United States continue to head up Women’s World Ranking; Changes to the top three; A record 185 teams listed in the standings. In addition to the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, continental championships were held in Africa, South America, North America and Oceania, all serving as qualifying events for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™. Since 17 June 2022, when the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking was last published, no fewer than 221 matches have been played, generating considerable movement in the standings. Nigeria (46th, minus 7), who surprisingly went down 1-0 to the She-polopolo in the match for third place, registered the biggest decline in terms of points (minus 69.33). The next edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 13 October 2022, ahead of the Draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ on Saturday, 22 October 2022 in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 06, 2022 16:56 UTC