FIFA ranking December 2021: preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the December 2021 ranking. FIFA will publish the ranking on December 23rd.

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.

Note that only scheduled (and included) matches with both teams known at calculation time are incorporated in this analysis.

pos Nov	team	pts Nov	min pts	max pts
1	Belgium	1828	1828	1828
2	Brazil	1826	1826	1826
3	France	1786	1786	1786
4	England	1756	1756	1756
5	Argentina	1751	1751	1751
6	Italy	1741	1741	1741
7	Spain	1705	1705	1705
8	Portugal	1660	1660	1660
9	Denmark	1655	1655	1655
10	Netherlands	1654	1654	1654
11	Germany	1648	1648	1648
12	USA	1647	1644	1649
13	Switzerland	1643	1643	1643
14	Mexico	1639	1636	1641
15	Croatia	1621	1621	1621
16	Colombia	1607	1607	1607
17	Uruguay	1597	1597	1597
18	Sweden	1588	1588	1588
19	Wales	1578	1578	1578
20	Senegal	1562	1562	1562
21	Iran	1558	1558	1558
22	Peru	1551	1551	1551
23	Serbia	1547	1547	1547
24	Chile	1541	1536	1546
25	Ukraine	1535	1535	1535
26	Japan	1532	1532	1532
27	Poland	1531	1531	1531
28	Morocco	1526	1515	1530
29	Tunisia	1512	1501	1516
30	Austria	1512	1512	1512
31	Czech Republic	1510	1510	1510
32	Algeria	1509	1498	1513
33	Korea Republic	1507	1507	1507
34	Russia	1493	1493	1493
35	Australia	1485	1485	1485
36	Nigeria	1479	1479	1479
37	Turkey	1473	1473	1473
38	Scotland	1472	1472	1472
39	Hungary	1466	1466	1466
40	Canada	1462	1462	1462
41	Norway	1455	1455	1455
42	Slovakia	1455	1455	1455
43	Paraguay	1455	1455	1455
44	Romania	1453	1453	1453
45	Egypt	1450	1440	1455
46	Ecuador	1449	1446	1451
47	Republic of Ireland	1444	1444	1444
48	Saudi Arabia	1441	1432	1447
49	Costa Rica	1437	1437	1437
50	Cameroon	1437	1437	1437
51	Qatar	1431	1422	1437
52	Ghana	1429	1429	1429
53	Mali	1428	1428	1428
54	Northern Ireland	1425	1425	1425
55	Greece	1422	1422	1422
56	Cote d'Ivoire	1418	1418	1418
57	Jamaica	1412	1412	1412
58	Finland	1412	1412	1412
59	Venezuela	1409	1409	1409
60	Burkina Faso	1398	1398	1398
61	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1393	1391	1396
62	Iceland	1385	1385	1385
63	Panama	1379	1379	1379
64	Congo DR	1376	1376	1376
65	Slovenia	1375	1375	1375
66	Albania	1375	1375	1375
67	North Macedonia	1367	1367	1367
68	South Africa	1358	1358	1358
69	El Salvador	1351	1347	1357
70	United Arab Emirates	1350	1343	1358
71	Bulgaria	1345	1345	1345
72	Montenegro	1343	1343	1343
73	Cape Verde Islands	1339	1339	1339
74	China PR	1337	1337	1337
75	Iraq	1336	1328	1343
76	Honduras	1332	1332	1332
77	Bolivia	1324	1324	1324
78	Oman	1307	1300	1315
79	Israel	1307	1307	1307
80	Curacao	1298	1298	1298
81	Guinea	1298	1298	1298
82	Uganda	1285	1285	1285
83	Benin	1283	1283	1283
84	Uzbekistan	1275	1275	1275
85	Syria	1270	1264	1279
86	Georgia	1269	1269	1269
87	Haiti	1268	1268	1268
88	Zambia	1265	1265	1265
89	Gabon	1262	1262	1262
90	Bahrain	1256	1250	1265
91	Jordan	1253	1247	1262
92	Armenia	1242	1242	1242
93	Luxembourg	1236	1236	1236
94	Lebanon	1234	1228	1243
95	Belarus	1233	1233	1233
96	Kyrgyzstan	1229	1229	1229
97	Congo	1221	1221	1221
98	Palestine	1211	1206	1221
99	Vietnam	1209	1195	1215
100	Trinidad and Tobago	1208	1208	1208
101	Madagascar	1206	1206	1206
102	Kenya	1202	1202	1202
103	Mauritania	1190	1185	1200
