FIFA ranking: April 2024 final preview

FIFA will publish the April ranking next Thursday April 4th. I expect the cancelled Asian World Cup qualifier between Korea DPR and Japan in Pyongyang to be awarded 0:3 to Japan and to be included into this ranking.

With regard to the continental final tournaments this Summer the final qualification berths were divided as follows:

- Poland, Ukraine and debutant Georgia qualified for the EURO;

- Samoa qualified for the OFC Nations Cup;

- Costa Rica and debutant Canada qualified for the Copa America.

The US of A won for the third consecutive time the CONCACAF Nations League Final Four.

Two teams will reach a new high in this ranking:

Qatar (34 - 37 in February 2024)

Comoros (117 - 119 in November 2023)

Best movers:

8 - Indonesia

7 - Afghanistan

6 - Libya

Worst movers:

-10 - Vietnam

-6 - Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Mauritius

Best movers in the top 50:

4 - Czech Republic

3 - Qatar, Russia, Mali

Worst movers in the top 50:

-5 - Scotland, Turkey

-4 - Uruguay

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Apr.	team	pts Apr.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Argentina	1858,00	0	2,80
2	France	1840,59	0	-4,85
3	Belgium	1795,23	1	-3,23
4	England	1794,90	-1	-5,15
5	Brazil	1788,65	0	4,56
6	Netherlands	1742,29	0	-3,19
7	Portugal	1740,37	0	-4,69
8	Spain	1727,50	0	-5,14
9	Italy	1724,60	0	5,78
10	Croatia	1721,07	0	3,50
11	USA	1681,14	2	19,44
12	Colombia	1664,28	2	8,99
13	Morocco	1661,42	-1	-1,97
14	Mexico	1661,11	1	8,41
15	Uruguay	1659,39	-4	-6,61
16	Germany	1644,21	0	12,99
17	Senegal	1624,73	0	3,99
18	Japan	1621,88	0	7,55
19	Switzerland	1616,41	0	2,97
20	Iran	1613,92	0	5,69
21	Denmark	1602,72	0	1,41
22	Ukraine	1568,86	2	15,51
23	Korea Republic	1563,99	-1	-2,22
24	Australia	1563,93	-1	9,11
25	Austria	1554,86	0	8,76
26	Hungary	1532,20	1	7,07
27	Sweden	1531,68	-1	0,55
28	Poland	1531,49	2	11,25
29	Wales	1531,38	0	9,50
30	Nigeria	1520,27	-2	-1,99
31	Ecuador	1518,23	0	-0,97
32	Peru	1515,82	1	3,14
33	Serbia	1514,20	-1	-3,23
34	Qatar	1507,94	3	8,60
35	Russia	1504,02	3	5,18
36	Czech Republic	1501,47	4	7,43
37	Egypt	1499,72	-1	-0,66
38	Cote d'Ivoire	1498,80	1	4,23
39	Scotland	1497,46	-5	-9,43
40	Turkey	1495,94	-5	-9,34
41	Tunisia	1493,12	0	1,97
42	Chile	1491,71	0	1,89
43	Algeria	1482,71	0	2,47
44	Mali	1477,90	3	8,09
45	Panama	1475,62	-1	0
46	Romania	1468,17	-1	-4,56
47	Norway	1467,51	-1	-4,85
48	Slovakia	1461,55	0	-4,18
49	Canada	1461,14	1	7,38
50	Greece	1457,92	-1	3,97
51	Cameroon	1452,59	0	0
52	Costa Rica	1445,38	2	7,81
53	Saudi Arabia	1443,53	0	2,13
54	Venezuela	1442,29	-2	-4,91
55	Jamaica	1436,02	2	14,48
56	Slovenia	1435,58	-1	4,18
57	Paraguay	1430,73	-1	0
58	Iraq	1420,47	1	11,03
59	South Africa	1407,67	-1	-2,56
60	Republic of Ireland	1399,74	2	0,14
61	Finland	1394,44	-1	-6,87
62	Burkina Faso	1390,38	-1	-9,54
63	Congo DR	1388,26	0	0
64	Uzbekistan	1386,58	2	10,08
65	Cape Verde Islands	1383,44	0	6,38
66	Albania	1375,10	-2	-7,59
67	United Arab Emirates	1366,45	2	10,90
68	Ghana	1358,77	-1	-4,65
69	North Macedonia	1354,19	-1	-7,98
70	Montenegro	1351,72	2	9,08
71	Jordan	1350,21	-1	6,61
72	Iceland	1346,82	1	4,25
73	Northern Ireland	1341,05	1	7,88
74	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1335,60	-3	-7,72
75	Georgia	1333,76	2	21,31
76	Guinea	1324,65	0	4,23
77	Oman	1323,23	3	15,63
78	Israel	1311,39	-3	-12,04
79	Equatorial Guinea	1308,03	0	-2,47
80	Bahrain	1307,53	2	10,21
81	El Salvador	1305,02	0	-1,12
82	Honduras	1301,92	-4	-9,51
83	Bulgaria	1292,59	0	2,69
84	Gabon	1286,31	0	-3,21
85	Bolivia	1283,89	1	-0,66
86	Luxembourg	1277,95	-1	-7,46
87	China PR	1275,22	1	1,44
88	Zambia	1274,48	-1	-1,23
