FIFA Women's World Rankings

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The FIFA Women's World Rankings for football were introduced in July 2003 as a follow-on to the existing FIFA World Rankings for men. FIFA Women's World Rankings attempt to compare the strength of internationally active teams at any given time and ranks FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying teams.

There are several important distinctions in the FIFA Women's World Rankings formula:

  • FIFA Women's World Rankings are only published four times a year: in March, June, September and December. In contrast, FIFA Men's World Rankings are published monthly.
  • FIFA Women's World Rankings are based on every international match a team ever played, going back to 1971, the first FIFA-recognized women's international between France and the Netherlands. The men's ranking system considers only matches in the last four years.
  • FIFA Women's World Rankings is not weighted to emphasize recent results, whereas the men's results are weighted on a sliding scale, thus emphasizing recent results.

This results in a FIFA Women's World Rankings system which is far more similar to the Elo football rating system, which is considered a superior formula to the current men's ranking system. Elo ratings converge on a team's true strength, relative to its competitors after about 30 matches. Elo ratings for teams with fewer than 30 matches should be considered provisional.

Contents

Rank Team Points
1 USA 2191
2 Germany 2179
3 Norway 2069
4 Sweden 2046
5 Korea DPR 2024
6 Denmark 2005
7 France 2002
8 Brazil 2000
9 Japan 1964
10 Canada 1962
11 China PR 1957
12 England 1938
13 Italy 1918
14 Australia 1889
15 Russia 1895
16 Finland 1868
17 Ukraine 1834
18 Netherlands 1830
19 Czech Republic 1803
20 Spain 1793

Team Times
Germany 14
USA 4

International women's football
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FIFA | World Cup | Olympics | Algarve Cup | Pan American Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship | FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | Teams
     Asia: AFC – Women's Championship
     Africa: CAF – Women's Championship
     North America: CONCACAF – Women's Gold Cup
     South America: CONMEBOL – Sudamericano Femenino
     Oceania: OFC – Women's Championship
     Europe: UEFA – Women's Championship
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