FIFA Women's Ranking: August 2012 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 17 August 2012.

FIFA have confirmed by e-mail Great Britain matches won't be included.

Best movers:

5 - Wales and South Africa
2 - Iceland, New Zealand, Austria, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia


Worst movers:

-4 - Hungary
-3 - Korea DPR and Slovakia
-2 - Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Uruguay

FIFA Women's Ranking: Great Britain = England?

Have you noticed the women's fixtures and results for England on FIFA.com?

Quite interesting.

Here's the current top 30 (as of 3 August - before the Olympic tournament quarter finals) - without the Great Britain matches.

FIFA Women's Ranking: August 2012 preview

Next update: 10 August 2012 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 17 August.

Only 15 teams can still change their totals (11 of them will be at the Olympics).

The current rank shown in the next two tables is the current rank as of today - see the third table. That's why Brazil are 4th and not 5th as in the June ranking.

FIFA Women's Ranking: June 2012 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on June 1st.

I'm still waiting for an answer for FIFA regarding possible errors in the rankings, so bear this in mind while looking at the table below.

Only three matches left:

Slovakia - Korea DPR (Friendly)
Canada - China PR (Friendly)
Germany - Romania (Continental Qualifier)

This is how the points can change:

Order of fields: Team, Current points, followed by points lost/gained for 6 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 1 and 0 - 6 score lines.

Germany 2168 (0, -4, -25, -29)
Canada 1971 (3, 1,  -10, -12)
Korea DPR 1970 (2, 0, -10, -13)
China PR (12, 10, -1, -3)
Romania (29, 25, 4, 0)
Slovakia (13, 10, 0, -2)

Current ranking (as of 28 May 2012)

FIFA Women's ranking: Update postponed

I know I promised an update today, but since there are many matches that could affect the top 10 this week-end, I decided to postpone the update for Monday, 28 May 2012.

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FIFA Women's Ranking: June 2012 preview (II)

Next update: 25 May 2012 

FIFA will publish the ranking on June 1st.

I'm still waiting for an answer for FIFA regarding possible errors in the rankings, so bear this in mind while looking at the table below.

USA can still lose top spot by losing against China PR on May 27.

Brazil have dropped to 5th, behind Sweden. They can return to 4th if Sweden don't perform as expected in their friendly against Scotland.

Only 18 teams of the current top 100 can still change their points.

Modifications with 6 - 0 scores.

Current rank - Team - Current points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	USA	2178	2164	2179
2	Germany	2168	2139	2168
4	Sweden	2062	2051	2066
7	Canada	1981	1969	1984
18	China PR	1828	1824	1854
20	Finland	1803	1791	1806
21	Scotland	1775	1771	1786
26	Switzerland	1725	1714	1729
29	Belgium	1645	1642	1657
32	Republic of Ireland	1636	1632	1647
35	Hungary	1592	1575	1604
36	Romania	1587	1587	1616
37	Austria	1581	1571	1586
43	Serbia	1547	1542	1557
51	Ghana	1468	1456	1471
55	Northern Ireland	1435	1404	1462
56	Bulgaria	1432	1422	1451
71	Côte d'Ivoire	1341	1338	1353

Modifications with 1 - 0 scores.

Current rank - Team - Current points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	USA	2178	2166	2177
2	Germany	2168	2143	2164
4	Sweden	2062	2053	2064
7	Canada	1981	1971	1982
18	China PR	1828	1828	1850
20	Finland	1803	1793	1804
21	Scotland	1775	1773	1784
26	Switzerland	1725	1716	1727
29	Belgium	1645	1644	1655
32	Republic of Ireland	1636	1634	1645
35	Hungary	1592	1579	1600
36	Romania	1587	1591	1612
37	Austria	1581	1573	1583
43	Serbia	1547	1545	1555
51	Ghana	1468	1458	1469
55	Northern Ireland	1435	1412	1454
56	Bulgaria	1432	1426	1447
71	Côte d'Ivoire	1341	1340	1351

Current ranking (as of 6 April 2012)

