Football rankings: FIFA ranking: April 2022 final preview
FIFA will publish the ranking tomorrow, Thursday March 31st. Just in time to use it as the seeding ranking for the Finals draw the following day, Friday April 1st at 18:00 CET that shindig will start.
This final preview contains 169 matches, out of 181 matches played since February 7th.
Just now New Zealand has demolished Solomon Islands in the OFC qualification final, so they will participate in the interconfederational play-off against the CONCACAF number four in June.
And tonight (for us Europeans) the CONCACAF octagonal finishes with the last 4 matches: Canada is qualified but they need a win to clinch the final spot in pot 3 (relegating Tunisia to pot 4), Mexico needs a point against El Salvador to qualify. Costa Rica – USA is about the third direct qualification spot. Costa Rica needs a win with 6 goals difference to pip the USA. That probably won’t happen, so the Central-Americans will highly likely be the opponent of New Zealand in June. Mexico and USA will be in pot 2 for the draw when they qualify.
The other IPO is between Peru and the winner of Australia – United Arab Emirates.
The points to be won tonight in the final matches counting for the April ranking:
|
MEX |
SLV |
||||
|
pos |
pts |
pos |
pts |
||
|
MEX win |
9 |
1658,82 |
74 |
1331,65 |
|
|
draw |
13 |
1646,32 |
70 |
1344,15 |
|
|
SLV win |
16 |
1633,82 |
69 |
1356,65 |
|
|
CRC |
USA |
||||
|
pos |
pts |
pos |
pts |
||
|
USA win |
39 |
1478,09 |
9 |
1658,72 |
|
|
draw |
37 |
1490,59 |
13 |
1646,22 |
|
|
CRC win |
31 |
1503,09 |
16 |
1633,72 |
|
|
PAN |
CAN |
||||
|
pos |
pts |
pos |
pts |
||
|
CAN win |
68 |
1357,79 |
31 |
1504,00 |
|
|
draw |
65 |
1370,29 |
37 |
1491,50 |
|
|
PAN win |
61 |
1382,79 |
39 |
1479,00 |
|
|
JAM |
HON |
||||
|
pos |
pts |
pos |
pts |
||
|
JAM win |
63 |
1378,75 |
83 |
1289,47 |
|
|
draw |
67 |
1366,25 |
78 |
1301,97 |
|
|
HON win |
70 |
1353,75 |
76 |
1314,47 |
|
Elo predicts wins for Mexico, Canada and Jamaica and a draw between Costa Rica and USA.
Brazil has finally regained the top spot over Belgium. They were first already in September 1993, in only the second ranking (from now 316 published rankings).
The Cook Islands are once again included in the ranking after the one qualifier they were able to play this month before COVID-19 struck again.
Two teams record new highs:
Canada (31 – 33 in February 2022)
Kosovo (108 – 109 in September 2021)
Four teams dropped to new lows:
Liechtenstein (192 – 191 in July 2017)
Guam (207 – 206 in October 2021)
US Virgin Islands (208 – 207 in November 2019)
British Virgin Islands (209 – 208 in October 2019)
Two teams equaled their lowest ranking:
Anguilla (210 first in November 2019)
San Marino (211 first in November 2018)
Best movers:
10 – New Zealand
7 – South Sudan
6 – North Macedonia, Sao Tomé e Príncipe
Worst movers:
-8 – Azerbaijan, Somalia
-7 – New Caledonia
Best movers in the top 50:
5 – Costa Rica
4 – Norway, Saudi Arabia
Worst movers in the top 50:
-5 – Australia
-4 – Austria, Turkey
These will be the pots for the Finals draw when the elo-predictions for the CONCACAF matches tonight come true:
pot 1
Qatar – AFC
Brazil – CONMEBOL
Belgium – UEFA
France – UEFA
Argentina – CONMEBOL
England – UEFA
Spain – UEFA
Portugal – UEFA
pot 2
Mexico – CONCACAF
Netherlands – UEFA
Denmark – UEFA
Germany – UEFA
USA – CONCACAF
Uruguay – CONMEBOL
Switzerland – UEFA
Croatia – UEFA
pot 3
Senegal – CAF
Iran – AFC
Japan – AFC
Morocco – CAF
Serbia – UEFA
Poland – UEFA
Korea Republic – AFC
Canada – CONCACAF
pot 4
Tunisia – CAF
Cameroon – CAF
Ecuador – CONMEBOL
Saudi Arabia – AFC
Ghana – CAF
UEFA PO placeholder (Wales – Scotland/Ukraine)
CONMEBOL/AFC IPO placeholder (Peru – Australia/United Arab Emirates)
CONCACAF/OFC IPO placeholder (Costa Rica -New Zealand)
Stay safe and healthy everybody !
