
138 Andorra 215 215 215
139 Antigua and Barbuda 209 209 209
140 Myanmar 203 203 203
141 Angola 201 200 200
142 Burundi 197 197 197
143 Ethiopia 196 213 213
144 Hong Kong 189 189 189
145 Lesotho 188 188 188
146 Equatorial Guinea 187 202 202
147 Tanzania 182 182 182
148 Afghanistan 181 176 176
149 Lithuania 179 179 179
150 Botswana 172 172 172
151 Solomon Islands 152 152 152
152 Tahiti 149 149 149
153 South Sudan 148 148 148
154 New Caledonia 146 146 146
155 Maldives 144 154 154
155 Barbados 144 144 144
157 Vanuatu 141 141 141
158 Belize 135 105 105
159 Mauritius 134 134 134
160 Papua New Guinea 126 126 126
161 Grenada 125 125 125
162 Dominican Republic 121 121 121
162 Indonesia 121 121 121
164 Gambia 120 120 120
165 Guyana 117 117 117
166 Puerto Rico 112 112 112
167 Moldova 111 112 112
168 Chad 110 110 110
168 Dominica 110 110 110
168 Fiji 110 110 110
171 Nepal 102 115 115
172 Singapore 101 101 101
173 Cambodia 100 103 103
174 Malaysia 99 99 99
174 St Vincent and the Grenadines 99 99 99
174 St Lucia 99 99 99
177 Kosovo 97 97 97
178 São Tomé e Príncipe 94 94 94
179 Aruba 92 92 92
180 Cuba 91 88 88
181 Liechtenstein 86 86 86
182 Laos 82 82 82
183 Bermuda 72 72 72
184 Malta 66 66 66
185 Macau 65 65 65
186 Djibouti 64 64 64
187 Bhutan 55 57 57
187 Mongolia 55 55 55
189 Kuwait 52 64 383
190 Brunei Darussalam 45 45 45
191 Timor-Leste 44 44 44
192 Guam 43 43 43
192 Seychelles 43 43 43
194 American Samoa 38 38 38
194 Cook Islands 38 38 38
194 Samoa 38 38 38
197 Bangladesh 37 30 30
198 US Virgin Islands 26 26 26
199 Montserrat 20 20 20
200 Sri Lanka 16 16 16
201 Pakistan 15 15 15
202 Cayman Islands 13 13 13
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 13 13
204 San Marino 11 11 11
205 British Virgin Islands 6 6 6
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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