Winner of the League of Nations in 2021 against Spain (2-1), the French team of Didier Deschamps was back in the Final Four of the UEFA competition but took the water against Spain in the semi-finals (5-4), last Thursday in Stuttgart. The Blues led by Kylian Mbappé then surprised Germany (2-0) during the match for 3rd place, Sunday afternoon, thanks to their captain star, author of the first goal (45th) and a decisive pass for Michael Olise (84th).
France also does a good operation in the FIFA global ranking because the defeats in direct elimination match do not take points in the counting of the international body. The tricolor selection pocketed 9.3 points thanks to its success on the Mannschaft, enough to allow it to consolidate its 3rd place by approaching very close to Spain, 2nd in the ranking (1862 against 1867 points).
Argentina, already qualified for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico, is a world serene number 1. The Spaniards could have approached the throne in the event of success in the League of Nations, a year after their triumph at the Euro, but they therefore lost in the final against Portugal (2-2, 5-3 TAB), last Sunday in Munich.
France in front of England and Brazil
Behind France, England is 4th and could not win points in its friendly match against Senegal on Tuesday. Brazil is now a feverish 5th with the Portuguese Seleçao by Cristiano Ronaldo in the retro. Germany is only 9th in the FIFA ranking behind the Netherlands and Belgium but therefore does not lose points despite its two defeats from last week. Italy, 10th, is followed by Croatia, which has chained two major victories in the playoffs (7-0 against Gibraltar and 5-1 against the Czech Republic).
Note that the evolution of the FIFA global ranking in the next three international windows is decisive since the ranking will give the four hats of the draw of the 2026 World Cup in December. Since the three host countries are already protected, it is the nine best nations in the FIFA ranking which will complement the head of the heads of standard. France is already guaranteed to be part of the first hat in the event of qualification.