89	Syria	1266,52	0	1,01
90	Haiti	1262,50	0	0
91	Curacao	1262,48	0	0
92	Uganda	1242,15	0	-4,73
93	Palestine	1238,66	4	11,46
94	Angola	1235,76	-1	-2,35
95	Armenia	1229,18	-1	-7,97
96	Belarus	1226,54	-1	-6,26
97	Benin	1225,68	1	0,58
98	Trinidad and Tobago	1219,96	-2	-8,09
99	Tajikistan	1216,76	0	-2,13
100	Kyrgyzstan	1213,60	4	16,63
101	Thailand	1208,93	0	2,21
102	Kosovo	1205,85	0	3,08
103	Kazakhstan	1205,45	-3	-9,71
104	New Zealand	1197,68	-1	0,21
105	Mauritania	1195,50	1	1,02
106	Namibia	1192,13	1	0
107	Guatemala	1188,27	1	0,10
108	Kenya	1186,61	3	4,69
109	Madagascar	1185,86	0	-1,77
110	Mozambique	1184,49	0	0
111	Congo	1180,82	1	1,02
112	Azerbaijan	1177,83	1	3,61
113	Togo	1170,34	3	4,60
114	Libya	1166,71	6	7,20
115	Vietnam	1164,54	-10	-30,04
116	Guinea-Bissau	1164,01	2	0
117	Comoros	1163,02	4	6,57
118	Korea DPR	1160,57	-4	-7,55
119	Tanzania	1159,81	0	-1,17
120	Lebanon	1158,96	-5	-9,11
121	Zimbabwe	1148,29	3	3,73
122	India	1145,94	-5	-19,23
123	Malawi	1144,71	-1	-4,69
124	Estonia	1141,13	-1	-7,63
125	Cyprus	1141,03	0	-2,39
126	Sierra Leone	1137,36	0	0
127	Sudan	1128,74	0	0
128	Central African Republic	1128,17	1	6,83
129	Niger	1125,50	-1	-2,25
130	Gambia	1114,80	0	0
131	Rwanda	1112,44	2	5,40
132	Solomon Islands	1111,02	-1	-2,55
133	Faroe Islands	1103,43	2	1,33
134	Indonesia	1102,70	8	30,04
135	Nicaragua	1096,39	-1	-7,87
136	Latvia	1095,91	0	-1,93
137	Lithuania	1095,23	1	8,30
138	Malaysia	1094,54	-6	-15,63
139	Kuwait	1085,46	-2	-8,59
140	Burundi	1081,63	0	-4,20
141	Philippines	1075,14	-2	-11,03
142	Antigua and Barbuda	1072,66	0	0
143	Suriname	1071,85	1	0
144	Turkmenistan	1070,70	-3	-7,55
145	Ethiopia	1068,48	0	-0,31
146	Botswana	1065,07	0	0,57
147	St. Kitts and Nevis	1056,61	0	-0,44
148	Eswatini	1048,89	1	3,01
149	Lesotho	1047,58	-1	0,31
150	Dominican Republic	1042,86	0	2,09
151	Afghanistan	1036,92	7	19,24
152	Liberia	1029,58	0	5,47
153	Moldova	1028,85	2	6,25
154	Guyana	1020,31	3	2,17
155	Singapore	1019,06	1	-1,44
156	Yemen	1017,05	-5	-10,89
157	Hong Kong	1012,83	-3	-10,08
158	New Caledonia	1008,92	1	0
159	Chinese Taipei	1007,30	-6	-16,63
160	Maldives	1003,48	1	0
161	Puerto Rico	1000,52	-1	-6,67
162	Tahiti	999,48	1	0
163	Myanmar	999,46	-1	-1,00
164	Andorra	998,75	0	0,75
165	St. Lucia	988,67	2	0
166	Cuba	986,80	3	6,15
167	Papua New Guinea	985,32	-2	-5,29
168	South Sudan	984,65	-2	-4,64
169	Fiji	983,81	-1	2,55
170	Bermuda	974,30	1	1,94
171	Malta	973,14	1	5,85
172	Vanuatu	972,14	-2	-8,19
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	953,47	0	0
174	Grenada	950,99	0	0
175	Montserrat	946,08	1	0
176	Chad	945,92	5	25,55
177	Barbados	943,80	1	0
178	Nepal	937,84	-3	-10,21
179	Cambodia	925,40	0	-6,07
180	Belize	925,35	2	6,67
181	Dominica	922,25	-1	0
182	Samoa	920,54	4	23,76
183	Mauritius	919,40	-6	-25,55
184	Bangladesh	905,30	-1	-11,45
185	Bhutan	904,10	-1	-8,92
186	Macau	896,62	1	0
187	Cook Islands	896,59	-2	-0,71
188	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	893,58	3	4,64
189	American Samoa	890,97	-1	0
190	Laos	889,62	-1	0
191	Mongolia	884,04	-1	-5,12
192	Djibouti	877,28	0	-5,48
193	Aruba	875,82	0	-3,50
194	Brunei Darussalam	872,65	0	2,02
195	Pakistan	849,94	0	-6,60
196	Cayman Islands	847,81	1	-3,38
197	Seychelles	845,53	2	0
198	Timor-Leste	843,40	2	0
199	Somalia	842,64	-1	-3,02
200	Bahamas	835,81	2	0
201	Tonga	833,12	-5	-23,06
202	Liechtenstein	832,75	1	-0,26
203	Gibraltar	832,50	-2	-8,30
204	Sri Lanka	829,41	0	7,38
205	Guam	821,91	0	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	817,03	0	-1,54
207	British Virgin Islands	813,31	0	5,74
208	US Virgin Islands	797,29	0	0,51
209	Anguilla	793,48	0	7,79
210	San Marino	742,05	0	0,44

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