ESPN FC has learned that the likes of Austria and Wales will set new records for highest-ever position when new FIFA World Ranking list is announced on 1 October. Following some excellent results in the Euro 2021 qualifiers, the Dragons climbed to record high ninth position in September, but it ...
Read More »Belgium climb to second place in FIFA rankings, Argentina remain No. 1
Despite crushing Gibraltar 7-0 in their last Euro 2021 qualifying match, World Cup champions Germany dropped to third place in FIFA rankings. On the other hand, star-studded Belgium climbed to second position and they are currently 181 points behind leaders Argentina (1425). Brazil climbed to fifth place in FIFA rankings, with ...
Read More »2018 World Cup Qualifying Oceania: New Zealand paired with Solomon Islands
Top Oceania national teams have learned their opponents in round two of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, with New Zealand and Tahiti separated in the draw. It had earlier been known that American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga will be vying for the final place in stage two. ...
Read More »2018 World Cup Playoff: Oceania champions to face South American team
The 2018 World Cup qualifying inter-continental play-off draw has decided that first-placed team in the Oceania Zone of World Cup qualifiers will battle fifth-placed side from South American Zone for a place at the tournament finals. Meanwhile, fourth-placed team from the North, Central America and the Caribbean will vie fifth-placed ...
Read More »Hulk confirmed as 2018 World Cup Preliminary Draw assistant
Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk has been confirmed as the latest star player to assume the role of draw assistant for the 2018 World Cup Preliminary Draw. The draw ceremony will take place at 17:00 CET on Saturday 25 July at Konstantin Palace in Saint Petersburg to determine how the ...
Read More »New Zealand disqualified from 2016 Olympics
New Zealand national football team were disqualified from the 2016 Summer Games qualifying campaign for fielding an ineligible footballer. The Kiwis were supposed to face Fiji in the final of the Oceania Zone of Olympic qualifiers having defeated Vanuatu 2-0 in the semis. However, Vanuatu launched an official protest to ...
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