FIFA ranking: February 2022 final preview

FIFA will publish the February ranking next Thursday February 10th. This final preview contains 123 matches, out of 127 matches played since December 20th. 

Only the third place match tomorrow between tournament host Cameroon and Burkina Faso and the final on Sunday of the African Cup of Nations 2022 between Senegal and Egypt are to be played:

	CMR		BFA
	pts	pos	pts	pos
Cameroon win	1490,93	36	1418,01	56
Cameroon PSO win	1480,93	38	1420,11	56
Burkina Faso PSO win	1473,03	38	1430,11	54
Burkina Faso win	1473,03	38	1440,11	51
	SEN		EGY
	pts	pos	pts	pos
Senegal win	1597,87	17	1493,67	34
Senegal PSO win	1587,87	18	1497,00	34
Egypt PSO win	1581,20	19	1507,00	33
Egypt win	1581,20	19	1517,00	30

Elo predicts a straight Cameroon win for third place and a Senegal PSO win in the final.

Belgium still clings on to top spot as Brazil seems sort of unwilling to take over. Algeria had an abysmal group stage in the AFCON and, contrary to my predictions, lost heavily. They can now be found on spot 43.

Two teams record new highs:

Senegal (17, 18 or 19 - 20 in July 2019)

Canada (33 - 40 in December 1996)

One team reaches their highest ranking again:

Kosovo (109 - first in September 2021)

Best movers:

25 - Gambia

15 - Equatorial Guinea

14 - Cameroon

Worst movers:

-14 - Algeria

-13 - Mauritania

-9 - Ghana, Sudan

Best movers in the top 50:

14 - Cameroon

11 - Egypt

7 - Canada, Costa Rica

Worst movers in the top 50:

