Latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking

The Ghana National Team, the Black Stars, have moved from 24th to 23rd in the latest FIFA World Rankings released for October 2013. With regards to zonal rankings (CAF), Ghana’s place

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remains unchanged, occupying the second spot, 57 points behind leaders Cote d’Ivoire, who are 17th on the overall rank.

Ghana’s World Cup qualifying play-off opponent, Egypt, whom they thrashed 6-1 in  the first leg on Tuesday, have moved a place down from 50th to 51st on the World list, but maintain 8th on the CAF list.

Below is an overview of the new rankings and how they will affect seedings for the European play-off draw, courtesy FIFAcom.

The preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ is drawing to a close. Unsurprisingly, the 69 qualifiers played since the last edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, as well as the 20 friendlies and ten preliminary matches for continental competitions, have had a significant effect on the global ladder.

In the top ten, only Spain’s position at the summit remains unchanged, while Germany have pushed Argentina out of second place. New entries into the top ten are Switzerland (7th, up 7) and England (10th, up 7), both thanks to their recent strong performances in the final group games in the World Cup qualifying. Italy, meanwhile, have paid heavily for their draw against Armenia, dropping four places to eighth.

The distribution of teams in Pot 1 for the World Cup Final Draw on 6 December is as follows: Brazil, together with Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium and Switzerland are definitely in Pot 1. If Uruguay win the intercontinental play-off against Jordan, they will also go into the first pot. However, if Jordan win, the decimal points difference between the Netherlands (1135.95) and Italy (1135.61) will see the Dutch take the last place in Pot 1.

This latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking has also determined which teams will be seeded for the European play-off draw for Brazil 2014, which will take place at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on Monday, 21 October at 14.00 CET.

The distribution of teams in Pot 1 for the European play-off draw will be the four highest-positioned teams, which are confirmed as follows: Portugal, Greece, Croatia and Ukraine. Pot 2 will include France, Sweden, Romania and Iceland

A further 20 teams have now qualified for the World Cup in addition to hosts Brazil. They are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, Germany, Honduras, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea Republic, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and USA.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published after completion of World Cup qualifying on 28 November 2013.
WORLD

Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	1	Spain	1513	0
	2	Germany	1311	1
	3	Argentina	1266	-1
	4	Colombia	1178	1
	5	Belgium	1175	1
	6	Uruguay	1164	1
	7	Switzerland	1138	7
	8	Netherlands	1136	1
	8	Italy	1136	-4
	10	England	1080	7
	11	Brazil	1078	-3
	12	Chile	1051	4
	13	USA	1040	0
	14	Portugal	1036	-3
	15	Greece	983	-3
	16	Bosnia-Herzegovina	925	2
	17	Côte d'Ivoire	917	2
	18	Croatia	901	-8
	19	Russia	874	-4
	20	Ukraine	871	6
	21	France	870	4
	22	Ecuador	862	-2
	23	Ghana	860	1
	24	Mexico	854	-3
	25	Sweden	850	-3
	26	Denmark	824	-3
	27	Czech Republic	783	5
	28	Serbia	778	15
	29	Romania	767	2
	30	Slovenia	752	-1

Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	31	Costa Rica	744	2
	32	Algeria	741	-4
	33	Nigeria	724	3
	34	Honduras	720	6
	35	Scotland	715	28
	36	Panama	702	-1
	37	Venezuela	692	-1
	38	Armenia	687	17
	39	Peru	686	-5
	40	Turkey	670	9
	41	Mali	668	-3
	42	Cape Verde Islands	662	2
	43	Hungary	636	-13
	44	Japan	634	-2
	44	Wales	634	8
	46	Iceland	633	8
	47	Norway	632	-8
	47	Tunisia	632	-1
	49	Paraguay	613	-8
	49	Iran	613	-1
	51	Egypt	610	-1
	52	Burkina Faso	598	-1
	53	Austria	596	-6
	54	Montenegro	584	-27
	55	Uzbekistan	582	2
	56	Korea Republic	569	2
	57	Australia	564	-4
	58	Albania	563	-13
	59	Cameroon	554	2
	60	Republic of Ireland	550	-1
	61	Libya	540	9
	61	South Africa	540	7

	Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	61	Libya	540	9
	61	South Africa	540	7
	63	Finland	538	-7
	64	Senegal	530	2
	65	Slovakia	528	-5
	66	Israel	515	3
	67	Zambia	513	4
	68	Guinea	512	8
	69	Poland	503	-4
	70	Jordan	502	3
	71	United Arab Emirates	496	11
	71	Bolivia	496	-9
	73	Sierra Leone	493	-1
	74	Cuba	492	10
	75	Togo	488	2
	76	Bulgaria	487	-12
	77	Morocco	478	-3
	78	Dominican Republic	474	9
	79	New Zealand	470	-12
	80	Haiti	464	-2
	81	Trinidad and Tobago	457	4
	82	Jamaica	456	-4
	83	Belarus	441	-3
	84	Gabon	438	-1
	85	Uganda	431	-4
	86	FYR Macedonia	430	-11
	87	Congo DR	411	4
	88	Azerbaijan	407	19
	89	El Salvador	404	4
	90	Northern Ireland	399	-4
	91	Congo	394	1

Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	91	Congo	394	1
	92	Oman	381	4
	93	Angola	380	-4
	94	Benin	378	-4
	95	Ethiopia	376	-2
	96	Moldova	369	33
	97	China PR	365	2
	98	Botswana	354	6
	99	Estonia	351	-11
	100	Georgia	350	-3
	101	Saudi Arabia	338	8
	102	Zimbabwe	328	-1
	103	Lithuania	323	9
	103	Iraq	323	2
	105	Qatar	313	3
	106	Liberia	312	8
	107	Korea DPR	310	6
	107	Central African Republic	310	-4
	109	Kuwait	307	0
	110	Niger	306	-8
	111	Canada	296	-5
	112	Guatemala	294	-12
	112	Antigua and Barbuda	294	-1
	114	Guyana	286	16
	115	Mozambique	282	1
	116	Tajikistan	280	1
	117	Latvia	277	-2
	118	Kenya	274	0
	119	Equatorial Guinea	273	-21
	120	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	271	2
	121	Lebanon	267	-1
	121	Burundi	267	3

Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	121	Lebanon	267	-1
	121	Burundi	267	3
	123	Bahrain	266	-2
	124	Malawi	263	-2
	125	Turkmenistan	254	0
	126	New Caledonia	249	-31
	127	Luxembourg	247	-1
	128	Namibia	246	-1
	129	Rwanda	242	2
	129	Tanzania	242	-2
	131	Suriname	237	4
	132	Grenada	233	-13
	133	Afghanistan	223	-1
	134	Cyprus	219	0
	135	Kazakhstan	216	-3
	136	Sudan	215	4
	137	Philippines	213	4
	138	St. Lucia	203	0
	139	Gambia	202	-3
	140	Malta	192	2
	141	Syria	183	2
	141	Lesotho	183	6
	143	Thailand	181	-4
	144	Tahiti	179	2
	145	Belize	178	0
	146	Palestine	175	3
	147	St. Kitts and Nevis	172	-10
	148	Hong Kong	171	0
	149	Myanmar	169	13
	150	Kyrgyzstan	161	-6
	151	Vietnam	159	2

Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	151	Vietnam	159	2
	152	Mauritania	158	-2
	153	Nicaragua	155	0
	154	India	151	1
	155	Singapore	149	4
	156	Chad	148	2
	157	Maldives	147	-5
	158	Liechtenstein	141	-2
	159	Puerto Rico	139	1
	160	Malaysia	137	1
	161	Bermuda	127	-4
	162	Indonesia	120	8
	162	São Tomé e Príncipe	120	1
	162	Bangladesh	120	4
	165	Nepal	119	-2
	166	Sri Lanka	108	2
	167	Laos	105	5
	168	Pakistan	102	2
	169	Dominica	89	-2
	170	Curaçao	88	4
	171	Solomon Islands	86	-2
	171	Guam	86	4
	173	Barbados	82	-22
	173	Aruba	82	-8
	175	Faroe Islands	81	7
	176	Chinese Taipei	79	-1
	177	Yemen	72	-4
	178	Samoa	62	-1
	178	Mauritius	62	-1
	180	Madagascar	57	-1
	181	Guinea-Bissau	56	-1

Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	181	Guinea-Bissau	56	-1
	182	Vanuatu	53	-1
	183	Swaziland	49	3
	183	Mongolia	49	2
	185	Fiji	47	2
	186	American Samoa	43	2
	186	Tonga	43	2
	188	Bahamas	40	3
	189	Montserrat	33	4
	190	Comoros	32	3
	191	US Virgin Islands	30	-1
	192	Cayman Islands	29	0
	193	Brunei Darussalam	26	-11
	193	Timor-Leste	26	-11
	195	Eritrea	24	0
	196	Seychelles	23	0
	197	Papua New Guinea	21	0
	198	Cambodia	20	1
	199	British Virgin Islands	18	-2
	200	Andorra	16	0
	201	Somalia	14	0
	202	Djibouti	11	1
	202	Cook Islands	11	1
	204	South Sudan	10	1
	204	Macau	10	-2
	206	Anguilla	3	0
	207	Bhutan	0	0
	207	San Marino	0	0
	207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0

AFRICA

Rnk	Zon. Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	17	1	Côte d'Ivoire	917	2
	23	2	Ghana	860	1
	32	3	Algeria	741	-4
	33	4	Nigeria	724	3
	41	5	Mali	668	-3
	42	6	Cape Verde Islands	662	2
	47	7	Tunisia	632	-1
	51	8	Egypt	610	-1
	52	9	Burkina Faso	598	-1
	59	10	Cameroon	554	2
	61	11	Libya	540	9
	61	12	South Africa	540	7
	64	13	Senegal	530	2
	67	14	Zambia	513	4
	68	15	Guinea	512	8
	73	16	Sierra Leone	493	-1
	75	17	Togo	488	2
	77	18	Morocco	478	-3
	84	19	Gabon	438	-1
	85	20	Uganda	431	-4
	87	21	Congo DR	411	4
	91	22	Congo	394	1
	93	23	Angola	380	-4
	94	24	Benin	378	-4
	95	25	Ethiopia	376	-2
	98	26	Botswana	354	6
	102	27	Zimbabwe	328	-1
	106	28	Liberia	312	8
	107	29	Central African Republic	310	-4
	110	30	Niger	306	-8
	115	31	Mozambique	282	1
	118	32	Kenya	274	0
	119	33	Equatorial Guinea	273	-21
	121	34	Burundi	267	3
	124	35	Malawi	263	-2
	128	36	Namibia	246	-1
	129	37	Rwanda	242	2
	129	38	Tanzania	242	-2
	136	39	Sudan	215	4
	139	40	Gambia	202	-3
	141	41	Lesotho	183	6
	152	42	Mauritania	158	-2
	156	43	Chad	148	2
	162	44	São Tomé e Príncipe	120	1
	178	45	Mauritius	62	-1
	180	46	Madagascar	57	-1
	181	47	Guinea-Bissau	56	-1
	183	48	Swaziland	49	3
	190	49	Comoros	32	3
	195	50	Eritrea	24	0
	196	51	Seychelles	23	0
	201	52	Somalia	14	0
	202	53	Djibouti	11	1
	204	54	South Sudan	10	1