FIFA ranking: December 2020 final preview

Here is the final preview of the December 2020 ranking. FIFA will publish this ranking next Thursday December 10th. 

Yesterday Qatar played the only Asian World Cup qualifier in 2020 against Bangladesh and won 5:0. I expect a small reshuffle of Qatar's remaining two qualfiiers to March next year so that they will have their hands free in June to prepare properly for the Copa America. In July they will also play the Gold Cup where they somehow managed to get invited. 

It seems everything is possible when you got money to throw at people. For instance robbing a spot in a final tournament on another continent at the cost of a team that's still in a qualification process to get there. Disgusting.. and then still be indignant that you are not 'loved' in the world. Will they ever learn ?

Furthermore I expect the cancelled UNL-match Switzerland-Ukraine, which was awarded to the Swiss right before the publication of the November rankling, to be included this month.

So to recap: these two matches will completely turn the December ranking upside down 😈 It beats me anyway why FIFA decided to publish a new ranking only two weeks after the last one. I suppose they want a proper end-of-the-year ranking...

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos		team	points Dec.	+/- ranking	+/- points
1	Belgium		1779,53	0	0
2	France		1755,05	0	0
3	Brazil		1742,65	0	0
4	England		1670,25	0	0
5	Portugal		1662,23	0	0
6	Spain		1645,33	0	0
7	Argentina		1641,95	0	0
8	Uruguay		1639,08	0	0
9	Mexico		1632,12	0	0
10	Italy		1624,77	0	0
11	Croatia		1616,77	0	0
12	Denmark		1613,88	0	0
13	Germany		1609,91	0	0
14	Netherlands		1608,88	0	0
15	Colombia		1600,66	0	0
16	Switzerland		1592,58	0	7
17	Chile		1566,83	0	0
18	Wales		1561,84	0	0
19	Poland		1558,88	0	0
20	Senegal		1558,37	0	0
20	Sweden		1557,53	0	0
22	USA		1544,97	0	0
23	Austria		1530,94	0	0
24	Ukraine		1521,15	0	-7
25	Peru		1511,88	0	0
26	Tunisia		1502,87	0	0
27	Japan		1502,49	0	0
28	Venezuela		1500,71	0	0
29	Iran		1496,25	0	0
30	Serbia		1494,69	0	0
31	Algeria		1487,67	0	0
32	Turkey		1486,98	0	0
33	Slovakia		1477,62	0	0
34	Paraguay		1476,02	0	0
35	Nigeria		1474,35	0	0
35	Morocco		1473,63	0	0
37	Romania		1465,63	0	0
38	Korea Republic		1464,89	0	0
39	Russia		1461,48	0	0
40	Hungary		1460,45	0	0
41	Australia		1457,49	0	0
42	Republic of Ireland		1456,50	0	0
42	Czech Republic		1455,79	0	0
44	Norway		1450,04	0	0
45	Northern Ireland		1440,02	0	0
46	Iceland		1438,18	0	0
47	Jamaica		1436,60	0	0
48	Scotland		1436,32	0	0
49	Egypt		1432,32	0	0
50	Cameroon		1428,44	0	0
51	Costa Rica		1426,73	0	0
52	Ghana		1424,22	0	0
53	Greece		1412,84	0	0
54	Finland		1411,40	0	0
55	Bosnia-Herzegovina		1409,98	0	0
56	Ecuador		1409,00	0	0
57	Mali		1408,43	0	0
58	Burkina Faso		1391,29	0	0
58	Qatar		1391,06	1	4
60	Congo DR		1385,84	0	0
61	Cote d'Ivoire		1384,21	0	0
62	Slovenia		1379,19	0	0
63	Montenegro		1370,00	0	0
64	Honduras		1366,64	0	0
65	North Macedonia		1362,33	0	0
66	Albania		1359,51	0	0
67	Saudi Arabia		1352,95	0	0
68	Bulgaria		1350,13	0	0
69	Iraq		1347,28	0	0
70	El Salvador		1345,73	0	0
71	South Africa		1340,96	0	0
72	Canada		1331,56	0	0
73	Guinea		1329,37	0	0
74	United Arab Emirates		1326,36	0	0
75	China PR		1322,96	0	0
76	Syria		1313,10	0	0
76	Curacao		1312,96	0	0
78	Panama		1310,88	0	0
79	Uganda		1306,82	0	0
79	Bolivia		1306,81	0	0
81	Cape Verde Islands		1305,83	0	0
82	Oman		1302,89	0	0
83	Benin		1301,60	0	0
