FIFA introduced a new formula for calculating the points that brought significantly more points to all national teams. Macedonia now shares the 70th place with Saudi Arabia.
As you can see by the rankings below, Macedonia jumped one place but has trice more points than the last rankings. That is thanks to the new formula used for calculating. The Lynx were inactive since the last ranking as no friendly match was arranged to be played.
The new formula relies on adding/subtracting points won or lost for a game to/from the previous point totals rather than averaging game points over a given time period as in the previous version of the Ranking. The changes, of which there are several, include the fact that inactive teams now preserve their point totals, with no devaluation of older games. Points are dropped, however, from losing or drawing against weaker opposition, with the only exception to this rule matches in knockout rounds of major competitions such as the FIFA World Cup. More details about the formula used in the algorithm, weightings of matches and other characteristics can be found here.
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66. Algeria 1351
67. Ivory Coast 1344
67. Guinea 1344
69. Panama 1343
70. Saudi Arabia 1336
70. Macedonia 1336
72. El Salvador 1332
73. Syria 1328
74. South Africa 1327
75. China 1320
76. Zambia 1315
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for August 2018:
1. France 1726
2. Belgium 1723
3. Brazil 1657
4. Croatia 1643
5. Uruguay 1627
6. England 1615
7. Portugal 1599
8. Switzerland 1597
9. Spain 1580
9. Denmark 1580
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (4.) Croatia 1643
2. (28.) Romania 1490
3. (36.) Serbia 1459
4. (38.) Turkey 1455
5. (39.) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1452
6. (41.) Montenegro 1440
7. (42.) Greece 1436
8. (47.) Bulgaria 1416
9. (55.) Slovenia 1392
10. (58.) Albania 1384
11. (70.) Macedonia 1336
12. (141.) Kosovo 1080
FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 25):
31. (51.) Hungary 1409
32. (53.) Norway 1406
33. (55.) Slovenia 1392
34. (58.) Albania 1384
35. (62.) Finland 1364
36. (70.) Macedonia 1336
37. (78). Belarus 1306
38. (85.) Luxembourg 1286
39. (87.) Cyprus 1280
40. (90.) Faroe Islands 1268
43. (93.) Israel 1256
40. (94.) Estonia 1250
42. (96.) Georgia 1242
43. (100.) Armenia 1227
46. (105.) Azerbaijan 1207
45. (116.) Kazakhstan 1167
48. (127.) Lithuania 1130
49. (129.) Latvia 1122
47. (130.) Andorra 1120
50. (141.) Kosovo 1080
51. (175.) Moldova 957
52. (180.) Liechtenstein 944
53. (184.) Malta 928
54. (195.) Gibraltar 900
55. (203.) San Marino 876
UEFA Nations League Group 4 rankings:
1. (70.) Macedonia 1336
2. (100.) Armenia 1227
3. (180.) Liechtenstein 944
4. (195.) Gibraltar 900
The next rankings will be published on 20 September 2018 after the first two rounds of the UEFA Nations League.