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ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) – Morocco have made a big leap forward by winning seven places in the monthly team rankings released Thursday by the International Football Federation (FIFA), which allowed Belgium to keep the lead in front of the team. France, world champion.
Morocco is ranked 40th in the world, third on the continent and second in the Arab world after beating Cameroon 2-0 in qualifying matches for the 2019 Nations Cup of Nations, and winning 1-0 of the Tunisian team in Rades.
Tunisia lost 4 places and finished in 26th place, but remained at the top of the continental standings after two defeats against Morocco and Egypt (1-2 on the continental qualifiers). Senegal took advantage of the situation and took first place in Africa after winning two places by beating Equatorial Guinea in qualifying.
Egypt is the third-leading scorer of November with 8 places (127), Algeria (67th), Tunisia (67th)) Despite his free kick in the continental qualifiers by third place in group A, Senegal and Madagascar qualified for the first time in its history.
Saudi Arabia gains 3 places and strengthens its fifth position in the Arab world and Asia behind Iran, Australia, Japan and South Korea and ranks 69th in the world against the Syria, which remains in 74th position, the United Arab Emirates (79%) and Lebanon (81st).
The top five brought no change, with Belgium holding the lead with 1727 points, ahead of the world champion, France, 51 points against Brazil, 93 points against Croatia, world champion and 96 points for England .
The Belgian and French teams lost 6 points following their defeats respectively in the European Championship against Switzerland and the Netherlands, without being able to reach the semi-finals of the continental competition.
Portugal climbed to sixth place at the expense of Uruguay, which fell to seventh place. Switzerland remained eighth, Spain ninth and Denmark ten.
Germany continued its decline, losing two consecutive positions for the second consecutive month and ranking 16th.
Here are the top 10 teams:
Belgium 1 (1727)
2. France 1726
Brazil 1676
4. Croatia 1634
England 1631
Portugal 1614
7. Uruguay 1609
8. Switzerland 1599
9. Spain 1591
Denmark 1589
© 2018 AFP
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