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🇱🇧 Lebanon climb five positions after their win over Kyrgyzstan, and 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia keep rising.

🇿🇲 Zambia won their game but lose points and drop one position 🤨 Seriously, FIFA needs to have a look at this formula.

Huge win from 🇸🇻 El Salvador away to Ecuador, which gives them 10 pts and gain one place.

The 🇺🇸 USA beat Australia 2-1 but lose points in the FIFA Ranking because the formula expected them to win by two goals at least.

🇲🇽 Mexico lose to Canada and lose the place they had gained in the previous match.

🇦🇷 Argentina beat Chile 0-3 away and climb one place.

However, Leagues B and C had no access to the Olympics, and FIFA gave them a value of 15, which is what they use for friendlies and minor tournaments.

The current edition doesn't grant qualification to any tournament, that's why I'm provisionally giving it a value of 15.

The previous edition of this tournament determined the berths for the Olympics for the teams in League A, and thus FIFA treated those matches as "Olympics qualifiers", giving them a value of 45.

In their rules (youtu.be/b_voE-KbMoc) there's no mention of the Nations League because this formula was written over 20 years ago and they haven't touched it.

I have no idea how FIFA will treat the Nations League in the FIFA Ranking because there's no category for these matches (see this thread), so I'm provisionally considering them as "minor tournament".

Historic win from 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico over Estonia (first time they beat a European opponent) to climb one place.

🇲🇱 Mali, 🇨🇩 Congo DR, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇦🇴 Angola and 🇧🇯 Benin all win in the AFCON qualifiers and gain precious points.

🇺🇸 USA win by the bare minimum (2-0) to get points in the FIFA Ranking.

🇯🇵 Japan trashed 🇦🇺 Australia 4-0 and climb one position.

Both 🇹🇭 Thailand and 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan drop places after losing in the Pink Ladies Cup.

International football is back -the best type of football!

🇲🇽 Mexico beat Taipei 4-0 and climb one spot in the FIFA Ranking, while 🇪🇨 Ecuador gain points by beating El Salvador.

🇨🇦 Canada drop points after their draw with China.

These are the matches that FIFA excluded. I assume South Africa's games at the COSAFA Cup didn't count because they sent a "B" team to the tournament while the "A" team played friendlies against Denmark and England.

FIFA have updated the Women's Ranking, and here's the full breakdown of all the matches played between October and December. In red, the matches that FIFA excluded from the calculation.

🇬🇮 Gibraltar enter the ranking.

Andaba un poco atrasado con el femenil, pero ya me puse al día :)

Take his as provisional, as I'm not sure how FIFA will handle some matches. For example, South Africa sent a 'B' team to the COSAFA Cup while the 'A' team played friendlies vs Denmark and England. Will the results of both count or just Team A's?

🇱🇦 Laos, on the other hand, are the losers, having dropped 16 places after losing four games in a row.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 🇧🇹 Bhutan have also climbed after their good results at the SAAF Championship.

The last Women's International window of the year is underway and this is how the FIFA Ranking looks so far.

🇩🇪 Germany are back in 2nd, while 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England drop to 4th. 🇫🇷 France, out of the Top 10.

🇵🇦 Panama are so far the biggest climbers in the Top 60, after three wins over Costa Rica.

Full breakdown of the latest FIFA Ranking.

FIFA used a value of 25 for the Concacaf Nations League quarter finals and play-in.

The match Nigeria vs Libya that idn't take place in October, was awarded as a win to Nigeria this month.

FIFA excluded the friendly Lebanon 3-2 Myanmar from Nov, 19.

Here's the full breakdown of the FIFA Ranking after the November window.

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