Argentina is still inferior to Brazil on the FIFA table
In the table of positions announced on December 22, Brazil leads with 1840.77 points, only 0.53 points down compared to October. In the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, the Samba team defeated Serbia and then Switzerland to win. soon won tickets to continue, before losing to Cameroon in the last round. In the 1/8 round, Brazil crushed Korea 4-1. But in the quarterfinals against Croatia, they drew 1-1 in 120 minutes and then lost 2-4 in the penalty shootout.
Argentina increased 64.5 points, the strongest increase in the Top 10, reaching 1838.38 points. Coach Lionel Scaloni's team thus inched up from third to second in Belgium. This result comes from Argentina's performance in the last World Cup. After losing the opening match against Saudi Arabia, the Tango team escaped by defeating Mexico and Poland with the same score of 2-0 to lead Group C. On the way to the championship, they in turn defeated Australia, Netherlands, Croatia and France.
France also surged with 63.61 points, reaching 1823.39 to jump from fourth to third. Meanwhile, due to being eliminated from the group stage of the World Cup, Belgium dropped 35.41 points, falling from second to fourth. The result also ends a four-year streak that Belgium ended the year in first place.
Britain is up 45.72 points from October, but still ranks fifth. Similarly, Portugal is still ninth despite an increase of 25.98 points. Meanwhile, the Netherlands increased 46.41 points, jumping from eighth to sixth.
Croatia were the only team from outside to jump into the Top 10. They rose 81.98 points thanks to a World Cup bronze medal, climbing from 12th to seventh. Meanwhile, Denmark from 10th to 18th, Italy from sixth to eighth, and Spain from seventh to 10th. Denmark is also the team that dropped the most, with 58.46 points.
Of the 32 teams participating in the World Cup, Morocco increased the most with 108.85 points. Accordingly, the team that entered the semi-finals of the World Cup jumped from 22nd to 11th.
Vietnam increased by 1.98 points compared to October, but still ranked 96th. Vietnam's score reached 1228.63, nearly seven points higher than the team right behind Belarus and three points worse than the team ranked 95th. , Armenia. Vietnam still ranks first in Southeast Asia, while Thailand ranks 111, Philippines 134, Malaysia 145, Indonesia 151, Myanmar 159, Singapore 160, Cambodia 177, Laos 187, Brunei 190 and Timor Leste 197.
