sports – OM+ Football World Ranking

With the final tournament of two continental championships played in the last month, the new ranking was full of changes as expected. Qatar winned the second consecutive AFC Asian Cup, improving 35 positions (+117,025 points) and moving on the 22th position (4th inside the AFC confederation). The finalist of the Asian Cup Jordan, was the best mover in points of the month, gaining +118,832 points and moving from the position 101 to 62 (+39). Other considerable progress were done by Thailand (107th, +23), Uzbekistan (46th, +8) and Tajikistan (103th, +7). IR Iran entered in the top 20 (now 16th, +6).
The Africa Cup of Nations has a lot of surprises. The best mover after the tournament was the Angola national team improving up to the 75th position in the new ranking (+40 positions and +97,691 points). The winner of the title Côte d’Ivoire improved only 9 positions, up to the 37th place, mainly due to a disappointing group stage. The other finalist Nigeria improved 21 positions recovering until the 40th place. Other important achievements were made by South Africa (56th, +16) and Cabo Verde (65th, +23).
Disappointing results in the competition for all the Maghreb nations: Morocco -7, Tunisia -18, Egypt -17, and Algeria -18. Morocco lost a position in the top 20 (now 22th) but remained the first CAF nation in the ranking, since Senegal wasn’t able to go so far.
For all the other confederations only few friendlies played out of the international match calendar and very little movements. Iceland, not in a good moment, gained 3 positions winning two friendlies against Guatemala and Honduras (now 74th). Slovenia winned a game against the USA and improved 2 positions (36th).
The next ranking will be published after the next Fifa international break, that will end on 26, march 2024.