Current rank - Team - Points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	USA	2178	0	12
2	Germany	2168	0	5
3	Japan	2120	0	6
4	Sweden	2062	1	5
5	Brazil	2060	-1	-33
6	France	2021	0	1
7	Canada	1981	0	10
8	Korea DPR	1970	0	0
9	England	1966	0	1
10	Australia	1956	0	0
11	Italy	1947	0	11
12	Denmark	1922	0	9
13	Norway	1908	0	9
14	Netherlands	1887	0	-2
15	Korea Republic	1843	1	0
16	Spain	1841	1	-1
17	Iceland	1835	-2	-16
18	China PR	1828	0	0
19	Russia	1808	0	-12
20	Finland	1803	0	8
21	Scotland	1775	0	0
22	New Zealand	1769	2	17
23	Mexico	1768	-1	0
23	Ukraine	1768	0	1
25	Czech Republic	1731	0	1
26	Switzerland	1725	0	-2
27	Nigeria	1686	0	0
28	Colombia	1651	0	0
29	Belgium	1645	4	16
29	Thailand	1645	0	0
31	Vietnam	1641	-1	0
32	Republic of Ireland	1636	-1	-1
33	Poland	1628	-1	-6
34	Argentina	1609	0	0
35	Hungary	1592	0	-7
36	Romania	1587	0	2
37	Austria	1581	2	5
38	Belarus	1579	0	0
39	Slovakia	1573	-2	-8
40	Costa Rica	1568	0	0
41	Uzbekistan	1565	0	0
42	Chinese Taipei	1556	1	0
43	Serbia	1547	1	0
44	Wales	1546	1	0
45	Chile	1544	1	0
46	Portugal	1542	-4	-15
47	Myanmar	1523	0	0
48	Trinidad and Tobago	1500	0	0
49	Ecuador	1484	1	0
50	Papua New Guinea	1474	-1	-17
51	Ghana	1468	0	0
52	Cameroon	1466	0	0
53	Peru	1450	0	0
54	India	1438	0	0
55	Northern Ireland	1435	0	0
56	Bulgaria	1432	0	-2
57	Iran	1431	0	0
58	Paraguay	1430	0	0
59	Jordan	1404	0	0
60	Haiti	1397	0	0
61	Slovenia	1388	1	2
62	Greece	1387	-1	-6
63	Israel	1380	0	0
64	Croatia	1375	0	-1
65	South Africa	1372	0	0
66	Equatorial Guinea	1371	0	0
67	Turkey	1355	0	-1
68	Indonesia	1346	0	0
69	Uruguay	1344	0	0
70	Hong Kong	1342	0	0
71	Côte d'Ivoire	1341	0	0
72	Bahrain	1340	0	0
73	Morocco	1338	0	0
73	Venezuela	1338	0	0
75	Kazakhstan	1329	0	-3
76	Estonia	1327	0	-1
77	Tunisia	1325	0	0
78	Algeria	1320	0	0
79	Faroe Islands	1318	0	0
80	Tonga	1316	0	0
81	Guatemala	1310	0	0
82	Fiji	1306	0	0
83	Guam	1300	0	0
83	Lithuania	1300	0	0
85	Laos	1292	0	0
86	Egypt	1289	0	0
87	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1268	0	1
88	Philippines	1264	0	0
89	Guyana	1256	0	0
89	Malaysia	1256	0	0
91	Tahiti	1238	0	0
92	Bolivia	1236	0	0
93	Dominican Republic	1226	0	0
94	Latvia	1220	0	0
95	Mali	1204	0	0
96	Cuba	1201	0	0
97	Singapore	1195	0	0
97	Solomon Islands	1195	0	0
99	Palestine	1189	0	0
100	New Caledonia	1188	0	0

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FIFA Women's Ranking: June 2012 preview

Next update: 6 April 2012.

I'm still waiting for an answer for FIFA regarding possible errors in the rankings, so bear this in mind while looking at the table below.

Minimum points: losing all matches 6 - 0.
Maximum points: winning all matches 6 - 0.

Brazil already lost 15 points by losing 2 - 1 against Canada in USA.

For each match I use the current points (as of today).


USA (2166) would drop 13 points by losing 6 - 0 to Japan (2114) in Japan.
USA (2166) would drop 18 points by losing 6 - 0 to Brazil (2078) in Japan.

Will improve this minimum/maximum algorithm next week (maybe).

USA could lose 1st place, but only if they lose heavily against both Japan and Brazil.

