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FIFA World Rankings 2016

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Argentina’s Regain in the Rankings:

Argentina Placed in the pole position from Belgium while World Champions Germany slipped to the 5th position. Copa America champions jumped two places to sit 3rd on the list.

  • Australia jumped a massive 17 places to be 50th in the latest rankings.FIFA World Rankings 2016
  • The United States is up one at 29. No teams from Africa or Asia make the top 32.Algeria leads African teams at No. 33 and Asia’s best is No. 42 Iran.

The Top 5 Teams featured in the Rankings:

Rank(Men’s)Country
1Argentina
2Belgium
3Chile
4Colombia
5Germany
Rank(Women’s)Country
1United States
2Germany
3France
4England
5Australia

India’s Place in the Rankings:

  • India dropped two places to the 162nd position in the latest FIFA rankingsWith 142 points.
  • India ended their disappointing 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign by losing their last match against Turkmenistan. They lost seven out of eight qualifying matches and this did not reflect very well on the rankings.

FIFA Women’s Rankings:

  • The Indian Women’s football team too dropped a position in FIFA Women’s Football Rankings and are currently ranked 58th.
  • In the FIFA Women’s Rankings United States occupied the top position while Germany and France took the second and third places.