2024-04-04 12:30:36
Zurich (AFP)
Argentina, the world champion, maintained its lead in the world football rankings issued, ahead of runner-up France and Belgium, which rose to third place at the expense of England.
Argentina strengthened its lead by 2.8 points with its victories over El Salvador (3-0) and Costa Rica 3-1 in two international friendly matches, during the last international break last March, which “Tango” played in the absence of its star Lionel Messi, while its runner-up, France, lost by 4.85 points. By losing to its host Germany 0-2.
Belgium benefited from the English loss to Brazil 0-1 at Wembley Stadium in London in a friendly international match on March 23, noting that the “Red Devils” team forced the “Three Lions” team to a draw at the same stadium three days later.
174 matches were held around the world during the last international break last March, and included qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in Asia, the European Cup play-off and the Nations League in the CONCACAF region, as well as many friendly international matches in each of the six continental confederations.
Brazil remained fifth by gaining 4.56 points by defeating England and tying with Spain 3-3. The same applies to the latter, which maintained its eighth place once morest Italy and Croatia, and Germany remained sixteenth, despite their wins over France and the Netherlands, which fell to seventh place, leaving sixth. For Portugal.
In the Arab world, Morocco remained in the lead, but it fell one place, becoming 13th, ahead of Asian champion Qatar, which advanced three places, and became 34th, following two wins in the World Cup qualifiers, and Egypt, which fell one place (37th) following losing the final of the New Administrative Capital tournament to Croatia.
Tunisia (41), Algeria (43), Saudi Arabia (53), Syria (89), Sudan (127) and Djibouti (192) remained in their positions, Iraq (58) and Mauritania (105) rose one place, and the Emirates (67) and Bahrain (80) rose two places. Oman (77) has three places, Palestine (93), Comoros (117) four places, and Libya (114) six places.
Jordan, the Asian runner-up (71), and Somalia (199), dropped one place, Kuwait (139), two places, Lebanon (120), and Yemen (156), five places.
Top ten
1- Argentina
2- France
3- Belgium «+1»
4- England “-1”
5- Brazil
6- Portugal “+1”
7- Netherlands «-1»
8- Spain
9- Italy
10- Croatia
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