End of 2019 Rankings

A Chapter by Steve Clark

The following article provides an oversight for matches and tournaments taking place in 2019.

End of 2019 Rankings

Ranking	Country	*ELO RP Jan 1, 2020*
1	*Germany*	*2014*
2	*Brazil*	*1991*
3	*England*	*1959*
4	*Colombia*	*1950*
5	*Russia*	*1945*
6	*Chile*	*1939*
7	*Belgium*	*1924*
8	*Netherlands*	*1902*
9	*Spain*	*1901*
10	*Italy*	*1887*
11	*Argentina*	*1881*
12	*Ecuador*	*1870*
13	*Portugal*	*1869*
14	*Czech Republic*	*1867*
15	*Mexico*	*1853*
16	*France*	*1851*
17	*Slovenia*	*1849*
18	*North Macedonia*	*1845*
19	*Japan*	*1840*
20	*Jamaica*	*1836*
21	*Denmark*	*1833*
22	*South Korea*	*1829*
23	*Poland*	*1827*
24	*Ghana*	*1824*
25	*Guinea*	*1822*
26	*Costa Rica*	*1819*
27	*Serbia*	*1816*
28	*Switzerland*	*1811*
29	*Cameroon*	*1808*
30	*Greece*	*1805*
30	*Sweden*	*1805*
30	*Malta*	*1805*
33	*Togo*	*1798*
34	*Peru*	*1797*
34	*Bahrain*	*1797*
36	*Lithuania*	*1796*
37	*Cote d’Ivoire*	*1795*
38	*Turkey*	*1793*
39	*USA*	*1789*
40	*Cyprus*	*1788*
41	*Uruguay*	*1786*
42	*Austria*	*1783*
43	*South Africa*	*1781*
44	*Norway*	*1780*
44	*Hungary*	*1780*
46	*Wales*	*1777*
46	*Croatia*	*1777*
48	*Egypt*	*1772*
49	*Bosnia-Herzegovina*	*1769*
50	*Uzbekistan*	*1765*
50	*Bulgaria*	*1765*
52	*Romania*	*1762*
53	*Saudi Arabia*	*1761*
54	*Australia*	*1759*
55	*Libya*	*1758*
56	*Ireland*	*1756*
56	*Venezuela*	*1756*
58	*New Zealand*	*1755*
59	*Slovakia*	*1748*
59	*Northern Ireland*	*1748*
59	*Ukraine*	*1748*
62	*Iraq*	*1747*
63	*Kenya*	*1742*
64	*Guatemala*	*1741*
65	*Paraguay*	*1735*
66	*St Vincent and the Grenadines*	*1733*
67	*North Korea*	*1732*
67	*Finland*	*1732*
69	*Pakistan*	*1730*
70	*Georgia*	*1729*
71	*Israel*	*1727*
72	*Nigeria*	*1724*
73	*Iran*	*1722*
74	*Faroe Islands*	*1718*
75	*Fiji*	*1715*
76	*Scotland*	*1713*
76	*Bolivia*	*1713*
78	*Montenegro*	*1709*
79	*Belarus*	*1705*
80	*Honduras*	*1703*
81	*Solomon Islands*	*1701*
82	*Zambia*	*1700*
83	*Algeria*	*1695*
83	*Gabon*	*1695*
85	*Tunisia*	*1694*
86	*Angola*	*1685*
87	*Mali*	*1683*
88	*Sudan*	*1682*
89	*San Marino*	*1681*
90	*Vanuatu*	*1680*
90	*Vietnam*	*1680*
92	*Congo Democratic Rep.*	*1678*
93	*Rwanda*	*1677*
93	*India*	*1677*
95	*Morocco*	*1671*
96	*Estonia*	*1669*
97	*Burkina Faso*	*1668*
97	*Azerbaijan*	*1668*
99	*Niger*	*1663*
99	*Panama*	*1663*
101	*Chad*	*1657*
102	*El Salvador*	*1656*
102	*China*	*1656*
104	*Iceland*	*1654*
105	*Malawi*	*1653*
106	*Kuwait*	*1650*
107	*Armenia*	*1646*
108	*Cape Verde Islands*	*1645*
109	*Uganda*	*1641*
110	*Benin*	*1638*
110	*Hong Kong*	*1638*
112	*Senegal*	*1637*
112	*Canada*	*1637*
114	*Andorra*	*1635*
