FIFA ranking: April 2019 preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the April 2019 ranking. FIFA will publish the ranking on April 4th.

Also check the probable April ranking to find out about the inclusion-method I used for this preview.

Minimum and maximum points per team are determined with a small piece of software which calculates per match the minimum and maximum possible points for each participating team, given the minimum and maximum starting values of both teams before the match.

February 2019 rank - Country - February 2019 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Belgium	1727	1672	1738
2	France	1726	1667	1734
3	Brazil	1676	1656	1681
4	Croatia	1634	1584	1647
5	England	1631	1588	1647
6	Portugal	1614	1576	1632
7	Uruguay	1609	1598	1611
8	Switzerland	1599	1560	1617
9	Spain	1591	1537	1601
10	Denmark	1589	1564	1604
11	Argentina	1582	1567	1590
12	Colombia	1575	1561	1583
13	Chile	1565	1553	1574
14	Sweden	1560	1526	1581
14	Netherlands	1560	1524	1579
16	Germany	1558	1539	1576
17	Mexico	1540	1529	1550
18	Italy	1539	1486	1550
19	Wales	1525	1500	1539
20	Poland	1518	1477	1536
20	Peru	1518	1504	1526
22	Iran	1516	1516	1516
23	Austria	1509	1473	1529
24	Senegal	1505	1472	1515
25	USA	1501	1490	1511
25	Romania	1501	1465	1523
27	Japan	1495	1483	1505
28	Tunisia	1493	1457	1501
29	Slovakia	1483	1455	1508
30	Ukraine	1482	1451	1509
31	Serbia	1481	1467	1506
32	Venezuela	1478	1474	1485
33	Paraguay	1476	1467	1488
34	Republic of Ireland	1474	1421	1485
35	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1472	1433	1491
36	Northern Ireland	1465	1423	1482
37	Costa Rica	1461	1444	1468
38	Korea Republic	1451	1441	1463
38	Iceland	1451	1418	1481
40	Scotland	1446	1389	1456
41	Turkey	1443	1397	1458
42	Australia	1441	1441	1441
43	Morocco	1440	1410	1453
44	Czech Republic	1435	1424	1465
45	Greece	1428	1386	1447
46	Nigeria	1427	1390	1435
46	Montenegro	1427	1406	1461
48	Bulgaria	1425	1387	1444
48	Norway	1425	1406	1463
50	Russia	1424	1394	1456
51	Congo DR	1420	1392	1425
52	Hungary	1412	1393	1450
52	Ghana	1412	1390	1420
54	Jamaica	1404	1390	1417
55	Qatar	1398	1398	1398
56	Cameroon	1394	1368	1399
57	Egypt	1393	1368	1408
58	Ecuador	1382	1373	1394
59	Finland	1375	1347	1405
60	Bolivia	1374	1365	1387
61	Albania	1372	1337	1395
62	Burkina Faso	1371	1351	1380
63	Slovenia	1369	1337	1391
63	Honduras	1369	1364	1374
65	Mali	1363	1332	1376
66	Cote d'Ivoire	1356	1331	1362
67	United Arab Emirates	1355	1355	1355
68	Guinea	1354	1334	1363
69	Algeria	1349	1318	1362
70	Saudi Arabia	1344	1344	1344
71	FYR Macedonia	1343	1308	1364
72	China PR	1339	1331	1342
73	El Salvador	1327	1318	1346
74	South Africa	1325	1307	1335
74	Cape Verde Islands	1325	1301	1331
76	Panama	1324	1322	1335
77	Uganda	1320	1298	1328
78	Belarus	1317	1300	1359
79	Canada	1314	1314	1314
80	Iraq	1310	1298	1319
81	Curacao	1306	1294	1311
82	Zambia	1292	1274	1302
83	Syria	1286	1276	1296
84	Congo	1280	1263	1291
85	Lebanon	1277	1277	1277
85	Gabon	1277	1256	1285
87	Luxembourg	1276	1248	1307
87	Cyprus	1276	1242	1310
89	Uzbekistan	1275	1273	1286
90	Oman	1273	1265	1277
91	Georgia	1269	1255	1316
92	Israel	1265	1247	1305
93	Trinidad and Tobago	1260	1258	1270
94	Benin	1257	1239	1267
95	Kyrgyzstan	1253	1253	1253
96	Estonia	1246	1228	1271
97	Faroe Islands	1238	1206	1269
97	Jordan	1238	1229	1250
99	Vietnam	1227	1227	1227