Rank - Team - Current points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	USA	2166	2135	2194
2	Germany	2163	2081	2168
3	Japan	2114	2077	2136
4	Brazil	2078	2058	2116
5	Sweden	2057	2024	2069
6	France	2020	1965	2024
7	Canada	1986	1966	2011
8	Korea DPR	1970	1970	1970
9	England	1965	1937	1966
10	Australia	1956	1956	1956
11	Italy	1936	1892	1950
12	Denmark	1913	1895	1924
13	Norway	1899	1851	1909
14	Netherlands	1889	1860	1890
15	Iceland	1851	1831	1861
16	Korea Republic	1843	1843	1843
17	Spain	1842	1811	1870
18	China PR	1828	1825	1840
19	Russia	1820	1777	1835
20	Finland	1795	1739	1812
21	Scotland	1775	1744	1818
22	Mexico	1768	1768	1768
23	Ukraine	1767	1739	1768
24	New Zealand	1752	1680	1769
25	Czech Republic	1730	1701	1760
26	Switzerland	1727	1685	1759
27	Nigeria	1686	1675	1689
28	Colombia	1651	1651	1651
29	Thailand	1645	1645	1645
30	Vietnam	1641	1641	1641
31	Republic of Ireland	1637	1627	1672
32	Poland	1634	1614	1643
33	Belgium	1629	1616	1661
34	Argentina	1609	1609	1609
35	Hungary	1599	1575	1633
36	Romania	1585	1559	1617
37	Slovakia	1581	1567	1625
38	Belarus	1579	1579	1579
39	Austria	1576	1519	1594
40	Costa Rica	1568	1568	1568
41	Uzbekistan	1565	1565	1565
42	Portugal	1557	1535	1595
43	Chinese Taipei	1556	1556	1556
44	Serbia	1547	1542	1557
45	Wales	1546	1545	1575
46	Chile	1544	1544	1544
47	Myanmar	1523	1523	1523
48	Trinidad and Tobago	1500	1500	1500
49	Papua New Guinea	1491	1474	1563
50	Ecuador	1484	1484	1484
51	Ghana	1468	1456	1471
52	Cameroon	1466	1466	1466
53	Peru	1450	1450	1450
54	India	1438	1438	1438
55	Northern Ireland	1435	1404	1462
56	Bulgaria	1434	1421	1479
57	Iran	1431	1431	1431
58	Paraguay	1430	1430	1430
59	Jordan	1404	1404	1404
60	Haiti	1397	1397	1397
61	Greece	1393	1357	1415
62	Slovenia	1386	1385	1415
63	Israel	1380	1380	1380
64	Croatia	1376	1375	1404
65	South Africa	1372	1369	1383
66	Equatorial Guinea	1371	1371	1371
67	Turkey	1356	1354	1384
68	Indonesia	1346	1346	1346
69	Uruguay	1344	1344	1344
70	Hong Kong	1342	1342	1342
71	Côte d'Ivoire	1341	1338	1353
72	Bahrain	1340	1340	1340
73	Venezuela	1338	1338	1338
73	Morocco	1338	1338	1338
75	Kazakhstan	1332	1328	1387
76	Estonia	1328	1327	1356
77	Tunisia	1325	1325	1325
78	Algeria	1320	1320	1320
79	Faroe Islands	1318	1318	1318
80	Tonga	1316	1316	1316
81	Guatemala	1310	1310	1310
82	Fiji	1306	1306	1306
83	Lithuania	1300	1300	1300
83	Guam	1300	1300	1300
85	Laos	1292	1292	1292
86	Egypt	1289	1289	1289
87	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1267	1267	1296
88	Philippines	1264	1264	1264
89	Malaysia	1256	1256	1256
89	Guyana	1256	1256	1256
91	Tahiti	1238	1238	1238
92	Bolivia	1236	1236	1236
93	Dominican Republic	1226	1226	1226
94	Latvia	1220	1220	1220
95	Mali	1204	1204	1204
96	Cuba	1201	1201	1201
97	Singapore	1195	1195	1195
97	Solomon Islands	1195	1195	1195
99	Palestine	1189	1189	1189
100	New Caledonia	1188	1188	1188

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Possible errors in the FIFA Women's Ranking

I'm new at this and I still don't have all the details, hence the "possible" in the title. Maybe I just missed something.

First of all, the official PDF explaining the FIFA Women's Ranking has a couple of errors (certain, not possible). I figured them out, then I've applied the formula to compute the December 2011 ranking using the September - December 2011 games. Looking only at the top 100, I get different values for 26 teams, the difference being between 0.36% (Colombia) and 0.05% (England).

Also see the March ranking I've posted earlier today.

27 Oct Mexico - Colombia 1 - 0 a.e.t. (Friendly)

According to FIFA:

http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=mex/ranking/gender=f/index.html
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=col/ranking/gender=f/index.html

Mexico lost 5 points, while Colombia gained 4. Now, this (teams gaining/losing different amounts of points) only happens in draws. Sure enough, if I replace the 1 - 0 aet with a 0 - 0 result, I get the same points (-5 and 4). Are FIFA using only the result after 90 minutes? Is this my mistake or theirs?

