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2018 Australian Open – Men's Singles
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Men's Singles
2018 Australian Open
Champion
Roger Federer
Runner-up
Marin Čilić
Final score
6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Details
Draw
128 (16Q / 8WC)
Seeds
32
Events
Singles
men women boys girls
Doubles
men women mixed boys girls
Legends
men women mixed
WC Singles
men women quad
WC Doubles
men women quad
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Main article: 2018 Australian Open
Roger Federer was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Marin Čilić in the final, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. It was Federer's 20th Grand Slam singles title and record-equalling sixth Australian Open men's singles title (tied with Roy Emerson and Novak Djokovic).[1] With the win, Federer became the first male player to win at least six titles at two Grand Slam tournaments (six at the Australian Open and eight at Wimbledon). Federer became the oldest man to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open era since Ken Rosewall in 1972.[2] The time span between Federer's first Grand slam glory at Wimbledon and this latest, almost 15 years, is an Open era record in the men's singles field.[3] This was also the 10th time that Federer has defended a Grand Slam title, with the previous time being at the 2008 US Open. Čilić became the first Croatian player to reach a singles final at the Australian Open.[4]
Federer and Rafael Nadal were in contention for the ATP no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. Nadal retained the top ranking by reaching the quarterfinals.
This was the first time since the 2008 Wimbledon Championships that two unseeded players (Chung Hyeon and Kyle Edmund) reached the semifinals of the men's singles event at a Grand Slam tournament, and the first time at the Australian Open since 1999.[5] Chung became the first South Korean player to reach the quarterfinals and semifinals of a Grand Slam event.[6]
Djokovic's fourth-round loss to Chung was his first straight-sets loss at the Australian Open since 2007.[7]
Contents
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1 Seeds
2 Qualifying
3 Wildcards
4 Draw
4.1 Key
4.2 Finals
4.3 Top half
4.3.1 Section 1
4.3.2 Section 2
4.3.3 Section 3
4.3.4 Section 4
4.4 Bottom half
4.4.1 Section 5
4.4.2 Section 6
4.4.3 Section 7
4.4.4 Section 8
5 References
Seeds[edit]
01. Rafael Nadal (Quarterfinals, retired)
02. Roger Federer (Champion)
03. Grigor Dimitrov (Quarterfinals)
04. Alexander Zverev (Third round)
05. Dominic Thiem (Fourth round)
06. Marin Čilić (Final)
07. David Goffin (Second round)
08. Jack Sock (First round)
09. Stan Wawrinka (Second round)
10. Pablo Carreño Busta (Fourth round)
11. Kevin Anderson (First round)
12. Juan Martín del Potro (Third round)
13. Sam Querrey (Second round)
14. Novak Djokovic (Fourth round)
15. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Third round)
16. John Isner (First round)
17. Nick Kyrgios (Fourth round)
18. Lucas Pouille (First round)
19. Tomáš Berdych (Quarterfinals)
20. Roberto Bautista Agut (First round)
21. Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Third round)
22. Milos Raonic (First round)
23. Gilles Müller (Third round)
24. Diego Schwartzman (Fourth round)
25. Fabio Fognini (Fourth round)
26. Adrian Mannarino (Third round)
27. Philipp Kohlschreiber (First round)
28. Damir Džumhur (Third round)
29. Richard Gasquet (Third round)
30. Andrey Rublev (Third round)
31. Pablo Cuevas (Second round)
32. Mischa Zverev (First round, retired)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying[edit]
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
Wildcards[edit]
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries
Draw[edit]
Key[edit]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special Exempt
PR = Protected Ranking
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals[edit]
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Rafael Nadal 6 3 77 2 0r
6 Marin Čilić 3 6 65 6 2
6 Marin Čilić 6 77 6
Kyle Edmund 2 64 2
3 Grigor Dimitrov 4 6 3 4
Kyle Edmund 6 3 6 6
6 Marin Čilić 2 77 3 6 1
2 Roger Federer 6 65 6 3 6
Tennys Sandgren 4 65 3
Chung Hyeon 6 77 6
Chung Hyeon 1 2r
2 Roger Federer 6 5
19 Tomáš Berdych 61 3 4
2 Roger Federer 77 6 6
Top half[edit]
Section 1[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 R Nadal 6 6 6
V Estrella Burgos 1 1 1 1 R Nadal 6 6 77
N Jarry 2 61 3 L Mayer 3 4 64
L Mayer 6 77 6 1 R Nadal 6 6 6
PR J Millman 7 6 6 28 D Džumhur 1 3 1
B Ćorić 5 4 1 PR J Millman 5 6 4 1
P Lorenzi 6 6 65 2 4 28 D Džumhur 7 3 6 6
