FIFA ranking: December 2021 final preview

FIFA will publish the December ranking next Thursday December 23rd. This final preview contains 59 matches, out of 59 matches played since November 17th. 

Only today's final matches in group B of the South East Asian Championship 2021 (Malaysia-Indonesia and Vietnam-Cambodia) are to be played and included:

		MAS			IDN
		pts	pos		pts	pos
Malaysia win		1039,53	153		987,31	165
Malaysia draw		1037,03	153		989,81	165
Malaysia loss		1034,53	154		992,31	164
		VIE			CAM
		pts	pos		pts	pos
Vietnam win		1212,54	98		966,61	171
Vietnam draw		1210,04	98		969,11	170
Vietnam loss		1207,54	100		971,61	170

Elo predicts a Malaysia draw and a Vietnam win.

NT football year 2021 is concluded with this December ranking. A small recap of the year.

Belgium still clings on to top spot but is likely to lose it to Brazil once the January 2022 qualifiers in South America are finished.

Best movers in positions in 2021: 

Canada +32 to 40

Equatorial Guinea +20 to 114

Saudi Arabia +16 to 51

Worst movers in positions in 2021:

Venezuela -31 to 59

Chinese Taipei -20 to 158

Iceland -16 to 62

Faroe Islands -16 to 123

Central African Republic -16 to 130

Best movers in points in 2021: 

Canada +130 to 1462

Italy +116 to 1741

Argentina +109 to 1751

Worst movers in points in 2021:

Venezuela -92 to 1409

Chinese Taipei -60 to 1018

Iceland -53 to 1385

For the December ranking:

No team ends the year on a personal high or low note.

Best movers:

3 - Algeria, Qatar, Thailand

Worst movers:

-4 - Myanmar

-3 - Saudi Arabia

-2 - Philippines, Tanzania, Laos, Timor-Leste

Best movers in the top 50:

3 - Algeria, Qatar

1 - USA

Worst movers in the top 50:

