FIFA will publish the first ranking of this year next Thursday February 20th.
Not much happened last months: the friendly Bangabandhu Cup was played in Bangladesh and a few other friendlies were played.
Result of all the efforts of Canada and El Salvador is still a 12-point lead for El Salvador in the fight for the 6th CONCACAF-spot in the ranking.
Biggest points-exchange (2.7 points) was in the final group match of the East Asian Championship between Korea Republic and Japan, won by Korea Republic with 1:0. With that they secured their third consecutive cup win in East Asia and fifth overall since the first edition of this bi-annual championship in 2003.
