FIFA ranking: April 2023 probable ranking (II)

In the month of January three tournaments were played to a finish: the South-East Asian Championship 2023, the Gulf Cup 2023 in Iraq and the African Nations Championship in Algeria. FIFA will publish the next ranking only after the March window. Contrary to previous years there won't be an official ranking in the first week of February. Reason enough to publish an intermediate preview of the April ranking.

In the international match window in March the following matches are scheduled:

- match days 3 and 4 in qualification for the African Nations Cup 2024;

- match days 1 and 2 in qualification for the EURO 2024;

- the group stage of the CONCACAF Nations League 2023 is played to a conclusion;

- some friendlies.

Here is the probable April 2023 ranking, to be published on Thursday April 6th.

This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 209 currently played and scheduled and according to my method included matches, out of a total of 225 currently played and scheduled matches. See the probable results for a list of which matches, both played and scheduled, are currently included.

pos Apr.	team	pts Apr.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Brazil	1840,77	0	0
2	France	1838,45	1	15,06
3	Argentina	1838,38	-1	0
4	Belgium	1770,14	0	-11,16
5	England	1767,92	0	-6,27
6	Croatia	1742,28	1	14,66
7	Italy	1738,54	1	14,98
8	Netherlands	1731,23	-2	-9,69
9	Spain	1707,85	1	15,14
10	Portugal	1707,07	-1	4,53
11	Morocco	1671,29	0	-1,06
12	Switzerland	1664,44	0	9,42
13	Germany	1657,31	1	10,40
14	USA	1653,83	-1	1,09
15	Mexico	1641,42	0	5,64
16	Uruguay	1627,45	0	0
17	Denmark	1619,53	1	11,42
18	Senegal	1613,21	1	9,23
19	Colombia	1612,07	-2	-0,71
20	Japan	1593,26	0	0,18
21	Sweden	1571,03	2	12,58
22	Peru	1561,14	-1	-3,16
23	Poland	1553,76	-1	-6,07
24	Iran	1551,73	0	0
25	Serbia	1540,99	4	14,53
26	Korea Republic	1540,19	-1	0,70
27	Tunisia	1535,76	3	9,56
28	Australia	1533,97	-1	0
29	Ukraine	1529,55	-3	-7,44
30	Wales	1526,62	-2	-3,66
31	Austria	1508,24	3	11,00
32	Czech Republic	1507,54	6	16,93
33	Cameroon	1507,30	0	8,00
34	Chile	1506,91	-3	0
35	Costa Rica	1506,16	-3	5,98
36	Nigeria	1504,96	-1	10,64
37	Hungary	1504,79	-1	11,46
38	Algeria	1504,19	2	17,47
39	Egypt	1500,67	0	10,33
40	Russia	1491,26	-3	0
41	Ecuador	1477,32	0	0
42	Scotland	1475,52	0	-1,42
43	Turkey	1465,94	1	0,56
44	Norway	1463,73	-1	-11,32
45	Mali	1455,75	0	6,70
46	Cote d'Ivoire	1449,95	1	8,46
47	Burkina Faso	1446,41	3	11,60
48	Paraguay	1445,06	-2	0
49	Romania	1444,58	3	11,94
50	Canada	1442,59	3	10,95
51	Greece	1438,01	0	4,42
52	Republic of Ireland	1436,31	-4	-2,28
53	Slovakia	1433,48	1	7,90
54	Saudi Arabia	1433,01	-5	-5,12
55	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1415,84	2	12,33
56	Ghana	1408,51	2	8,49
57	Venezuela	1406,10	-2	0
58	Slovenia	1398,47	4	9,41
59	Northern Ireland	1398,43	0	1,88
60	Finland	1392,81	-4	-12,90
61	Qatar	1388,62	-1	-4,94
62	Panama	1387,16	-1	-4,54
63	Jamaica	1375,23	1	-4,06
64	Iceland	1369,03	-1	-11,32
65	North Macedonia	1363,07	0	7,79
66	South Africa	1362,14	1	11,78
67	Iraq	1352,75	1	10,36
68	Cape Verde Islands	1349,08	4	13,03
69	Albania	1344,95	-3	-8,08
70	Bulgaria	1340,19	1	3,48
71	Congo DR	1338,61	2	4,69
72	United Arab Emirates	1334,12	-2	-4,36
73	Oman	1329,72	2	8,48
74	El Salvador	1323,25	0	-3,61
75	Gabon	1321,74	4	16,27
76	Israel	1319,71	0	4,04
77	Montenegro	1318,80	-8	-20,35
78	Uzbekistan	1312,64	-1	0
79	Georgia	1309,74	-1	3,76
80	Honduras	1295,45	1	-5,33
81	Bolivia	1294,96	1	0
82	Guinea	1293,42	1	2,95
83	China PR	1293,07	-3	-11,99
84	Jordan	1289,99	0	0
85	Bahrain	1282,77	0	2,50
86	Zambia	1280,52	2	15,37
87	Haiti	1276,12	0	7,05
88	Curacao	1273,28	-2	-5,36
