After a new update of the FIFA ranking, the Argentine national team fell two positions and lost leadership after 28 months.
The ARGENTINE SELECTION ceased to be the leader of FIFA ranking After a domain streak that extended for almost two and a half years.
After defeat 1-0 against Ecuador On the last date of South American qualifiersthe “albiceleste” was in third place with 1870.32 pointssurpassed by Spain (1875.37) and France (1870.92).
The fall in front of a team located in the 23rd position of the ranking, combined with the Elo score system, which weighs the difficulty of the rivals and the importance of the parties, determined the change of leadership.
The Victorias rewards system against rivals with greater hierarchy and penalizes losses against lower position teams. Therefore, despite the 3-0 win against Venezuela days before, the fall before Ecuador It cost him Argentina Several points and pushed her to the third step.
The new location of the “scaloneta” ends a hegemony that began after the Copa América 2021, the Finalissima 2022 and consolidated with the Qatar World Cup 2022 and the bicampeonato continental in United States 2024.
Spain now leads the classification after obtaining outstanding results in the last FIFA Datebeating a Bulgaria and Türkiye with outstanding performance, while France It remained as an escort.
Despite the descent in the ranking, Argentina keep a place as standard in the raffle of the World Cup 2026 for being the current champion, just like the hosts United States, Mexico and Canada.
The challenge for Argentina will be in recovering land in the next international window, with friendly scheduled before Venezuela and Puerto Rico In October, and other meetings in November.
Historically, the FIFA ranking He showed that arriving as a leader does not guarantee the world title. Since its creation in 1992no selection that headed the classification at the beginning of a World He ended up consecrating champion, which marks a curious trend that Argentina Now leave behind.
With this new stage, the “albiceleste” must focus on maintaining its performance and consolidating between the elite selections while the path towards the 2026 World Cup.
Top 10 classification of the FIFA ranking:
- Spain 1,875.37 points (+1)
- France 1,870.92 (+1)
- Argentina 1,870.32 (-2)
- England 1,820.44
- Portugal 1,779.55 (+1)
- Brazil 1,761.6 (-1)
- Netherlands 1,754.17
- Belgium 1,739.54
- Croatia 1,714.2 (+1)
- Italy 1,710.06 (+1)
Source: Ambito
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