FIFA Ranking Update For Women Team: Sweden Move Into 2nd, USA Stay On Top, Spain, Zambia Climb

Moving into second place behind the Stars and Stripes, just 21.53 points adrift, are Sweden (2, +3), the side who took silver at Tokyo 2020 and beat USA 3-0 in their opening group match. Never have the Scandinavians climbed so high in the Ranking.

Buoyed by their Olympic gold, Canada (6, +2) are now sixth, while Germany (3, -1) have dropped a place to third and France

(5, -2) two places to fifth. Netherlands (4) are non-movers at fourth.

Korea DPR (9, +2) are back in the top ten, and Spain (10, +2) climb into it for the first time ever. Both sides have profited from falls for Japan (13, -3), who won just one match – against Chile (37) – at Tokyo 2020, and Australia (11, -2), whose quarter-final defeat of Great Britain was not taken into account when calculating the points.

Elsewhere, Zambia (94, +10) shot back into the top 100 and into their highest ever position thanks to their 4-4 draw against China PR (17, -2) in the group phase at Tokyo 2020, a result achieved despite nearly 90 Ranking places separating the two sides before the game.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on December 10

Leader    USA (unchanged)
Moves into top 10    Korea DPR (9, +2), Spain (10, +2)
Moves out of top 10    Australia (11, -2), Japan (13, -3)
Matches played in total    31
Most matches played    USA (8)
Biggest move by points    Sweden (+78.20)
Biggest move by ranks    Zambia (+10)
Biggest drop by points    USA (-87.04)
Biggest drop by ranks    Japan (-3)
Newly ranked teams Turks and Caicos Islands (167)
Teams that are no longer ranked    None