The Portuguese women's football team dropped two seats in FIFA's ranking, falling to the 24th placed on the list today updated, despite the two wins over Northern Ireland, from play-off to World Cup2027.
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20/10/2026
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Nthe first round of the European play-off, Portugal swung off Northern Ireland by 4-0, and then won home by 3-1, facing, in the final elimination of access to the World Cup2027, Iceland, which rose to the 16th rank of the hierarchy.
Portugal ranked 19th in the women's hierarchy on 25 August 2023, after the World Championship of the same year, played in Australia and New Zealand.
Spain continues to lead the FIFA ranking, followed by the United States, with which it played two privates in October, with a victory for the European team and a draw, with Germany closing the podium.
Among the Portuguese-speaking teams, Brazil, which will receive the World Cup, is seventh, with Cape Verde being in 121o, Angola no 153o, Timor-Leste in 158o, Mozambique in 173o, Macau in 175o and Guinea-Bissau in 176o.
The next FIFA ranking update takes place on December 7th, after the next international meeting window.