There is a new leader! Honduras falls the most in the FIFA ranking. Mexico and Costa Rica

Zurich, Switzerland.

The Honduran national team disintegrates in the new version of the FIFA ranking after the new failure to eliminate the World Cup Qatar 2022, as it ranked last in the octagonal CONCACAF.

In the last three times of the match, Bicolour tied with Panama and lost the next two matches to Mexico and Jamaica. He added 10 defeats and finished with only 4 points to be the worst team in the region.

Honduras slipped four more places in the ranking published by FIFA on Thursday, March 31. In February she was ranked 78th and is now at 82nd, her worst record in the rankings since 2016.

In the CONCACAF region, it is now the ninth best team, ahead of El Salvador (74th place), Jamaica (64th) and Panama (61st).

Now, in this ranking published by FIFA on Thursday, Honduras appears in 82nd place, ahead of teams such as Curacao (79), El Salvador (74), Jamaica (64) and Panama (61).

Mexico enters the “Top 10” list

Mexico, which qualified for the World Cup in Qatar in second place, entered the list of “top ten” and rose to ninth place in the general classification of the arrangement, which does not allow it to rank in the tournament, a place that will go to Portugal. , eighth, after winning both of their matches in the European play-off.

The United States is in 15th place, Costa Rica is up 11 places and 31, while Canada is at 38.

Brazil heads down to Belgium

Overall, Brazil, thanks to its recent victories in the South American World Cup qualifying rounds, has snatched Belgium from first place in the FIFA rankings, with Spain remaining in seventh place.

Canarinha, who has not been at the top of the list since August 2017 (in the following it is overtaken by Germany), closes the cycle of the team led by Spaniard Roberto Martinez, who has been in the lead unbroken since October 2018.

The Brazilians have had more points than their Belgian counterparts in recent days, playing the World Cup qualifier matches, which are more “rewarding” than the friendly duels the Belgians have had.

$!  The Brazilians finished as CONMEBOL champions.

In addition, Belgium did not go beyond a 2-2 draw with Ireland last Saturday in a friendly match in Dublin, which caused the loss of some points in this classification, which is done by complex calculations.

After Brazil and Belgium, France, Argentina, England and Italy continue in the table that failed to qualify for the World Cup after the elimination of North Macedonia in the semi-finals.

The FIFA Ranking for March 31 is the ranking used to distribute the teams in the Cup Draw on Friday.

In addition to Qatar (the host country), Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain and Portugal will be in Cup 1, i.e. the seeded teams.

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