22 Oct Cameroon - Nigeria 2 - 1 AET 4 - 3 PSO (Olympic Football Tournament Women Qualifier)

According to FIFA:

http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cmr/ranking/gender=f/index.html
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=nga/ranking/gender=f/index.html

Cameroon gained 24, with Nigeria losing the same amount.

According to the formula, Cameroon should have gained (and Nigeria should have lost): 45 * (0.84 - 0.21015582) = 28 points (rounded down from 28.3429881).

15 Dec Brazil - Denmark 0 - 1 (Friendly)

According to FIFA:

http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bra/ranking/gender=f/index.html
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=den/ranking/gender=f/index.html

Brazil lost 10 points, Denmark gained 11. That's wrong. They should have exchanged the same amount of points (11), not different amounts - this only happens in draws.

Looking only at the top 15 of the September ranking:

1. USA - no problems - same points scored in each of the 2 matches.
2. Germany - no problems - same points scored in each of the 4 matches.
3. Brazil - all kinds of problems. See the table - the last column contains my values.

18/12	BRA 2:1 (0:0) DEN	Friendly Women	0	0
15/12	BRA 0:1 (0:0) DEN	Friendly Women	-10	-11
11/12	BRA 4:0 (3:0) CHI	Friendly Women	-1	0
08/12	BRA 5:1 (1:1) ITA	Friendly Women	3	2
27/10	BRA 1:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 1:0) 3:4 PSO CAN	Friendly Women	-9	-6
25/10	BRA 1:0 (0:0) MEX	Friendly Women	-1	1
22/10	BRA 0:0 CAN	Friendly Women	-8	-7
20/10	BRA 2:1 (0:0) CRC	Friendly Women	-2	-2
18/10	ARG 0:2 (0:2) BRA	Friendly Women	0	0

4. Japan - no matches, no problems.
5. Sweden - no problems - same points scored in each of the 3 matches.
6. England - only one match is different by 1 point

23/11	ENG 2:0 (1:0) SRB	WCQ	-1	-1
27/10	NED 0:0 ENG	WCQ	-1	0
22/09	ENG 4:0 (2:0) SVN	WCQ	0	0

7. France - 2 of the 5 matches are different, but they cancel each other out.

20/11	FRA 5:0 (4:0) MEX	FW	3	2
16/11	FRA 8:0 (4:0) URU	FW	0	0
26/10	FRA 5:0 (4:0) ISR	WCQ	0	0
22/10	WAL 1:4 (1:1) FRA	WCQ	1	2
22/09	IRL 1:3 (0:0) FRA	WCQ	4	4

8. Korea DPR - no matches, no problems.
9. Canada - 2 of the 7 matches are different. Both against Brazil.

22/11	CAN 2:1 (0:1) SWE	FW	15	15
27/10	BRA 1:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 1:0) 3:4 PSO CAN	FW	9	6
25/10	COL 1:2 (0:0) CAN	FW	0	0
22/10	BRA 0:0 CAN	FW	5	6
20/10	CAN 1:0 (0:0) ARG	FW	0	0
18/10	CAN 3:1 (1:1) CRC	FW	0	0
22/09	USA 3:0 (0:0) CAN	FW	-4	-4

10. Australia - no matches, no problems.
11. Italy - 1 match of 7 different by 1 point.

18/12	ITA 3:2 (1:1) CHI	FW	-1	-1
15/12	CHI 0:6 (0:3) ITA	FW	2	1
11/12	ITA 2:2 (1:0) DEN	FW	-1	-1
08/12	BRA 5:1 (1:1) ITA	FW	-2	-2
23/11	ITA 2:0 (0:0) GRE	WCQ	-2	-2
19/11	POL 0:5 (0:1) ITA	WCQ	7	7
26/10	ITA 2:0 (2:0) RUS	WCQ	4	4
22/10	MKD 0:9 (0:6) ITA	WCQ	0	0

12. Norway - no problems - same points scored in each of the 3 matches.
13. Netherlands -  1 of the 5 matches different by 1 point.

24/11	NED 2:0 (2:0) CRO	WCQ	-2	-2
19/11	SVN 0:2 (0:1) NED	WCQ	0	0
27/10	NED 0:0 ENG	WCQ	-1	-2
22/10	CRO 0:3 (0:0) NED	WCQ	1	1
21/09	NED 6:0 (1:0) SRB	WCQ	2	2

14. Denmark - no problems - same points scored in each of the 8 matches.
15. Iceland - no problems - same points scored in each of the 3 matches.

