FIFA will publish the July ranking next Thursday July 18th.I have included the forfeited WC-qualifier Congo - Niger. There is yet no decision taken by FIFA regarding the postponed WC-qualifier Cuba - Cayman Islands, so I excluded that one from this preview.This weekend there are still 3 matches to be played: tonight the third place play-off Canada - Uruguay in the Copa America 2024 and tomorrow ..read more

Here is the probable July 2024 ranking, to be published on Thursday July 18th. All results up until yesterday July 2nd are included. Still scheduled matches are: - EURO 2024, quarter finals and beyond;- the Copa America 2024, the knock-out phase starting with the quarter finals;- the last group stage matches in the COSAFA Cup 2024, plus the knock-out phase, starting with the semi finals.The ..read more

Here is the probable July 2024 ranking, to be published on Thursday July 18th. At least, that's what I expect since FIFA doesn't publish a schedule of publication dates of rankings on their site anymore. It contains the matches in the upcoming three final continental tournaments and the last preparatory friendlies for teams from CONMEBOL and CONCACAF: - EURO 2024, starting tomorrow with host ..read more

Here are the probable results of all 103 played and currently scheduled matches up to and including July 14th, used to calculate the July 2024 probable ranking. The results are generated using elo ratings. Also the already played matches since June 12th, (probably) counting for the July ranking, are presented.In the first column is indicated if the match is included or not, according to my ..read more

The UEFA EURO 2024 will be played between June 14th and July 14th in Germany. It's a 24-team tournament in the now known format with 6 groups of 4 teams and with, besides the group numbers one and two, the four best group numbers three also progressing to the first knock-out round, the round of 16.The complete tournament schedule plus already scheduled friendlies with UEFA teams involved in the ..read more

In the qualification tournaments for the World Cup 2026 Asia plays the final two matchdays for their first group stage in the upcoming June window. The 18 group winners and runners-up of the 9 groups qualify for stage 3 of Asian qualification: another group stage with 3 groups of 6 teams to start  this Autumn, playing a full 10MD-long double round robin schedule to conclude in June next year ..read more

Here is the probable June 2024 ranking, to be published on Thursday June 20th. In the upcoming June window matches will be played for:- match days 5 and 6 (to a finish) in the groups for AFC World Cup 2026 qualification stage 2;- match days 1 and 2 in the groups for CONCACAF World Cup 2026 qualification stage 2;- match days 3 and 4 in the groups for CAF World Cup 2026 qualification stage 1;- lots ..read more

Here are the probable results of all 192 played and currently scheduled matches up to and including June 11th, used to calculate the June 2024 probable ranking. The results are generated using elo ratings. Also the already played matches since April 1st, (probably) counting for the June ranking, are presented.In the first column is indicated if the match is included or not, according to my ..read more

FIFA will publish the April ranking next Thursday April 4th. I expect the cancelled Asian World Cup qualifier between Korea DPR and Japan in Pyongyang to be awarded 0:3 to Japan and to be included into this ranking.With regard to the continental final tournaments this Summer the final qualification berths were divided as follows:- Poland, Ukraine and debutant Georgia qualified for the EURO ..read more

Here is the probable April 2024 ranking, to be published on Thursday April 4th. A very diverse offering of matches in the upcoming March window:- match days 3 and 4 in the groups for AFC World Cup 2026 qualification;- CONCACAF World Cup 2026 qualification starts with the stage 1 home-and-away play-offs between the 4 lowest ranked CONCACAF teams;- the three qualification play-off paths for the ..read more