No less than 192 matches were played during the November international window. The qualifications for the 2026 FIFA World Cup™ concerned the selections of CONMEBOL, the AFC and the OFC while the qualifiers for the CAF African Cup of Nations, but also the UEFA and Concacaf Nations Leagues, were also on the program from this window calendar. This activity naturally has repercussions on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Rankings. The top three are now in a tight spot. If theArgentine (1st) keeps the lead, she does not get ahead of the France (2nd) and theSpain (3rd) only a handful of points. L’England (4th) and the Brazil (5th) retain their rank while the Portugal (6th, +1) and the The Netherlands (7th, +1) move up one place. There Belgium loses two places (8th, -2) while theItaly (9th) stagnates in a tight Top 10 that re-enters theGermany (10th, +1).
Further, theUruguay (11th, +3), the Senegal (17th, +3) and theEcuador (24th, +3) are not to be outdone. But the Canada (31e, +4), at Romania (38e, +5), la Norway (43rd, +5) and theScotland (45th, +6) do even better within the Top 50, and the Canucks even took advantage of it to achieve the best ranking in their history. The deeper you go in the hierarchy, the greater the fluctuations. If the Zambia (87th, +7) and the Guyana (154th, +7) both perform a good operation, it is Niger (122nd, +9) which recorded the strongest progression in the ranking, both in terms of points (+31.23 pts) and places, after its successes acquired at the expense of Sudan (4-0) and Ghana (1- 2) as part of the qualifiers for CAN 2025.
Other selections also came to the fore. Let us cite in particular the Kosovo (99th, +2) and the Comoros (103rd, +5) who, like Canada, have never been to such a party. San Marino (210th) still occupies last place, but its gain of 10.38 points generated by its success in Liechtenstein (1-3) – the very first away victory in its history – suggests good things for the future.
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The next FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Rankings will be published on December 19.
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