28 D Džumhur 3 2 77 6 6 1 R Nadal 6 64 6 6
24 D Schwartzman 2 6 5 6 11 24 D Schwartzman 3 77 3 3
D Lajović 6 3 7 4 9 24 D Schwartzman 6 6 6
Q C Ruud 6 3 65 7 11 Q C Ruud 4 2 3
Q Q Halys 3 6 77 5 9 24 D Schwartzman 61 6 6 6
A Dolgopolov 77 6 6 A Dolgopolov 77 2 3 3
PR A Haider-Maurer 63 3 4 A Dolgopolov 77 6 6
M Ebden 6 3 6 6 M Ebden 60 3 4
16 J Isner 4 6 3 3
Section 2[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 P Carreño Busta 7 4 7 6
WC J Kubler 5 6 5 1 10 P Carreño Busta 6 3
G Simon 7 6 6 G Simon 2 0r
M Copil 5 4 3 10 P Carreño Busta 77 4 7 7
Q S Caruso 77 6 3 5 3 23 G Müller 64 6 5 5
M Jaziri 62 3 6 7 6 M Jaziri 5 4 77 6 2
F Delbonis 5 4 3 23 G Müller 7 6 65 3 6
23 G Müller 7 6 6 10 P Carreño Busta 77 3 60 63
31 P Cuevas 79 6 7 6 M Čilić 62 6 77 77
M Youzhny 67 3 5 31 P Cuevas 4 65 4
D Sela 3 7 6 5 2 R Harrison 6 77 6
R Harrison 6 5 3 7 6 R Harrison 64 3 64
Q D Brown 4 3 6 77 1 6 M Čilić 77 6 77
J Sousa 6 6 4 64 6 J Sousa 1 5 2
Q V Pospisil 2 2 6 65 6 M Čilić 6 7 6
6 M Čilić 6 6 4 77
Section 3[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 G Dimitrov 6 6 6
Q D Novak 3 2 1 3 G Dimitrov 4 6 6 0 8
Q M McDonald 6 6 4 6 Q M McDonald 6 2 4 6 6
Q E Ymer 4 3 6 1 3 G Dimitrov 6 4 6 6
M Baghdatis 77 6 6 30 A Rublev 3 6 4 4
Q Y Bhambri 64 4 3 M Baghdatis 4 77 4 2
D Ferrer 5 78 2 78 2 30 A Rublev 6 65 6 6
30 A Rublev 7 66 6 66 6 3 G Dimitrov 77 77 4 77
17 N Kyrgios 6 6 6 17 N Kyrgios 63 64 6 64
R Dutra Silva 1 2 4 17 N Kyrgios 7 6 77
V Troicki 62 4 6 6 6 V Troicki 5 4 62
WC A Bolt 77 6 2 3 4 17 N Kyrgios 77 4 78 77
S Tsitsipas 1 3 65 15 J-W Tsonga 65 6 66 65
D Shapovalov 6 6 77 D Shapovalov 6 3 6 64 5
Q K King 4 4 1 15 J-W Tsonga 3 6 1 77 7
15 J-W Tsonga 6 6 6
Section 4[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
11 K Anderson 77 3 6 3 4
K Edmund 64 6 3 6 6 K Edmund 6 6 6
P-H Herbert 2 1 7 63 D Istomin 2 2 4
D Istomin 6 6 5 77 K Edmund 77 3 4 6 7
G Melzer 3 4 6 3 N Basilashvili 60 6 6 0 5
N Basilashvili 6 6 2 6 N Basilashvili 7 6 6
Q R Bemelmans 6 6 64 78 Q R Bemelmans 5 1 3
18 L Pouille 4 4 77 66 K Edmund 64 7 6 6
27 P Kohlschreiber 3 6 0 6 2 A Seppi 77 5 2 3
PR Y Nishioka 6 2 6 1 6 PR Y Nishioka 1 3 4
A Seppi 3 6 6 6 A Seppi 6 6 6
WC C Moutet 6 4 2 2 A Seppi 6 77 63 65 9
I Karlović 77 6 77 I Karlović 3 64 77 77 7
L Đere 63 3 62 I Karlović 77 63 7 4 12
Y Sugita 6 77 5 6 Y Sugita 63 77 5 6 10
8 J Sock 1 64 7 3
Bottom half[edit]
Section 5[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 D Thiem 6 6 6
G Pella 4 4 4 5 D Thiem 66 3 6 6 6
S Johnson 77 3 63 2 Q D Kudla 78 6 3 2 3
Q D Kudla 65 6 77 6 5 D Thiem 6 6 7
Q V Šafránek 4 3 3 26 A Mannarino 4 2 5
J Veselý 6 6 6 J Veselý 3 64 7 3
LL M Berrettini 4 4 4 26 A Mannarino 6 77 5 6
26 A Mannarino 6 6 6 5 D Thiem 2 6 64 79 3
20 R Bautista Agut 1 5 5 T Sandgren 6 4 77 67 6
F Verdasco 6 7 7 F Verdasco 4 6 65 6 3
C-M Stebe 0 3 4 M Marterer 6 4 77 3 6
M Marterer 6 6 6 M Marterer 7 3 5 65
J Chardy 4 62 2 T Sandgren 5 6 7 77
T Sandgren 6 77 6 T Sandgren 6 6 6
PR R Berankis 3 4 6 62 9 S Wawrinka 2 1 4
9 S Wawrinka 6 6 2 77
Section 6[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 N Djokovic 6 6 6
D Young 1 2 4 14 N Djokovic 4 6 6 6
G Monfils 6 77 6 G Monfils 6 3 1 3
Q J Munar 3 65 4 14 N Djokovic 6 6 6
WC T Smyczek 6 614 6 6 21 A Ramos Viñolas 2 3 3
WC A Popyrin 3 716 3 3 WC T Smyczek 4 2 62
J Donaldson 2 3 4 21 A Ramos Viñolas 6 6 77
21 A Ramos Viñolas 6 6 6 14 N Djokovic 64 5 63
32 M Zverev 2 1r H Chung 77 7 77
H Chung 6 4 H Chung 77 6 6
WC T Kokkinakis 2 78 68 4 D Medvedev 64 1 1
D Medvedev 6 66 710 6 H Chung 5 77 2 6 6
M Kukushkin 3 3 1 4 A Zverev 7 63 6 3 0
P Gojowczyk 6 6 6 P Gojowczyk 1 3 6 3
T Fabbiano 1 65 5 4 A Zverev 6 6 4 6
4 A Zverev 6 77 7
Section 7[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
7 D Goffin 63 6 6 6
Q M Bachinger 77 3 2 4 7 D Goffin 6 65 1 64
J Benneteau 66 77 6 6 J Benneteau 1 77 6 77
T Daniel 78 60 4 1 J Benneteau 6 2 1 6 3
E Donskoy 6 6 6 25 F Fognini 3 6 6 4 6
F Mayer 4 4 4 E Donskoy 6 3 4 1
H Zeballos 4 4 5 25 F Fognini 2 6 6 6
25 F Fognini 6 6 7 25 F Fognini 1 4 4
19 T Berdych 6 3 6 6 19 T Berdych 6 6 6
WC A de Minaur 3 6 0 1 19 T Berdych 6 2 6 6
G García López 6 64 6 6 G García López 3 6 2 3
B Paire 0 77 1 4 19 T Berdych 6 6 6
K Khachanov 77 77 6 12 JM del Potro 3 3 2
LL P Polansky 63 62 4 K Khachanov 4 64 77 4
F Tiafoe 3 4 3 12 JM del Potro 6 77 60 6
12 JM del Potro 6 6 6
Section 8[edit]
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
13 S Querrey 6 6 6
F López 3 4 2 13 S Querrey 4 66 6 2
R Albot 2 3 6 5 M Fucsovics 6 78 4 6
M Fucsovics 6 6 4 7 M Fucsovics 6 6 6
N Kicker 6 6 4 3 6 N Kicker 3 3 2
J Thompson 3 1 6 6 3 N Kicker 6 7 1 7
L Lacko 65 7 6 77 L Lacko 2 5 6 5
