FIFA ranking: February 2024 final preview

FIFA will publish the February ranking this Thursday February 15th. The Asian and African Cup of Nations, played last month in Qatar and Cote d'Ivoire respectively, both left their mark on this ranking.

The Asian Cup was won by host Qatar yesterday for a second consecutive time. In the final against Jordan they needed three penalties (all correctly given, according to people who saw the match) to win 3:1.

The African Cup (with a buck load of surprises throughout the month) will see the final tonight between host Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria. This is how the points and positions of both teams could change in the ranking:

	CIV			NGA
result	pts	pos		pts	pos
CIV win	1494,515	39		1522,195	28
CIV PSO win	1484,515	42		1522,195	28
NGA PSO win	1474,515	44		1530,298	27
NGA win	1472,618	45		1540,298	26

Elo predicts a draw after extra time with the host prevailing after a penalty shoot-out.

Three teams will reach a new high in this ranking:

Senegal (17 - 18 in February 2022)

Qatar (35 - 42 in August 2021)

Tajikistan (99 - 106 in July 2013)

Best movers:

24 - Angola

23 - Qatar

16 - Jordan

Worst movers:

-15 - India, Guinea-Bissau

-13 - Algeria, Vietnam

Best movers in the top 50:

23 - Qatar

14 - Nigeria

7 - Cote d'Ivoire

Worst movers in the top 50:

