Top Ten FIFA World Ranking - 2018

by Rob Williams, 17 Apr, 2018

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The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for national teams in a s sociation football. The men’s national team is currently led by Germany whereas women’s team is led by the U.S. The teams of the member nations of FIFA, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.

The rankings were introduced in December 1992, where eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) held the top position, of which Brazil has spent the longest ranked first.

The rankings system are used by FIFA to rank the progression and current ability of the national teams. FIFA first published a ranking list in December 1992.

Germany debuted as the top-ranked team during that time, following their extended period of dominance in which they had reached the three previous World Cup finals winning one of them.

Spain took over the lead for the first time in 2008, having won Euro Cup 2008. Germany took over the lead once again in 2014, after winning the 2014 World Cup.

Argentina first reached the top spot, after reaching both the 2014 World Cup final and the 2015 Copa America final.

After many ups and downs in the ranking, Germany has finally regained the top position, after winning the Confederations Cup.

Here's the top ten ranking list of the country, as of April 12, 2018.

Top Ten Men's Ranking

CAPTION: FIFA Men's Ranking SOURCE: FIFA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Previous Points	2018 (100 %)		2017 (50 %)		2016 (30 %)
				Avg.	AVG WGT	Avg.	AVG WGT	Avg.	AVG WGT
1	Germany	1533(1532.68)	1609	784.89	784.89	804.19	402.09	463.51	139.05
2	Brazil	1384(1384.24)	1489	560.52	560.52	990.59	495.29	565.90	169.77
3	Belgium	1346(1345.65)	1337	684.48	684.48	594.99	297.50	592.33	177.70
4	Portugal	1306(1306.35)	1360	687.22	687.22	658.47	329.23	576.48	172.94
5	Argentina	1254(1253.61)	1359	418.94	418.94	839.74	419.87	769.42	230.83
6	Switzerland	1179(1179.21)	1197	594.33	594.33	716.99	358.49	390.85	117.26
7	France	1166(1166.42)	1185	517.68	517.68	828.04	414.02	347.19	104.16
8	Spain	1162(1161.59)	1228	571.55	571.55	593.19	296.59	684.65	205.39
9	Chile	1146(1145.74)	1161	435.51	435.51	714.45	357.22	850.55	255.17
10	Poland	1118(1117.94)	1228	499.90	499.90	764.51	382.25	450.51	135.15

Top Ten Women's Ranking

CAPTION: FIFA Womens World Ranking SOURCE: Womens Soccer United

Rank	Team	Total Points	Previous Points
1	USA	2115	2114
2	England	2042	2033
3	Germany	2033	2052
4	Canada	2029	2023
5	France	2025	2019
6	Australia	2018	2030
7	Netherlands	1972	1972
8	Brazil	1968	1968
9	Sweden	1963	1955
10	Korea DPR	1955	1948

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Top Ten FIFA World Ranking - 2018

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Top Ten Men's Ranking

Top Ten Women's Ranking

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