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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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)
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
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.