Moataz Al Shami (Dubai)
Our national team advanced a position in the FIFA rankings for the month of November, which was announced yesterday evening, to jump to the 71st place in the world and seventh in Asia, with 1,350 points.
Al-Abyad is preparing for the Arab Cup in Doha in late November, and the tournament is an opportunity to prepare the team for the rest of the World Cup qualifiers, after it now ranks third in the first group.
On the other hand, Belgium secured the end of the year at the top of the rankings against Brazil and France, which is the fourth year in a row that Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne’s companions finish at the top, specifically since 2018, when they finished the Russian World Cup in third place, in the best result in their history in the global wedding .
Brazil would have been close to taking the lead from Belgium had it not fallen into a goalless draw against its neighbor, host and traditional rival Argentina in the fourteenth round of the South American qualifiers, a tie that granted the qualification ticket to “Albi Celeste”, who rose to fifth place.
France, which in turn booked the qualification for the World Cup, and thus secured the defense of the world title, maintained its third place with 1786.15 points.
Italy, which failed to book a direct qualification for the World Cup, fell behind Switzerland, and will therefore enter the play-off next March, in order to return to the global wedding that it missed in Russia three years ago, two places and became sixth, which England took advantage of, one of the 10 European teams qualified for the World Cup, to regain fourth place.
Morocco grabbed the Arab lead from Tunisia by ascending one place to 28th, while Tunisia slipped one place to 29th, and Algeria, the champion of the “Black Continent”, also fell two places and became 32nd, and Egypt one place, and became 45th, by three points. Positions in front of Saudi Arabia, which rose one position and became the first Arab in Asia to rank 48 globally.
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