World Cup 2022

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/fif...c2bef1939f4e97

"New FIFA rankings released after 2022 World Cup"



Interesting stuff here... the updated FIFA rankings.

FIFA rankings, Top 20 as of December 22, 2022

1. Brazil – Even

2. Argentina – Up 1

3. France – Up 1

4. Belgium – Down 2

5. England – Even

6. Netherlands – Up 2

7. Croatia – Up 1

8. Italy – Down 2

9. Portugal – Even

10. Spain – Down 3

11. Morocco – Up 11

12. Switzerland – Up 3

13. USA – Up 3

14. Germany – Down 3

15. Mexico – Down 2

16. Uruguay – Down 2

17. Colombia – Even

18. Denmark – Down 8

19. Senegal – Down 1

20. Japan – Up 4


Nice having two South American teams on top, at least for now.

USA climbed over Germany... not sure THAT'S ever happened before.

Morocco hit the big time. We'll have to see how that stands up.

Spain dropped 3 places... undoubtedly deserved.

It happens a bit more often than you would think . Going into the 2006 World Cup , USA were ranked #5 behind Brazil, Czech Republic , Netherlands and Mexico.
Like the other guys have stated, FIFA Rankings are pretty crap really. It’s based on scoring points for each victory in FIFA based tournaments. The problem being that the region that USA and Mexico are in is a pretty low standard compared to the European, South American and even African regions.
And there have even been instances where tournaments like Le Tournoi and the Confederations Cup give rankings points, even though not everybody is allowed or invited to play in it.
It’s poor really that the World’s biggest sport is run like a little perk club for certain individuals.