-13 - Algeria

-12 - Tunisia

-4 - Egypt

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Feb.	team	pts Feb.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Argentina	1855,20	0	0
2	France	1845,44	0	0
3	England	1800,05	0	0
4	Belgium	1798,46	0	0
5	Brazil	1784,09	0	0
6	Netherlands	1745,48	0	0
7	Portugal	1745,06	0	0
8	Spain	1732,64	0	0
9	Italy	1718,82	0	0
10	Croatia	1717,57	0	0
11	Uruguay	1666,00	0	0
12	Morocco	1663,91	1	2,22
13	USA	1661,70	-1	-3,57
14	Colombia	1655,29	0	0
15	Mexico	1652,70	0	0
16	Germany	1631,22	0	0
17	Senegal	1621,38	3	27,07
18	Japan	1615,20	-1	-4,99
19	Switzerland	1613,44	-1	0
20	Denmark	1601,31	-1	0
21	Iran	1600,37	0	35,29
22	Korea Republic	1566,24	1	15,59
23	Australia	1554,87	2	15,65
24	Ukraine	1553,35	-2	0
25	Austria	1546,10	-1	0
26	Sweden	1531,13	0	0,94
27	Hungary	1525,13	0	0
28	Nigeria	1522,20	14	47,76
29	Wales	1521,88	0	0
30	Poland	1520,24	1	0
31	Ecuador	1519,20	1	0
32	Serbia	1517,43	2	0
33	Peru	1512,68	2	0
34	Scotland	1506,89	2	0
35	Qatar	1506,57	23	99,27
36	Turkey	1505,28	1	0
37	Egypt	1500,38	-4	-18,53
38	Russia	1498,84	0	0
39	Czech Republic	1494,04	0	0
40	Tunisia	1489,86	-12	-33,37
41	Chile	1489,82	-1	0
42	Cote d'Ivoire	1484,51	7	36,86
43	Algeria	1480,28	-13	-39,98
44	Panama	1475,62	-3	0
45	Romania	1472,73	-2	0
46	Norway	1472,36	-2	0
47	Mali	1469,76	4	24,16
48	Slovakia	1465,73	-3	0
49	Greece	1453,95	-2	0
50	Canada	1453,76	-2	0
51	Cameroon	1451,86	-5	-11,20
52	Venezuela	1447,20	-2	0
53	Saudi Arabia	1442,74	3	21,68
54	Costa Rica	1439,46	-2	1,89
55	Slovenia	1431,40	-1	3,56
56	Paraguay	1430,73	-3	0
57	Jamaica	1421,54	-2	0
58	Iraq	1409,33	5	43,35
59	South Africa	1409,10	7	52,02
60	Finland	1401,31	-1	0
61	Burkina Faso	1400,38	-4	-10,63
62	Republic of Ireland	1399,60	-2	0
63	Congo DR	1386,41	4	29,74
64	Albania	1382,69	-2	0
65	Cape Verde Islands	1377,05	8	47,25
66	Uzbekistan	1376,86	2	31,60
67	Ghana	1362,56	-6	-21,63
68	North Macedonia	1362,17	-3	0
69	United Arab Emirates	1355,52	-5	-8,94
70	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1343,32	-1	0
71	Jordan	1343,04	16	70,41
72	Montenegro	1342,64	-2	0
73	Iceland	1342,57	-2	4,18
74	Northern Ireland	1333,17	-2	0
75	Israel	1323,43	0	0
76	Guinea	1320,41	4	30,40
77	Georgia	1312,45	0	0
78	Honduras	1311,43	-2	-2,37
79	Equatorial Guinea	1310,50	9	42,07
80	Oman	1307,67	-6	-17,22
81	El Salvador	1304,26	-3	-1,88
82	Bahrain	1297,32	4	20,03
83	Bulgaria	1289,90	-2	0
84	Gabon	1289,52	-2	0
85	Luxembourg	1285,41	-2	0
86	Bolivia	1284,55	-1	0
87	Zambia	1276,41	-3	-8,15
88	China PR	1273,80	-9	-25,69
89	Syria	1265,06	2	19,79
90	Haiti	1262,50	-1	0
91	Curacao	1262,48	-1	0
92	Uganda	1246,88	0	1,80
93	Angola	1238,19	24	70,14
94	Armenia	1237,15	-1	0
95	Belarus	1232,80	0	0
96	Trinidad and Tobago	1228,05	0	0
97	Palestine	1226,30	2	8,70
98	Benin	1225,10	-1	0
99	Tajikistan	1220,46	7	25,39
100	Kazakhstan	1215,16	0	0
101	Thailand	1206,79	12	30,04
102	Kosovo	1202,77	-1	0
103	Kyrgyzstan	1197,72	-5	-26,42
104	New Zealand	1197,47	0	0
105	Mauritania	1195,77	0	0,52
106	Namibia	1192,97	9	24,59
107	Vietnam	1192,15	-13	-43,43
108	Guatemala	1188,17	0	-1,81
109	Madagascar	1187,63	0	0
110	Mozambique	1185,67	1	4,96
111	Kenya	1181,92	-1	0
112	Congo	1179,80	0	0
113	Azerbaijan	1174,22	1	0
114	Lebanon	1169,34	-7	-23,24
115	Korea DPR	1168,12	1	0
116	Togo	1165,74	2	0
117	India	1165,27	-15	-35,53
118	Guinea-Bissau	1164,01	-15	-33,82
119	Libya	1161,55	1	6,32
120	Tanzania	1160,95	1	5,76
121	Comoros	1156,45	-2	0
122	Malawi	1149,40	1	0
123	Estonia	1148,76	-1	-0,94
124	Zimbabwe	1144,56	0	0
125	Cyprus	1143,42	0	0
126	Sierra Leone	1136,77	1	-1,76
127	Sudan	1128,74	1	0
128	Niger	1127,04	1	-0,71
129	Central African Republic	1121,34	2	0
130	Gambia	1114,79	-4	-25,27
131	Solomon Islands	1113,57	1	0
132	Malaysia	1110,68	-2	-12,19
133	Rwanda	1107,04	0	0
134	Nicaragua	1104,26	0	0
135	Faroe Islands	1102,10	0	0
136	Latvia	1097,84	1	0
137	Kuwait	1094,06	-1	-4,01
138	Lithuania	1086,93	0	0
139	Philippines	1086,17	1	0
140	Burundi	1085,83	-1	-0,79
141	Turkmenistan	1078,25	0	0
142	Antigua and Barbuda	1072,66	0	0
143	Suriname	1071,85	0	0
144	Indonesia	1070,11	2	6,10
145	Ethiopia	1068,79	-1	0
146	Botswana	1065,06	-1	0,56
147	St. Kitts and Nevis	1057,05	0	0
148	Lesotho	1046,74	0	-0,53
149	Eswatini	1045,88	0	0
150	Dominican Republic	1040,77	1	0
151	Yemen	1027,94	1	0
152	Liberia	1024,11	1	0
153	Chinese Taipei	1023,93	1	0
154	Moldova	1022,60	1	0
155	Singapore	1020,50	1	0
156	Hong Kong	1020,34	-6	-22,59
157	Guyana	1018,14	0	0
158	Afghanistan	1017,68	0	0
159	New Caledonia	1008,92	0	0
160	Puerto Rico	1007,19	0	0
161	Maldives	1003,48	0	0
162	Myanmar	1000,46	0	0
163	Tahiti	999,48	0	0
164	Andorra	998,00	0	0
165	Papua New Guinea	990,61	0	0
166	South Sudan	989,29	0	0
167	St. Lucia	988,67	0	0
168	Fiji	981,26	0	0
169	Cuba	980,65	0	0
170	Vanuatu	980,33	0	0
171	Bermuda	972,36	0	0
172	Malta	967,29	0	0
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	953,47	0	0
174	Grenada	950,99	0	0
175	Nepal	948,05	0	0
176	Montserrat	946,08	0	0
177	Mauritius	944,95	0	0
178	Barbados	943,80	0	0
179	Cambodia	930,78	0	-0,69
180	Dominica	922,25	0	0
181	Chad	920,37	0	0
182	Belize	918,68	0	0
183	Bangladesh	916,75	0	0
184	Bhutan	913,02	0	0
185	Cook Islands	897,30	0	0
186	Samoa	896,78	0	0
187	Macau	896,62	0	0
188	American Samoa	890,97	0	0
189	Laos	889,62	0	0
190	Mongolia	889,16	0	0
191	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	888,94	0	0
192	Djibouti	882,76	0	1,58
193	Aruba	879,32	0	0
194	Brunei Darussalam	870,63	0	0
195	Pakistan	856,54	0	0
196	Tonga	856,18	0	0
197	Cayman Islands	851,19	0	0
198	Somalia	845,66	0	0
199	Seychelles	845,53	0	0
200	Timor-Leste	843,40	0	0
201	Gibraltar	840,80	0	0
202	Bahamas	835,81	0	0
203	Liechtenstein	833,01	0	0
204	Sri Lanka	822,03	0	0
205	Guam	821,91	0	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	818,57	0	0
207	British Virgin Islands	807,57	0	0
208	US Virgin Islands	796,78	0	0
209	Anguilla	785,69	0	0
210	San Marino	741,61	0	0

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