|
pos Apr |
team |
pts Apr |
+/- pos |
+/- pts |
|
1 |
Brazil |
1832,69 |
1 |
9,27 |
|
2 |
Belgium |
1827,00 |
-1 |
-1,45 |
|
3 |
France |
1789,85 |
0 |
3,70 |
|
4 |
Argentina |
1765,13 |
0 |
-1,86 |
|
5 |
England |
1761,71 |
0 |
6,19 |
|
6 |
Italy |
1723,31 |
0 |
-17,46 |
|
7 |
Spain |
1709,19 |
0 |
4,44 |
|
8 |
Portugal |
1674,78 |
0 |
14,53 |
|
9 |
Mexico |
1658,82 |
3 |
10,92 |
|
10 |
Netherlands |
1658,66 |
0 |
4,93 |
|
11 |
Denmark |
1653,60 |
-2 |
-0,94 |
|
12 |
Germany |
1650,53 |
-1 |
2,20 |
|
13 |
USA |
1646,22 |
0 |
2,88 |
|
14 |
Uruguay |
1635,73 |
2 |
21,68 |
|
15 |
Switzerland |
1635,32 |
-1 |
-7,51 |
|
16 |
Croatia |
1621,11 |
-1 |
0,37 |
|
17 |
Colombia |
1600,52 |
2 |
14,63 |
|
18 |
Wales |
1588,08 |
2 |
10,07 |
|
19 |
Sweden |
1584,77 |
-2 |
-3,49 |
|
20 |
Senegal |
1584,16 |
-2 |
-3,62 |
|
21 |
Iran |
1564,49 |
0 |
-8,40 |
|
22 |
Peru |
1562,32 |
0 |
-1,13 |
|
23 |
Japan |
1553,44 |
0 |
3,62 |
|
24 |
Morocco |
1551,88 |
0 |
4,46 |
|
25 |
Serbia |
1547,53 |
0 |
0,15 |
|
26 |
Poland |
1544,20 |
2 |
13,58 |
|
27 |
Ukraine |
1535,08 |
0 |
0 |
|
28 |
Chile |
1526,40 |
-2 |
-16,76 |
|
29 |
Korea Republic |
1519,54 |
0 |
-3,31 |
|
30 |
Nigeria |
1504,01 |
2 |
-5,90 |
|
31 |
Canada |
1504,00 |
2 |
6,18 |
|
32 |
Egypt |
1500,67 |
2 |
3,62 |
|
33 |
Czech Republic |
1500,62 |
-2 |
-9,80 |
|
34 |
Austria |
1500,37 |
-4 |
-11,19 |
|
35 |
Tunisia |
1499,80 |
1 |
9,88 |
|
36 |
Russia |
1493,42 |
-1 |
0 |
|
37 |
Costa Rica |
1490,59 |
5 |
26,53 |
|
38 |
Cameroon |
1480,48 |
0 |
-0,34 |
|
39 |
Scotland |
1472,66 |
1 |
0,84 |
|
40 |
Hungary |
1466,08 |
1 |
0,46 |
|
41 |
Norway |
1463,50 |
4 |
8,07 |
|
42 |
Australia |
1462,29 |
-5 |
-24,57 |
|
43 |
Turkey |
1461,81 |
-4 |
-10,91 |
|
44 |
Algeria |
1461,26 |
-1 |
0,33 |
|
45 |
Slovakia |
1454,98 |
1 |
-0,38 |
|
46 |
Ecuador |
1452,63 |
-2 |
-6,00 |
|
47 |
Republic of Ireland |
1449,48 |
2 |
5,19 |
|
48 |
Romania |
1446,54 |
-1 |
-6,64 |
|
49 |
Saudi Arabia |
1444,69 |
4 |
10,74 |
|
50 |
Paraguay |
1443,30 |
0 |
2,77 |
|
51 |
Qatar |
1441,41 |
1 |
3,50 |
|
52 |
Mali |
1436,62 |
-4 |
-9,87 |
|
53 |
Cote d’Ivoire |
1435,28 |
-2 |
-4,34 |
|
54 |
Northern Ireland |
1423,55 |
0 |
-1,42 |
|
55 |
Greece |
1421,43 |
0 |
-0,56 |
