Nigeria’s Super Falcons have moved to 36h position in the latest World football governing council (FIFA) monthly ranking.
The African champions also retained her first place on the continent with a total 1623.29 points against previous 1622.49 points ahead of South Africa, Morocco, Cameroon and Zambia.
At the submit, USA continue to lead the way three months on, there has been plenty of movement further down the standings.
Indeed, the gap at the top has narrowed, with Spain (2nd) and Germany (3rd) heaping the pressure on the Americans. Both have won all of their games since the last update, while a 2-1 loss at home to Brazil (4th, up 4) in April means that the star-studded squad coached by Emma Hayes can see the European pair looming ever larger in their rear-view mirror. In part on the strength of having upset the four-time world champions, the on-song Seleção have put themselves on the brink of the podium for the first time since December 2013.
England (5th, down 1) complete the top 5, just ahead of Sweden (6th). Below them, Japan and Canada have also felt the after-effects of defeats by South American opposition. The Nadeshiko, who have been bested by the burgeoning Brazilians twice in the last couple of weeks, have slipped two spots to seventh, while the Canucks have fallen one place to eighth on account of a loss to Argentina in April. Next up, Korea DPR (9th) are unmoved, while France (10th, up 1) have leapfrogged the Netherlands (11th, down 1) to round off the top 10.
The next edition of the FIFA Women’s World Ranking will be published on 7 August 2025.
