Not much to write about for this one with only a handful of friendly matches, some qualifying matches for the East Asian Football Federation Tournament, some matches of the ASEAN Football Federation Championship and some matches of the MSG Prime Minister's Cup. As per my other post, FIFA should just have chosen 9 January 2025 for this ranking to include all matches of these tournaments and also matches from the Gulf Cup and African Nations Championship Qualifying.
Updated 2024-12-07 10:49 UTC: revamp of East Asian Football Federation Tournament qualifying schedule:
Pos Country Points +/- +/-
1 Argentina 1867.25 0 0.00
2 France 1859.78 0 0.00
3 Spain 1853.27 0 0.00
4 England 1813.81 0 0.00
5 Brazil 1775.85 0 0.00
6 Portugal 1756.12 0 0.00
7 Netherlands 1747.55 0 0.00
8 Belgium 1740.62 0 0.00
9 Italy 1731.51 0 0.00
10 Germany 1703.79 0 0.00
11 Uruguay 1695.91 0 0.00
12 Colombia 1694.45 0 0.00
13 Croatia 1691.59 0 0.00
14 Morocco 1688.18 0 0.00
15 Japan 1652.79 0 0.00
16 United States 1645.48 0 0.00
17 Senegal 1637.25 0 0.00
18 Iran 1635.31 0 0.00
19 Mexico 1627.40 0 0.00
20 Switzerland 1625.16 0 0.00
21 Denmark 1611.49 0 0.00
22 Austria 1589.84 0 0.00
23 South Korea 1585.45 0 0.00
24 Ecuador 1560.13 0 0.00
25 Ukraine 1554.94 0 0.00
26 Australia 1544.15 0 0.00
27 Sweden 1540.20 0 0.00
28 Türkiye 1537.24 0 0.00
29 Wales 1534.39 0 0.00
30 Hungary 1517.57 0 0.00
31 Canada 1515.96 0 0.00
32 Serbia 1514.28 0 0.00
33 Egypt 1513.48 0 0.00
34 Russia 1512.32 0 0.00
35 Poland 1510.62 0 0.00
36 Panama 1504.38 0 0.00
37 Algeria 1495.85 0 0.00
38 Romania 1494.20 0 0.00
39 Greece 1489.88 0 0.00
40 Peru 1488.42 0 0.00
41 Slovakia 1486.19 0 0.00
42 Czechia 1484.88 0 0.00
43 Norway 1484.44 0 0.00
44 Nigeria 1482.23 0 0.00
45 Scotland 1480.24 0 0.00
46 Côte d'Ivoire 1478.47 0 0.00
47 Venezuela 1475.71 0 0.00
48 Qatar 1474.60 0 0.00
49 Cameroon 1471.49 0 0.00
50 Chile 1469.44 0 0.00
51 Mali 1466.10 0 0.00
52 Tunisia 1464.42 0 0.00
53 Paraguay 1458.26 0 0.00
54 Costa Rica 1454.99 0 0.00
55 Slovenia 1454.25 0 0.00
56 Iraq 1442.86 0 0.00
57 South Africa 1428.87 0 0.00
58 Uzbekistan 1424.93 0 0.00
59 Saudi Arabia 1406.56 0 0.00
60 Ireland 1400.22 0 0.00
61 Democratic Republic of Congo 1395.77 0 0.00
62 Jamaica 1390.85 0 0.00
63 United Arab Emirates 1385.57 0 0.00
64 Jordan 1375.91 0 0.00
65 Albania 1375.57 0 0.00
66 Burkina Faso 1373.76 0 0.00
67 North Macedonia 1368.96 0 0.00
68 Georgia 1362.21 0 0.00
69 Finland 1361.53 0 0.00
70 Iceland 1355.10 0 0.00
71 Northern Ireland 1349.58 0 0.00
72 Cape Verde Islands 1328.51 0 0.00
73 Montenegro 1326.76 0 0.00
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1326.69 0 0.00
75 Honduras 1325.93 0 0.00
76 Israel 1322.25 0 0.00
77 Ghana 1320.52 0 0.00
78 Guinea 1311.88 0 0.00
79 Bolivia 1308.58 0 0.00
80 Oman 1307.90 0 1.23
81 Bahrain 1305.52 0 0.00
82 Bulgaria 1301.04 0 0.00
83 El Salvador 1300.81 0 0.00
84 Gabon 1297.87 0 0.00
85 Angola 1296.48 0 0.00
86 Haiti 1287.75 0 0.00
87 Zambia 1279.24 0 0.00
88 Uganda 1270.42 0 0.00
89 New Zealand 1269.83 0 0.00
90 China 1266.38 0 0.00
91 Curaçao 1264.78 0 0.00
92 Luxembourg 1256.42 0 0.00
92 Equatorial Guinea 1256.20 0 0.00
94 Syria 1251.31 1 1.84
95 Benin 1250.98 0 0.00
96 Mozambique 1232.70 0 0.00
97 Thailand 1231.18 0 2.93
98 Belarus 1226.31 0 0.00
99 Kosovo 1219.82 0 0.00
100 Armenia 1219.15 0 0.00
101 Palestine 1215.87 0 0.00
102 Trinidad and Tobago 1214.81 0 0.00
103 Comoros 1208.99 0 0.00
104 Tajikistan 1203.08 0 0.00
105 Guatemala 1201.34 0 0.00
106 Tanzania 1199.33 0 0.00
107 Kyrgyzstan 1194.19 0 0.00
108 Kenya 1189.65 0 0.00
109 Mauritania 1183.15 0 0.00
110 Kazakhstan 1180.18 0 0.00
111 Namibia 1179.27 0 0.00
