Unofficial FIFA rankings after the World Cup 2014 Round of 16 matches

Argentina players after qualifying for the Quarter-Finals

Earlier we saw that Colombia were the top ranked team after the Group Stage. As of now, they are tied with Argentina at the top but Argentina are slightly ahead in terms of decimal points. Not to forget, the official rankings remains the same till the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup 2014.

However, FIFA Prognosis Tool lets us calculate the total points as of now and we can rank the teams accordingly. Top two teams swapped places, Germany are still on the third place. Belgium and Netherlands have gained one place each while Uruguay and Switzerland have dropped places after they were knocked out of the World Cup.

Let’s look at the top ten teams before the start of the tournament:

FIFA rankings before the World Cup(Top 10)

Rank	Team	Points
1	Spain	1485
2	Germany	1300
3	Brazil	1242
4	Portugal	1189
5	Argentina	1175
6	Switzerland	1149
7	Uruguay	1147
8	Colombia	1137
9	Italy	1104
10	England	1090

You can check the official rankings of all teams here

Let’s have a look at the current rankings calculated by the FIFA prognosis tool:

FIFA rankings after the Round of 16(Top 10)

Rank	Team	Points	Rank before the World Cup	Rank after Group Stage	Points before the World Cup	Points after Group Stage
1	Argentina	1555	5	2	1175	1442
2	Colombia	1555	8	1	1137	1449
3	Germany	1486	2	3	1300	1407
4	Belgium	1468	11	5	1074	1369
5	Netherlands	1393	15	6	981	1310
6	Uruguay	1330	7	4	1147	1393
7	France	1254	17	9	913	1188
8	Spain	1229	1	8	1485	1229
9	Switzerland	1216	6	7	1149	1278
10	Brazil	1174	3	10	1242	1174

Note: Uruguay, Spain and Switzerland have been knocked out of the World Cup.