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FIFA Women's Ranking: USA still top

This post is provided "as is". I still have problems with PSO and AET games and teams without an official ranking, but I've sent my questions to FIFA and hopefully I will get an answer soon. 

FIFA will publish the official ranking on March 16.

I've seen some people wondering if USWNT would lose the top spot in the rankings after losing against Japan in the Algarve Cup. It was close. Before March 7th, USA had only 1 point over Germany, but they got 10 more after defeating Sweden 4 - 0.

Germany needed to win 2 - 0 against Japan or by 3 goals if Japan managed to score. Final score: 4 - 3 for the Germans and USA are now 3 points ahead of them.

Japan would have needed to defeat Germany 6 - 0 in order to claim 2nd place.

Here's the top 100.

March 2012 rank - Team - March 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	USA	2165	0	17
2	Germany	2162	0	19
3	Japan	2114	0	8
4	Brazil	2093	0	0
5	Sweden	2059	0	-14
6	France	2019	0	29
7	Canada	1970	0	-19
7	Korea DPR	1970	2	3
9	England	1966	-1	-17
10	Australia	1956	0	0
11	Italy	1936	0	-1
12	Denmark	1914	0	6
13	Norway	1900	-1	-8
14	Netherlands	1888	0	-9
15	Iceland	1851	0	-3
16	Spain	1842	1	1
17	Korea Republic	1840	-1	-5
18	China PR	1827	0	-4
19	Russia	1820	0	8
20	Finland	1797	0	-5
21	Scotland	1776	1	6
22	Mexico	1767	-1	-7
22	Ukraine	1767	1	0
24	New Zealand	1753	0	1
25	Czech Republic	1730	1	0
26	Switzerland	1727	-1	-6
27	Nigeria	1686	0	0
28	Colombia	1654	0	0
29	Thailand	1645	1	0
30	Vietnam	1641	1	0
31	Republic of Ireland	1636	-2	-10
32	Poland	1634	1	4
33	Belgium	1629	-1	-10
34	Argentina	1609	1	0
35	Hungary	1599	-1	-11
36	Romania	1585	0	0
37	Slovakia	1581	2	8
38	Belarus	1579	-1	-4
39	Austria	1576	-1	-1
40	Costa Rica	1567	1	10
41	Uzbekistan	1565	-1	0
42	Portugal	1557	1	2
43	Chinese Taipei	1556	-1	0
44	Serbia	1547	0	0
44	Wales	1547	2	16
46	Chile	1544	-1	0
47	Myanmar	1523	0	0
48	Trinidad and Tobago	1500	0	0
49	Papua New Guinea	1491	3	44
50	Ecuador	1484	-1	0
51	Ghana	1468	-1	11
52	Peru	1450	-1	0
53	India	1438	0	0
54	Northern Ireland	1435	0	-2
55	Bulgaria	1434	0	0
56	Equatorial Guinea	1431	0	0
56	Iran	1431	0	0
58	Paraguay	1430	0	0
59	Jordan	1405	1	0
60	Cameroon	1404	1	0
61	Haiti	1397	1	1
62	Greece	1393	-3	-20
63	Slovenia	1386	0	0
64	Israel	1380	1	0
65	Croatia	1376	-1	-8
66	South Africa	1373	0	7
67	Turkey	1356	0	0
68	Indonesia	1346	0	0
69	Uruguay	1344	0	0
70	Hong Kong	1342	0	0
71	Azerbaijan	1341	0	0
72	Bahrain	1339	2	0
73	Morocco	1338	-1	-2
73	Venezuela	1338	2	0
75	Kazakhstan	1332	1	0
76	Estonia	1328	1	0
77	Tunisia	1325	1	2
78	Algeria	1320	1	0
79	Faroe Islands	1318	1	0
80	Tonga	1316	-8	-24
81	Guatemala	1310	4	17
82	Fiji	1306	-1	0
83	Guam	1300	0	0
83	Lithuania	1300	0	0
85	Laos	1292	1	0
86	Egypt	1289	-4	-15
87	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1267	4	20
88	Philippines	1264	-1	0
89	Guyana	1256	-1	0
89	Malaysia	1256	-1	0
91	Tahiti	1238	1	0
92	Bolivia	1236	1	0
93	Dominican Republic	1225	-5	-31
94	Latvia	1220	0	0
95	Mali	1204	0	-11
96	Cuba	1201	0	1
97	Singapore	1195	0	0
97	Solomon Islands	1195	0	0
99	Palestine	1189	0	0
100	New Caledonia	1188	0	0

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