Morocco’s women’s national football team has held on to its 60th position in the latest FIFA world rankings, released Thursday, while maintaining its status as the third-highest ranked team in Africa. Despite a recent 1–0 loss to Cameroon followed by a 3–1 win over Tunisia, the Atlas Lionesses saw their points total dip slightly to 1419.63, a drop of more than eight points compared to the previous ranking.
Nigeria continues to dominate the African standings with 1623.29 points, ahead of South Africa with 1488.49. Morocco still outpaces Cameroon (1396.2) and Zambia (1395.35), who round out the continental top five.
Egypt made the most significant leap among African nations this quarter, jumping seven places to reach 93rd in the world—its highest position in recent history.
Globally, the United States remains at the top of the FIFA rankings, though their lead is narrowing. Spain, undefeated this quarter, has climbed to second place, pushing Germany down to third. Brazil, following its victory over the U.S. in April, has returned to the global top four for the first time in over a decade. England slipped to fifth, while Sweden sits just behind in sixth.
Japan and Canada both dropped in the standings, now in seventh and eighth, after suffering defeats to Argentina and Brazil, respectively. Colombia made history by breaking into the top 20 for the first time, now ranked 18th following an away win against South Korea.
Elsewhere, Paraguay (45th) and Venezuela (48th) achieved their best-ever rankings. Haiti (50th) and Puerto Rico (79th) also recorded historic improvements. Notably, Saudi Arabia, Luxembourg, and Bangladesh posted significant point gains this quarter as well, reflecting growing momentum in women’s football worldwide.
