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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.
FIFA members are eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup and matches between them are recognised as official international matches. Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Men's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams.
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
Of the eight countries still in contention for the World Cup, seven are ranked in the top 12 of the FIFA rankings. Only Morocco, at No. 22, is outside the top 20. And the Moroccans have been one ...
The United States received a boost for the World Cup draw and Canada took a hit in Thursday’s updated FIFA rankings. The Americans, who failed to qualify for the last World Cup, will be in Pot 2 ...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was hosted by Brazil, the first held in South America since Argentina 1978, [84] and was the first occasion where consecutive World Cups were held outside Europe. [85] Russian delegates celebrate being chosen as the host of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The host country is now chosen in a vote by FIFA's Council.
The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
This template ({{FIFA World Rankings}}) is meant to help quickly update the FIFA World Rankings for all 211 men's national teams of FIFA, displayed in the infobox on each national team article. When given a country code, the template outputs the FIFA World Ranking of a country, along with a movement indicator (increase, decrease, or steady ...