Belgium Top Year-end FIFA World Rankings for Third Time In A Row

Sports
Dec 11 2020 04:32 PM
Vinod Rathore

The latest world ranking released on Thusday in whicj Belgium Football team were crowned FIFA’s team of the year for the third straight time after retaining the top spot ahead of world champions .The top four remained unchanged, with Brazil and England retaining their third and fourth-ranking respectively.

In 2019, total of 1,082 international games were played in 2019, the most since the rankings system was introduced in 1993, only 352 matches were held this year in the view of corona pandemic.

Belgium won six of their eight games this year as they booked their place in next year’s UEFA Nations League finals. Portugal moved up to fifth, while both Spain (sixth) and Argentina (seventh) improved two places compared to last year. Hungary (40th) were the most improved side in the rankings this year, having gained 44 points and 12 places enter the list of the top 50 team.
Top 20 rankings:
1. Belgium
2. France
3. Brazil
4. England
5. Portugal
6. Spain
7. Argentina
8. Uruguay
9. Mexico
10. Italy
11. Croatia
12. Denmark
13. Germany
14. Netherlands
15. Colombia
16. Switzerland
17. Chile
18. Wales
19. Poland
20. Senega