Morocco rises the most on the FIFA rankings thanks to the World Cup

Shocking at the 2022 World Cup by becoming the first African team in history to reach the semi-finals, Morocco jumped 11 places to take 11th place in the FIFA rankings for December. In fact. , “Atlas Lions” are the strongest gainers of the year, gaining 142 points in the past 12 months.

In the Top 10, the team that increased the most was Croatia with 5 places to 7th, pushing Euro 2020 champion Italy to 8th.

Despite winning the 2022 World Cup, Argentina did not take the top spot of Brazil, but instead took second place, pushing Belgium to fourth (down 2 places).

The French runner-up team increased 1 place to 3rd, the Netherlands increased 2 places to 6th, England (5) and Portugal (9) remained the same, while Spain fell 3 places (10) due to Ma. -rocket eliminated in the 1/8 round.

The biggest drop in the Top 10 is Denmark with 8 places (18), Germany 3 places (14), Mexico (15) and Uruguay (16) all 2 places.

The other teams participating in the World Cup all shuffled positions in this latest ranking: Australia up 11 places (27), Japan (20) and Poland (22) up 4 places, South Korea (25) up 3 places, Cameroon (33) up 10 places, Ecuador (31) and Ghana (58) up 3 places; Iran (24) down 4 places, Wales (28) down 9 places, Serbia (29) down 8 places, Canada (53) down 12 places, Qatar (60) down 10 places.

European countries make up 11 of the top 20 rankings, still dominating globally. There are 4 South American, 2 North American, 2 African and 1 Asian representatives in the top 20 list.