Latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (2014)

For the first time in two decades, Germany are top of the FIFA/COCA-COLA World Rankings, thanks to their victory in Brazil. They are followed by Argentina and the Netherlands in second and third respectively. Nigeria came in at 34th position. World Cup hosts, Brazil, and former champions, Spain, are 7th and 8th respectively.
In the CAF rankings, Algeria are at the top, followed by Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria in 2nd and 3rd places, respectively.
Below are the top 100 teams in the world!
1 Germany
2 Argentina
3 Netherlands
4 Colombia
5 Belgium
6 Uruguay
7 Brazil
8 Spain
9 Switzerland
10 France
11 Portugal
12 Chile
13 Greece
14 Italy
15 USA
16 Costa Rica
17 Croatia
18 Mexico
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina
20 England
21 Ecuador
22 Ukraine
23 Russia
24 Algeria
25 Côte d’Ivoire
26 Denmark
27 Scotland
28 Romania
29 Sweden
30 Venezuela
31 Serbia
32 Turkey
33 Panama
34 Nigeria
35 Czech Republic
36 Egypt
37 Slovenia
38 Hungary
38 Ghana
40 Honduras
41 Armenia
42 Tunisia
43 Austria
44 Wales
45 Japan
46 Slovakia
47 Iceland
48 Paraguay
49 Iran
50 Montenegro
51 Guinea
52 Uzbekistan
53 Norway
53 Cameroon
55 Finland
56 Korea Republic
57 Jordan
58 Burkina Faso
59 Peru
60 Mali
61 Poland
62 Senegal
63 Libya
64 Sierra Leone
65 United Arab Emirates
66 South Africa
67 Albania
67 Israel
69 Oman
70 Republic of Ireland
71 Bolivia
72 Bulgaria
73 Azerbaijan
74 FYR Macedonia
75 Cape Verde Islands
76 Australia
77 Zambia
78 Saudi Arabia
79 Morocco
79 Angola
81 Belarus
82 Congo
83 Jamaica
84 Trinidad and Tobago
85 Palestine
86 Qatar
87 Uganda
88 Togo
89 Northern Ireland
89 Iraq
91 Benin
92 Estonia
93 Gabon
94 China PR
95 Kenya
96 Congo DR
97 Georgia
98 Zimbabwe
99 Botswana
100 Niger

Calculation of points for a single match
P = M x I x T x C

M: points for Match result
Teams gain 3 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat. In a penalty shoot-out, the winning team gains 2 points and the losing team gains 1 point.

I: Importance of match
Friendly match (including small competitions): I = 1.0
FIFA World Cup™qualifier or confederation-level qualifier: I = 2.5
Confederation-level final competition or FIFA Confederations Cup: I = 3.0
FIFA World Cup™final competition: I = 4.0

T: strength of opposing Team
The strength of the opponents is based on the formula: 200-the ranking position of the opponents.As an exception to this formula, the team at the top of the ranking is always assigned the value 200 and the teams ranked 150thand below are assigned a minimum value of 50. The ranking position is taken from the opponents’ranking in the most recently published FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.

C: strength of Confederation
When calculating matches between teams from different confederations, the mean value of the confederations to which the two competing teams belong is used. The strength of a confederation is calculated on the basis of the number of victories by that confederation at the last three FIFA World Cup™competitions (see following page). Their values are as follows:
UEFA/CONMEBOL 1.00
CONCACAF 0.88
AFC/CAF 0.86
OFC 0.85

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