FIFA ranking: August 2021 final preview

FIFA will publish the August ranking on Thursday August 12th. This final preview contains 350 matches, out of 369 matches played since May 24th. 

Only the Gold Cup final between USA and Mexico to be played yet for this ranking.

Points for both teams will be:

	USA			MEX
win USA	1647,76	(10th)		1658,29	(9th)
PSO-win USA	1637,76	(11th)		1658,29	(9th)
PSO-win MEX	1627,76	(13th)		1667,07	(8th)
win MEX	1626,54	(13th)		1677,07	(8th)

Elo predicts a PSO-win for the US of A tomorrow.

Qatar performed better than expected as invitee in the Gold Cup and are in general on the rise. So no surprise to see they record a new highest spot in the FIFA ranking:

Qatar (42 - 51 in August 1993)

One team drops to their lowest rank again:

Anguilla (210 in November 2019)

Best movers:

16 - Qatar

11 - Canada

9 - USA, Czech Republic, Estonia

Worst movers:

-17 - Thailand

-11 - Chinese Taipei

-10 - Turkey, Venezuela, North Macedonia

Best movers in the top 50:

16 - Qatar

9 - USA, Czech Republic

Worst movers in the top 50:

-10 - Turkey, Venezuela

-6 - Poland

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Aug.	team	pts Aug.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Belgium	1822,37	0	38,99
2	Brazil	1797,67	1	55,02
3	France	1761,80	-1	4,50
4	England	1752,83	0	66,05
5	Italy	1744,67	2	102,61
6	Argentina	1714,43	2	72,48
7	Spain	1680,43	-1	32,30
8	Portugal	1662,37	-3	-3,75
9	Mexico	1658,29	2	28,73
10	Denmark	1642,28	0	10,73
11	Netherlands	1637,48	5	39,44
12	Uruguay	1634,63	-3	-4,45
13	USA	1626,54	7	71,12
14	Switzerland	1621,37	-1	15,16
15	Colombia	1617,67	0	17,01
16	Germany	1613,32	-4	4,20
17	Sweden	1606,79	1	36,98
18	Croatia	1594,36	-4	-11,39
19	Wales	1567,29	-2	-3,07
20	Chile	1557,81	-1	-11,71
21	Senegal	1545,36	1	2,91
22	Peru	1543,16	5	31,28
23	Austria	1535,12	0	11,70
24	Japan	1529,45	4	20,11
25	Ukraine	1522,70	-1	8,06
26	Iran	1522,04	5	22,52
27	Poland	1516,27	-6	-33,60
28	Tunisia	1515,30	-2	2,42
29	Serbia	1507,19	-4	-5,71
30	Algeria	1499,51	3	12,82
31	Czech Republic	1492,65	9	33,84
32	Morocco	1487,89	2	8,57
33	Paraguay	1483,49	2	7,47
34	Nigeria	1478,91	-2	-8,25
35	Australia	1477,21	6	19,72
36	Korea Republic	1474,96	3	14,71
37	Hungary	1474,39	0	5,64
38	Slovakia	1467,39	-2	-7,85
39	Turkey	1463,91	-10	-41,14
40	Venezuela	1463,30	-10	-37,41
41	Russia	1462,24	-3	-0,41
42	Qatar	1455,27	16	57,35
43	Norway	1450,12	-1	-2,22
44	Costa Rica	1449,79	6	26,39
45	Romania	1439,70	-2	-9,53
46	Egypt	1432,63	0	0,00
47	Republic of Ireland	1429,44	0	2,22
48	Greece	1427,04	3	8,34
49	Scotland	1424,77	-5	-16,66
50	Jamaica	1423,06	-5	-9,59
51	Northern Ireland	1422,29	-3	-3,45
52	Ghana	1420,61	-3	-4,65
53	Iceland	1418,48	-1	2,49
54	Cameroon	1411,33	1	6,46
55	Ecuador	1405,26	-2	-7,75
56	Finland	1403,96	-2	-6,86
57	Cote d'Ivoire	1402,90	2	5,13
58	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1401,57	-3	-3,30
59	Canada	1399,35	11	58,79
60	Mali	1392,64	-3	-8,30
61	Saudi Arabia	1386,03	4	21,64
62	Burkina Faso	1383,86	-2	-9,04
63	Honduras	1377,79	4	16,58
64	El Salvador	1375,43	5	34,19
65	Congo DR	1373,16	-4	-3,49
66	Slovenia	1371,25	-3	1,37
67	Montenegro	1363,03	-3	-5,46
68	United Arab Emirates	1362,23	5	32,07
69	Albania	1359,83	-3	-2,26
70	Iraq	1354,51	-2	1,69
71	China PR	1352,68	6	29,72
72	North Macedonia	1342,92	-10	-31,81
73	South Africa	1337,74	2	12,10
74	Panama	1334,85	4	12,88
75	Bulgaria	1334,83	-4	-4,20
76	Guinea	1333,15	-4	1,36
77	Cape Verde Islands	1327,11	-4	-3,05
78	Curacao	1310,40	-2	-12,66
79	Oman	1306,84	1	5,33
80	Syria	1302,75	-1	-1,37
81	Israel	1287,26	4	3,90
82	Bolivia	1285,94	-1	-14,17
83	Uzbekistan	1284,42	3	3,43
84	Uganda	1282,14	0	-4,62
85	Gabon	1278,10	3	0,00
86	Benin	1277,39	-4	-15,71
87	Armenia	1273,67	3	0,39
88	Belarus	1270,75	1	-6,04
89	Zambia	1270,15	-2	-10,00
