Argentina Tops FIFA Men's World Ranking Again
Zurich (Switzerland), June 13. Current world champion Argentina (first, 2 points ahead) will begin its title defense as the top-ranked team in the world.
The June FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking will be released just hours before the conclusion of the largest FIFA World Cup to date. After several friendly matches before the FIFA World Cup, during which the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking was updated in real-time during international matches, Argentina returned to the top after winning both its warm-up matches against Iceland and Honduras. They will replace France (third, 2 points down), which fell behind after losing to Côte d'Ivoire, then defeating Northern Ireland, and Spain (second, unchanged), which was held to a draw by Iraq and then defeated Peru.
In the top ten and below, Morocco (seventh, 1 up) continues to maintain its lead, reaching its highest position since the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking began in August 1993. In doing so, they surpassed the Netherlands (eighth, 1 down), while elsewhere in the top 20, Mexico (14th, 1 up) and Uruguay (16th, 1 up) moved above Senegal (15th, 1 down) and the USA (17th, 1 down), while Iran (20th) entered the top 100. Hungary (39th, 3 up), Chile (51st, 3 up), and China (91st, 3 up) are the biggest climbers in the top 100, while Serbia (41st, 4 down), Mali (55th, 3 down), and Benin (93rd, 3 down) recorded the largest declines.
Outside the top 100, Lebanon (115th, 7 down) and Bhutan (192nd, 6 down) saw the most significant drops in their rankings. According to competition regulations, the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking will also serve as a tiebreaker to determine the ranking of two or more teams in a group at the end of the group stage, ensuring that the best eight third-placed teams meet the criteria for reaching the knockout stage.
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