89	Uganda	1268,68	0	7,99
90	Benin	1252,41	1	4,94
91	Syria	1247,14	-1	-4,32
92	Palestine	1233,72	1	0
93	Luxembourg	1233,43	-1	-11,92
94	Kyrgyzstan	1232,91	0	0
95	Vietnam	1229,69	1	1,06
96	Armenia	1229,08	-1	-2,68
97	Congo	1221,88	2	13,09
98	Equatorial Guinea	1220,28	0	4,62
99	Madagascar	1217,55	3	16,81
100	Belarus	1210,17	-3	-11,51
101	Lebanon	1206,58	-1	-1,89
102	New Zealand	1205,97	3	11,99
103	Trinidad and Tobago	1204,28	1	8,99
104	Kenya	1202,26	-3	0
105	Mauritania	1194,28	-2	-3,30
106	India	1192,09	0	0
107	Tajikistan	1187,02	1	0
108	Kosovo	1186,54	-1	-0,49
109	Estonia	1182,50	0	-3,77
110	Thailand	1179,77	1	6,37
111	Cyprus	1174,45	-1	-10,72
112	Sierra Leone	1173,81	4	13,50
113	Korea DPR	1169,96	-1	0
114	Guatemala	1160,80	5	3,24
115	Mozambique	1154,64	-1	-8,93
116	Namibia	1153,40	-3	-10,73
117	Kazakhstan	1152,05	-2	-11,04
118	Guinea-Bissau	1148,13	0	-10,64
119	Angola	1146,07	-2	-12,74
120	Libya	1145,82	0	-10,92
121	Niger	1142,57	1	-5,96
122	Azerbaijan	1142,42	-1	-9,40
123	Faroe Islands	1138,98	0	-7,33
124	Zimbabwe	1138,56	1	0
125	Malawi	1134,64	-1	-10,33
126	Gambia	1125,99	0	-11,58
127	Antigua and Barbuda	1122,51	4	5,50
128	Togo	1117,31	-1	-11,61
129	Tanzania	1114,50	1	-5,39
130	Comoros	1111,89	-1	-11,29
131	Latvia	1110,38	2	-6,58
132	Central African Republic	1109,36	0	-7,61
133	Sudan	1107,62	-5	-19,72
134	Philippines	1106,38	0	-6,77
135	Turkmenistan	1100,47	0	0
136	Solomon Islands	1095,70	0	0
137	Rwanda	1088,72	0	-4,94
138	Ethiopia	1085,49	0	-5,70
139	St. Kitts and Nevis	1081,40	1	4,49
140	Suriname	1075,73	-1	-1,57
141	Burundi	1075,27	0	0
142	Malaysia	1072,00	3	5,40
143	Nicaragua	1071,66	-1	-0,08
144	Lithuania	1063,53	0	-5,59
145	Hong Kong	1062,39	1	0
146	Kuwait	1059,09	2	2,45
147	Eswatini	1057,86	-4	-13,03
148	Botswana	1049,81	1	-4,62
149	Lesotho	1046,02	-2	-15,38
150	Indonesia	1040,58	1	6,68
151	Dominican Republic	1038,13	1	6,27
152	Liberia	1037,87	-2	-11,79
153	Afghanistan	1023,04	2	0
154	Maldives	1021,18	2	0
155	Chinese Taipei	1021,02	2	0
156	Yemen	1020,37	-2	-3,15
157	Andorra	1017,74	-4	-13,39
158	Singapore	1009,36	2	3,26
159	Papua New Guinea	1007,46	-1	0
160	Myanmar	999,52	-1	-6,64
161	New Caledonia	995,58	0	0
162	Tahiti	995,11	0	0
163	Fiji	989,43	0	0
164	Cuba	986,20	4	7,55
165	Vanuatu	985,62	-1	0
166	Puerto Rico	985,41	4	11,09
167	Bermuda	981,11	2	3,64
168	St. Lucia	976,48	4	11,75
169	Malta	972,91	-2	-6,04
170	South Sudan	969,38	-5	-14,60
171	Barbados	969,22	-5	-13,05
172	Guyana	968,53	-1	-0,21
173	Grenada	962,71	0	-1,01
174	Moldova	960,41	0	1,53
175	Nepal	956,94	0	0
176	Cambodia	948,59	1	1,93
177	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	945,78	1	0,53
178	Belize	939,91	-2	-10,97
179	Mauritius	932,02	1	0
180	Montserrat	930,31	-1	-10,47
181	Chad	930,22	0	0
182	Macau	922,10	0	0
183	Mongolia	913,55	0	0
184	Bhutan	910,96	1	0
185	Dominica	904,84	-1	-6,67
186	Laos	901,13	1	-4,38
187	American Samoa	900,27	1	0
188	Cook Islands	899,33	1	0
189	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	894,67	-3	-13,51
190	Samoa	894,26	1	0
191	Brunei Darussalam	891,12	-1	-6,90
192	Bangladesh	884,45	0	0
193	Djibouti	875,05	0	0
194	Pakistan	864,72	1	0
195	Tonga	861,81	1	0
196	Timor-Leste	860,45	1	0
197	Cayman Islands	859,83	-3	-5,89
198	Seychelles	859,56	1	0
199	Liechtenstein	855,77	-1	-4,07
200	Eritrea	855,56	1	0
201	Gibraltar	854,72	-1	-3,32
201	Somalia	854,72	3	0
203	Aruba	850,88	-1	-4,49
204	Bahamas	845,36	-1	-9,44
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	839,39	1	7,39
206	Guam	838,33	-1	0
207	Sri Lanka	825,25	0	0
208	US Virgin Islands	816,59	0	-7,38
209	British Virgin Islands	804,11	0	-5,21
210	Anguilla	785,66	0	-5,08
211	San Marino	759,12	0	-4,03

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