This chart shows Men's Ranking by Country.
The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Argentina. 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.
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.
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:
1.the point ranking was scaled up by a factor of ten.
2.the method of calculation was changed to take into account factors including:
1.the number of goals scored or conceded.
2.whether the match was played at home or away.
3.the importance of a match or competition.
4.regional strength.
3.a fixed number of points were no longer necessarily awarded for a victory or a draw.
4.match losers were able to earn points.
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