This Friday, the Portuguese women’s football team reached its best ever position in the FIFA rankings, rising to 21st place in the world ranking, which is still led by the United States, opponents of the Portuguese in the 2023 World Cup.
Portugal has moved up one place from the last update and achieved its best ever position, benefiting from the fact that North Korea, which was ranked 10th in the last update, has now moved out of the rankings and is no longer in the rankings. list of FIFA.
The ‘quinas’ selection, led by Francisco Neto, has 1752.53 points and is about to enter the top-20, a place occupied by Switzerland, with 1772.27, while Belgium, which will be absent at the World Cup, 19th is , 1804.02
This progression of the Portuguese national team in the world rankings is linked to the recent performance in the qualifying phase for this year’s World Cup, which will see Portugal for the first time, after guaranteeing the place by beating Cameroon 2-1 in the play-off intercontinental.
The list is still led by the United States, one of Portugal’s opponents in Group E of the 2023 World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, with Germany in second place and Sweden in second place. third place.
The Netherlands and Vietnam, which complete the Portuguese group, rank eighth and 33rd respectively in the ranking.
Source: DN