90	Haiti	1268,38	-7	-22,24
91	Georgia	1264,06	0	4,55
92	Vietnam	1260,81	0	2,75
93	Congo	1259,97	1	4,09
94	Bahrain	1251,29	4	11,19
95	Jordan	1243,97	0	-7,66
96	Luxembourg	1238,59	0	-6,27
97	Madagascar	1238,24	3	0,00
98	Lebanon	1237,98	-5	-18,10
99	Cyprus	1235,30	-2	-5,48
100	Mauritania	1227,14	1	2,38
101	Kyrgyzstan	1223,40	-2	-16,68
102	Palestine	1216,25	2	19,45
103	Trinidad and Tobago	1207,94	0	6,61
104	Kenya	1205,26	-2	0,00
105	India	1180,25	0	-4,11
106	Sierra Leone	1178,17	8	15,56
107	Estonia	1177,36	9	15,78
108	Namibia	1172,35	3	3,91
109	Zimbabwe	1171,86	-2	-3,64
110	Guinea-Bissau	1171,19	-2	0,00
111	Korea DPR	1169,96	-2	0,00
112	Azerbaijan	1166,44	-2	-2,09
113	Faroe Islands	1165,43	0	-0,02
114	Mozambique	1163,44	3	1,89
115	Tajikistan	1157,76	6	6,66
116	Kosovo	1157,64	4	5,91
117	Sudan	1153,93	6	4,79
118	Malawi	1153,48	-3	-8,91
119	Niger	1152,28	-7	-13,63
120	New Zealand	1149,43	2	0,00
121	Libya	1147,70	-2	-8,56
122	Central African Republic	1147,09	-4	-10,55
123	Thailand	1146,80	-17	-31,27
124	Kazakhstan	1144,41	0	-2,94
125	Guatemala	1139,12	2	9,82
126	Angola	1135,88	0	0,00
127	Rwanda	1134,24	2	10,55
128	Philippines	1131,93	-3	-4,01
129	Antigua and Barbuda	1131,08	-1	2,06
130	Turkmenistan	1117,60	0	11,09
131	Togo	1105,62	2	1,48
132	Equatorial Guinea	1105,20	0	0,00
133	Comoros	1104,45	-2	-1,99
134	Tanzania	1093,76	3	5,71
135	Lithuania	1092,18	-1	-10,66
136	Latvia	1081,47	2	-0,19
137	Ethiopia	1079,41	3	0,00
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	1077,76	-3	-13,36
139	Suriname	1077,57	-3	-11,86
140	Burundi	1075,64	2	0,00
141	Solomon Islands	1072,78	2	0,00
142	Kuwait	1067,44	6	11,14
143	Lesotho	1066,79	3	-3,12
144	Nicaragua	1063,60	3	3,09
145	Myanmar	1057,44	-6	-23,82
146	Hong Kong	1053,39	-2	-18,61
147	Botswana	1051,58	3	-0,24
148	Gambia	1051,13	4	7,68
149	Liberia	1049,21	2	1,92
150	Eswatini	1047,90	4	8,66
151	Afghanistan	1047,17	-2	-5,07
152	Chinese Taipei	1046,34	-11	-32,14
153	Yemen	1046,26	-8	-24,28
154	Malaysia	1040,77	-1	0,75
155	New Caledonia	1035,12	2	0,00
156	Andorra	1031,64	2	-3,26
157	Dominican Republic	1029,42	-1	-6,80
158	Maldives	1028,30	-3	-10,01
159	Tahiti	1014,27	2	0,00
160	Singapore	1000,50	-1	-19,77
161	Fiji	996,27	2	0,00
162	Barbados	995,94	0	-15,01
163	Vanuatu	995,62	1	0,00
164	Papua New Guinea	990,55	2	0,00
165	South Sudan	984,19	4	0,00
166	Bermuda	982,43	2	-5,35
167	Grenada	974,03	-7	-43,54
168	Nepal	972,19	3	4,31
169	Belize	967,42	1	-10,53
170	Mauritius	964,94	2	0,00
171	Puerto Rico	962,77	7	23,91
172	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	960,71	-5	-28,61
173	Guyana	958,87	-8	-31,78
174	Indonesia	955,05	-1	-9,02
175	Moldova	954,15	2	5,99
176	St. Lucia	953,45	0	0,00
177	Malta	952,00	-2	-3,89
178	Montserrat	950,71	2	17,07
179	Cambodia	950,26	-5	-13,53
180	Cuba	946,86	1	23,83
181	Chad	935,00	-2	0,00
182	Djibouti	922,37	1	3,46
183	Macau	922,10	-1	0,00
184	Dominica	916,72	4	12,46
185	Mongolia	916,68	7	19,71
186	Laos	912,07	-1	0,00
187	Bhutan	910,96	0	0,00
188	Bangladesh	909,18	-4	-8,20
189	Liechtenstein	907,66	-3	-3,39
190	Brunei Darussalam	903,90	-1	0,00
191	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	903,31	-1	0,00
192	American Samoa	900,27	-1	0,00
193	Samoa	894,26	0	0,00
194	Gibraltar	880,27	1	0,11
195	Timor-Leste	879,43	1	0,00
196	Somalia	873,71	1	-5,42
197	Cayman Islands	873,64	-3	-10,80
198	Pakistan	866,81	1	0,00
199	Seychelles	865,69	1	0,00
200	Tonga	861,81	2	0,00
201	Aruba	859,97	4	9,87
202	Bahamas	858,50	-1	-3,34
203	Guam	858,49	-5	-14,34
204	Eritrea	855,56	-1	0,00
205	Sri Lanka	846,54	-1	-6,53
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	839,84	0	-3,81
207	US Virgin Islands	816,13	0	-13,00
208	British Virgin Islands	812,94	0	-13,33
209	San Marino	802,43	1	-2,28
210	Anguilla	792,34	-1	-13,08

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