104	India	1183	1183	1183
105	Cyprus	1179	1179	1179
106	Guinea-Bissau	1177	1177	1177
107	Estonia	1177	1176	1176
108	Sierra Leone	1174	1174	1174
109	Korea DPR	1170	1170	1170
110	New Zealand	1166	1166	1166
111	Kosovo	1163	1163	1163
112	Namibia	1163	1163	1163
113	Niger	1158	1158	1158
114	Equatorial Guinea	1157	1157	1157
115	Tajikistan	1153	1153	1153
116	Libya	1151	1151	1151
117	Mozambique	1151	1151	1151
118	Thailand	1149	1136	1156
119	Kazakhstan	1141	1141	1141
120	Azerbaijan	1139	1139	1139
121	Zimbabwe	1138	1138	1138
122	Guatemala	1138	1138	1138
123	Faroe Islands	1137	1137	1137
124	Sudan	1136	1132	1147
125	Togo	1133	1133	1133
126	Philippines	1132	1120	1140
127	Angola	1132	1132	1132
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1131	1131	1131
129	Malawi	1127	1127	1127
130	Central African Republic	1127	1127	1127
131	Tanzania	1119	1119	1119
132	Comoros	1118	1118	1118
133	Turkmenistan	1118	1118	1118
134	Latvia	1100	1100	1100
135	Rwanda	1095	1095	1095
136	Lithuania	1092	1092	1092
137	Ethiopia	1088	1088	1088
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	1078	1078	1078
139	Suriname	1078	1078	1078
140	Burundi	1076	1076	1076
141	Solomon Islands	1073	1073	1073
142	Kuwait	1064	1064	1064
143	Nicaragua	1062	1062	1062
144	Liberia	1058	1058	1058
145	Lesotho	1058	1058	1058
146	Eswatini	1054	1054	1054
147	Hong Kong	1053	1053	1053
148	Myanmar	1053	1040	1060
149	Botswana	1052	1052	1052
150	Afghanistan	1050	1050	1050
151	Gambia	1050	1050	1050
152	Yemen	1046	1046	1046
153	New Caledonia	1035	1035	1035
154	Malaysia	1035	1025	1045
155	Andorra	1030	1030	1030
156	Dominican Republic	1029	1029	1029
157	Maldives	1022	1022	1022
158	Chinese Taipei	1018	1018	1018
159	Tahiti	1014	1014	1014
160	Singapore	997	988	1008
161	Fiji	996	996	996
162	Barbados	996	996	996
163	Vanuatu	996	996	996
164	Papua New Guinea	991	991	991
165	Bermuda	982	982	982
166	Indonesia	981	975	995
167	South Sudan	980	980	980
168	Grenada	974	974	974
169	Nepal	972	972	972
170	Cambodia	970	962	982
171	Belize	967	967	967
172	Mauritius	965	965	965
173	Puerto Rico	963	963	963
174	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	961	961	961
175	Malta	959	959	959
176	Guyana	959	959	959
177	St. Lucia	953	953	953
178	Montserrat	951	951	951
179	Cuba	949	949	949
180	Chad	935	935	935
181	Moldova	928	928	928
182	Macau	922	922	922
183	Dominica	917	917	917
184	Mongolia	917	917	917
185	Laos	912	905	925
186	Bhutan	911	911	911
187	Bangladesh	908	908	908
188	Brunei Darussalam	904	904	904
189	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	903	903	903
190	American Samoa	900	900	900
191	Liechtenstein	900	900	900
192	Djibouti	897	897	897
193	Samoa	894	894	894
194	Timor-Leste	879	873	893
195	Somalia	874	874	874
196	Cayman Islands	874	874	874
197	Seychelles	870	871	871
198	Pakistan	867	867	867
199	Tonga	862	862	862
200	Aruba	860	860	860
201	Bahamas	859	859	859
202	Eritrea	856	856	856
203	Gibraltar	854	854	854
204	Sri Lanka	843	843	843
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	840	840	840
206	Guam	838	838	838
207	US Virgin Islands	816	816	816
208	British Virgin Islands	813	813	813
209	Anguilla	792	792	792
210	San Marino	780	780	780

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