What Up With The Fifa Rankings?

Question

CONCACAF rankings are a mess. Trinidad is ranked way to low or some of the other countries are way too high. These appear higher than Trinidad.
Mexico 20- I Understand this. but we have beaten them recently.
USA31- OK with this.
Cuba46- Huh? didn't even know they had a team.
Costa Rica68-where about the same.
Jamaica58- Didn't Jamaica get trashed 6-0 from Eng. Trinidad held a strong Eng side for 83 mins and only went down after Crouch fouled the defender 2 score
Panama72- We beat tham all the time, Home or away. They never made it to a world cup.
Hounduras56- I forgot this team even exsisted- They didn't even make it to CONCACAF final rounds of World cup Qualifying.
Haiti- better at civil wars than football.
Canada82- I won't even bother to comment on that one.
St. Vincent & Grendines87- they got 5-0 from a lazy Trinidad a month ago. I was insulted by this.
Who is it at FIFA that hates Trinidad and Tobago. We were 27th at the WC now suddenly we're ranked 90th overall.

Answer 1

I think the rankings overall are fine, but I do agree with you that Trinidad & Tobago should be rated higher. They looked pretty strong in this previous world cup and have had strong performances overall.

Answer 2

i think its fine look at the full ranking
and yes trinidad n tobago should have ranked higher


Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
1 Brazil 1588 0 28
2 Italy 1560 0 20
3 Argentina 1551 1 105
4 France 1523 -1 40
5 England 1359 0 -11
6 Germany 1348 0 9
7 Netherlands 1305 0 -8
8 Portugal 1258 1 34
9 Nigeria 1242 2 103
10 Czech Republic 1190 -2 -63
11 Cameroon 1160 1 50
12 Spain 1154 -2 -44
13 Ukraine 1054 0 0
14 Sweden 958 2 -17
15 Croatia 948 4 66
16 Greece 945 -2 -34
17 Switzerland 937 -2 -41
18 Côte d'Ivoire 919 0 26
19 Romania 912 4 42
20 Mexico 887 -1 5
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
21 Denmark 865 1 -7
22 Poland 859 5 55
23 Russia 858 10 94
24 Scotland 847 1 37
25 Turkey 845 -4 -28
26 Egypt 828 -1 18
27 Guinea 819 4 39
28 Ghana 814 -4 -12
29 Uruguay 806 -12 -97
30 Ecuador 802 4 42
31 USA 792 -2 5
32 Tunisia 790 -4 -12
33 Serbia 765 -1 -2
34 Colombia 758 1 8
35 Paraguay 745 -6 -42
36 Mali 732 5 52
37 Slovakia 723 4 43
38 Iran 716 5 46
39 Australia 703 -2 -7
39 Morocco 703 1 12
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
41 Senegal 700 -2 -1
42 Chile 697 2 42
43 Bulgaria 677 -5 -30
44 Israel 667 -8 -74
45 Uzbekistan 645 14 151
46 Cuba 643 22 185
47 Japan 630 -1 33
48 Northern Ireland 625 -3 25
49 Republic of Ireland 596 0 28
50 Norway 587 1 25
51 Korea Republic 569 -3 -6
52 Finland 566 4 36
53 Belgium 563 -6 -20
54 Angola 552 -2 -8
55 FYR Macedonia 545 -5 -18
56 Honduras 538 -1 3
57 Qatar 525 -4 -27
58 Jamaica 523 -1 -6
59 Bosnia-Herzegovina 511 -1 0
60 Zambia 503 0 15
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
61 Togo 500 -7 -47
62 Burkina Faso 491 2 21
63 Austria 473 11 33
64 Saudi Arabia 472 -2 -6
65 Congo DR 470 1 7
66 South Africa 468 -1 2
67 Hungary 466 9 29
68 Costa Rica 458 0 0
69 Oman 455 -6 -19
70 Lithuania 453 0 -2
71 Belarus 445 -10 -34
72 Panama 435 2 -5
73 Venezuela 428 -1 -20
73 Wales 428 4 -1
73 Cyprus 428 7 16
76 Zimbabwe 424 6 14
77 Slovenia 414 1 -4
78 Cape Verde Islands 413 5 4
79 Algeria 412 -6 -35
80 Kuwait 410 -13 -49
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
81 Peru 407 -2 -9
82 Canada 399 -11 -54
83 United Arab Emirates 394 8 38
84 China PR 383 3 4
85 Moldova 382 1 0
86 Albania 375 2 2
87 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 374 -2 -14
88 Iraq 367 1 -3
89 Latvia 359 1 -3
90 Trinidad and Tobago 355 -10 -57
91 Congo 352 1 2
92 Haiti 340 -9 -69
93 Iceland 335 2 2
94 Malawi 334 0 -1
95 Georgia 327 3 25
96 Jordan 320 3 21
97 Libya 308 -4 -31
97 Gabon 308 -1 -20
97 Bahrain 308 11 53
100 Ethiopia 306 -3 -10
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
101 Bolivia 300 6 34
102 Guatemala 284 -1 -3
102 Uganda 284 1 1
104 Botswana 271 1 0
105 Guyana 268 1 0
105 Estonia 268 7 39
107 Equatorial Guinea 262 -5 -22
108 Surinam 250 14 50
109 Barbados 237 -9 -51
110 Korea DPR 235 7 15
111 Benin 232 -2 -4
112 Liberia 230 0 1
113 Namibia 227 -9 -45
114 Rwanda 226 0 0
115 Malta 223 -4 -12
116 Singapore 222 -1 -2
117 Hong Kong 220 3 14
118 Syria 212 11 28
119 Tajikistan 205 21 46
120 Tanzania 201 1 -3
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Oct 06
121 Sudan 200 1 0
121 Bermuda 200 1 0
123 Azerbaijan 197 5 7
124 Armenia 196 -5 -16
125 Thailand 192 0 -7
126 Antigua and Barbuda 187 -17 -49
127 Lebanon 179 -1 -17
128 Mozambique 174 4 -3
128 Burundi 174 5 -1
130 Seychelles 173 -1 -11
131 New Zealand 172 5 0
132 Kenya 168 -3 -16
133 Mauritania 164 -6 -28
134 Gambia 163 3 -6
135 Kazakhstan 158 0 -15
135 Eritrea 158 3 -9
137 Palestine 155 4 0
138 Yemen 154 6 19
139 Mauritius 151 0 -15
140 Chad 142 2 0
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
141 St. Kitts and Nevis 141 -23 -75
142 Kyrgyzstan 138 -8 -36
143 Bahamas 134 3 0
144 Indonesia 122 0 -13
145 Grenada 118 12 23
146 Maldives 115 3 -4
147 Swaziland 113 5 3
148 India 112 -5 -24
148 Niger 112 1 -7
150 Myanmar 109 -2 -18
151 Sierra Leone 108 -4 -22
151 Turkmenistan 108 18 47
153 Malaysia 107 0 0
153 Fiji 107 0 0
155 St. Lucia 105 -39 -116
156 Sri Lanka 100 0 4
157 Laos 94 26 59
158 Bangladesh 93 -3 -4
159 Dominican Republic 89 1 0
160 Vietnam 84 -9 -29
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
160 Lesotho 84 -2 -9
160 Liechtenstein 84 1 -3
163 Chinese Taipei 83 -5 -10
164 Solomon Islands 81 -2 0
165 Pakistan 79 -3 -2
166 Andorra 76 -2 -2
167 Brunei Darussalam 72 13 34
168 Vanuatu 70 -3 0
169 Nicaragua 69 -4 -1
169 El Salvador 69 -2 0
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 64 -3 0
172 Nepal 57 -2 -3
173 British Virgin Islands 56 -2 0
174 Tahiti 55 -2 0
175 Afghanistan 53 1 5
176 New Caledonia 51 -2 0
177 Netherlands Antilles 50 -5 -5
178 Cambodia 48 7 17
179 Papua New Guinea 47 -2 0
180 Cayman Islands 46 -2 0
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06
181 Central African Republic 45 -2 0
182 Somalia 36 -1 0
183 Mongolia 35 0 0
184 Philippines 34 11 25
185 Faroe Islands 31 0 0
185 Dominica 31 0 0
185 Macau 31 0 0
188 Madagascar 30 -14 -21
189 Luxembourg 27 4 13
190 Samoa 22 -1 0
191 Tonga 21 -1 0
192 Guinea-Bissau 18 -11 -18
193 Puerto Rico 17 -2 0
194 Bhutan 15 -2 0
195 San Marino 11 -1 1
196 Anguilla 6 0 0
197 Cook Islands 3 0 0
198 Timor-Leste 0 0 0
198 Belize 0 0 0
198 Djibouti 0 0 0
Rank Team Pts:
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Oct 06 +/-Pts:
Oct 06
198 São Tomé e Príncipe 0 0 0
198 Aruba 0 0 0
198 US Virgin Islands 0 0 0
198 Montserrat 0 0 0
198 Guam 0 0 0
198 American Samoa 0 0 0

Answer 3

The ranking guidelines were revised after the World Cup, adding more weight to matches played in the last 12 months, and to stronger soccer regions of the world.

Answer 4

what's the fifa says and report doesn't count nothing; what is count the most TV and televise all over the world which every country like to by the wright.I'm living in Canada when Brazil plays for the world cup qualify no one country by the wright to televise the game but fifa call them n one France never wan a game call n 2 Italy never loose a game every time the national team plays will be televise all over the world and fifa makes money but for them Italy is n 20 because Italy dosen;t need to do commercial if every country by olly Italian games and because they like to wach a good soccer and not a **** cheating to win.So never belive what's the commercial says people should know who plays good soccer or good ceating.

Answer 5

fifa rankings are a joke
how mexico ended up being a host team after the usa trounced them is unbelievable. then the USA goes and plays the most god awful matches I have seen. the USA deserves to be lower than they ahve been in quite sometime
FIFA needs to revamp their whole system, but please dont allow the BCS football people to give you any ideas

Answer 6

i no wot u mean y arnt scotland first :P

Answer 7

They are screwed up lol