Long-awaited after the 2022 World Cup, the FIFA rankings were published on Thursday with many changes. Eliminated in the quarter-finals of the competition, Brazil retains first place by a fraction ahead of the new world champion Argentina, now second, while France, an unfortunate finalist, climbs on the podium by ejecting Belgium in 4th rank.

The first African team in history to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, Morocco made a resounding progression by climbing to 11th place! The Atlas Lions jumped 11 places compared to the last ranking in October and they even achieved the “progress of the year” according to FIFA with 142 points collected in 2022!

Change of leader in Africa

The band of Walid Regragui, therefore, imposes itself as the new African leader, by clearly overtaking Senegal, which, despite its journey to the round of 16 of the World Cup, loses a place at the world level to find itself 19th. No change, however, for Tunisia. Eliminated in the first round but after bringing down France (1-0), the Carthage Eagles remain 30th in the world and on the last step of the podium on the African scale.

Despite their elimination in the group stage, Cameroon, which stood up to Serbia (3-3) and above all beat Brazil (1-0), made an impressive leap of 10 places at the world level, notably by overtaking Nigeria. , Egypt and Algeria. After a disappointing last rally (1-1 at home against Mali then 2-0 defeat in Sweden), the Fennecs regress and find themselves only the 7th African nation.

10 African countries in the top 50

Also present at the World Cup, Ghana climbed slightly to find themselves 58th thanks to their victory against South Korea (3-2), while Burkina Faso, on the strength of their success against Côte d’Ivoire in November in a friendly (2-1), progresses and allows Africa to count a tenth representative in the world Top 50!

See you on April 6, 2023, for the next edition of the FIFA rankings, after CHAN 2023 (January 13-February 4) and the next two days of the CAN 2023 qualifiers on the program in March.

The world’s top 10

1. Brazil

2. Argentina

3. France

4. Belgium

5. England

6. Netherlands

7. Croatia

8. Italy

9. Portugal

10. Spain

The African top 20

1. Morocco (11th globally)

2. Senegal (19th)

3. Tunisia (30th)

4. Cameroon (33rd)

5. Nigeria (35th)

6. Egypt (39th)

7. Algeria (40th)

8. Mali (45th)

9. Ivory Coast (47th)

10. Burkina Faso (50th)

11. Ghana (58th)

12. South Africa (67th)

13. Cape Verde (72nd)

14. DR Congo (73rd)

15. Gabon (79th)

16. Guinea (83rd)

17. Zambia (88th)

18. Uganda (89th)

19. Benin (91st)

20. Equatorial Guinea (98th)

The full FIFA rankings