-1 - Germany, Tunisia, Austria, Czech Republic

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Dec	team	pts Dec	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Belgium	1828,45	0	0
2	Brazil	1826,35	0	0
3	France	1786,15	0	0
4	England	1755,52	0	0
5	Argentina	1750,51	0	0
6	Italy	1740,77	0	0
7	Spain	1704,75	0	0
8	Portugal	1660,25	0	0
9	Denmark	1654,54	0	0
10	Netherlands	1653,73	0	0
11	USA	1648,51	1	1,37
12	Germany	1648,33	-1	0
13	Switzerland	1642,83	0	0
14	Mexico	1638,30	0	-0,46
15	Croatia	1620,74	0	0
16	Colombia	1607,15	0	0
17	Uruguay	1596,66	0	0
18	Sweden	1588,26	0	0
19	Wales	1578,01	0	0
20	Senegal	1561,68	0	0
21	Iran	1557,58	0	0
22	Peru	1551,15	0	0
23	Serbia	1547,38	0	0
24	Chile	1543,42	0	2,09
25	Ukraine	1535,08	0	0
26	Japan	1531,53	0	0
27	Poland	1530,62	0	0
28	Morocco	1529,93	0	4,43
29	Algeria	1516,51	3	7,97
30	Tunisia	1512,72	-1	0,59
31	Austria	1511,56	-1	0
32	Czech Republic	1510,42	-1	0
33	Korea Republic	1507,24	0	0
34	Russia	1493,42	0	0
35	Australia	1484,88	0	0
36	Nigeria	1478,78	0	0
37	Turkey	1472,72	0	0
38	Scotland	1471,82	0	0
39	Hungary	1465,62	0	0
40	Canada	1462,32	0	0
41	Norway	1455,43	0	0
42	Slovakia	1455,36	0	0
43	Paraguay	1454,52	0	0
44	Romania	1453,18	0	0
45	Egypt	1451,77	0	2,26
46	Ecuador	1448,27	0	-0,47
47	Republic of Ireland	1444,29	0	0
48	Qatar	1437,91	3	6,90
49	Costa Rica	1437,43	0	0
50	Cameroon	1437,35	0	0
51	Saudi Arabia	1434,71	-3	-6,46
52	Ghana	1428,97	0	0
53	Mali	1427,98	0	0
54	Northern Ireland	1424,97	0	0
55	Greece	1421,99	0	0
56	Cote d'Ivoire	1417,86	0	0
57	Jamaica	1412,13	0	0
58	Finland	1411,77	0	0
59	Venezuela	1409,14	0	0
60	Burkina Faso	1397,64	0	0
61	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1391,19	0	-1,37
62	Iceland	1385,21	0	0
63	Panama	1379,34	0	0
64	Congo DR	1375,64	0	0
65	Slovenia	1375,42	0	0
66	Albania	1374,98	0	0
67	North Macedonia	1367,23	0	0
68	South Africa	1358,24	0	0
69	United Arab Emirates	1350,39	1	-0,02
70	El Salvador	1349,47	-1	-1,16
71	Bulgaria	1345,47	0	0
72	Montenegro	1342,89	0	0
73	Cape Verde Islands	1339,48	0	0
74	China PR	1337,33	0	0
75	Iraq	1333,03	0	-2,55
76	Honduras	1332,16	0	0
77	Bolivia	1324,21	0	0
78	Israel	1306,70	1	0
79	Oman	1306,01	-1	-1,08
80	Curacao	1298,39	0	0
81	Guinea	1298,32	0	0
82	Uganda	1287,01	0	1,73
83	Benin	1282,53	0	0
84	Uzbekistan	1274,58	0	0
85	Georgia	1269,24	1	0
86	Syria	1268,54	-1	-1,42
87	Haiti	1268,05	0	0
88	Zambia	1264,64	0	0
89	Gabon	1262,00	0	0
90	Jordan	1255,69	1	2,74
91	Bahrain	1252,19	-1	-3,56
92	Armenia	1242,24	0	0
93	Luxembourg	1236,45	0	0
94	Belarus	1233,43	1	0
95	Lebanon	1233,00	-1	-0,76
96	Kyrgyzstan	1228,69	0	0
97	Congo	1221,40	0	0
98	Vietnam	1212,54	1	3,32
99	Palestine	1208,90	-1	-2,42
100	Trinidad and Tobago	1207,94	0	0
101	Madagascar	1205,61	0	0
102	Kenya	1202,26	0	0
103	Mauritania	1190,26	0	0,03
104	India	1182,75	0	0
105	Cyprus	1178,65	0	0
106	Guinea-Bissau	1177,14	0	0
107	Estonia	1176,50	0	0
108	Sierra Leone	1174,12	0	0
109	Korea DPR	1169,96	0	0
110	New Zealand	1165,81	0	0
111	Kosovo	1163,05	0	0
112	Namibia	1162,93	0	0
113	Niger	1158,39	0	0
114	Equatorial Guinea	1156,78	0	0
115	Thailand	1156,16	3	7,53
116	Tajikistan	1152,56	-1	0
117	Libya	1151,06	-1	0
118	Mozambique	1151,01	-1	0
119	Kazakhstan	1140,71	0	0
120	Azerbaijan	1139,02	0	0
121	Zimbabwe	1138,44	0	0
122	Guatemala	1138,40	0	0
123	Faroe Islands	1136,99	0	0
124	Togo	1133,24	1	0
125	Sudan	1131,74	-1	-4,15
126	Angola	1131,72	1	0
127	Antigua and Barbuda	1131,08	1	0
128	Philippines	1129,91	-2	-2,02
129	Malawi	1127,21	0	0
130	Central African Republic	1127,20	0	0
131	Comoros	1117,65	1	0
132	Turkmenistan	1117,60	1	0
133	Tanzania	1117,03	-2	-1,73
134	Latvia	1100,03	0	0
135	Rwanda	1095,34	0	0
136	Lithuania	1091,77	0	0
137	Ethiopia	1087,89	0	0
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	1077,76	0	0
139	Suriname	1077,57	0	0
140	Burundi	1075,82	0	0
141	Solomon Islands	1072,78	0	0
142	Kuwait	1064,02	0	0
143	Nicaragua	1062,21	0	0
144	Liberia	1058,28	0	0
145	Lesotho	1057,62	0	0
146	Eswatini	1054,14	0	0
147	Hong Kong	1053,39	0	0
148	Botswana	1051,59	1	0
149	Afghanistan	1049,77	1	0
150	Gambia	1049,74	1	0
151	Yemen	1046,26	1	0
152	Myanmar	1044,56	-4	-8,01
153	Malaysia	1037,03	1	2,16
154	New Caledonia	1035,12	-1	0
155	Andorra	1030,28	0	0
156	Dominican Republic	1029,42	0	0
157	Maldives	1021,58	0	0
158	Chinese Taipei	1017,78	0	0
159	Tahiti	1014,27	0	0
160	Singapore	1003,39	0	5,97
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	989,81	1	8,63
166	Bermuda	982,43	-1	0
167	South Sudan	980,25	0	0
168	Grenada	974,03	0	0
169	Nepal	972,45	0	0
170	Belize	967,42	1	0
171	Cambodia	966,61	-1	-3,81
172	Mauritius	964,94	0	0
173	Puerto Rico	962,77	0	0
174	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	960,71	0	0
175	Malta	958,95	0	0
176	Guyana	958,87	0	0
177	St. Lucia	953,45	0	0
178	Montserrat	950,71	0	0
179	Cuba	948,96	0	0
180	Chad	935,00	0	0
181	Moldova	928,35	0	0
182	Macau	922,10	0	0
183	Dominica	916,72	0	0
184	Mongolia	916,68	0	0
185	Bhutan	910,96	1	0
186	Bangladesh	907,83	1	0
187	Laos	904,60	-2	-7,47
188	Brunei Darussalam	903,90	0	0
189	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	903,31	0	0
190	American Samoa	900,27	0	0
191	Liechtenstein	899,52	0	0
192	Djibouti	896,62	0	0
193	Samoa	894,26	0	0
194	Somalia	873,71	1	0
195	Cayman Islands	873,64	1	0
196	Timor-Leste	873,13	-2	-6,30
197	Seychelles	870,63	0	1,12
198	Pakistan	866,81	0	0
199	Tonga	861,81	0	0
200	Aruba	859,97	0	0
201	Bahamas	858,50	0	0
202	Eritrea	855,56	0	0
203	Gibraltar	853,60	0	0
204	Sri Lanka	842,93	0	0,13
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	839,84	0	0
206	Guam	838,33	0	0
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	780,33	0	0

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