|
56 |
Burkina Faso |
1409,61 |
0 |
-8,97 |
|
57 |
Finland |
1406,87 |
0 |
-4,90 |
|
58 |
Venezuela |
1398,14 |
0 |
-13,31 |
|
59 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
1388,63 |
0 |
-2,56 |
|
60 |
Ghana |
1387,36 |
1 |
5,91 |
|
61 |
North Macedonia |
1381,07 |
6 |
13,84 |
|
62 |
Iceland |
1380,85 |
-2 |
-1,96 |
|
63 |
Jamaica |
1378,75 |
-1 |
0,13 |
|
64 |
Slovenia |
1378,23 |
0 |
2,81 |
|
65 |
Albania |
1371,86 |
0 |
-3,12 |
|
66 |
Congo DR |
1365,07 |
0 |
-4,46 |
|
67 |
Panama |
1357,79 |
-4 |
-17,77 |
|
68 |
United Arab Emirates |
1356,99 |
1 |
3,89 |
|
69 |
South Africa |
1356,01 |
-1 |
-2,23 |
|
70 |
Montenegro |
1342,79 |
2 |
-0,10 |
|
71 |
Cape Verde Islands |
1339,50 |
2 |
2,62 |
|
72 |
Iraq |
1338,91 |
2 |
13,47 |
|
73 |
Bulgaria |
1338,78 |
-2 |
-6,69 |
|
74 |
El Salvador |
1331,65 |
-4 |
-14,39 |
|
75 |
Oman |
1324,16 |
4 |
23,16 |
|
76 |
Israel |
1305,92 |
1 |
-0,78 |
|
77 |
China PR |
1304,02 |
-2 |
-9,79 |
|
78 |
Bolivia |
1298,81 |
-2 |
-9,31 |
|
79 |
Curacao |
1298,39 |
1 |
0 |
|
80 |
Guinea |
1293,21 |
1 |
0,63 |
|
81 |
Gabon |
1290,65 |
1 |
0 |
|
82 |
Honduras |
1289,47 |
-4 |
-14,49 |
|
83 |
Benin |
1288,91 |
0 |
6,38 |
|
84 |
Uzbekistan |
1286,55 |
1 |
9,53 |
|
85 |
Georgia |
1276,31 |
1 |
7,07 |
|
86 |
Uganda |
1275,50 |
-2 |
-3,68 |
|
87 |
Bahrain |
1265,76 |
2 |
2,15 |
|
88 |
Syria |
1265,03 |
3 |
13,81 |
|
89 |
Zambia |
1262,22 |
-1 |
-2,42 |
|
90 |
Haiti |
1261,86 |
-3 |
-6,19 |
|
91 |
Jordan |
1259,84 |
-1 |
0 |
|
92 |
Armenia |
1245,13 |
0 |
2,89 |
|
93 |
Belarus |
1243,23 |
1 |
9,80 |
|
94 |
Luxembourg |
1229,60 |
-1 |
-6,85 |
|
95 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1218,48 |
1 |
-10,21 |
|
96 |
Vietnam |
1215,38 |
2 |
-3,17 |
|
97 |
Lebanon |
1211,71 |
-2 |
-17,26 |
|
98 |
Congo |
1211,36 |
-1 |
-10,04 |
|
99 |
Palestine |
1208,90 |
1 |
0 |
|
100 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1206,88 |
1 |
0,89 |
|
101 |
New Zealand |
1206,07 |
10 |
44,41 |
|
102 |
Madagascar |
1205,61 |
0 |
0 |
|
103 |
Equatorial Guinea |
1203,93 |
-4 |
-6,14 |
|
104 |
Kenya |
1202,26 |
-1 |
0 |
|
105 |
Cyprus |
1186,09 |
0 |
7,44 |
|
106 |
Sierra Leone |
1177,78 |
1 |
3,97 |
|
107 |
India |
1174,04 |
-3 |
-8,71 |