22 M Raonic 77 5 4 64 M Fucsovics 4 63 2
29 R Gasquet 6 6 7 2 R Federer 6 77 6
B Kavčič 1 4 5 29 R Gasquet 6 6 6
Q L Sonego 6 7 66 7 Q L Sonego 2 2 3
R Haase 3 5 78 5 29 R Gasquet 2 5 4
WC S-w Kwon 1 2 4 2 R Federer 6 7 6
J-L Struff 6 6 6 J-L Struff 4 4 64
A Bedene 3 4 3 2 R Federer 6 6 77
2 R Federer 6 6 6
References[edit]
General
Draw
Specific
Jump up ^ "Roger Federer wins sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title". BBC Sport. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
Jump up ^ "Federer wins record 20th Grand Slam title with five-set win over Cilic". tennis.com. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "Roger Federer wins Australian Open and 20th major after beating Marin Cilic". CNN.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
Jump up ^ "Roger Federer beats Marin Cilic to win Australian Open 2018 men's singles final – as it happened". Guardian. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
Jump up ^ "From Milan To Melbourne, Chung Keeps Surging". atpworldtour.com. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
Jump up ^ Ryan, Peter (2018-01-23). "Hyeon Chung takes South Korean tennis to the world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
Jump up ^ "Five takeaways from Hyeon Chung's Aussie Open win over Novak Djokovic". Tennis.com. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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FIFA World Rankings
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This article is about the men's rankings. For the women's rankings, see FIFA Women's World Rankings.
Top 20 rankings as of 16 October 2017[1]
Rank
Change
Team
Points
1 Germany 1631
2 Brazil 1619
3 Portugal 1446
4 Argentina 1445
5 Belgium 1333
6 Poland 1323
7 1 France 1226
8 3 Spain 1218
9 Chile 1173
10 2 Peru 1160
11 4 Switzerland 1134
12 3 England 1116
13 3 Colombia 1095
14 1 Wales 1072
15 2 Italy 1066
16 2 Mexico 1060
17 1 Uruguay 1034
18 Croatia 1013
19 7 Denmark 1001
20 9 Netherlands 931
*Change from 14 September 2017
Complete rankings at FIFA.com
The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Germany.[1] The teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent longest ranked first.
A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches. Under the existing system, rankings are based on a team's performance over the last four years, with more recent results and more significant matches being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team.
The ranking system was most recently revamped after the 2006 World Cup, with the first edition of the new series of rankings issued on 12 July 2006. The most significant change is that the rankings are now based on results over the previous four years instead of the previous eight years. The change is perceived to respond to criticisms that the FIFA World Rankings, based upon the previous calculation method in use from January 1999 to June 2006, did not effectively reflect the relative strengths of the national teams.
Alternative systems have been devised, such as the World Football Elo Ratings, based on the Elo rating system used in chess and Go, ranking teams.
In September 2017, FIFA announced they were reviewing the ranking system and will decide after the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification if any changes are to be made to improve the ranking.[2]
Contents
[hide]
1 History
1.1 1993–1998 calculation method
1.2 1999 ranking system update
1.3 1999–2006 calculation method
1.4 2006 ranking system update
2 Rank leaders
3 Uses of the rankings
4 Criticism
5 Current calculation method
5.1 International "A" matches
5.2 Win, draw or defeat
5.3 Match status
5.4 Opponent strength
5.5 Regional strength
5.6 Assessment period
5.7 Ranking formula
5.8 Examples
6 Awards
6.1 Team of the Year
6.1.1 Performances by countries
6.2 Best Mover of the Year
7 Ranking schedule
8 See also
9 Notes and references
10 External links
History[edit]
In December 1992, FIFA first published a listing in rank order of its member associations to provide a basis for comparison of the relative strengths of these teams. From the following August, this list was more frequently updated, to be published most months.[3] Significant changes were implemented in January 1999 and again in July 2006, as a reaction to criticisms of the system.[4] Historical records of the rankings, such as listed at FIFA.com, reflect the method of calculation in use at the time, as the current method has not been applied retrospectively to rankings prior to July 2006. Membership of FIFA has expanded from 167 to 209 since the rankings began; all 209 members are currently included in the rankings.
