FIFA ranking: December 2022 probable ranking

Here is the probable December 2022 ranking, to be published on Thursday December 22nd. This ranking will include a lot of preparatory friendlies before the complete World Cup with the final on December 18th. Also the preliminary qualifier in two legs between Brunei Darussalam and Timor-Leste for the South East Asian Championships 2022 is scheduled.

This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 133 currently played and scheduled and according to my method included matches, out of a total of 149 currently played and scheduled matches. See the probable results for a list of which scheduled matches are currently included.

pos Dec.	team	pts Dec.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Brazil	1955,71	0	114,41
2	Argentina	1893,57	1	119,69
3	Belgium	1882,55	-1	65,84
4	France	1817,59	0	57,81
5	England	1794,44	0	65,97
6	Spain	1766,04	1	50,82
7	Netherlands	1757,27	1	62,76
8	Portugal	1736,02	1	59,46
9	Italy	1728,56	-3	2,42
10	Denmark	1703,73	0	37,16
11	Germany	1699,12	0	48,91
12	Uruguay	1672,22	2	33,51
13	Croatia	1666,30	-1	20,66
14	Mexico	1638,14	-1	-6,75
15	Switzerland	1635,67	0	-0,25
16	Colombia	1612,78	1	1,74
17	USA	1602,74	-1	-24,74
18	Serbia	1575,62	3	12,00
19	Peru	1564,30	4	3,29
20	Poland	1559,71	6	11,12
21	Sweden	1555,96	4	2,63
22	Wales	1555,28	-3	-14,54
23	Iran	1551,73	-3	-12,88
24	Ukraine	1536,99	3	0
25	Senegal	1528,73	-7	-55,65
26	Morocco	1526,19	-4	-37,31
27	Japan	1520,03	-3	-39,51
28	Korea Republic	1513,28	0	-17,02
29	Chile	1506,91	0	-2,70
30	Ecuador	1504,11	14	39,72
31	Russia	1496,11	2	0
32	Hungary	1495,83	4	3,63
33	Nigeria	1494,32	-1	-4,15
34	Czech Republic	1493,10	1	0,89
35	Austria	1492,24	-1	-0,71
36	Algeria	1486,90	1	-2,20
37	Egypt	1485,34	2	-1,10
38	Scotland	1479,44	2	-0,09
39	Tunisia	1476,50	-9	-31,04
40	Costa Rica	1475,63	-9	-27,96
41	Norway	1475,06	1	2,02
42	Australia	1460,99	-4	-27,73
43	Turkey	1460,39	2	0,25
44	Canada	1454,36	-3	-20,64
45	Mali	1448,85	1	0
46	Paraguay	1445,06	1	-3,71
47	Cote d'Ivoire	1443,06	1	0
48	Republic of Ireland	1441,07	1	0,88
49	Greece	1436,09	3	-1,51
50	Romania	1435,14	3	0,46
51	Burkina Faso	1432,25	3	0
52	Cameroon	1427,38	-9	-44,06
53	Slovakia	1425,58	2	-0,01
54	Qatar	1411,29	-4	-28,60
55	Venezuela	1404,37	2	0
56	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1403,51	2	0
57	Finland	1403,19	-1	-2,41
58	Northern Ireland	1396,55	1	0
59	Panama	1393,88	1	0,60
60	Saudi Arabia	1392,88	-9	-44,90
61	Slovenia	1386,57	2	2,53
62	Iceland	1383,10	0	-1,31
63	Jamaica	1376,79	1	-2,07
64	North Macedonia	1358,16	1	-0,35
65	Albania	1355,07	1	0,96
66	South Africa	1349,59	1	0
67	Ghana	1348,33	-6	-44,67
68	Iraq	1340,66	0	-2,35
69	Montenegro	1339,14	0	-1,89
70	United Arab Emirates	1338,48	0	0,91
71	Cape Verde Islands	1336,05	0	0
72	Bulgaria	1334,21	0	-1,15
73	Congo DR	1333,92	0	0
74	El Salvador	1330,51	0	0
75	Israel	1320,68	1	4,13
76	Oman	1319,19	-1	-1,10
77	Uzbekistan	1311,81	0	1,83
78	Georgia	1307,34	0	0
79	China PR	1305,06	0	0
80	Honduras	1301,98	0	0
81	Gabon	1301,84	0	0
82	Bolivia	1294,96	0	-1,32
83	Guinea	1290,47	0	0
84	Jordan	1289,18	0	-0,81
85	Curacao	1278,64	1	0
86	Bahrain	1277,78	-1	-2,86
87	Haiti	1269,07	0	0
88	Zambia	1265,15	0	-2,27
89	Uganda	1260,69	0	0
90	Syria	1258,25	0	2,33
91	Benin	1247,47	0	0
92	Luxembourg	1242,85	0	-0,95
