Winning the World Cup was not sufficient to propel Argentina up the FIFA world rankings, with Brazil retaining the No. 1 spot on Thursday.
Brazil have been eradicated within the quarter-finals by Croatia, however scored sufficient rating factors from latest years’ outcomes to be included in FIFA’s calculations. Argentina moved up one place to No. 2 and France additionally moved up one place to No. 3 after defeating the finalists.
Despite profitable just one sport in Qatar and failing to advance from the group stage, Belgium continues to be ranked No. 4, a drop of two locations. England and the Netherlands, each crushed quarterfinalists, stay in fifth and sixth place respectively.
Croatia has moved up 5 locations to seventh. European champions Italy are eighth regardless of failing to qualify for the World Cup. Morocco is the best-placed African nation in eleventh place, up 11 locations because of its historic run to the semi-finals.
The United States is ranked thirteenth amongst CONCACAF zone groups, shifting up three locations after advancing to the spherical of 16. Mexico is at No. 15. Japan leads the Asian Confederation groups at No. 20, up 4 locations, and Australia has moved up 11 locations to No. 27. Both reached the Round of 16.
Cameroon, which beat Brazil within the group stage, moved up 10 locations to thirty third. Qatar dropped 10 locations to sixtieth after shedding all three video games as the house crew within the World Cup.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
