FIFA ranking: June 2018 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking this Thursday June 7th. 

Best movers:

21 - Azerbaijan
14 - Papua New Guinea
13 - El Salvador, New Zealand

Worst movers:

-18 - Guyana
-17 - Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyzstan



Best movers in the top 50:

6 - Venezuela
4 - Australia, Bulgaria

Worst movers in the top 50:

-8 - Scotland
-7 - Tunesia
-5 - Ukraine

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Syria (73 - 74 in March 2018)
Lebanon (79 - 82 in February 2018)
Kosovo (141 - 152 in April 2018)
Gibraltar (195 - 196 in April 2018)

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Russia (70 - 66 in April 2018)
Moldova (175 - 173 in October 2016)

June 2018 rank - Team - June 2018 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Germany	1558	0	14
2	Brazil	1431	0	47
3	Belgium	1298	0	-48
4	Portugal	1274	0	-32
5	Argentina	1241	0	-13
6	Switzerland	1199	0	20
7	France	1198	0	32
8	Poland	1183	2	55
9	Chile	1135	0	-11
10	Spain	1126	-2	-36
11	Peru	1125	0	19
12	Denmark	1051	0	-3
12	England	1051	1	11
14	Uruguay	1018	3	42
15	Mexico	989	0	-19
16	Colombia	986	0	-3
17	Netherlands	981	2	12
18	Wales	953	3	22
19	Italy	951	1	4
20	Croatia	945	-2	-30
21	Tunisia	910	-7	-102
22	Iceland	908	0	-22
23	Costa Rica	884	2	26
24	Sweden	880	-1	-9
25	USA	873	-1	-7
26	Austria	845	0	4
27	Senegal	838	1	13
28	Slovakia	804	1	18
29	Northern Ireland	803	-2	-34
30	Romania	782	2	45
31	Republic of Ireland	777	0	1
32	Paraguay	773	0	36
33	Venezuela	755	6	46
34	Serbia	751	1	19
35	Ukraine	733	-5	-44
36	Australia	718	4	18
37	Iran	708	-1	-19
38	Congo DR	706	0	-5
38	Turkey	706	-1	-8
40	Bosnia-Herzegovina	693	1	5
41	Morocco	686	1	5
42	Scotland	660	-8	-75
43	Montenegro	652	0	-19
44	Greece	650	0	-7
45	Egypt	649	1	13
46	Czech Republic	641	-1	-6
47	Ghana	624	3	21
48	Nigeria	618	-1	-17
49	Cameroon	614	1	11
49	Bulgaria	614	4	31
51	Hungary	612	-2	8
52	Burkina Faso	604	2	22
53	Norway	596	-5	-12
54	Jamaica	588	-2	1
55	Panama	571	0	-3
56	Slovenia	558	9	63
57	Korea Republic	544	4	24
58	Albania	538	-2	-11
59	Bolivia	536	-2	-12
60	Ecuador	524	3	18
61	Japan	521	-1	-7
62	Honduras	503	-3	-27
63	Finland	486	-1	-21
64	Mali	484	3	22
65	Cape Verde Islands	478	-7	-67
66	Algeria	474	-2	-25
67	Saudi Arabia	465	0	3
68	Cote d'Ivoire	463	1	5
68	Guinea	463	2	13
70	Russia	457	-4	-36
71	FYR Macedonia	451	6	29
72	El Salvador	442	13	50
73	Syria	440	3	17
74	South Africa	428	-2	-4
75	China PR	423	-2	-8
76	Zambia	420	2	8
77	United Arab Emirates	418	4	13
78	Belarus	417	1	7
79	Canada	411	1	4
79	Lebanon	411	3	7
81	Curacao	408	-10	-31
82	Uganda	403	-8	-23
83	Congo	393	6	15
84	Oman	391	3	8
85	Gabon	390	5	16
85	Luxembourg	390	-2	-11
87	Cyprus	384	-1	-2
88	Benin	379	-4	-18
89	Iraq	377	2	5
90	Faroe Islands	376	3	12
91	Trinidad and Tobago	370	1	4
92	Kyrgyzstan	363	-17	-61
93	Israel	362	5	15
94	Estonia	359	-1	-5
