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The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of November 2024. [1] The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA , football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The FIFA Women's World Ranking is a ranking system for women's national teams in association football (commonly known as football or soccer) published by the international governing body FIFA. As of August 2024, the United States is ranked #1. The rankings were introduced in 2003, [2] with the first rankings published on 16 July of that year.
The FIFA World Rankings is the official national teams rating system used by the international governing body of football. The FIFA Women's World Rankings system has used a modified version of the Elo formula since 2003. In June 2018, the FIFA ranking switched to an Elo-based ranking as well, starting from the current FIFA rating points. [6]
Association football is the official name of the sport governed by the International Federation of Association football . It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association". In others, it is known simply as "football". For more information on the sport, see association football.
Some systems assume parity among all members of the league, such as each team being built from an equitable pool of players via a draft or free agency system as is done in many major league sports such as the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. This is certainly not the case in collegiate leagues such as Division I-A football or men's and women's basketball.
The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World is an annual global ranking of the best female footballers.The list was started by The Offside Rule podcast in 2016. Since 2018 it has also been published in association with the British newspaper The Guardian who have published the male equivalent since its inception in 2012.
These teams, however, are not allowed to participate in the World Cup. The six confederations are: Asia – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) [note 1] Africa – Confederation of African Football (CAF) [note 1] North and Central America and the Caribbean – Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
Usage. This module is used on the World Football Elo Ratings article to display a table of the current top 20 teams as ranked by the official website. As with the FIFA World Rankings article, the module is used instead of a conventional wikitable to prevent errors in updating, as the module is much easier and quicker to update, and also to reduce vandalism.