FIFA ranking: December 2018 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking next Thursday December 20th. Only one match to be played: a friendly between Oman and Tajikistan tomorrow. In total only two friendlies and the two legged semi-finals and final of the South East Asian Championship (also counting as friendlies) will contribute to the December ranking, so hardly any changes compared to November.

Oman will have 1295 points on spot 82 when they win, Tajikistan in that case 1158 on spot 120.
Oman will have 1290 points on spot 83 when they lose, Tajikistan in that case 1163 on spot 118.
In the table below I've used their current points and positions.



Because of an almost complete lack of movement nothing special to mention.

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

1	Belgium	1727	0	0,0
2	France	1726	0	0,0
3	Brazil	1676	0	0,0
4	Croatia	1634	0	0,0
5	England	1631	0	0,0
6	Portugal	1614	0	0,0
7	Uruguay	1609	0	0,0
8	Switzerland	1599	0	0,0
9	Spain	1591	0	0,0
10	Denmark	1589	0	0,0
11	Argentina	1582	0	0,0
12	Colombia	1575	0	0,0
13	Chile	1565	0	0,0
14	Sweden	1560	0	0,0
14	Netherlands	1560	0	0,0
16	Germany	1558	0	0,0
17	Mexico	1540	0	0,0
18	Italy	1539	0	0,0
19	Wales	1525	0	0,0
20	Poland	1518	0	0,0
20	Peru	1518	0	0,0
22	Austria	1509	0	0,0
23	Senegal	1505	0	0,0
24	Romania	1501	0	0,0
25	USA	1497	0	0,0
26	Tunisia	1493	0	0,0
27	Slovakia	1483	0	0,0
28	Ukraine	1482	0	0,0
29	Iran	1481	0	0,0
29	Serbia	1481	0	0,0
31	Venezuela	1478	0	0,0
32	Paraguay	1476	0	0,0
33	Republic of Ireland	1474	0	0,0
34	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1472	0	0,0
35	Northern Ireland	1465	0	0,0
36	Costa Rica	1464	0	0,0
37	Iceland	1452	0	0,0
38	Scotland	1446	0	0,0
39	Turkey	1443	0	0,0
40	Morocco	1440	0	0,0
41	Australia	1436	0	0,0
42	Czech Republic	1435	0	0,0
43	Greece	1428	0	0,0
44	Nigeria	1427	0	0,0
44	Montenegro	1427	0	0,0
46	Bulgaria	1425	0	0,0
46	Norway	1425	0	0,0
48	Russia	1424	0	0,0
49	Congo DR	1420	0	0,0
50	Japan	1414	0	0,0
51	Hungary	1412	0	0,0
51	Ghana	1412	0	0,0
53	Korea Republic	1405	0	0,0
54	Jamaica	1404	0	0,0
55	Cameroon	1394	0	0,0
56	Egypt	1393	0	0,0
57	Ecuador	1382	0	0,0
58	Finland	1378	0	0,0
59	Bolivia	1374	0	0,0
60	Albania	1372	0	0,0
61	Burkina Faso	1371	0	0,0
62	Slovenia	1369	0	0,0
62	Honduras	1369	0	0,0
64	Mali	1363	0	0,0
65	Cote d'Ivoire	1356	0	0,0
66	Guinea	1354	0	0,0
67	Algeria	1347	0	0,0
68	FYR Macedonia	1343	0	0,0
69	Saudi Arabia	1335	0	0,0
70	El Salvador	1327	0	0,0
71	Panama	1326	0	0,0
72	South Africa	1325	0	0,0
72	Cape Verde Islands	1325	0	0,0
74	Syria	1322	0	0,0
75	Uganda	1320	0	0,0
76	China PR	1317	0	0,0
76	Belarus	1317	0	0,0
78	Canada	1314	0	0,0
79	United Arab Emirates	1309	0	0,0
80	Curacao	1306	0	0,0
81	Lebanon	1296	0	0,0
82	Oman	1293	1	2,0
83	Zambia	1292	-1	0,0
84	Congo	1280	0	0,0
85	Gabon	1277	0	0,0
86	Luxembourg	1276	0	0,0
86	Cyprus	1276	0	0,0
88	Iraq	1271	0	0,0
89	Georgia	1269	0	0,0
90	Israel	1265	0	0,0
91	Kyrgyzstan	1264	0	0,0
92	Trinidad and Tobago	1260	0	0,0
93	Qatar	1258	0	0,0
94	Benin	1257	0	0,0
95	Uzbekistan	1251	0	0,0
96	Estonia	1242	0	0,0