1993–1998 calculation method[edit]
The ranking formula used from August 1993 until December 1998 was very simplistic and quickly became noticed for its lack of supporting factors. When the rankings were initially introduced, a team received one point for a draw or three for a victory in FIFA-recognised matches – much the same as a traditional league scoring system. This was a quite simplistic approach, however, and FIFA quickly realised that there were many factors affecting international matches.
1999 ranking system update[edit]
In order to meet the objective of fairly and accurately comparing the relative strengths of various national sides, the system was updated in 1999. The major changes were as follows:
the point ranking was scaled up by a factor of ten
the method of calculation was changed to take into account factors including:
the number of goals scored or conceded
whether the match was played at home or away
the importance of a match or competition
regional strength
a fixed number of points were no longer necessarily awarded for a victory or a draw
match losers were able to earn points
Two new awards were introduced as part of the system:
Team of the Year
Best Mover of the Year
The changes made the ranking system more complex, but helped improve its accuracy by making it more comprehensive.
1999–2006 calculation method[edit]
Main article: FIFA World Ranking system (1999–2006)
In January 1999, FIFA introduced a revised system of ranking calculation, incorporating many changes in response to criticism of inappropriate rankings. For the ranking all matches, their scores and importance were all recorded, and were used in the calculation procedure. Only matches for the senior men's national team were included. Separate ranking systems were used for other representative national sides such as women's and junior teams, for example the FIFA Women's World Rankings. The women's rankings were, and still are, based on a procedure which is a simplified version of the Football Elo Ratings.[5]
2006 ranking system update[edit]
FIFA announced that the ranking system would be updated following the 2006 World Cup. The evaluation period was cut from eight to four years, and a simpler method of calculation is now used to determine rankings.[6] Goals scored and home or away advantage are no longer taken into account, and other aspects of the calculations, including the importance attributed to different types of match, have been revised. The first set of revised rankings and the calculation methodology were announced on 12 July 2006.
This change is rooted at least in part in widespread criticism of the previous ranking system. Many football enthusiasts felt it was inaccurate, especially when compared to other ranking systems and that it was not sufficiently responsive to changes in the performance of individual teams.
Rank leaders[edit]
FIFA World Ranking Leaders
When the system was introduced, Germany débuted as the top-ranked team following their extended period of dominance in which they had reached the three previous FIFA World Cup finals, winning one of them. Brazil took the lead in the run up to the 1994 FIFA World Cup after winning eight and losing only one of nine qualification matches, while on the way scoring twenty goals and conceding just four. Italy then led for a short time on the back of their own equally successful World Cup qualifying campaign, after which the top place was re-claimed by Germany.
Brazil's success in their lengthy qualifying campaign returned them to the lead for a brief period. Germany led again during the 1994 World Cup, until Brazil’s victory in that competition gave them a large lead that would stand up for nearly seven years, until they were surpassed by a strong France team that captured both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 European Football Championship.
Success at the 2002 FIFA World Cup restored Brazil to the top position, where they remained until February 2007, when Italy returned to the top for the first time since 1993 following their 2006 FIFA World Cup win in Germany. Just one month later, Argentina replaced them, reaching the top for the first time, but Italy regained its place in April. After winning the Copa América 2007 in July, Brazil returned to the top, but were replaced by Italy in September and then Argentina in October.
In July 2008, Spain took over the lead for the first time, having won UEFA Euro 2008. Brazil began a sixth stint at the top of the rankings in July 2009 after winning the 2009 Confederations Cup, and Spain regained the title in November 2009 after winning every match in qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
In April 2010, Brazil returned to the top of the table. After winning the 2010 World Cup, Spain regained the top position and held it until August 2011, when The Netherlands reached the top spot for the first time,[7] only to relinquish it the following month.
In July 2014, Germany took over the lead once again, having won the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In July 2015, Argentina reached the top spot for the first time since 2008, after reaching both the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final, as well as the 2015 Copa America Final. In November 2015, Belgium became the leader in the FIFA rankings for the first time, after topping their Euro 2016 qualifying group. Belgium led the rankings until April 2016, when Argentina returned to the top. On April 6, 2017, Brazil returned to the No. 1 spot for the first time since just prior to the 2010 World Cup,[8] but Germany regained the top spot in July after winning the Confederations Cup.[9]
Uses of the rankings[edit]
The rankings are used by FIFA to rank the progression and current ability of the national football teams of its member nations, and claims that they create "a reliable measure for comparing national A-teams".[3] They are used as part of the calculation, or the entire grounds to seed competitions. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament, the rankings were used to seed the groups in the competitions involving CONCACAF members (using the May rankings), CAF (with the July set of data), and UEFA, using the specially postponed November 2007 ranking positions.
The October 2009 ranking was used to determine the seeds for the 2010 FIFA World Cup final draw.[10] The March 2011 ranking was used to seed the draw for the 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament second qualifying round.[11]
The rankings are also used to determine the winners of the two annual awards national teams receive on the basis of their performance in the rankings.