84	Haiti		1284,80	0	0
85	Uzbekistan		1283,08	0	0
86	Gabon		1279,64	0	0
87	Israel		1279,36	0	0
88	Belarus		1268,84	0	0
89	Georgia		1266,52	0	0
90	Zambia		1266,27	0	0
91	Congo		1264,27	0	0
92	Lebanon		1263,15	0	0
93	Vietnam		1258,06	0	0
94	Madagascar		1256,88	0	0
95	Jordan		1244,45	0	0
96	Kyrgyzstan		1240,08	0	0
97	Bahrain		1238,15	0	0
98	Luxembourg		1235,32	0	0
99	Armenia		1233,27	0	0
100	Cyprus		1223,75	0	0
101	Mauritania		1207,30	0	0
102	Palestine		1203,99	0	0
103	Trinidad and Tobago		1200,72	0	0
104	Kenya		1187,19	0	0
104	India		1186,98	0	0
106	Mozambique		1184,99	0	0
107	Faroe Islands		1182,52	0	0
108	Zimbabwe		1180,51	0	0
109	Azerbaijan		1180,39	0	0
109	Estonia		1179,98	0	0
111	Thailand		1178,07	0	0
111	Libya		1177,80	0	0
113	Niger		1172,84	0	0
114	Central African Republic		1171,29	0	0
115	Korea DPR		1169,96	0	0
116	Sierra Leone		1164,82	0	0
117	Kosovo		1154,81	0	0
118	New Zealand		1149,43	0	0
119	Namibia		1147,30	0	0
120	Guinea-Bissau		1145,99	0	0
121	Tajikistan		1142,96	0	0
122	Kazakhstan		1141,72	0	0
123	Malawi		1139,86	0	0
124	Philippines		1135,94	0	0
125	Angola		1134,19	0	0
126	Antigua and Barbuda		1127,35	0	0
127	Sudan		1124,11	0	0
128	Togo		1115,00	0	0
129	Lithuania		1113,61	0	0
130	Comoros		1112,13	0	0
131	Guatemala		1110,63	0	0
132	Turkmenistan		1106,51	0	0
133	Rwanda		1099,27	0	0
134	Equatorial Guinea		1097,31	0	0
135	Tanzania		1085,25	0	0
136	Latvia		1082,30	0	0
137	Myanmar		1081,26	0	0
138	Chinese Taipei		1078,48	0	0
138	Burundi		1077,93	0	0
140	St. Kitts and Nevis		1073,86	0	0
141	Suriname		1073,39	0	0
141	Solomon Islands		1072,78	0	0
143	Lesotho		1072,02	0	0
143	Hong Kong		1072,00	0	0
145	Yemen		1070,54	0	0
146	Botswana		1065,76	0	0
147	Ethiopia		1064,09	0	0
148	Kuwait		1059,94	0	0
149	Nicaragua		1054,61	0	0
150	Afghanistan		1052,24	0	0
151	Andorra		1047,83	0	0
152	Liberia		1047,45	0	0
153	Malaysia		1040,02	0	0
153	Eswatini		1039,70	0	0
155	Maldives		1038,31	0	0
156	New Caledonia		1035,12	0	0
157	Gambia		1034,21	0	0
158	Singapore		1020,27	0	0
159	Dominican Republic		1019,36	0	0
160	Grenada		1014,55	0	0
161	Tahiti		1014,27	0	0
162	Barbados		1008,78	0	0
163	South Sudan		997,86	0	0
164	Fiji		996,27	0	0
164	Vanuatu		995,62	0	0
166	Papua New Guinea		990,55	0	0
167	Guyana		988,40	0	0
168	St. Vincent and the Grenadines		985,75	0	0
169	Bermuda		983,27	0	0
170	Belize		973,98	0	0
171	Nepal		968,37	0	0
172	Mauritius		964,94	0	0
173	Indonesia		964,07	0	0
173	Cambodia		963,79	0	0
175	St. Lucia		953,45	0	0
176	Malta		951,37	0	0
177	Moldova		950,34	0	0
178	Chad		946,67	0	0
179	Puerto Rico		941,09	0	0
180	Cuba		935,97	0	0
181	Liechtenstein		924,09	0	0
182	Macau		922,10	0	0
183	Montserrat		920,53	0	0
184	Djibouti		918,91	1	0
184	Dominica		918,70	1	0
186	Bangladesh		916,89	-2	-3
187	Sao Tomé e Príncipe		914,07	0	0
188	Laos		912,07	0	0
189	Bhutan		910,96	0	0
190	Mongolia		906,34	0	0
191	Brunei Darussalam		903,90	0	0
192	American Samoa		900,27	0	0
193	Cayman Islands		896,65	0	0
194	Samoa		894,26	0	0
195	Gibraltar		887,55	0	0
196	Bahamas		879,61	0	0
197	Timor-Leste		879,43	0	0
197	Somalia		879,13	0	0
199	Guam		872,83	0	0
200	Aruba		867,44	0	0
200	Pakistan		866,81	0	0
202	Seychelles		865,69	0	0
203	Tonga		861,81	0	0
203	Turks and Caicos Islands		861,56	0	0
205	Eritrea		855,56	0	0
206	Sri Lanka		853,07	0	0
207	US Virgin Islands		844,16	0	0
208	British Virgin Islands		841,73	0	0
209	Anguilla		821,24	0	0
210	San Marino		810,17	0	0

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