FIFA Ranking: May 2018 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on May 17th.

It will be a quiet month regarding NT-football. Also, FIFA tends to include friendlies only on the last moment into their fixture list nowadays.
This results in only 1 officially scheduled friendly (Trinidad and Tobago - Panama) sofar for the May ranking.


Also check the probable ranking

Most points gained (worst case scenario)
18 - Benin
11 - Barbados
11 - Germany
10 - Grenada
10 - Poland

Most points lost (best case scenario)

-10 - St. Lucia
 -9 - Mauritania
 -9 - South Sudan
 -9 - Madagascar
 -9 - Burkina Faso

One team will improve their best ever ranking:
Philippines (112 - 113 in April 2018)


April 2018 rank - Country - April 2018 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Germany	1533	1544	1544
2	Brazil	1384	1384	1384
3	Belgium	1346	1346	1346
4	Portugal	1306	1306	1306
5	Argentina	1254	1254	1254
6	Switzerland	1179	1179	1179
7	France	1166	1166	1166
8	Spain	1162	1162	1162
9	Chile	1146	1146	1146
10	Poland	1118	1128	1128
11	Peru	1106	1106	1106
12	Denmark	1054	1054	1054
13	England	1040	1040	1040
14	Tunisia	1012	1012	1012
15	Mexico	1008	1008	1008
16	Colombia	989	989	989
17	Uruguay	976	976	976
18	Croatia	975	975	975
19	Netherlands	969	969	969
20	Italy	947	947	947
21	Wales	931	931	931
22	Iceland	930	930	930
23	Sweden	889	889	889
24	USA	880	880	880
25	Costa Rica	858	858	858
26	Austria	841	841	841
27	Northern Ireland	837	837	837
28	Senegal	825	825	825
29	Slovakia	786	786	786
30	Ukraine	777	777	777
31	Republic of Ireland	776	776	776
32	Paraguay	737	737	737
32	Romania	737	737	737
34	Scotland	735	735	735
35	Serbia	732	732	732
36	Iran	727	727	727
37	Turkey	714	714	714
38	Congo DR	711	711	711
39	Venezuela	709	709	709
40	Australia	700	700	700
41	Bosnia-Herzegovina	688	688	688
42	Morocco	681	681	681
43	Montenegro	671	671	671
44	Greece	657	657	657
45	Czech Republic	647	647	647
46	Egypt	636	636	636
47	Nigeria	635	635	635
48	Jamaica	612	612	612
49	Norway	608	608	608
50	Hungary	604	604	604
51	Ghana	603	603	603
51	Cameroon	603	603	603
54	Burkina Faso	591	582	582
53	Bulgaria	583	583	583
55	Panama	575	556	574
56	Albania	549	549	549
57	Bolivia	548	548	548
58	Cape Verde Islands	545	545	545
59	Honduras	530	530	530
60	Japan	528	528	528
61	Korea Republic	520	520	520
62	Algeria	516	516	516
63	Finland	507	507	507
64	Ecuador	506	506	506
65	Slovenia	495	495	495
66	Russia	493	493	493
67	Mali	462	462	462
68	Cote d'Ivoire	458	458	458
69	Guinea	450	450	450
70	Saudi Arabia	445	445	445
71	Curacao	439	439	439
72	South Africa	433	432	432
73	China PR	431	431	431
74	Uganda	426	426	426
75	Kyrgyzstan	424	424	424
76	Syria	423	423	423
77	FYR Macedonia	422	422	422
78	Zambia	413	412	412
79	Belarus	410	410	410
80	Canada	407	407	407
81	United Arab Emirates	405	405	405
82	Lebanon	404	404	404
83	Palestine	401	401	401
83	Luxembourg	401	401	401
86	El Salvador	392	392	392
87	Cyprus	386	386	386
89	Oman	383	383	383
90	Iraq	381	381	381
90	Uzbekistan	381	381	381
85	Benin	379	397	397
92	Congo	378	378	378
93	Gabon	374	374	374
87	Trinidad and Tobago	374	366	412