Criticism[edit]
Since their introduction in 1992, the FIFA World Rankings have been the subject of much debate, particularly regarding the calculation procedure and the resulting disparity between generally perceived quality and world ranking of some teams. For example, Norway was ranked second in October 1993 and July–August 1995,[12] and the United States reached fourth in 2006, to the surprise of even their own players.[13] However, criticism regarding the unrealistic ranking continued even after the introduction of the new formula. Israel's climb to 15th in November 2008 raised a few eyebrows even in the Israeli press,[14][15][16] with the team missing a huge opportunity to break into the top 10 after conceding a last gasp equaliser against Latvia.[17] Similarly, Belgium's rank of world number 1 in November 2015 was met with skepticism in the press, given that Belgium had only played in one tournament final stage in the past 13 years.[18]
Prior to July 2006, one of the main criticisms was that the rankings considered the performances of teams over an eight-year period, and that teams' ranking positions did not correlate to their recent performances.[12][19] This criticism has lessened somewhat with the introduction of a new formula, reflecting results over a four-year period, introduced in July 2006. However, problems remain, particularly that hosts of some major tournaments do not take part in qualifying rounds, and instead participate only in friendlies which offer fewer points.
This has been a factor which has resulted in 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil falling to a record low ranking of 22nd in the world.[20][21] The perceived flaws in the FIFA system have led to the creation of a number of alternative rankings from football statisticians,[12] including the World Football Elo Ratings and the rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation rankings.
The current system has been criticised for being open to abuse. National teams can maintain a higher average score by playing fewer friendly matches, particularly against weaker opponents.[22] For example, Switzerland were seeded for the 2014 World Cup draw, largely thanks to only playing three friendly matches in the previous year.[22] Switzerland would have reduced their rating if they had played any more friendlies, as their average score was greater than the maximum possible score from winning a friendly match against the top-ranked nation.[22]
Romania were one of the surprise seeds for the 2018 World Cup preliminary draw after taking advice from a consultant and playing only one friendly in the year before the draw.[23][24][25]
Lastly, the use of regional strength multiplier in the ranking determination formula has been accused of further reinforcing and perpetuating the bias for and against certain regions. FIFA's use of regional multiplier has been cited as a primary reason why most teams in AFC and CONCACAF have significantly lower FIFA rankings compared to their Elo rating based rankings.[26]
Current calculation method[edit]
After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a revised calculation procedure for the FIFA rankings was introduced, with a significantly simplified procedure. The new rankings were compiled in response to criticism from the media.[3] Meetings were attended by FIFA staff and external experts and a large amount of research was conducted by this group, resulting in the new ranking system.[3] The new system was confirmed in Leipzig on 7 December 2005 by a committee of FIFA executives. Notable changes include the dropping of the home or away advantage and number of goals from the calculation, and the simplification of many aspects of the system.
The system, like the previous ones, is extremely similar to that of a league, though with changes made to ensure that it is still representative of the teams' performance despite playing differing numbers of matches per annum, and the differing strength of opposition that teams have to face. The factors taken into account are as follows:
Match result
Match status
Opposition strength
Regional strength
Teams' actual scores are a result of the average points gained over each calendar year; matches from the previous four years are considered, with more weight being given to recent ones.
International "A" matches[edit]
In October 2012, FIFA released a press circular defining what is considered to be an international "A" match.
For the purposes of the ranking, FIFA defines an international "A" match as a match between two FIFA members for which both members field their first representative team ("A" team).
The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking is based on a list of all international "A" matches that are recognised by FIFA.
International "A" matches include matches played as part of the FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup qualifiers, FIFA Confederations Cup, continental final tournaments, continental qualifying competitions and international friendlies.
—  Jérôme Valcke, FIFA.com[27]
Win, draw or defeat[edit]
In previous years a complicated system of points allocation was used, depending on how strong the opponent was, and how large the loss margin, which allowed weaker losing teams to gain points when playing a much stronger opposition, if they managed to put up a decent match. With the new system, the points allocation is simpler: three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss, in line with most league systems around the world.
In the event of a match being decided by a penalty shootout, the winning team receives two points, and the losing team one point.
Result
Points
Win (no penalty shootout) 3
Win (penalty shootout) 2
Draw 1
Loss (penalty shootout) 1
Loss (no penalty shootout) 0
Until November 2012, in two-legged play-offs, if Team A lost the first leg 2 – 0, then matched the result in the return leg and won after a penalty shootout, it received two points. However, if Team A won the return leg by one goal only, being eliminated in the process, it received 3 points.[28] FIFA fixed this flaw starting with the November 2012 ranking.[29][30]
Match status[edit]
Different matches have different importance to teams, and FIFA has tried to respect this by using a weighting system, where the most significant matches are in the World Cup finals,[31] and the lowest weighted are friendly matches. FIFA states that it wishes to recognise that friendlies are still important, since they make up half of the competitive matches counted in the rankings.[32] FIFA also stated, however, that it did not plan to make any adjustment for teams that qualify directly for major tournaments.[33][34]
The match status multipliers are as follows:
Match status
Multiplier
Friendly match x 1.0
FIFA World Cup and Continental cup qualifiers x 2.5
Continental cup and Confederations Cup finals x 3.0
World Cup finals match x 4.0
Opponent strength[edit]
A win against a very highly ranked opponent is a considerably greater achievement than a win against a low-rated opponent, thus the strength of the opposing team is an important factor.
The new system uses an opposition strength factor based on team rankings. The previous system was based on points difference.
The formula used is:
Opposition strength multiplier = ( 200 − ranking position ) / 100 {\displaystyle {\text{Opposition strength multiplier}}=({200-{\text{ranking position}})/100}}
with the exceptions that the team ranked #1 is given a multiplier of 2, and teams ranked 150th and below are assigned the minimum multiplier of 0.5.