95	Uzbekistan	354	-7	-27
96	Georgia	352	-1	-10
97	India	350	0	-4
98	Qatar	348	3	9
99	Palestine	340	-3	-17
100	Armenia	338	-2	-9
101	Libya	336	-1	-5
102	Vietnam	334	0	0
103	Niger	323	6	24
104	Haiti	322	4	20
105	Azerbaijan	321	21	76
106	Madagascar	308	8	24
107	Mauritania	304	-2	-10
108	Korea DPR	303	2	6
108	Central African Republic	303	7	20
110	Jordan	296	8	24
111	Sierra Leone	292	-8	-40
112	Kenya	291	-1	2
113	Mozambique	282	-7	-29
113	Bahrain	282	3	1
115	Philippines	280	-4	-9
116	Namibia	277	-9	-31
117	Kazakhstan	273	0	0
118	Zimbabwe	265	-5	-22
119	Tajikistan	264	1	-2
120	New Zealand	256	13	27
121	Guinea-Bissau	255	-17	-75
122	Thailand	248	0	-5
123	Malawi	247	-4	-22
123	Chinese Taipei	247	-2	-16
125	Togo	241	3	-1
126	Antigua and Barbuda	239	-2	-12
126	Lithuania	239	7	10
128	Sudan	232	-2	-13
129	Latvia	230	10	13
130	Turkmenistan	229	-2	-13
130	Andorra	229	2	-1
132	Nicaragua	228	4	4
133	Yemen	227	-9	-24
134	Swaziland	222	-3	-18
135	St. Kitts and Nevis	218	-5	-23
136	Rwanda	216	-13	-36
137	Angola	209	1	-12
138	Myanmar	206	-3	-21
139	Botswana	205	3	10
140	Tanzania	200	-3	-23
141	Kosovo	197	11	33
142	Hong Kong	195	2	1
143	Equatorial Guinea	190	2	0
143	Solomon Islands	190	10	28
145	Afghanistan	188	-5	-11
146	Guatemala	180	-5	-18
147	Lesotho	175	3	3
148	Burundi	174	-2	-14
149	Comoros	172	-7	-23
150	Maldives	171	-2	-12
151	Ethiopia	166	-5	-22
152	Dominican Republic	162	-3	-13
153	Suriname	154	1	14
154	New Caledonia	150	2	15
155	Mauritius	140	6	16
156	South Sudan	132	1	2
157	Tahiti	130	5	13
158	Liberia	129	-7	-38
159	Kuwait	128	1	2
160	Barbados	127	-2	-2
161	Nepal	118	3	7
162	Vanuatu	117	-7	-19
163	Belize	115	6	8
164	Indonesia	111	0	0
165	Fiji	104	2	-6
166	Cambodia	103	4	-2
166	Papua New Guinea	103	14	25
168	Grenada	102	-5	-11
169	Singapore	99	3	-3
170	St. Lucia	95	4	0
171	Malaysia	93	0	-11
172	Gambia	92	3	-2
173	Puerto Rico	89	-14	-39
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	89	3	-2
175	Moldova	88	-2	-10
175	Chad	88	-7	-20
177	Dominica	86	0	0
178	Bermuda	82	0	0
178	Laos	82	1	2
180	Liechtenstein	80	1	3
181	Cuba	75	1	0
182	Guyana	73	-18	-38
183	Bhutan	68	1	0
184	Malta	65	1	3
185	Macau	60	1	0
186	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	51	1	-8
186	Mongolia	51	2	0
188	Aruba	48	-6	-27
188	Seychelles	48	6	11
190	Guam	45	-1	0
190	Timor-Leste	45	0	1
192	American Samoa	38	-1	0
192	Cook Islands	38	-1	0
194	Bangladesh	35	3	2
195	Brunei Darussalam	34	0	-2
195	Gibraltar	34	1	0
197	Samoa	32	-6	-6
197	Djibouti	32	1	5
199	US Virgin Islands	18	0	0
200	Sri Lanka	17	0	0
201	Pakistan	10	2	0
202	Cayman Islands	9	2	0
203	San Marino	8	2	0
204	Montserrat	4	-4	-13
204	British Virgin Islands	4	2	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	-4	-13
206	Bahamas	0	1	0
206	Tonga	0	1	0
206	Eritrea	0	1	0
206	Somalia	0	1	0
206	Anguilla	0	1	0

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