NIn the first round of the European play-off, Portugal beat Northern Ireland 4-0 away, and then won at home 3-1, facing, in the final round of access to the 2027 World Cup, Iceland, who rose to 16th place in the hierarchy.
Portugal’s best ranking ever in the women’s hierarchy is 19th place achieved on August 25, 2023, after the World Championship of the same year, held in Australia and New Zealand.
Spain continues to lead the FIFA rankings, followed by the United States, with whom they played two friendlies in October, with a victory for the European team and a draw, with Germany completing the podium.
Among the Portuguese-speaking teams, Brazil, which will host the World Cup, is seventh, with Cape Verde in 121st, Angola in 153rd, Timor-Leste in 158th, Mozambique in 173rd, Macau in 175th and Guinea-Bissau in 176th.
The next update of the FIFA rankings will take place on December 7th, after the next window of international meetings.
