FIFA has released its first rankings since the Women’s World Cup — and Australia isn’t happy.
The Matildas took Australia by storm with record TV ratings, enormous crowds and making the World Cup semi-finals for the first time.
But in FIFA’s first ranking moves since the World Cup, the Matildas moved from 10th to 11th, the only team from the top 10 before the tournament to drop out, with Japan moving up from 11th to eighth after being knocked out in the quarterfinals.
This is despite the likes of Germany, Brazil and Canada not making it out of the group stages.
Each of those teams took a hit with Germany dropping from second to sixth, Brazil from eighth to ninth and Canada seventh to 10th. The US, who exited in the round of 16, fell from No. 1 to No. 3.
The rankings are topped for the first time by Sweden, who finished third at the World Cup, while world champions Spain moved from…
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