The ranking position is taken from the opposition's ranking in the most recently published FIFA World Ranking before the match is included in the ranking calculation.[35]
The rankings published before July 2006 are purely historical and are not used for the new ranking calculation. Instead, FIFA went back as far as 1996 to apply the new formula and is using those new rankings for the current calculations.[36]
See the detailed break-down of point totals for teams from the top 20 in the October 2007 rankings.[37]
Regional strength[edit]
In addition to the opposition strength multiplier, FIFA considers the relative strength of entire confederations in the calculation. Each confederation is assigned a weighting between 0.85 and 1.0, based on the relative performance of the confederations in the last three World Cups. Their values are as follows:[38][39][40]
Confederation
After 2014 World Cup
After 2010 World Cup
After 2006 World Cup
Up to and including 2006 World Cup
UEFA (Europe) 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.00
CONMEBOL (South America) 1.00 1.00 0.98 1.00
CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean) 0.85 0.88 0.85 0.88
AFC (Asia) 0.85 0.86 0.85 0.85
CAF (Africa) 0.85 0.86 0.85 0.85
OFC (Oceania) 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85
The multiplier used in the calculation is the average of the regional strength weighting of the two teams:
Regional strength multiplier = Team 1 regional weighting + Team 2 regional weighting 2 {\displaystyle {\text{Regional strength multiplier}}={\frac {{\text{Team 1 regional weighting}}+{\text{Team 2 regional weighting}}}{2}}}
FIFA changed the formula used to compute the confederation weightings after the 2010 FIFA World Cup without public announcement.[41] Without this modification, UEFA's multiplier would have dropped for the first time below 1, with CONMEBOL remaining the only confederation with a multiplier of 1.[42]
The confederation weighting for AFC was increased in August 2011 from 0.85 to 0.86[43] after a computer programmer found an error in FIFA's calculations.[41]
Assessment period[edit]
Matches played over the last four years (48 months) are included in the calculation, but there is a weighting to put more emphasis on recent results. Previously an eight-year period was used. The date weighting is as follows:
Date of match
Multiplier
Within the last 12 months × 1.0
12–24 months ago × 0.5
24–36 months ago × 0.3
36–48 months ago × 0.2
If a team exceeds the assessment period without playing a match, it is temporarily removed from the rankings, and is reinstated as soon as it plays a match again. The most recent team to be temporarily absent from the rankings is São Tomé and Príncipe (reinstated in November 2011, after having been removed in December 2007).
Ranking formula[edit]
The final ranking points figure for a single match is multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest whole number.
Ranking points = Result points × Match status × Opposition strength × Regional strength {\displaystyle {\text{Ranking points}}={\text{Result points}}\times {\text{Match status}}\times {\text{Opposition strength}}\times {\text{Regional strength}}}
Results for all matches played in the year are averaged together (assuming at least five matches have been played). The average ranking points for the four previous years, weighted by their multiplier mentioned above, are added together to arrive at the final ranking points.
Examples[edit]
The following examples use these hypothetical teams and confederations, and assume the games are played within the last 12 months:
Amplistan is currently ranked 2nd in the world and is a member of confederation XYZ (weighting 1.0);
Bestrudia is currently ranked 188th in the world and is a member of confederation ABC (weighting 0.88);
Conesto is currently ranked 39th in the world and is a member of confederation QRS (weighting 0.98);
Delphiz is currently ranked 30th in the world and is a member of confederation HIJ (weighting 0.94).
A friendly match is played between Amplistan and Bestrudia. Amplistan wins 2–1.
Match
Team
Result points
Match status
Opposition strength
Regional strength
Ranking points
Amplistan vs. Bestrudia (friendly)
Result: 2–1 Amplistan
Bestrudia 3
0 1.0
1.0 0.50
1.98 0.94
0.94 141
0
Bestrudia gets no ranking points because it lost the game, so all factors are multiplied by zero.
Amplistan's 141 ranking points are calculated like this:
3 points for the win;
multiplied by 1.0 for match status (friendly match);
multiplied by 0.50 for opposition strength (Bestrudia is ranked 188th, so it has the minimum 0.50 weighting);
multiplied by 0.94 for regional strength (the average of the weightings for the two teams' confederations);
multiplied by 100.
More examples:
Match
Team
Result points
Match status
Opposition strength
Regional strength
Ranking points
Amplistan vs. Bestrudia (friendly)
Result: 1–2 Amplistan
Bestrudia 0
3 1.0
1.0 0.50
1.98 0.94
0.94 0
558
Amplistan vs. Bestrudia (friendly)
Result: 1–1 Amplistan
Bestrudia 1
1 1.0
1.0 0.50
1.98 0.94
0.94 47
186
Amplistan vs. Bestrudia (World Cup finals)
Result: 2–1 Amplistan
Bestrudia 3
0 4.0
4.0 0.50
1.98 0.94
0.94 564
0
Amplistan vs. Bestrudia (World Cup finals)
Result: 1–1 (Bestrudia wins on penalties) Amplistan
Bestrudia 1
2 4.0
4.0 0.50
1.98 0.94
0.94 188
1488
Amplistan vs. Conesto (friendly)
Result: 1–2 Amplistan
Conesto 0
3 1.0
1.0 1.61
1.98 0.99
0.99 0
588
Conesto vs. Delphiz (Continental cup qualifiers)
Result: 4–0 Conesto
Delphiz 3
0 2.5
2.5 1.70
1.61 0.96
0.96 1224
0
Conesto vs. Delphiz (Continental cup qualifiers)
Result: 0–1 Conesto
Delphiz 0
3 2.5
2.5 1.70
1.61 0.96
0.96 0
1159
Conesto vs. Amplistan (World Cup finals)
Result: 0–0 (Amplistan wins on penalties) Conesto
Amplistan 1
2 4.0
4.0 1.98
1.61 0.99
0.99 784
1275
Conesto gets more points than Bestrudia for defeating the same team (Amplistan) because of the higher weighting of its confederation.
