Brazil remained top of an unchanged top seven on the FIFA Futsal Men’s World Ranking. Since its last edition, the Seleção won all 10 of their matches.
Ukraine also have a 100-per-cent record in the period, Ihor Korsun inspiring a 3-1 victory in France last time out. Oleksandr Kosenko’s team duly inched up to eighth, dropping Kazakhstan to ninth.
There was considerable movement to their south. Poland (up 3 to 19th) and Vietnam (up 6 to 20th) both entered the top 20, while Afghanistan (up 5 to 28th), Hungary (up 6 to 32nd), Iraq (up 4 to 37th), Slovakia (up 4 to 38th), Kyrgyz Republic (up 6 to 43rd), Latvia (up 8 to 52nd), Korea Republic (up 16 to 57th), Denmark (up 11 to 61st), Malaysia (up 11 to 70th), Montenegro (up 16 to 78th), Mozambique (up 12 to 85th) and Türkiye (up 9 to 112th) all made significant progress.
Overall, 230 men’s internationals were played since 29 August, with Pakistan and Bangladesh entering the global ladder after playing their first games.
FIFA Men’s Futsal World Ranking
1st) Brazil
2nd) Portugal
3rd) Spain
4th) Argentina
5th) IR Iran
6th) Morocco
7th) Russia
8th) Ukraine
9th) Kazakhstan
10th) France
11th) Thailand
12th) Paraguay
13th) Japan
14th) Croatia
15th) Georgia
16th) Italy
17th) Czechia
18th) Venezuela
19th) Poland
20th) Vietnam
21st) Slovenia
22nd) Uzbekistan
23rd) Armenia
24th) Indoneisa
25th) Belarus
