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Canada moved up one place to 48th in the latest FIFA men’s world rankings.
The top three are unchanged with Argentina, Canada’s opponent in Thursday’s Copa America tournament opener in Atlanta still in first place with France second and Belgium third.
However, there are changes elsewhere in the rest of the top 10. Brazil leapfrog England to move into fourth place. Portugal, the Netherlands and Spain remain unchanged behind 5th-ranked England, with Croatia moving up one place to 9th at the expense of Italy, now in 10th.
Peru and Chile, Canada’s other two opponents from Group A in the Copa America, have both moved up in the new rankings. Peru rose one place to 31st while Chile rose two places to 40th.
Under the new ranking, Canada ranks 11th among the 16 competing Copa America teams.
The Canadian men’s highest ranking ever was No. 33, which came in February 2022.
It has been a busy period with AFC, CAF and CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers and warm-up matches for Euro 2024, the Copa America and the OFC Men’s Cup. According to FIFA, 187 matches have been played since the last ranking in April, with Canada participating in two of them, losing 4-0 to the Netherlands and drawing 0-0 in France.
Liberia was the biggest drag, rising 10 places to 142nd with the team known as the Lone Stars unbeaten in 2024. Others who have moved up include No. 97 Namibia (up nine), No. 110 North Korea (up eight), no. 103 Mozambique (up seven), No. 121 Sudan (up six) and No. 104 Madagascar and No. 198 Gibraltar (both up five).
The U.S. is unchanged at 11th at the top of CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean. Mexico fell one place to 15th while Panama climbed two places to 43rd.
Other CONCACAF leaders were No. 78 Honduras (up four), No. 130 Nicaragua (up five), No. 86 Haiti and No. 87 Curacao (both up four).
Equatorial Guinea suffered the biggest decline, dropping 10 places to 98th.
The next editions of the lines will be released on July 18.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on June 20, 2024.
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