Awards[edit]
Each year FIFA hands out two awards to its member nations, based on their performance in the rankings. They are:
Team of the Year[edit]
Team of the Year is awarded to the team that finishes top of the FIFA World Ranking. Argentina are the Team of the Year for the second time in the 23-year history of the rankings. Brazil hold the records for most consecutive wins (seven, between 1994 and 2000) and most wins overall (twelve). The table below shows the three best teams of each year.[44]
Year
First place
Second place
Third place
1993 Germany Italy Brazil
1994 Brazil Spain Sweden
1995 Brazil Germany Italy
1996 Brazil Germany France
1997 Brazil Germany Czech Republic
1998 Brazil France Germany
1999 Brazil Czech Republic France
2000 Brazil France Argentina
2001 France Argentina Brazil
2002 Brazil France Spain
2003 Brazil France Spain
2004 Brazil France Argentina
2005 Brazil Czech Republic Netherlands
2006 Brazil Italy Argentina
2007 Argentina Brazil Italy
2008 Spain Germany Netherlands
2009 Spain Brazil Netherlands
2010 Spain Netherlands Germany
2011 Spain Netherlands Germany
2012 Spain Germany Argentina
2013 Spain Germany Argentina
2014 Germany Argentina Colombia
2015 Belgium Argentina Spain
2016 Argentina Brazil Germany
Performances by countries[edit]
Team
First place
Second place
Third place
Brazil 12 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006) 3 (2007, 2009 & 2016) 2 (1993 & 2001)
Spain 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013) 1 (1994) 3 (2002, 2003 & 2015)
Germany 2 (1993 & 2014) 6 (1995, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2012 & 2013) 4 (1998, 2010, 2011 & 2016)
Argentina 2 (2007 & 2016) 3 (2001, 2014 & 2015) 5 (2000, 2004, 2006, 2012 & 2013)
France 1 (2001) 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 & 2004) 2 (1996 & 1999)
Belgium 1 (2015) 0 0
Netherlands 0 2 (2010 & 2011) 3 (2005, 2008 & 2009)
Italy 0 2 (1993 & 2006) 2 (1995 & 2007)
Czech Republic 0 2 (1999 & 2005) 1 (1997)
Sweden 0 0 1 (1994)
Colombia 0 0 1 (2014)
Best Mover of the Year[edit]
The Best Mover of the Year was awarded to the team who made the best progress up the rankings over the course of the year. In the FIFA rankings, this is not simply the team that has risen the most places, but a calculation is performed in order to account for the fact that it becomes progressively harder to earn more points the higher up the rankings a team is.[3]
The calculation used is the number of points the team has at the end of the year (z) multiplied by the number of points it earned during the year (y). The team with the highest index on this calculation received the award. The table below shows the top three best movers from each year.[45][46]
The award has not been an official part of the awards since 2006.
Year
First place
Second place
Third place
1993 Colombia Portugal Morocco
1994 Croatia Brazil Uzbekistan
1995 Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Czech Republic
1996 South Africa Paraguay Canada
1997 Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Iran
1998 Croatia France Argentina
1999 Slovenia Cuba Uzbekistan
2000 Nigeria Honduras Cameroon
2001 Costa Rica Australia Honduras
2002 Senegal Wales Brazil
2003 Bahrain Oman Turkmenistan
2004 China PR Uzbekistan Ivory Coast
2005 Ghana Ethiopia Switzerland
2006 Italy Germany France
While an official award has not been made for movements since 2006, FIFA has released a list of the 'Best Movers' in the rankings since 2007.[47]
An example of the informal on-going "Mover of the Year" award is the recognition made by FIFA to Colombia in 2012 in an official press release.[48] However, the calculation methodology had changed to the difference in ranking points over the course of the year (rather than the methodology used in the official award from 1993 to 2006). The results for latter years are based on a similar methodology.
Year
Best mover
Second best
Third best
2007 Mozambique Norway New Caledonia
2008 Spain Montenegro Russia
2009 Brazil Algeria Slovenia
2010 Netherlands Montenegro Botswana
2011 Wales Sierra Leone Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 Colombia Ecuador Mali
2013[49] Ukraine Armenia United States
2014[50] Germany Slovakia Belgium
2015[51] Turkey Hungary Nicaragua
2016[52] France Peru Poland
Ranking schedule[edit]
Rankings are published monthly, usually on a Thursday. The deadline for the matches to be considered is usually the Thursday prior to the release date, but after major tournaments, all games up to the final are included.[53]
Rankings schedule 2017
Release date
12 January
9 February
9 March
6 April
4 May
1 June
6 July
10 August
14 September
16 October
23 November
21 December
See also[edit]
FIFA Women's World Rankings
World Football Elo Ratings
Seeding for 2006 FIFA World Cup
Statistical association football predictions
Notes and references[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
Jump up ^ Ben Rumsby (4 September 2017). "Fifa to review rankings system after friendlies harm England's World Cup seeding". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure". FIFA. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
Jump up ^ "Revised FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 6 July 2006. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
Jump up ^ "Women's World Ranking Procedure". FIFA. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
Jump up ^ "Great expectations". FIFA. 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Ranking: Netherlands dethrone Spain". Football-Rankings.info. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
Jump up ^ "Brazil back on top of FIFA Ranking, Netherlands slump to record low". ESPN. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
Jump up ^ "Fifa rankings: Northern Ireland reach highest point as Germany lead the way". BBC news. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Organising Committee approves Final Draw procedure". FIFA. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
Jump up ^ "Olympics – updated draw procedure, with teams". CAFOnline.com. Confederation of African Football. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b c "The world rankings riddle". BBC Sport. 21 December 2000.
