Big Movers of 2016
USA, who only managed a 1-0 home win over Mexico on their way to the Olympics where they drew 2-2 with Colombia and were knocked out on penalties by Sweden in the quarter-finals, were replaced at the top of the rankings by Olympic winners Germany. Canada moved up 12 places into third after winning bronze in the Olympic games by beating hosts Brazil.
Tanzania who had held hosts Zimbabwe to a 1-1 draw in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, shocked Cameroon 2-1 in a friendly in their own backyard.
Mali stunned their Moroccan hosts 2-1 and drew 1-1 at home to Equatorial Guinea, who were later disqualified, reaching the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon where they picked up a 3-1 win against Kenya.
Belarus won the Balaton Cup after thumping hosts Hungary 4-1 and Romania 5-2 in the final beating Slovenia 2-0 at home in a Euro qualifier.
Kenya drew 2-2 away to Algeria whom they knocked out of the African qualifiers and got the better of Ethiopia 3-2 in the CECAFA Cup in Uganda before stunning their Egyptian visitors 1-0 in a friendly.
Senegal took an unhealthy 1-0 lead to Guinea where they suffered a humiliating 1-0 defeat and needed penalties to scrape through but ultimately failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations.
North Korea failed to reach the Olympic Games having drawn 1-1 with South Korea and ending their campaign losing 1-0 to group hosts Japan.
India were held to goalless draws against Maldives and Nepal in the South Asian Games that they hosted and eventually won, but their year ended in another goalless draw at home to Bangladesh in the SAFF Championship.
Uganda continued their poor form from previous years with weak results that included a 4-0 defeat at home to Kenya in the CECAFA Cup.
The most surprising results of the year were the Netherlands' humiliating 4-1 defeat at home to Norway in a Olympic qualifier and Scotland's 2-1 victory away to Iceland in a Euro qualifier.
The highest score of the year was Myanmar's 17-0 demolition of East Timor in an AFF match in Mandalay.
There were no new teams in the rankings.
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