115	*Albania*	*1631*
116	*Liberia*	*1628*
117	*Luxembourg*	*1627*
118	*Zimbabwe*	*1616*
119	*Kazakhstan*	*1613*
119	*Moldova*	*1613*
121	*Haiti*	*1605*
122	*Cuba*	*1600*
123	*Liechtenstein*	*1590*
124	*Trinidad and Tobago*	*1589*
125	*Congo*	*1583*
126	*Nicaragua*	*1577*
127	*Botswana*	*1574*
128	*Grenada*	*1569*
129	*Mozambique*	*1568*
130	*Guyana*	*1565*
131	*Latvia*	*1562*
132	*St Kitts and Nevis*	*1561*
132	*Central African Rep.*	*1561*
134	*São Tomé and Príncipe*	*1557*
135	*Laos*	*1555*
136	*Lesotho*	*1551*
137	*Curaçao*	*1549*
137	*Suriname*	*1549*
139	*Bermuda*	*1547*
140	*Oman*	*1544*
141	*Mauritania*	*1542*
142	*Kyrgyzstan*	*1541*
142	*Dominican Rep.*	*1541*
142	*Myanmar*	*1541*
145	*Tanzania*	*1540*
146	*Tajikistan*	*1537*
147	*eSwatini*	*1530*
148	*Comoros*	*1529*
149	*Tahiti*	*1524*
149	*Syria*	*1524*
149	*Ethiopia*	*1524*
152	*Dominica*	*1523*
152	*St Lucia*	*1523*
152	*Turks and Caicos Islands*	*1523*
155	*Malaysia*	*1522*
156	*Equatorial Guinea*	*1518*
156	*Belize*	*1518*
156	*Kosovo*	*1518*
159	*Barbados*	*1517*
159	*Guinea-Bissau*	*1517*
161	*Namibia*	*1516*
161	*Gambia*	*1516*
163	*Antigua and Barbuda*	*1515*
164	*UAE*	*1513*
165	*Qatar*	*1507*
166	*Mongolia*	*1506*
167	*Bahamas*	*1505*
167	*Thailand*	*1505*
167	*Cambodia*	*1505*
170	*Madagascar*	*1499*
170	*Guam*	*1499*
172	*Sierra Leone*	*1498*
173	*Seychelles*	*1497*
174	*Mauritius*	*1495*
174	*Cayman Islands*	*1495*
176	*Samoa*	*1485*
177	*Bangladesh*	*1483*
178	*Aruba*	*1482*
179	*Montserrat*	*1481*
180	*East Timor*	*1475*
181	*Puerto Rico*	*1474*
182	*Afghanistan*	*1469*
183	*Philippines*	*1468*
183	*Yemen*	*1468*
185	*Lebanon*	*1467*
186	*Burundi*	*1465*
187	*Jordan*	*1461*
188	*Indonesia*	*1455*
189	*Cook Islands*	*1447*
190	*Palestine*	*1446*
190	*Nepal*	*1446*
192	*Chinese Taipei*	*1444*
193	*British Virgin Islands*	*1443*
194	*Sri Lanka*	*1437*
195	*Papua New Guinea*	*1429*
196	*Singapore*	*1426*
197	*Somalia*	*1424*
198	*Eritrea*	*1421*
199	*Turkmenistan*	*1420*
200	*Bhutan*	*1412*
201	*Brunei*	*1411*
202	*Anguilla*	*1409*
203	*American Samoa*	*1407*
204	*South Sudan*	*1406*
205	*Maldives*	*1390*
206	*Macau*	*1386*
207	*Djibouti*	*1377*
208	*New Caledonia*	*1370*
209	*Gibraltar*	*1361*
210	*US Virgin Islands*	*1347*
211	*Tonga*	*1339*
212	*Tuvalu*	*1330*
213	*Monaco*	*1300*
214	*Palau*	*1257*
215	*Kiribati*	*1251*
216	*Marshall Islands*	*1199*
217	*Micronesia*	*1139*
218	*Guadeloupe*	*735*
218	*Sint Maarten*	*735*
220	*Martinique*	*675*
221	*Saint Martin*	*585*
222	*French Guiana*	*405*
222	*Bonaire*	*405*
224	*Northern Mariana Islands*	*300*

