FIFA Ranking - Oceania (original) (raw)

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Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

New Zealand (161st), New Caledonia (191st), and Tahiti (196th) have their worst ever FIFA Ranking. 3. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Most OFC countries moved up in June 2016:

147. New Zealand (up 14)
Tied 168. American Samoa (up 2)
Tied 168. Cook Islands (up 2)
Tied 168. Samoa (up 2)
176. Solomon Islands (up 16)
179. Tahiti (up 17)
183. New Caledonia (up 8)
185. Vanuatu (down 4)
186. Fiji (down 3)
193. Papua New Guinea (up 5)
Tied 204. Tonga (0 points)

Two of the top four are among the three OFC countries that didn't qualify for the OFC Nations Cup. They are American Samoa and Cook Islands. The eleven OFC teams combined went from 851 FIFA Ranking points to 1,075 points, for an increase of 26.3 percent. 4. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

In the July 2016 FIFA Rankings:

New Zealand gained the most spots in the world. They are up 54 spots to 93rd. New Caledonia is second in OFC and is up 22 spots to 161st. Papua New Guinea is third in OFC and is up 29 spots to 164th. 5. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

In the November 2016 FIFA Rankings:

110. New Zealand (up 6)
149. Tahiti (up 23)
169. New Caledonia (down 3)
171. Papua New Guinea (down 12)
174. Vanuatu (up 3)
177. Fiji (up 2)
187. Solomon Islands (up 6)
191. American Samoa (down 2)
191. Cook Islands (down 2)
191. Samoa (down 2)
205. Tonga (tied with other teams with 0 points)

American Samoa, Cook Islands, and Samoa are exactly tied with 63.75 points and didn't change their points this month. 6. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

New Zealand is up 17 spots to 95th in the June 2017 FIFA Rankings. 7. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Vanuatu moved up 28 spots to 157th and went from 55 points to 141 points. Oceania had a net gain of 34 spots. Fiji was up 10, and no other team moved at least 4 spots in either direction. Half of the teams ranked from 151st to 160th are in Oceania. Solomon Islands is second in Oceania with 152 points and Papua New Guinea is sixth in Oceania with 126 points. 8. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States 9. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Here are the OFC teams in the April 2019 FIFA Rankings:

119. New Zealand (even)
139. Solomon Islands (up 4)
155. New Caledonia (down 1)
158. Tahiti (down 1)
165. Fiji (up 4)
166. Vanuatu (down 3)
169. Papua New Guinea (down 1)
Tied 190. Cook Islands (even)
Tied 190. American Samoa (even)
197. Samoa (even)
203. Tonga (up 1)

That was total change of up 3. Solomon Islands has their best ranking since they were 129th in August 2008. 10. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Here are the OFC teams in the June 2019 FIFA Rankings:

119. New Zealand (even)
140. Solomon Islands (down 1)
155. New Caledonia (even)
158. Tahiti (even)
163. Vanuatu (up 4)
167. Fiji (down 2)
171. Papua New Guinea (down 2)
Tied 190. Cook Islands (even)
Tied 190. American Samoa (even)
Tied 195. Samoa (up 2)
Tied 202. Tonga (up 1)

The only change within OFC was Vanuatu passing Fiji. The total change is a gain of 2. The average rank is 168.18. 11. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Here are the OFC teams in the July 2019 FIFA Rankings:

117. New Zealand (up 2)
Tied 142. Solomon Islands (down 2)
154. New Caledonia (up 1)
158. Tahiti (even)
Tied 163. Vanuatu (even)
Tied 163. Fiji (up 4)
168. Papua New Guinea (up 3)
Tied 190. Cook Islands (even)
194. American Samoa (down 4)
197. Samoa (down 2)
Tied 207. Tonga (down 5)

New Zealand has their best ranking since they were 113th in September 2017. The total move is 3 spots worse. 12. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

No OFC teams had points changes, but there were ranking changes. Cook Islands fell from 190th to unranked because they haven't played in four years. Under the old ranking formula, teams could have 0 points, and there was no difference between a team with 0 points from 10 games played within four years and a team who didn't play within four years. Now that points don't expire, inactive teams need to be removed. Here are the ten ranked OFC teams in the September 2019 FIFA Rankings:

122. New Zealand (down 5)
141. Solomon Islands (up 1)
154. New Caledonia (even)
159. Tahiti (down 1)
Tied 163. Fiji (even)
Tied 163. Vanuatu (even)
165. Papua New Guinea (up 3)
192. American Samoa (up 2)
194. Samoa (up 3)
Tied 205. Tonga (up 2) 13. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Oceanian teams had a net gain of 4 spots in the October 2019 FIFA Rankings:

Tied 121. New Zealand (up 1)
140. Solomon Islands (up 1)
155. New Caledonia (down 1)
157. Tahiti (up 2)
Tied 163. Fiji (even)
Tied 163. Vanuatu (even)
165. Papua New Guinea (even)
192. American Samoa (even)
194. Samoa (even)
Tied 204. Tonga (up 1)
Not ranked: Cook Islands 14. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Cook Islands played to re-enter the FIFA Rankings in March 2022:

101. New Zealand (up 10)
137. Solomon Islands (up 5)
160. New Caledonia (down 7)
162. Papua New Guinea (up 3)
164. Tahiti (down 5)
165. Fiji (down 3)
166. Vanuatu (down 2)
189. American Samoa (up 1)
190. Cook Islands (was not ranked)
193. Samoa (even)
199. Tonga (even)

The mean is 166th, and the median is 165th. 15. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Here are the OFC teams in the July 2024 FIFA Rankings:

94. New Zealand (up 13)
141. Solomon Islands (down 8)
153. Fiji (up 13)
158. Tahiti (up 3)
160. New Caledonia (down 2)
162. Vanuatu (up 8)
168. Papua New Guinea (down 3)
186. Cook Islands (up 1)
187. American Samoa (up 1)
192. Samoa (down 11)
200. Tonga (even)

New Zealand has their best rank since they were 88th in September 2016. The FIFA Rankings now include each team's results since the last rankings. Since no OFC teams played teams from other confederations, I expected the sum of OFC's points to be the same as in June, but it went up by 66.89. I looked up why, and the FIFA Rankings never make teams lose points from knockout rounds of a tournament so that a team's points cannot be fewer than if they had not advanced from the group stage. For most games, there is a zero-sum change in points in FIFA and ELO, but ELO does not have any additional rules for knockout rounds. The eleven OFC teams have an average rank of 163.7. The 210 ranked teams have an average rank of 105.5. 16. EvanJ

Manchester United
United States
Mar 30, 2004
Club:
Manchester United FC
Nat'l Team:
United States

Here are the October 2024 FIFA Rankings:

91. New Zealand (up 4)
146. Fiji (up 4, up 1 in OFC)
147. Solomon Islands (down 3, down 1 in OFC)
155. New Caledonia (up 5, up 1 in OFC)
157. Vanuatu (up 5, up 1 in OFC)
159. Tahiti (down 1, down 2 in OFC)
171. Papua New Guinea (down 3)
186. Samoa (down 1)
189. American Samoa
191. Cook Islands
199. Tonga

The bottom three did not play in October, and had no change in their points or ranking.

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