FIFA ranking: October 2021 final preview

FIFA will publish the October ranking this Thursday October 21st. This final preview contains 161 matches, out of 165 matches played since September 13th. 

Only today's final of the South Asian Championship between India and Nepal to be played yet for this ranking.

Resulting points and positions for both teams will be:

	India		Nepal
	pts	pos	pts	pos
win India	1182,73	106	971,42	169
PSO win India	1181,48	106	973,92	169
PSO win Nepal	1180,23	106	975,17	168
win Nepal	1177,73	106	976,42	168

Elo predicts a straight win for India.

Two teams drop to a new low:

Moldova (181 - 177 in November 2020)

Guam (206 - 205 in November 2004)

Best movers:

10 - New Zealand, Indonesia

9 - Central African Republic

Worst movers:

-11 - Northern Ireland

-7 - Chinese Taipei

-6 - Mozambique, Liberia

Best movers in the top 50:

7 - Saudi Arabia

4 - Morocco, Russia, Egypt

Worst movers in the top 50:

-3 - Uruguay, Peru, Austria, Paraguay, Hungary, Qatar

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Oct	team	pts Oct	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Belgium	1832,33	0	0
2	Brazil	1820,36	0	8,63
3	France	1779,24	1	24,93
4	Italy	1750,52	1	14,79
5	England	1750,16	-2	-5,28
6	Argentina	1738,79	0	13,48
7	Spain	1687,66	1	13,98
8	Portugal	1681,73	-1	6,83
9	Mexico	1672,86	0	6,67
10	Denmark	1668,98	0	10,49
11	Netherlands	1652,01	0	3,81
12	Germany	1642,47	2	14,67
13	USA	1639,42	0	-3,68
14	Switzerland	1633,80	1	11,07
15	Uruguay	1625,67	-3	-19,75
16	Colombia	1618,76	0	0,36
17	Sweden	1618,69	1	12,66
18	Croatia	1608,84	-1	0,59
19	Wales	1566,77	0	3,18
20	Senegal	1564,95	0	9,58
21	Chile	1546,26	2	9,73
22	Iran	1545,02	0	6,94
23	Poland	1542,20	1	10,38
24	Peru	1534,06	-3	-14,72
25	Serbia	1527,34	3	11,37
26	Ukraine	1527,12	1	7,05
27	Tunisia	1525,30	-2	-1,57
28	Japan	1517,69	-2	-2,77
29	Morocco	1513,00	4	19,77
30	Algeria	1509,04	0	10,42
31	Czech Republic	1503,23	0	8,45
32	Austria	1501,09	-3	-3,73
33	Russia	1497,45	4	22,02
34	Australia	1489,88	-2	-4,11
35	Korea Republic	1489,10	1	9,69
36	Nigeria	1478,18	-2	-14,19
37	Norway	1471,62	2	9,86
38	Paraguay	1461,28	-3	-23,03
39	Turkey	1460,53	2	5,09
40	Slovakia	1454,16	-2	-8,43
41	Romania	1451,76	1	-0,04
42	Scotland	1451,37	3	15,73
43	Hungary	1449,08	-3	-7,85
44	Egypt	1448,78	4	14,16
45	Costa Rica	1439,53	-1	1,24
46	Qatar	1437,73	-3	-8,10
47	Greece	1434,83	-1	-0,60
48	Canada	1432,34	3	16,11
49	Saudi Arabia	1432,21	7	25,87
50	Venezuela	1431,51	-1	-2,63
51	Republic of Ireland	1430,59	-1	11,89
52	Ghana	1424,87	1	13,57
53	Cote d'Ivoire	1424,12	1	13,56
54	Cameroon	1418,21	4	13,75
55	Ecuador	1416,93	-3	1,84
56	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1414,92	1	9,62
57	Mali	1412,39	4	15,87
58	Northern Ireland	1412,21	-11	-22,85
59	Jamaica	1407,72	0	5,33
60	Finland	1403,96	-5	-2,96
61	Burkina Faso	1400,56	1	6,74
62	Iceland	1397,49	-2	0,17
63	Albania	1374,33	3	5,60
64	Slovenia	1364,96	0	-5,50
65	South Africa	1361,97	8	13,37
66	El Salvador	1361,38	-1	-8,35
67	Congo DR	1357,61	0	-7,56
68	Honduras	1355,17	-5	-16,44
69	Panama	1354,34	-1	-4,43
70	Bulgaria	1350,11	0	-3,82
71	United Arab Emirates	1349,42	-2	-8,42
72	Iraq	1346,20	0	-2,63
73	Montenegro	1346,19	-2	-6,64
74	North Macedonia	1343,19	0	-2,28
75	China PR	1334,20	0	-0,32
76	Cape Verde Islands	1327,62	1	13,43
77	Oman	1315,38	1	3,56
78	Bolivia	1309,75	5	26,10
79	Guinea	1309,15	-3	-16,94
80	Israel	1305,76	0	-4,57
81	Curacao	1299,13	-2	-11,27
82	Uganda	1297,43	4	17,58
83	Benin	1282,34	-1	-8,47
84	Uzbekistan	1279,73	0	-2,54
85	Syria	1274,72	-4	-22,03
86	Haiti	1268,05	1	0
87	Zambia	1260,79	-2	-19,40
88	Gabon	1260,39	0	-6,22
89	Armenia	1257,17	0	-5,23