97	India	1240	0	0,0
98	Faroe Islands	1238	0	0,0
99	Palestine	1236	0	0,0
100	Vietnam	1229	0	5,0
101	Mauritania	1222	0	0,0
101	Armenia	1222	0	0,0
103	Haiti	1219	0	0,0
104	Libya	1217	0	0,0
105	Kenya	1210	0	0,0
106	Madagascar	1209	0	0,0
107	Azerbaijan	1206	0	0,0
108	Niger	1205	0	0,0
109	Korea DPR	1196	0	0,0
109	Jordan	1196	0	0,0
111	Namibia	1191	0	0,0
112	Central African Republic	1180	0	0,0
113	Bahrain	1178	0	0,0
114	Zimbabwe	1175	1	0,0
115	Sierra Leone	1172	1	0,0
116	Philippines	1171	-2	-5,0
117	Mozambique	1167	0	0,0
118	Thailand	1160	0	-1,0
118	Tajikistan	1160	0	-1,0
120	Kazakhstan	1159	0	0,0
121	Guinea-Bissau	1158	0	0,0
122	New Zealand	1157	0	0,0
123	Togo	1136	0	0,0
124	Chinese Taipei	1134	0	0,0
125	Angola	1131	0	0,0
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1126	0	0,0
127	Sudan	1120	0	0,0
127	Turkmenistan	1120	0	0,0
129	Nicaragua	1119	0	0,0
130	Malawi	1115	0	0,0
131	Kosovo	1113	0	0,0
132	Latvia	1112	0	0,0
133	Andorra	1111	0	0,0
133	Lithuania	1111	0	0,0
135	Yemen	1106	0	0,0
136	St. Kitts and Nevis	1105	0	0,0
137	Rwanda	1094	0	0,0
138	Tanzania	1087	0	0,0
139	Myanmar	1085	0	0,0
139	Burundi	1085	0	0,0
141	Hong Kong	1078	0	0,0
141	Swaziland	1078	0	0,0
143	Comoros	1076	0	0,0
144	Solomon Islands	1073	0	0,0
145	Botswana	1071	0	0,0
146	Lesotho	1069	0	0,0
147	Afghanistan	1068	0	0,0
148	Equatorial Guinea	1063	0	0,0
149	Guatemala	1061	0	0,0
150	Liberia	1051	0	0,0
151	Ethiopia	1049	0	0,0
152	Maldives	1046	0	0,0
153	Suriname	1037	0	0,0
154	Dominican Republic	1036	0	0,0
154	New Caledonia	1036	0	0,0
156	Mauritius	1022	0	0,0
157	Tahiti	1020	0	0,0
158	Kuwait	1018	0	0,0
159	Barbados	1005	0	0,0
160	Indonesia	1003	0	0,0
161	Belize	1002	0	0,0
162	Nepal	1001	0	0,0
163	Vanuatu	996	0	0,0
164	South Sudan	994	0	0,0
165	Singapore	991	0	0,0
166	Gambia	986	0	0,0
167	Malaysia	985	0	1,0
168	Papua New Guinea	984	-1	0,0
169	Fiji	981	0	0,0
170	Moldova	979	0	0,0
171	St. Lucia	976	0	0,0
172	Cambodia	970	0	0,0
173	Grenada	968	0	0,0
174	Cuba	963	0	0,0
175	Chad	956	0	0,0
176	Bermuda	952	0	0,0
177	Dominica	950	0	0,0
178	Puerto Rico	948	0	0,0
179	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	946	0	0,0
180	Guyana	943	0	0,0
181	Liechtenstein	937	0	0,0
182	Malta	926	0	0,0
183	Macau	925	0	0,0
184	Laos	923	0	0,0
185	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	920	0	0,0
186	Bhutan	917	0	0,0
187	Aruba	916	0	0,0
188	Mongolia	915	0	0,0
189	Seychelles	911	0	0,0
190	American Samoa	908	0	0,0
190	Cook Islands	908	0	0,0
192	Guam	907	0	0,0
192	Bangladesh	907	0	0,0
194	Gibraltar	905	0	0,0
195	Brunei Darussalam	903	0	0,0
196	Timor-Leste	900	0	0,0
197	Samoa	896	0	0,0
197	Djibouti	896	0	0,0
199	Pakistan	888	0	0,0
200	Montserrat	887	0	0,0
201	Sri Lanka	886	0	0,0
202	US Virgin Islands	881	0	0,0
203	Cayman Islands	874	0	0,0
204	Tonga	868	0	0,0
204	Eritrea	868	0	0,0
204	Somalia	868	0	0,0
207	British Virgin Islands	867	0	0,0
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	864	0	0,0
208	Anguilla	864	0	0,0
210	Bahamas	858	0	0,0
211	San Marino	854	0	0,0

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