94	Faroe Islands	364	364	364
94	Estonia	364	364	364
96	Georgia	362	362	362
97	India	354	354	354
98	Israel	347	347	347
98	Armenia	347	347	347
100	Libya	341	341	341
101	Qatar	339	339	339
103	Sierra Leone	332	332	332
102	Vietnam	331	334	334
104	Guinea-Bissau	330	330	330
105	Mauritania	323	314	314
106	Mozambique	311	311	311
107	Namibia	305	308	308
108	Haiti	302	302	302
109	Niger	299	299	299
110	Zimbabwe	295	298	298
114	Madagascar	293	284	284
111	Korea DPR	292	297	297
112	Kenya	289	289	289
112	Philippines	289	289	289
115	Central African Republic	283	283	283
116	Bahrain	281	281	281
118	Jordan	272	272	272
120	Tajikistan	271	266	266
117	Kazakhstan	269	273	273
119	Malawi	267	269	269
121	Chinese Taipei	263	263	263
122	Thailand	253	253	253
123	Rwanda	252	252	252
124	Antigua and Barbuda	251	251	251
124	Yemen	250	251	251
127	Sudan	245	245	245
127	Azerbaijan	245	245	245
126	St. Kitts and Nevis	245	247	247
129	Togo	242	242	242
129	Turkmenistan	242	242	242
131	Swaziland	240	240	240
132	Andorra	230	230	230
133	Lithuania	229	229	229
133	New Zealand	229	229	229
135	Myanmar	227	227	227
136	Nicaragua	224	224	224
137	Tanzania	223	223	223
138	Angola	221	221	221
139	Latvia	217	217	217
141	Guatemala	198	198	198
142	Comoros	195	195	195
143	Hong Kong	194	194	194
140	Afghanistan	194	199	199
144	Equatorial Guinea	190	190	190
145	Burundi	188	188	188
145	Ethiopia	188	188	188
147	Maldives	183	183	183
148	Botswana	176	176	176
150	Lesotho	175	172	172
149	Dominican Republic	175	175	175
151	Liberia	167	167	167
152	Kosovo	164	164	164
153	Solomon Islands	162	162	162
154	Suriname	140	140	140
157	South Sudan	139	130	130
155	Vanuatu	136	136	136
156	New Caledonia	135	135	135
159	Puerto Rico	128	128	128
160	Mauritius	122	124	124
158	Barbados	118	129	129
161	Tahiti	117	117	117
163	Nepal	111	111	111
163	Guyana	111	111	111
163	Indonesia	111	111	111
167	Chad	110	108	108
166	Fiji	110	110	110
168	Belize	107	107	107
173	St. Lucia	105	95	95
169	Cambodia	105	105	105
170	Malaysia	104	104	104
162	Grenada	103	113	113
171	Singapore	102	102	102
172	Moldova	98	98	98
175	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	95	91	91
174	Gambia	94	94	94
177	Dominica	88	86	86
176	Kuwait	88	88	88
178	Bermuda	82	82	82
179	Laos	80	80	80
180	Papua New Guinea	78	78	78
181	Liechtenstein	77	77	77
182	Aruba	75	75	75
182	Cuba	75	75	75
184	Bhutan	68	68	68
185	Malta	62	62	62
186	Macau	60	60	60
187	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	59	59	59
188	Mongolia	51	51	51
189	Guam	45	45	45
190	Timor-Leste	44	44	44
191	American Samoa	38	38	38
191	Cook Islands	38	38	38
191	Samoa	38	38	38
195	Brunei Darussalam	36	36	36
194	Seychelles	36	37	37
196	Gibraltar	34	34	34
197	Bangladesh	33	33	33
198	Djibouti	27	27	27
199	US Virgin Islands	18	18	18
200	Sri Lanka	17	17	17
200	Montserrat	17	17	17
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
203	Pakistan	10	10	10
204	Cayman Islands	9	9	9
205	San Marino	8	8	8
206	British Virgin Islands	4	4	4
207	Tonga	0	0	0
207	Eritrea	0	0	0
207	Somalia	0	0	0
207	Bahamas	0	0	0
207	Anguilla	0	0	0

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