Yet to compete

	*Niue*	300
	*Zanzibar*	300
	*Mayotte*	300
	*Reunion*	300
	*Jersey*	300
	*Guernsey*	300
	*Greenland*	300
	*Isle of Man*	300
	*Tokelau*	300
	*Nauru*	300
	*Wallis and Futuna Islands*	300

Rankings since end of 2018 World Cup

Germany has remained number 1

Brazil is still 2nd

England and Colombia still round out the top 4

Russia and Chile have swapped

Mexico has dropped 5 places

Ecuador has stepped up 10 spots

Czech Republic has shifted up 9 places

France rises 8 places

Japan has risen 59 places to 19th

South Korea has risen 38 places to 22nd

Jamaica is up 22 places

Cameroon is up 39 places to 29th

Greece has risen 43 places to 30th

Denmark has dropped 10 places

Guinea has dropped 12 places

Costa Rica is down 7 places

Malta has dropped another 9 places

Togo has shifted down 15 places

USA has gone down 14 places

Cyprus is now 40th, dropping 20 places

Austria is now 42nd, shifting down 16 positions

Egypt is down 11 spots

Uzbekistan shifts down 23 places

Saudi Arabia and Australia moves down 13 positions

Iraq, after the World Cup, lowers 23 spots

Kenya drops 16 places

St Vincent and the Grenadines has dropped 34 places to 66th

Another World Cup participant, Faroe Islands, moves down 41 places

Solomon Islands, after the World Cup, moves down 35 spots

After the World Cup, Vietnam is now 90th, down 33 spots

El Salvador is down 25 places

Bolivia has dropped 27 places after not qualifying for the Copa America

Belarus has dropped 28 spots

Sudan has dropped 17 places

India has moved down 23 spots

Malawi is down 22 points

Kazakhstan is down 34 places

Latvia is down 35 spots

Belize is down 25 places

Barbados is down 33 places

Qatar is down 29 places

Thailand is down 38 spots

Samoa is down 41 places

Aruba is down 40 points

Jordan is down 47 spots

Chinese Taipei is down 48 places

Sri Lanka is down 57 places

American Samoa has dropped 52 places

Macau has dropped 60 places

US Virgin Islands has dropped 46 places

Tonga has dropped 44 places

Switzerland is up 8 places

Peru has upped 11 spots

Bahrain has upgraded 14 spots

Côte d’Ivoire is up 15 places

Hungary is up to 44th from 63rd

Wales is up 29 places

Croatia moves up 41 places

Bosnia-Herzegovina has moved up 39 places

Bulgaria shifts up 15 places

Slovakia moves up 22 places

Georgia shifts up 29 spots

Israel is up 34 spots

Iran moves up 25 places

Montenegro, qualifying for Euro 2020, has shifted up 56 places to 78th

Algeria is up 17 places, as is Angola

San Marino is up 21 places

Estonia is up 27 places

Haiti is up 24 places to 121st

Cuba is up 27 spots

Mozambique is up 62 places

Guyana is up 26 places

São Tomé and Príncipe is up 38 spots

Lesotho is up 40 places

Suriname is up 65 places

Bermuda is up 40 places

Kyrgyzstan moves up 42 spots

Dominican Republic is up 33 places

Myanmar is up 38 spots

Comoros is up 29 places

St Lucia is up 26 places

Malaysia is up 39 spots

Kosovo has risen 57 places

Guinea-Bissau is up 31 places

Guam is up 36 places

Sierra Leone is up 32 spots

Northern Ireland is still 59th place

Honduras is still 80th

Cape Verde Islands is still 108th

Seychelles is still 173rd

Puerto Rico is still 181st

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