Photo of the Brazilian national team. yunhap news
Japan is expected to rise to the top 20 Asian countries in the new FIFA ranking. There is a possibility that Korea will jump to 25th place.
ESPN, an American sports media, predicted on the 19th (local time) that the FIFA rankings will be renewed after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar until the 20th. Small changes were expected.
Although Brazil were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar, there was a chance they could keep top spot as announced last October. Argentina, who won the World Cup (currently 3rd) and runners-up France (currently 4th), beat Belgium (currently 2nd) and should move up a notch to 2nd and 3rd respectively . According to ESPN’s prediction, Belgium, who had failed to qualify for the round of 16, fell to 4th place and England remained in 5th.
Argentina wins the World Cup in Qatar. yunhap news
The Netherlands (currently 8th) moved up to 6th and Croatia (currently 12th), who finished 3rd at the World Cup, jumped up to 7th. Italy (currently ranked 6th), which did not participate in the World Cup, dropped to 8th place. Portugal (now 10th) moved up to 9th and Spain (now 7th) dropped to 10th.
Morocco (currently ranked 22), who wrote a legend in the semi-finals of the Qatar World Cup, jumped to 11th place. Followed by Switzerland (currently in 15th place), 13th United States (currently in 16th place), 14th Germany (currently in 11th place), 15th Mexico (currently in 13th place), 16th Uruguay (currently in in 14th place) and 17th Colombia (currently in 14th place). 14. Currently ranked 17, Denmark ranked 18 (currently ranked 10) and Senegal ranked 19 (currently ranked 18).
Archive photo of the Japan national team. yunhap news
Japan (currently ranked 24), who defeated Germany and Spain at the World Cup in Qatar and advanced to the round of 16, moved up to 20th, the highest among Asian countries.
Korea (currently ranked 28), who advanced to the round of 16 of the World Cup for the first time in 12 years, were expected to move up three places to 25th. Korea drew with Uruguay in the group stage of this tournament and were eliminated by Ghana, but defeated Portugal to advance to the round of 16 for the first time in 12 years.
The teams with the biggest drops were Canada (currently 41st) and Qatar (currently 50th), dropping 12 places to 53rd and 62nd respectively. Wales (currently 19th) also dropped nine places to 28th.
