Although Colombia did not qualify for the World Cup in Qatar, it rose two places in the FIFA ranking

The Colombian national team had dashed its hopes of seeking to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup in the repechage, despite winning 1-0 away on Tuesday against Venezuela, with a penalty converted by James Rodríguez. In a simultaneous duel, Peru emerged victorious at home 2-0 against Paraguay and made the passage to the intercontinental repechage, against Australia or the United Arab Emirates. This victory left Reinaldo Rueda's team out of the World Cup.

Despite the elimination, due to the victories that the 'tricolor' had on the last double date of the South American Qualifiers to Qatar 2022, against the teams of Bolivia and Venezuela, allowed the national team to rise from 19th to 17th place in the most recent FIFA ranking.

This list of how the respective teams of the world are doing, was presented prior to the draw for the Qatar World Cup that will take place this Friday from 11 in the morning, Colombian time, which will be attended by Ramón Jesurún would be, president of the Colombian Football Federation, as one of the representatives of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) against FIFA.

Now, we must remember that this position had already been held by the national team, since in 2008 FIFA left Colombia in the 17th box. On the other hand, the Brazilian national team regained the lead after five years, in 2017 it was for the last time in first place.

In addition, the top football entity published the ranking a day before the draw for the World Cup that will be held from November 21 to December 18 in Qatar, a new date, which was changed by the strong temperatures experienced in this country in the traditional era, that is, in the middle of the year.

Finally, it should be borne in mind that Colombia on average since the start of publication of the lists by FIFA has been among the top 20 in the world, its worst position was number 54 in 2011, the same year in which it achieved its best promotion from that place to 30th place. From 2013 to 2016 it managed to stay third for several months, being its best location so far.

1. Brazil, with 1832.69 points.

2. Belgium, with 1827 points.

3. France, with 1789.85 points.

4. Argentina, with 1765.13 points.

5. England, with 1761.71 points.

6. Italy, with 1723.31 points.

7. Spain, with 1709.19 points.

8. Portugal, with 1674.78 points.

9. Mexico, with 1658.82 points.

10. Netherlands, with 1658.66 points.

11. Denmark, with 1653.6 points.

12. Germany, with 1650.53 points.

13. Uruguay, with 1635.73 points.

14. Switzerland, with 1635.32 points.

15. United States, with 1633.72 points.

16. Croatia, with 1621.11 points.

17. Colombia, with 1600.52 points.

18. Wales, with 1588.08 points.

19. Sweden, with 1584.77 points.

20. Senegal, with 1584.16 points.

21. RI of Iran, with 1564.49 points.

22. Peru, with 1562.32 points.

23. Japan, with 1553.44 points.

24. Morocco, 1551.88 points.

25. Serbia, with 1547.53 points.

26. Poland, with 1544.2 points.

27. Ukraine, with 1535.08 points.

28. Chile, with 1526.4 points.

29. Republic of Korea, with 1519.54 points.

30. Nigeria, with 1504.01 points.

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