|
108 |
Kosovo |
1173,90 |
1 |
10,85 |
|
109 |
Korea DPR |
1169,96 |
-1 |
0 |
|
110 |
Estonia |
1169,06 |
-4 |
-7,44 |
|
111 |
Thailand |
1167,68 |
1 |
7,54 |
|
112 |
Namibia |
1162,93 |
-2 |
0 |
|
113 |
Mauritania |
1162,48 |
3 |
9,96 |
|
114 |
Tajikistan |
1159,42 |
1 |
6,86 |
|
115 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1158,80 |
-2 |
0,18 |
|
116 |
Niger |
1153,23 |
-2 |
-5,16 |
|
117 |
Libya |
1149,63 |
1 |
0,12 |
|
118 |
Guatemala |
1147,85 |
5 |
9,45 |
|
119 |
Mozambique |
1146,09 |
-2 |
-4,92 |
|
120 |
Malawi |
1145,08 |
-1 |
0 |
|
121 |
Togo |
1140,05 |
5 |
6,81 |
|
122 |
Zimbabwe |
1138,56 |
0 |
0 |
|
123 |
Gambia |
1138,19 |
2 |
3,01 |
|
124 |
Angola |
1137,67 |
3 |
5,95 |
|
125 |
Faroe Islands |
1137,40 |
-1 |
0,41 |
|
126 |
Kazakhstan |
1134,77 |
-6 |
-5,94 |
|
127 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
1131,08 |
1 |
0 |
|
128 |
Comoros |
1130,77 |
3 |
4,57 |
|
129 |
Azerbaijan |
1127,05 |
-8 |
-11,97 |
|
130 |
Tanzania |
1123,79 |
2 |
5,03 |
|
131 |
Central African Republic |
1122,08 |
-1 |
-5,12 |
|
132 |
Sudan |
1118,40 |
1 |
0,09 |
|
133 |
Philippines |
1117,89 |
-4 |
-12,02 |
|
134 |
Turkmenistan |
1117,60 |
0 |
0 |
|
135 |
Latvia |
1105,02 |
0 |
4,99 |
|
136 |
Rwanda |
1097,16 |
0 |
0 |
|
137 |
Solomon Islands |
1092,56 |
5 |
19,78 |
|
138 |
Lithuania |
1092,04 |
-1 |
0,27 |
|
139 |
Burundi |
1077,38 |
2 |
1,56 |
|
140 |
Ethiopia |
1076,66 |
-2 |
-4,57 |
|
141 |
Suriname |
1073,39 |
-1 |
-4,18 |
|
142 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
1072,30 |
-3 |
-5,46 |
|
143 |
Eswatini |
1070,46 |
4 |
16,32 |
|
144 |
Nicaragua |
1062,21 |
0 |
0 |
|
145 |
Lesotho |
1061,72 |
1 |
4,10 |
|
146 |
Kuwait |
1059,94 |
-3 |
-5,62 |
|
147 |
Hong Kong |
1053,39 |
1 |
0 |
|
148 |
Botswana |
1051,59 |
1 |
0 |
|
149 |
Afghanistan |
1049,77 |
1 |
0 |
|
150 |
Liberia |
1046,58 |
-5 |
-11,70 |
|
151 |
Yemen |
1046,26 |
0 |
0 |
|
152 |
Myanmar |
1044,56 |
0 |
0 |
|
153 |
Andorra |
1040,13 |
2 |
9,85 |
|
154 |
Malaysia |
1035,06 |
0 |
0,53 |
|
155 |
Dominican Republic |
1029,42 |
1 |
0 |
|
156 |
Maldives |
1025,50 |
1 |
3,92 |
|
157 |
Chinese Taipei |
1017,78 |
1 |
0 |
|
158 |
Singapore |
1012,27 |
3 |
11,49 |
|
159 |
Indonesia |
