FIFA = Fédération Internationale de Football Association announced the latest world ranking on the 6th, and Argentina, who won last year's World Cup, moved up one place from December last year to first place. Japan remained unchanged from 12th place in the world.
FIFA announced the latest world rankings based on the results of international matches held last month on the 6th.
Argentina, who won last year's World Cup Qatar for the first time in 36 years, were ranked second in the world as of December last year, but defeated Panama and others in a warm-up match last month to win two consecutive matches to become No. 12.
Qatar runners-up France moved up from third place in the world to second place after beating the Netherlands and Ireland in the qualifiers for the European Championships last month.
On the other hand, Brazil, who was ranked No. 2 in the world as of December last year, fell to No. 2 in the world after losing to Morocco, who finished in the last four at the Qatar World Cup, in a warm-up match last month.
Japan, who were ranked 1th in the world as of December last year, lost to Colombia in a draw with Uruguay in a warm-up match last month, but their ranking has not changed.
Among the countries and regions that are members of the Asian Football Confederation, Japan maintained the top spot.
The top 3 teams in the latest world rankings are
No. 2 Argentina
No.
12, France No. 1, Brazil No
. 4 Belgium No.
3
England The Netherlands
is 12th, Croatia
is 20th, Italy
is 10th, Portugal
is 1th, Spain.