{"id":239976,"date":"2022-10-13T17:48:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/united-states-of-america-usa-still-out-front?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-10-13T17:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:48:15","slug":"united-states-of-america-usa-still-out-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/united-states-of-america-usa-still-out-front\/","title":{"rendered":"United States of America (USA) Still Out Front"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USA remain atop the FIFA (https:\/\/www.FIFA.com<\/a>)\/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking; October ranking will decide seedings for the Final Draw for Australia & New Zealand 2023; A record 187 national teams now included in the ranking<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There have been changes aplenty in the latest FIFA\/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking, which will be used to determine the seedings for the Draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™  (https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3EDL8SV<\/a>) [Draw procedure available here (https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3EEmnpR<\/a>)].<\/p>\n

The Draw will be held in Auckland (New Zealand) on 22 October, with the Draw for the Play-Off Tournament taking place eight days earlier on Friday 14 October.<\/p>\n

The three teams at the top in the August 2022 ranking are still there, with one slight change in the order. Though USA<\/strong> (1st, -) remain out front, Sweden<\/strong> (2nd, plus 1) have jumped into second place at the expense of Germany<\/strong> (3rd, minus 1). England<\/strong> (4th, -) and France<\/strong> (5th, -) complete the top five.<\/p>\n

There is plenty of movement below them. After their 2-0 defeat of USA on Tuesday, Spain<\/strong> (6th, plus 2) climb two places, while Netherlands<\/strong> (8th, minus 2) drop two. No fewer than nine teams between 11th and 20th changed positions, among them Belgium<\/strong> (20th, minus 1), who suffered the biggest points drop in the whole ranking (minus 32.46).<\/p>\n

Newly qualified for the intercontinental play-offs for Australia & New Zealand 2023, Portugal<\/strong> (23rd, plus 4) were the highest climbers in the Top 50 with a rise of four places and 54.19 points. However, nobody made more progress in the October ranking than Estonia<\/strong> (96th, plus 10), who leapt ten places into the top 100, while Bangladesh<\/strong> (140th, plus 7) rose seven themselves.<\/p>\n

Two new teams have joined since the publication of the previous ranking in August: Syria<\/strong> (157th) and Pakistan<\/strong> (160th). This takes the total number of FIFA member associations now included in the women’s ranking to 187. FIFA has 211 member associations in all.<\/p>\n

The Draw for the Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ (https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3Msuw2e<\/a>) will take place at 12.00 CET on Friday 14 October.<\/p>\n

The following ten teams have qualified for the play-off tournament:<\/p>\n

Portugal (23rd), Chile (38th), Chinese Taipei (40th), Thailand (41st), Papua New Guinea (50th), Paraguay (51st), Haiti (56th), Panama (57th), Cameroon (58th), Senegal (84th)<\/p>\n

Click HERE (https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3RWPzLK<\/a>) to view the complete ranking.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next FIFA\/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 9 December 2022<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leader <\/strong>USA (unchanged)
\nMoves into top 10 <\/strong>None
\nMoves out of top 10<\/strong> None
\nMatches played in total <\/strong>133
\nMost matches played <\/strong>Tanzania, Bangladesh, Bhutan (5)
\nBiggest move by points <\/strong>Portugal (plus 54.19)
\nBiggest move by ranks <\/strong>Estonia (plus 10)
\nBiggest drop by points <\/strong>Belgium (minus 32.46)
\nBiggest drop by ranks <\/strong>Kazakhstan (minus 11)
\nNewly ranked teams <\/strong>Syria, Pakistan
\nTeams that are no longer ranked <\/strong>None<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of FIFA.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Source: Africa Newsroom – APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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