90	Jordan	1254,12	3	8,48
91	Bahrain	1250,92	0	-0,39
92	Lebanon	1250,08	5	16,47
93	Georgia	1243,88	3	3,01
94	Luxembourg	1234,13	0	-10,42
95	Belarus	1233,59	-5	-21,22
96	Kyrgyzstan	1230,60	2	0
97	Congo	1228,16	-5	-19,65
98	Vietnam	1222,92	-3	-21,17
99	Madagascar	1218,76	1	7,57
100	Palestine	1211,32	-1	0
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1207,94	0	0
102	Mauritania	1202,17	2	1,57
103	Cyprus	1192,92	0	-9,73
104	Kenya	1189,24	-2	-15,88
105	Estonia	1184,03	6	9,59
106	India	1182,73	1	1,28
107	Sierra Leone	1177,71	1	0
108	Namibia	1175,54	-2	-9,58
109	Guinea-Bissau	1175,03	-4	-11,58
110	Korea DPR	1169,96	2	0
111	New Zealand	1161,84	10	12,41
112	Libya	1161,74	-2	-13,20
113	Kosovo	1161,19	-4	-15,09
114	Tajikistan	1157,77	4	0
115	Central African Republic	1150,45	9	14,20
116	Faroe Islands	1148,94	-2	-11,45
117	Thailand	1148,63	5	0
118	Zimbabwe	1147,34	-5	-13,57
119	Azerbaijan	1146,87	-2	-11,59
120	Malawi	1146,25	-5	-13,56
121	Niger	1145,75	-2	-10,42
122	Mozambique	1144,85	-6	-13,74
123	Guatemala	1141,94	0	3,54
124	Sudan	1139,67	3	8,76
125	Kazakhstan	1137,46	-5	-13,72
126	Equatorial Guinea	1135,52	5	19,40
127	Philippines	1131,93	-2	0
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1131,08	-2	0
129	Angola	1124,33	0	6,21
130	Tanzania	1123,84	2	8,47
131	Turkmenistan	1117,60	-1	0
132	Comoros	1112,00	1	0
133	Rwanda	1111,79	-5	-17,58
134	Togo	1110,59	2	19,64
135	Lithuania	1097,80	2	15,60
136	Latvia	1084,88	-1	-7,57
137	Ethiopia	1079,37	-3	-13,37
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	1077,76	0	0
139	Suriname	1077,57	0	0
140	Solomon Islands	1072,78	0	0
141	Burundi	1070,95	0	0
142	Kuwait	1065,31	0	0
143	Nicaragua	1064,32	0	0
144	Lesotho	1057,62	1	0
145	Myanmar	1057,44	1	0
146	Eswatini	1054,14	1	0
147	Hong Kong	1053,39	1	0
148	Gambia	1053,18	1	0
149	Botswana	1051,59	1	0
150	Liberia	1046,53	-6	-14,40
151	Yemen	1046,26	1	0
152	Afghanistan	1045,34	1	0
153	Andorra	1038,88	3	5,61
154	New Caledonia	1035,12	1	0
155	Malaysia	1034,87	-1	-5,94
156	Maldives	1030,92	2	2,62
157	Dominican Republic	1029,42	0	0
158	Chinese Taipei	1017,78	-7	-28,56
159	Tahiti	1014,27	0	0
160	Singapore	1000,35	0	0
161	Fiji	996,27	0	0
162	Barbados	995,94	0	0
163	Vanuatu	995,62	0	0
164	Papua New Guinea	990,55	0	0
165	Indonesia	985,61	10	28,56
166	South Sudan	982,84	-1	0
167	Bermuda	982,43	-1	0
168	Grenada	974,03	-1	0
169	Nepal	971,42	-1	0,47
170	Cambodia	970,42	8	20,16
171	Belize	967,42	-2	0
172	Mauritius	964,94	-2	0
173	Malta	964,21	-2	1,05
174	Puerto Rico	962,77	-2	0
175	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	960,71	-2	0
176	Guyana	958,87	-2	0
177	St. Lucia	953,45	-1	0
178	Montserrat	950,71	-1	0
179	Cuba	946,86	0	0
180	Chad	935,00	1	0
181	Moldova	933,81	-1	-6,49
182	Macau	922,10	0	0
183	Dominica	916,72	0	0
184	Mongolia	916,68	0	0
185	Laos	912,07	1	0
186	Bhutan	910,96	1	0
187	Bangladesh	907,84	2	1,00
188	Djibouti	905,83	-3	-6,74
189	Brunei Darussalam	903,90	1	0
190	Liechtenstein	903,63	-2	-7,31
191	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	903,31	0	0
192	American Samoa	900,27	0	0
193	Samoa	894,26	0	0
194	Timor-Leste	879,43	0	0
195	Somalia	873,71	0	0
196	Cayman Islands	873,64	0	0
197	Pakistan	866,81	1	0
198	Gibraltar	863,17	-1	-4,53
199	Seychelles	862,84	0	0
200	Tonga	861,81	0	0
201	Aruba	859,22	0	-0,75
202	Bahamas	858,50	0	0
203	Eritrea	855,56	1	0
204	Sri Lanka	840,11	1	-6,43
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	839,84	1	0
206	Guam	838,33	-3	-20,16
207	US Virgin Islands	816,13	0	0
208	British Virgin Islands	812,94	0	0
209	Anguilla	792,34	0	0
210	San Marino	782,71	0	-8,46

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