-14 - Algeria

-7 - Tunisia, Paraguay

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Feb	team	pts Feb	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Belgium	1828,45	0	0
2	Brazil	1823,42	0	-2,93
3	France	1786,15	0	0
4	Argentina	1766,99	1	16,48
5	England	1755,52	-1	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	Germany	1648,33	1	0
12	Mexico	1647,90	2	9,60
13	USA	1643,34	-2	-5,17
14	Switzerland	1642,83	-1	0
15	Croatia	1620,74	0	0
16	Uruguay	1614,05	1	17,39
17	Sweden	1588,26	1	0
18	Senegal	1587,87	2	26,19
19	Colombia	1585,89	-3	-21,26
20	Wales	1578,01	-1	0
21	Iran	1572,89	0	15,31
22	Peru	1563,45	0	12,30
23	Japan	1549,82	3	18,29
24	Morocco	1547,38	4	17,45
24	Serbia	1547,38	-1	0
26	Chile	1543,16	-2	-0,26
27	Ukraine	1535,08	-2	0
28	Poland	1530,62	-1	0
29	Korea Republic	1522,85	4	15,61
30	Austria	1511,56	1	0
31	Czech Republic	1510,42	1	0
32	Nigeria	1509,85	4	31,07
33	Canada	1497,82	7	35,50
34	Egypt	1497,00	11	45,23
35	Russia	1493,42	-1	0
36	Cameroon	1490,93	14	53,58
37	Tunisia	1489,92	-7	-22,80
38	Australia	1486,86	-3	1,98
39	Turkey	1472,72	-2	0
40	Scotland	1471,82	-2	0
41	Hungary	1465,62	-2	0
42	Costa Rica	1464,06	7	26,63
43	Algeria	1460,93	-14	-55,58
44	Ecuador	1458,63	2	10,36
45	Norway	1455,43	-4	0
46	Slovakia	1455,36	-4	0
47	Romania	1453,18	-3	0
48	Mali	1446,49	5	18,51
49	Republic of Ireland	1444,29	-2	0
50	Paraguay	1440,53	-7	-13,99
51	Cote d'Ivoire	1439,62	5	21,76
52	Qatar	1437,91	-4	0
53	Saudi Arabia	1433,95	-2	-0,76
54	Northern Ireland	1424,97	0	0
55	Greece	1421,99	0	0
56	Burkina Faso	1418,01	4	20,37
57	Finland	1411,77	1	0
58	Venezuela	1411,45	1	2,31
59	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1391,19	2	0
60	Iceland	1382,81	2	-2,40
61	Ghana	1381,34	-9	-47,63
62	Jamaica	1378,62	-5	-33,51
63	Panama	1375,56	0	-3,78
64	Slovenia	1375,42	1	0
65	Albania	1374,98	1	0
66	Congo DR	1369,53	-2	-6,11
67	North Macedonia	1367,23	0	0
68	South Africa	1358,24	0	0
69	United Arab Emirates	1353,10	0	2,71
70	El Salvador	1346,04	0	-3,43
71	Bulgaria	1345,47	0	0
72	Montenegro	1342,89	0	0
73	Cape Verde Islands	1337,01	0	-2,47
74	Iraq	1325,44	1	-7,59
75	China PR	1313,81	-1	-23,52
76	Bolivia	1308,12	1	-16,09
77	Israel	1306,70	1	0
78	Honduras	1303,96	-2	-28,20
79	Oman	1301,00	0	-5,01
80	Curacao	1298,39	0	0
81	Guinea	1292,65	0	-5,67
82	Gabon	1288,99	7	26,99
83	Benin	1282,53	0	0
84	Uganda	1279,18	-2	-6,10
85	Uzbekistan	1274,58	-1	0
86	Georgia	1269,24	-1	0
87	Haiti	1268,05	0	0
88	Zambia	1264,64	0	0
89	Bahrain	1263,61	2	11,42
90	Jordan	1259,84	0	4,15
91	Syria	1251,22	-5	-17,32
92	Armenia	1242,24	0	0
93	Luxembourg	1236,45	0	0
94	Belarus	1233,43	0	0
95	Lebanon	1228,97	0	-4,03
96	Kyrgyzstan	1228,69	0	0
97	Congo	1221,40	0	0
98	Vietnam	1218,55	0	6,01
99	Equatorial Guinea	1210,07	15	53,29
100	Palestine	1208,90	-1	0
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1205,99	-1	-1,95
102	Madagascar	1205,61	-1	0
103	Kenya	1202,26	-1	0
104	India	1182,75	0	0
105	Cyprus	1178,65	0	0
106	Estonia	1176,50	1	0
107	Sierra Leone	1173,81	1	-0,31
108	Korea DPR	1169,96	1	0
109	Kosovo	1163,05	2	0
110	Namibia	1162,93	2	0
111	New Zealand	1161,66	-1	-4,15
112	Thailand	1160,14	3	3,98
113	Guinea-Bissau	1158,54	-7	-18,60
114	Niger	1158,39	-1	0
115	Tajikistan	1152,56	1	0
116	Mauritania	1152,52	-13	-37,74
117	Mozambique	1151,01	1	0
118	Libya	1149,51	-1	-1,55
119	Malawi	1147,34	10	20,13
120	Kazakhstan	1140,71	-1	0
121	Azerbaijan	1139,02	-1	0
122	Zimbabwe	1138,59	-1	0,15
123	Guatemala	1138,40	-1	0
124	Faroe Islands	1136,99	-1	0
125	Gambia	1135,18	25	85,44
126	Togo	1133,24	-2	0
127	Angola	1131,72	-1	0
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1131,08	-1	0
129	Philippines	1129,91	-1	0
130	Central African Republic	1127,20	0	0
131	Comoros	1123,86	1	6,21
132	Tanzania	1118,76	-1	0
133	Turkmenistan	1117,60	0	0
134	Sudan	1115,85	-9	-15,89
135	Latvia	1100,03	-1	0
136	Rwanda	1097,16	-1	1,82
137	Lithuania	1091,77	-1	0
138	Suriname	1085,63	1	8,06
139	Ethiopia	1083,80	-2	-4,09
140	St. Kitts and Nevis	1077,76	-2	0
141	Burundi	1075,82	-1	0
142	Solomon Islands	1072,78	-1	0
143	Kuwait	1065,56	-1	1,54
144	Nicaragua	1065,34	-1	3,13
145	Liberia	1058,28	-1	0
146	Lesotho	1057,62	-1	0
147	Eswatini	1054,14	-1	0
148	Hong Kong	1053,39	-1	0
149	Botswana	1051,59	-1	0
150	Afghanistan	1049,77	-1	0
151	Yemen	1046,26	0	0
152	Myanmar	1044,56	0	0
153	New Caledonia	1035,12	0	0
154	Malaysia	1034,53	0	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	Indonesia	1001,61	4	9,30
161	Singapore	1000,78	-1	-2,61
162	Fiji	996,27	-1	0
163	Vanuatu	995,62	0	0
164	Barbados	991,71	-2	-4,23
165	Papua New Guinea	990,55	0	0
166	Bermuda	982,43	0	0
167	Nepal	982,22	2	9,77
168	South Sudan	980,25	-1	0
169	Grenada	974,03	-1	0
170	Cambodia	966,61	1	0
171	Belize	964,29	-1	-3,13
172	Puerto Rico	962,77	1	0
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	960,71	1	0
174	Malta	958,95	1	0
175	Mauritius	955,18	-3	-9,76
176	Guyana	955,03	0	-3,84
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	926,85	0	-1,50
182	Macau	922,10	0	0
183	Dominica	916,72	0	0
184	Mongolia	916,68	0	0
185	Bhutan	910,96	0	0
186	Bangladesh	907,83	0	0
187	Laos	904,60	0	0
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	0	0
195	Cayman Islands	873,64	0	0
196	Seychelles	870,63	1	0
197	Pakistan	866,81	1	0
198	Timor-Leste	865,47	-2	-7,66
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
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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