Jump up ^ "FIFA adapting new world rankings" (PDF). Associated Press. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
Jump up ^ "FIFA chief praises IFA's work". The Jerusalem Post. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2009. Blatter was also asked about Israel's unrealistic FIFA ranking. Despite failing to qualify for a major tournament in 38 years, the national team is currently ranked number 16 in the world, ahead of such team as Greece, Sweden and Denmark, and just two places below England.
Jump up ^ "Soccer: Quirky FIFA rankings system sees Israel climb to #15". The Jerusalem Post. 13 November 2008. Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009. Israel continued its baffling rise up the FIFA rankings on Wednesday, climbing one more position to a best-ever 15th in the world. Amazingly, the national team, which hasn't reached a major tournament since the 1970 World Cup, is ahead of such teams as Greece (18), Nigeria (22), Sweden (29), Scotland (33), Denmark (34) and the Republic of Ireland (36)
Jump up ^ "The Last Word: It's time to get rid of the FIFA rankings". The Jerusalem Post. 14 November 2008. Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009. So the news this week that Israel has risen another place to number 15 in the latest FIFA rankings, above Mexico (25), Nigeria (22), the US (24) and Colombia (40), only serves to underline the futility of the ranking system.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Ranking: November 2008 preview (II)". Football-Rankings.info. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009. Israel will improve (again!) their best ever ranking, climbing one place to 15th. With a win (instead of a draw) against Latvia they would have been tied for 8th place with Russia.
Jump up ^ Alistair Tweedale (13 October 2015). "Belgium rise to No1 in Fifa world rankings after they beat Israel – despite playing one tournament in 13 years". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Rankings". Travour.com. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006.
Jump up ^ Cummings, Michael. "FIFA World Rankings Place Brazil 18th, Reinforce Flawed Nature of System". Retrieved 21 May 2013.
Jump up ^ Freitas, Paulo. "Scolari blames FIFA for Brazil's poor ranking". Retrieved 16 June 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c Burnton, Simon (17 October 2013). "With a bit of planning England could have been seeded ahead of the Swiss". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
Jump up ^ "Romania, Wales set to be surprise World Cup top seeds". USA Today. Associated Press. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015. Romania took advice from a consultant who decoded some mysteries of a ranking system used by FIFA since 1992.
Jump up ^ Gavril, Victor (5 July 2015). "Burleanu: "Am consultat specialiști în clasamentul FIFA." Cum a urcat România în TOP 10 mondial" [Burleanu: "We have consulted FIFA ranking specialists." How Romania climbed in the World Top 10]. România Liberă (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: Preliminary draw pots for UEFA". Football-Rankings.info. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015. I've told Romanian FA officials in the spring of 2014 to avoid playing friendlies. Surprisingly, they heeded my advice.
Jump up ^ "Soccer rankings: farewell FIFA, hello Elo?". Retrieved 2016-07-07.
Jump up ^ "Circular no.1324" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Ranking: Flaw in the calculation". Football-Rankings.info. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Ranking: November 2012 differences". Football-Rankings.info. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Ranking: Penalty shoot-out matches". Football-Rankings.info. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
Jump up ^ Finals is used in this sense to mean the 'final tournament' (as opposed to the qualifying tournament)
Jump up ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: In focus" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
Jump up ^ "2006 revision of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Frequently Asked Questions About the FIFA World Ranking" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
Jump up ^ However, 2010 FIFA World Cup hosts South Africa competed in CAF qualifying despite automatically qualifying for the World Cup; this is because CAF chose to combine the 2010 World Cup qualifying tournament with the qualifiers for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, an event for which South Africa had to separately qualify. South Africa failed to qualify for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Rankings: September 2008 errors (II)". Football-rankings.info. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
Jump up ^ "FIFA miscalculated the rankings... or did they?". Football-rankings.info. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Calculation FIFA Coca-Cola world ranking October 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 23 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "How are points calculated in the FIFA World Ranking?" (PDF). Retrieved 23 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Fact Sheet : How are points calculated in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking?" (PDF). Fifa.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
Jump up ^ "FIFA Fact Sheet : How are points calculated in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking?" (PDF). Fifa.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ Jump up to: a b "Confederation weightings: One answer, more questions". Football-Rankings.info. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Jump up ^ "Confederation weighting: Are the official values wrong?". Football-Rankings.info. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
Jump up ^ "Dutch dethrone Spain, Uruguay rise". FIFA. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Jump up ^ Team of the Year Award 2010 Archived 18 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine. on the FIFA website
Jump up ^ Best Mover of the Year Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. on the FIFA website
Jump up ^ Spain on top and Wales highest climber on the FIFA website
Jump up ^ Top Team and the Best Mover of the Year on the FIFA website (PDF)
Jump up ^ Spain finish 2012 on top, Colombia in fifth. FIFA.com. Retrieved on 12 August 2013.
Jump up ^ "Spain on top, Ukraine highest climber". fifa.com. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
Jump up ^ "Germany conquer 2014, Belgium, Slovakia impress". fifa.com. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
Jump up ^ "Belgium and Turkey claim awards, Hungary return". fifa.com. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
Jump up ^ "Argentina and France take Ranking awards". fifa.com. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Jump up ^ Men's Ranking Procedure on the FIFA website
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