112 Lebanon 1170.33 0 2.23
113 Sudan 1165.41 0 0.00
114 North Korea 1164.41 0 0.00
115 Vietnam 1162.41 1 1.30
115 Madagascar 1162.02 0 0.00
117 Azerbaijan 1158.70 0 0.00
118 Libya 1158.03 0 0.00
119 Togo 1152.18 0 0.00
120 Guinea-Bissau 1151.72 0 0.00
121 Zimbabwe 1151.06 0 0.00
122 Niger 1145.96 0 0.00
123 Estonia 1142.53 0 0.00
124 Indonesia 1138.30 1 3.19
125 Rwanda 1136.06 0 0.00
126 Gambia 1134.69 0 0.00
127 India 1133.62 0 0.00
128 Congo 1132.65 0 0.00
129 Sierra Leone 1132.06 0 0.00
130 Cyprus 1131.32 0 0.00
131 Malawi 1129.31 0 0.00
132 Malaysia 1117.99 0 0.93
133 Nicaragua 1114.28 0 0.00
134 Kuwait 1107.15 0 -2.00
135 Central African Republic 1102.23 0 0.00
136 Botswana 1098.85 0 0.00
137 Faroe Islands 1096.88 0 0.00
138 Surinam 1096.60 0 0.00
139 Burundi 1087.26 0 0.00
140 Latvia 1084.11 0 0.00
141 Dominican Republic 1083.36 0 0.00
142 Lithuania 1069.96 0 0.00
143 Turkmenistan 1065.42 0 0.00
144 St. Kitts and Nevis 1064.99 0 0.00
145 Liberia 1063.04 0 0.00
146 Ethiopia 1059.94 0 0.00
147 Fiji 1053.82 0 4.66
148 Solomon Islands 1050.84 0 2.09
149 Philippines 1049.92 0 2.20
150 Lesotho 1046.76 0 0.00
151 Moldova 1045.59 0 0.00
152 New Caledonia 1034.30 0 -0.12
153 Tahiti 1031.47 0 0.00
154 Guyana 1030.60 0 0.00
155 Hong Kong 1028.76 1 4.18
156 Afghanistan 1025.00 0 0.00
157 Puerto Rico 1022.83 0 0.00
158 Eswatini 1015.25 0 0.00
159 Yemen 1014.54 -1 -3.30
160 Singapore 1011.66 1 3.83
161 Antigua and Barbuda 1010.97 0 0.00
162 Maldives 1001.39 0 0.00
163 Cuba 994.43 0 0.00
164 Vanuatu 991.67 -1 -4.54
165 Taiwan 990.56 0 -0.36
166 Bermuda 988.19 0 0.00
167 St. Lucia 985.72 0 0.00
168 Malta 983.95 0 0.00
169 Myanmar 982.15 -2 -4.00
170 South Sudan 973.55 0 0.00
171 Andorra 971.54 0 0.00
172 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 961.92 0 0.00
173 Papua New Guinea 961.12 -1 -2.09
174 Grenada 955.44 0 0.00
175 Nepal 939.20 0 0.00
176 Chad 935.41 0 0.00
177 Barbados 933.29 0 0.00
178 Belize 925.02 0 0.00
179 Mauritius 923.46 0 0.00
180 Cambodia 917.51 0 -3.68
181 Montserrat 914.25 0 0.00
182 Bhutan 904.06 0 0.00
183 Dominica 900.00 0 0.00
184 Brunei 899.87 0 0.00
185 Bangladesh 898.81 0 0.00
186 Laos 886.84 0 -2.69
187 American Samoa 883.17 0 0.00
188 Mongolia 879.75 -1 -3.82
189 São Tomé and Príncipe 878.09 0 0.00
190 Cook Islands 877.53 0 0.00
191 Djibouti 877.37 0 0.00
192 Samoa 876.41 0 0.00
193 Macao 873.79 0 2.26
194 Cayman Islands 866.71 0 0.00
195 Aruba 858.00 0 0.00
196 Eritrea 855.56 0 0.00
197 Gibraltar 848.58 0 0.00
198 Timor Leste 846.81 -1 -4.02
199 Pakistan 842.59 0 0.00
200 Tonga 835.64 0 0.00
201 Sri Lanka 832.80 0 0.00
202 Seychelles 831.19 0 0.00
203 Somalia 829.81 0 0.00
204 Liechtenstein 821.71 0 0.00
205 Guam 819.65 -1 -2.26
206 Bahamas 818.58 0 0.00
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 803.98 0 0.00
208 British Virgin Islands 780.30 0 0.00
209 US Virgin Islands 779.71 0 0.00
210 Anguilla 769.31 0 0.00
211 San Marino 747.42 0 0.00
OK, so this ranking was all about Lebanon. The match between Myanmar and Lebanon (19 November => 2-3) was initially not included in last month's ranking, but is added this month (even though Lebanon used 7 substitutes), and to add to the confusion, their matches against Kuwait on 12 and 15 December were excluded (1-2 and 0-2) possibly because they used 7 substitutes. But of course, it could be due to a number of others reasons but we'll have to keep guessing because that's how FIFA exudes its power!
ReplyDeleteLike in 2023, FIFA is skipping a potential February ranking: "The next edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking will be published on 3 April 2025."
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