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FIFA ranking of the top 16 participants in the 2022 World Cup, Brazil first

KOMPAS. comWorld Cup 2022 already entered the knockout phase, Holland-United States will start the round of 16.

In the previous group stage, several countries occupying the top 10 FIFA rankings failed to qualify.

Call it Belgium (2nd FIFA ranking) and Denmark (10th FIFA ranking). While Germany occupies the 11th position in the FIFA rankings.

FIFA rankings areupdate on 25 August 2022 from the official federation website or before the start of the 2022 World Cup.

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Brazil occupies the first place in the FIFA rankings. While Australia is the lowest ranked country.

Australia is currently joining the Asian Confederation (AFC) occupying the 38th position in the world.

Then Asia

There were three Asian representatives who moved on to the round World Cup 2022 round of 16namely Japan, South Korea and Australia.

Of the three countries, Japan is ranked as the strongest. Blue Samurai is ranked 24th in the world.

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Meanwhile, South Korea is ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings.

In the round of 16, South Korea will face world number 1, namely Brazil.

Australia will also serve the world’s third-placed in the round of 16, namely Argentina.

Meanwhile, Japan meet Croatia, who are in 12th place.

The following is the FIFA ranking of the participants World Cup 2022 round of 16

  1. Brazil (1st place)
  2. Argentina (3rd place)
  3. France (4)
  4. England (5)
  5. Spanish (7)
  6. Netherlands (8)
  7. Portugal (9)
  8. Croatia (12)
  9. Switzerland (15)
  10. United States (16)
  11. Senegalese (18)
  12. Morocco (22)
  13. Japan (24)
  14. Poland (26)
  15. South Korea (28)
  16. Australia (38)

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