Argentina, France and Brazil They maintain the men’s world classification podium of FIFAwhile Venezuela will return to the top 50 positions, Lithuania registering the largest increase and Spain It remains eighth, a few points behind the Netherlands, after 165 international matches played last month.
Last month, qualifying matches were held for the 2026 World Cupmatches valid for the qualifications of continental competitions and confrontations belonging to the Concacaf Nations League, events that have changed to FIFA World Ranking.
Even the top trio hasn’t changed -Argentina (1st), France (2nd) and Brazil (3rd)-, the ‘bleus’ widened the points margin with respect to Brazil. La Canarinha, after drawing against Venezuela (1-1) and losing to Uruguay (2-0), allows England (4th) to come close.
On the other hand, Belgium (5th) maintains its position, but sees Portugal (6th) getting closer, knocking on the door of the top five.
The same happens with Spain (8th), which maintains its position and advances and puts pressure on the Netherlands (7th). They are followed by Italy (9th) and Croatia (10th), which remain in the top ten despite its significant decline.
Venezuela (49th), only choice of CONMEBOL which has never played in the final stage of a World Cup and is currently ranked fourth in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 edition, is once again among the top 50, due to the fall of Ivory Coast (52nd).
Wales (28th) and Turkey (38th) register significant increases, while Belarus (100th) reappears in the top 100, a group that also includes Slovenia (54th).
However, the most notable advances are found in the deepest part of the table. Kosovo (105th) reached its best historical position after climbing six places. Bangladesh (183rd) also registers a significant increase, but the most notable increase corresponds to Lithuania (134th), which gained nine positions.
Source: La Verdad
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