100	Palestine	1224	1224	1224
101	Mauritania	1222	1213	1242
101	Armenia	1222	1206	1265
103	India	1219	1219	1219
103	Haiti	1219	1204	1223
105	Libya	1217	1206	1234
106	Kenya	1210	1202	1232
107	Madagascar	1209	1203	1234
108	Azerbaijan	1206	1195	1239
109	Niger	1205	1196	1226
110	Namibia	1191	1181	1208
111	Bahrain	1188	1188	1188
112	Central African Republic	1180	1171	1200
113	Zimbabwe	1175	1165	1192
114	Sierra Leone	1172	1172	1172
115	Thailand	1169	1165	1177
116	Mozambique	1167	1154	1179
117	Kazakhstan	1159	1147	1209
118	Guinea-Bissau	1158	1145	1170
119	New Zealand	1157	1157	1157
120	Tajikistan	1155	1155	1155
121	Korea DPR	1152	1152	1152
122	Togo	1136	1127	1155
123	Philippines	1135	1135	1135
124	Chinese Taipei	1134	1122	1143
125	Angola	1131	1116	1143
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1126	1121	1139
127	Sudan	1120	1104	1131
128	Nicaragua	1119	1110	1126
129	Malawi	1115	1109	1141
130	Kosovo	1113	1106	1151
131	Latvia	1112	1100	1164
132	Andorra	1111	1098	1161
132	Lithuania	1111	1098	1139
134	St. Kitts and Nevis	1105	1095	1111
135	Rwanda	1094	1088	1119
136	Turkmenistan	1089	1089	1089
137	Tanzania	1087	1079	1110
138	Myanmar	1085	1074	1095
138	Burundi	1085	1076	1106
140	Hong Kong	1078	1078	1078
140	Swatini	1078	1074	1107
142	Comoros	1076	1071	1103
143	Solomon Islands	1073	1065	1081
143	Yemen	1073	1073	1073
145	Botswana	1071	1060	1086
146	Lesotho	1069	1062	1093
147	Afghanistan	1066	1063	1075
148	Equatorial Guinea	1063	1052	1079
149	Guatemala	1061	1058	1071
150	Liberia	1051	1046	1079
151	Ethiopia	1049	1049	1049
152	Maldives	1046	1046	1046
153	Suriname	1037	1030	1046
154	Dominican Republic	1036	1026	1043
154	New Caledonia	1036	1025	1046
156	Mauritius	1022	1012	1032
157	Tahiti	1020	1020	1020
158	Kuwait	1018	1018	1018
159	Indonesia	1003	998	1009
160	Belize	1002	993	1009
161	Nepal	1001	1001	1001
162	Barbados	998	996	1013
163	Vanuatu	996	994	999
164	South Sudan	994	989	1022
165	Singapore	991	985	996
166	Gambia	986	981	1014
167	Malaysia	985	980	990
168	Papua New Guinea	984	984	984
169	Fiji	981	972	993
170	Moldova	979	972	1042
171	St. Lucia	976	959	975
172	Cambodia	970	967	967
173	Grenada	968	957	973
174	Cuba	963	961	979
175	Chad	956	956	956
176	Bermuda	952	944	960
177	Guyana	951	944	960
178	Dominica	950	938	954
179	Puerto Rico	948	940	955
180	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	946	954	954
181	Liechtenstein	937	931	1001
182	Malta	926	918	985
183	Macau	925	925	925
184	Laos	923	923	923
185	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	920	920	920
186	Bhutan	917	917	917
187	Aruba	916	909	925
188	Mongolia	915	915	915
189	Seychelles	911	908	942
190	American Samoa	908	908	908
190	Cook Islands	908	908	908
192	Bangladesh	907	909	909
192	Guam	907	907	907
194	Gibraltar	905	900	948
195	Brunei Darussalam	903	903	903
196	Timor-Leste	900	900	900
197	Samoa	896	896	896
197	Djibouti	896	896	896
199	Pakistan	888	888	888
200	Montserrat	887	880	895
201	Sri Lanka	886	886	886
202	US Virgin Islands	881	873	888
203	Cayman Islands	874	867	882
204	Tonga	868	868	868
204	Eritrea	868	868	868
204	Somalia	868	868	868
207	British Virgin Islands	867	859	874
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	864	857	872
208	Anguilla	864	856	872
210	Bahamas	858	852	869
211	San Marino	854	847	916

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