FIFA ranking: December 2022 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking this Thursday December 22nd. Argentina is the new world champion and just couldn't catch Brazil at the top spot. This final preview contains 159 matches, out of 173 matches played since October 3rd.

One team dropped to a new low:

Liechtenstein (198 - 196 in October 2022)

Best movers:

11 - Morocco, Australia

10 - Cameroon

Worst movers:

-12 - Canada, Qatar

-9 - Wales

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Morocco, Australia

10 - Cameroon

Worst movers in the top 50:

-9 - Wales

-8 - Denmark, Serbia

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Dec.	team	pts Dec.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Brazil	1840,77	0	-0,53
2	Argentina	1838,39	1	64,51
3	France	1823,39	1	63,61
4	Belgium	1781,30	-2	-35,41
5	England	1774,17	0	45,70
6	Netherlands	1740,67	2	46,16
7	Croatia	1727,63	5	81,99
8	Italy	1723,56	-2	-2,58
9	Portugal	1702,54	0	25,98
10	Spain	1693,43	-3	-21,79
11	Morocco	1672,38	11	108,88
12	Switzerland	1655,02	3	19,10
13	USA	1652,74	3	25,26
14	Germany	1646,95	-3	-3,26
15	Mexico	1635,81	-2	-9,08
16	Uruguay	1627,45	-2	-11,26
17	Colombia	1612,78	0	1,74
18	Denmark	1608,11	-8	-58,46
19	Senegal	1603,62	-1	19,24
20	Japan	1593,11	4	33,57
21	Peru	1564,30	2	3,29
22	Poland	1559,86	4	11,27
23	Sweden	1558,45	2	5,12
24	Iran	1551,73	-4	-12,88
25	Korea Republic	1539,49	3	9,19
26	Ukraine	1536,99	1	0
27	Australia	1533,97	11	45,25
28	Wales	1530,28	-9	-39,54
29	Serbia	1526,46	-8	-37,16
30	Tunisia	1526,20	0	18,66
31	Chile	1506,91	-2	-2,70
32	Costa Rica	1500,21	-1	-3,38
33	Cameroon	1499,31	10	27,87
34	Austria	1497,24	0	4,29
35	Nigeria	1494,32	-3	-4,15
36	Russia	1493,93	-3	-2,18
37	Hungary	1493,33	-1	1,13
38	Czech Republic	1490,61	-3	-1,60
39	Egypt	1490,34	0	3,90
40	Algeria	1486,72	-3	-2,38
41	Scotland	1476,94	-1	-2,59
42	Ecuador	1476,93	2	12,54
43	Norway	1475,05	-1	2,01
44	Turkey	1465,38	1	5,24
45	Mali	1449,05	1	0,20
46	Paraguay	1445,06	1	-3,71
47	Cote d'Ivoire	1441,49	1	-1,57
48	Saudi Arabia	1438,70	3	0,92
49	Republic of Ireland	1438,59	0	-1,60
50	Burkina Faso	1434,81	4	2,56
51	Greece	1433,59	1	-4,01
52	Romania	1432,64	1	-2,04
53	Canada	1431,64	-12	-43,36
54	Slovakia	1425,58	1	-0,01
55	Venezuela	1406,11	2	1,74
56	Finland	1405,71	0	0,11
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1403,51	1	0
58	Ghana	1400,02	3	7,02
59	Northern Ireland	1396,55	0	0
60	Panama	1393,93	0	0,65
61	Slovenia	1389,06	2	5,02
62	Qatar	1386,18	-12	-53,71
63	Iceland	1380,35	-1	-4,06
64	Jamaica	1379,29	0	0,43
65	North Macedonia	1355,28	0	-3,23
66	Albania	1355,08	0	0,97
67	South Africa	1350,36	0	0,77
68	Iraq	1342,39	0	-0,62
69	Montenegro	1339,15	0	-1,88
70	United Arab Emirates	1338,48	0	0,91
71	Bulgaria	1336,71	1	1,35
72	Cape Verde Islands	1336,05	-1	0
73	Congo DR	1333,92	0	0
74	El Salvador	1326,86	0	-3,65
75	Oman	1321,24	0	0,95
76	Israel	1315,67	0	-0,88
77	Uzbekistan	1312,65	0	2,67
78	Georgia	1305,98	0	-1,36