1001,61 |
1 |
0 |
|
160 |
New Caledonia |
999,70 |
-7 |
-35,42 |
|
161 |
South Sudan |
998,45 |
7 |
20,64 |
|
162 |
Papua New Guinea |
997,60 |
3 |
7,05 |
|
163 |
Vanuatu |
995,62 |
1 |
0 |
|
164 |
Tahiti |
995,11 |
-5 |
-19,16 |
|
165 |
Fiji |
988,30 |
-3 |
-7,97 |
|
166 |
Barbados |
987,52 |
-3 |
-8,42 |
|
167 |
Bermuda |
982,43 |
-1 |
0 |
|
168 |
Nepal |
978,86 |
-1 |
-3,36 |
|
169 |
Malta |
971,56 |
5 |
12,61 |
|
170 |
Grenada |
968,49 |
-1 |
-5,54 |
|
171 |
Cambodia |
966,61 |
0 |
0 |
|
172 |
Guyana |
966,38 |
3 |
7,51 |
|
173 |
Puerto Rico |
962,77 |
-1 |
0 |
|
174 |
Belize |
962,21 |
-4 |
-5,21 |
|
175 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
960,71 |
-2 |
0 |
|
176 |
St. Lucia |
953,45 |
1 |
0 |
|
177 |
Cuba |
950,91 |
2 |
1,95 |
|
178 |
Montserrat |
950,71 |
0 |
0 |
|
179 |
Mauritius |
940,47 |
-3 |
-14,71 |
|
180 |
Moldova |
932,79 |
1 |
5,94 |
|
181 |
Chad |
931,98 |
-1 |
-3,02 |
|
182 |
Macau |
922,10 |
0 |
0 |
|
183 |
Sao Tomé e Príncipe |
917,62 |
6 |
14,31 |
|
184 |
Dominica |
916,72 |
-1 |
0 |
|
185 |
Laos |
914,66 |
2 |
10,06 |
|
186 |
Mongolia |
911,49 |
-2 |
-5,19 |
|
187 |
Bhutan |
910,96 |
-2 |
0 |
|
188 |
Bangladesh |
903,98 |
-2 |
-3,85 |
|
189 |
American Samoa |
900,27 |
1 |
0 |
|
190 |
Cook Islands |
899,33 |
– |
-8,67 |
|
191 |
Brunei Darussalam |
898,96 |
-3 |
-4,94 |
|
192 |
Liechtenstein |
895,08 |
-1 |
-4,44 |
|
193 |
Samoa |
894,26 |
0 |
0 |
|
194 |
Djibouti |
875,98 |
-2 |
-20,64 |
|
195 |
Cayman Islands |
873,64 |
0 |
0 |
|
196 |
Seychelles |
866,94 |
0 |
-3,69 |
|
197 |
Pakistan |
866,81 |
0 |
0 |
|
198 |
Timor-Leste |
865,47 |
0 |
0 |
|
199 |
Tonga |
861,81 |
0 |
0 |
|
200 |
Aruba |
859,97 |
0 |
0 |
|
201 |
Bahamas |
858,50 |
0 |
0 |
|
202 |
Somalia |
857,39 |
-8 |
-16,32 |
|
203 |
Gibraltar |
857,20 |
0 |
3,60 |
|
204 |
Eritrea |
855,56 |
-2 |
0 |
|
205 |
Sri Lanka |
842,93 |
-1 |
0 |
|
206 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
839,84 |
-1 |
0 |
|
207 |
Guam |
838,33 |
-1 |
0 |
|
208 |
US Virgin Islands |
816,13 |
-1 |
0 |
|
209 |
British Virgin Islands |
812,94 |
-1 |
0 |
|
210 |
Anguilla |
792,34 |
-1 |
0 |
|
211 |
San Marino |
776,97 |
-1 |
-3,36 |
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