93	Palestine	1233,72	1	0
94	Kyrgyzstan	1230,22	1	0
95	Armenia	1229,28	-2	-4,65
96	Vietnam	1226,65	0	0
97	Belarus	1218,73	0	-2,33
98	Equatorial Guinea	1215,66	0	0
99	Lebanon	1210,97	0	-0,74
100	Congo	1208,79	0	0
101	Kenya	1202,26	0	0
102	Madagascar	1200,74	0	0
103	Mauritania	1197,58	0	0
104	Trinidad and Tobago	1195,29	0	0
105	New Zealand	1193,98	0	0
106	India	1192,09	0	0
107	Kosovo	1192,02	0	5,01
108	Tajikistan	1185,70	0	0
109	Estonia	1185,21	0	0,57
110	Cyprus	1182,66	0	-1,16
111	Thailand	1174,92	0	0
112	Korea DPR	1169,96	0	0
113	Mozambique	1165,22	1	0
114	Namibia	1164,13	1	0
115	Kazakhstan	1163,09	-2	-3,54
116	Guinea-Bissau	1160,71	0	0
117	Sierra Leone	1160,31	0	0
118	Guatemala	1158,80	0	2,10
119	Angola	1155,90	0	0
120	Libya	1154,25	0	0
121	Niger	1152,80	0	0
122	Malawi	1144,97	2	0
123	Azerbaijan	1144,33	0	-2,39
124	Faroe Islands	1143,82	-2	-3,35
125	Zimbabwe	1138,56	0	0
126	Gambia	1137,47	0	0
127	Togo	1128,92	0	0
128	Sudan	1127,34	0	0
129	Comoros	1123,18	0	0
130	Tanzania	1119,89	0	0
131	Antigua and Barbuda	1117,01	0	0
132	Central African Republic	1116,97	0	0
133	Latvia	1116,82	1	2,61
134	Philippines	1115,13	-1	0
135	Turkmenistan	1100,47	0	0
136	Solomon Islands	1095,70	0	0
137	Rwanda	1093,66	0	0
138	Ethiopia	1091,19	0	0
139	Suriname	1077,30	0	0
140	St. Kitts and Nevis	1076,91	0	0
141	Burundi	1076,26	0	0
142	Eswatini	1070,89	1	0
143	Nicaragua	1069,08	-1	-2,75
144	Lithuania	1066,31	0	-3,44
145	Hong Kong	1062,39	0	0
146	Malaysia	1062,32	0	0
147	Lesotho	1061,40	0	0
148	Botswana	1056,46	0	0
149	Kuwait	1054,14	0	0,73
150	Liberia	1049,66	0	0
151	Indonesia	1033,90	1	0
152	Andorra	1033,63	-1	-1,57
153	Dominican Republic	1031,86	0	0
154	Maldives	1026,09	0	0
155	Yemen	1023,52	0	0
156	Afghanistan	1023,04	0	0
157	Chinese Taipei	1017,78	0	0
158	Myanmar	1007,89	0	0
159	Papua New Guinea	1007,46	0	0
160	Singapore	1003,50	0	0
161	New Caledonia	995,58	0	0
162	Tahiti	995,11	0	0
163	Fiji	989,43	0	0
164	Vanuatu	985,62	0	0
165	South Sudan	983,98	0	0
166	Barbados	982,27	0	0
167	Cuba	978,65	0	0
168	Bermuda	977,47	1	0
169	Malta	976,46	-1	-1,46
170	Puerto Rico	974,32	0	0
171	St. Lucia	968,79	1	3,13
172	Guyana	968,74	-1	0
173	Grenada	963,72	0	0
174	Moldova	961,38	0	0,15
175	Nepal	954,86	0	0
176	Belize	950,88	0	0
177	Cambodia	948,62	0	0
178	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	945,25	0	0
179	Montserrat	940,78	0	0
180	Mauritius	932,02	0	0
181	Chad	930,22	0	0
182	Macau	922,10	0	0
183	Mongolia	913,55	0	0
184	Dominica	911,51	0	0
185	Bhutan	910,96	0	0
186	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	908,18	0	0
187	Laos	905,51	0	0
188	Brunei Darussalam	903,02	2	4,61
189	American Samoa	900,27	-1	0
190	Cook Islands	899,33	-1	0
191	Samoa	894,26	0	0
192	Bangladesh	884,45	0	0
193	Djibouti	875,05	0	0
194	Pakistan	866,81	0	0
195	Cayman Islands	865,72	0	0
196	Tonga	861,81	1	0
197	Liechtenstein	859,84	-1	-2,55
198	Seychelles	859,56	1	0
199	Eritrea	855,56	1	0
200	Gibraltar	855,54	4	3,38
201	Timor-Leste	855,45	-3	-4,61
202	Aruba	855,37	-1	0
203	Bahamas	854,80	-1	0
204	Somalia	854,72	-1	0
205	Guam	838,33	0	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	832,00	0	0
207	Sri Lanka	825,25	0	0
208	US Virgin Islands	823,97	0	0
209	British Virgin Islands	809,32	0	0
210	Anguilla	790,74	0	0
211	San Marino	759,09	0	-3,13

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