Morocco jumped 11 places in the monthly ranking issued by the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), ranking 11th and leading the ranking of African and Arab teams, while Argentina, the winner of the Qatar World Cup, did not succeed in topping the FIFA ranking.
The "Atlas Lions" reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar and lost the ranking match against Croatia by two goals without a response and finished fourth in an unprecedented achievement for African and Arab football, bringing it to the best global position in the history of Moroccan football.
Croatia, the bronze medalist at the World Cup in Qatar, moved up 5 places in the world rankings, broke into the top ten teams and finished seventh.
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It is remarkable in the ranking that the "tango" team champion world came second behind Brazil by about 70 points. FIFA explains why "Argentina did not beat France in normal or extra time and if it had done so it would have topped the rankings."
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The most prominent teams that have seen significant progress in their position in the rankings are Australia, which jumped 11 places and advanced to 27th place, as did Cameroon by advancing to 33rd place after jumping 10 places in the rankings.
Saudi Arabia, who beat world champions Argentina, moved up two spots to 49th. Denmark also dropped out of the top 10 and dropped 18 places from eighth to <>th.
The following are the top ten in the world:
Arabic Classification:
- Morocco (11th globally)
- Tunisia (30th globally)
- Egypt (39th globally)
- Algeria (40th globally)
- Saudi Arabia (49th globally)
- Qatar (60th globally)
- Iraq (68th globally)
- UAE (70th globally)
- Oman (75th globally)
- Jordan (84th globally)
African classification: Unlike the Arab teams, the following shows the classification of African teams:
- Senegal (19th globally)
- Cameroon (33rd globally)
- Nigeria (35th globally)
- Mali (45th globally)
- Ivory Coast (47th globally)
- Burkina Faso (50th globally)