79	China PR	1305,06	0	0
80	Gabon	1303,68	1	1,84
81	Honduras	1301,98	-1	0
82	Bolivia	1294,96	0	-1,32
83	Guinea	1290,47	0	0
84	Jordan	1289,18	0	-0,81
85	Bahrain	1280,27	0	-0,37
86	Curacao	1278,54	0	-0,10
87	Haiti	1269,07	0	0
88	Zambia	1265,15	0	-2,27
89	Uganda	1260,69	0	0
90	Syria	1251,46	0	-4,46
91	Benin	1247,47	0	0
92	Luxembourg	1245,35	0	1,55
93	Palestine	1233,72	1	0
94	Armenia	1231,77	-1	-2,16
95	Kyrgyzstan	1230,22	0	0
96	Vietnam	1228,63	0	1,98
97	Belarus	1221,68	0	0,62
98	Equatorial Guinea	1215,66	0	0
99	Congo	1208,79	1	0
100	Lebanon	1208,47	-1	-3,24
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	1187,03	0	0,02
107	Tajikistan	1187,03	1	1,33
109	Estonia	1186,27	0	1,63
110	Cyprus	1185,17	0	1,35
111	Thailand	1173,40	0	-1,52
112	Korea DPR	1169,96	0	0
113	Namibia	1164,13	2	0
114	Mozambique	1163,57	0	-1,65
115	Kazakhstan	1163,09	-2	-3,54
116	Sierra Leone	1160,31	1	0
117	Guatemala	1158,82	1	2,12
118	Angola	1158,81	1	2,91
119	Guinea-Bissau	1158,77	-3	-1,94
120	Libya	1154,25	0	0
121	Niger	1152,80	0	0
122	Azerbaijan	1151,82	1	5,10
123	Faroe Islands	1146,31	-1	-0,86
124	Malawi	1144,97	0	0
125	Zimbabwe	1138,56	0	0
126	Gambia	1137,57	0	0,10
127	Togo	1128,92	0	0
128	Sudan	1124,52	0	-2,82
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	1116,96	1	2,75
134	Philippines	1113,15	-1	-1,98
135	Turkmenistan	1100,47	0	0
136	Rwanda	1096,48	1	2,82
137	Solomon Islands	1095,70	-1	0
138	Ethiopia	1091,19	0	0
139	Suriname	1078,22	0	0,92
140	St. Kitts and Nevis	1076,91	0	0
141	Burundi	1075,27	0	-0,99
142	Nicaragua	1072,71	0	0,88
143	Eswatini	1070,89	0	0
144	Lithuania	1069,12	0	-0,63
145	Malaysia	1066,60	1	4,28
146	Hong Kong	1062,39	-1	0
147	Lesotho	1061,40	0	0
148	Kuwait	1056,64	1	3,23
149	Botswana	1054,43	-1	-2,03
150	Liberia	1049,66	0	0
151	Indonesia	1033,90	1	0
152	Andorra	1031,13	-1	-4,07
153	Dominican Republic	1028,87	0	-2,99
154	Yemen	1023,52	1	0
155	Afghanistan	1023,04	1	0
156	Maldives	1021,18	-2	-4,91
157	Chinese Taipei	1021,02	0	3,24
158	Papua New Guinea	1007,46	1	0
159	Myanmar	1006,16	-1	-1,73
160	Singapore	1006,10	0	2,60
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	981,63	0	2,98
168	Malta	978,95	0	1,03
169	Bermuda	977,47	0	0
170	Puerto Rico	974,32	0	0
171	Guyana	968,74	0	0
172	St. Lucia	966,31	0	0,65
173	Grenada	963,72	0	0
174	Moldova	958,88	0	-2,35
175	Nepal	956,94	0	2,08
176	Belize	950,88	0	0
177	Cambodia	946,66	0	-1,96
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	American Samoa	900,27	0	0
189	Cook Islands	899,33	0	0
190	Brunei Darussalam	898,02	0	-0,39
191	Samoa	894,26	0	0
192	Bangladesh	884,45	0	0
193	Djibouti	875,05	0	0
194	Cayman Islands	865,72	1	0
195	Pakistan	864,72	-1	-2,09
196	Tonga	861,81	1	0
197	Timor-Leste	860,45	1	0,39
198	Liechtenstein	859,84	-2	-2,55
199	Seychelles	859,56	0	0
200	Gibraltar	858,04	4	5,88
201	Aruba	857,04	0	1,67
202	Eritrea	855,56	-2	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	761,57	0	-0,65

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