HIBAPRESS-RABAT-FIFA
*175 international matches played in October
Argentina remains in the lead but the podium is closing
Comoros, Sudan and Botswana make the best progress
Thirty-two qualifying matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup™47 duels counting for the 2025 CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, 79 Nations League matches, and 17 friendly matches were on the program for the last international window. A particularly intense month of October 2024 which caused some fluctuations in FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. The gaps are closing on the podium. L’Argentina (1st) is still the leader but his lead is reduced over the France (2nd) and on the Espain (3rd). L’England (4th), the Brazil (5th) and the Belgium (6th) maintain their positions. THE Portugal (7th, +1) and theItaly (9th, +1) are the only ones to progress in a Top 10 completed by the The Netherlands (8th, -1) and the Colombia (10th, -1), and at whose door remains theGermany (11th, +2).
L’Algeria (37th, +4), the Peru (38th, +5) and the Greece (42nd, +6) are creating gaps in a Top 50 within which the Cameroon reappears (49th, +4). Other African representatives are performing superbly in the rankings, such as Equatorial Guinea (88th, +6), the Zimbabwe (117th, +7), the Gambia (128th, +7) and the Botswana (140th, +7), the Zebras also achieving the greatest progression in terms of points (+38, 30 points). THE Mother Continent is particularly celebrating, since it is also an African duo who sign the most spectacular progressions in terms of places. These are the Comoros (108th, +10) and Sudan
In constant progress for many months, the Comoros have taken advantage of this to achieve, once againthe best FIFA ranking in their history.
