Since 2003, FIFA has begun to introduce the world ranking list of FIFA women's teams, following the example of men's football according to the size of the game, the opponent of the game, the outcome of the game to develop a coefficient formula, in order to regularly update the list ranking, so as to facilitate fans to provide fans with a reference for the dynamic strength of the women's national teams in international competitions.
Recently, what are the countries with the first-class strength of women's football? In this article, the author will sort it out a little, according to the latest issue of the women's football world ranking list (released in December 2021), for everyone to take stock of the TOP10 teams for reference. What needs to be explained first, in the past relatively new list, the Chinese women's football team is temporarily out of the top ten, only ranked nineteen in the world, setting a new record low in the national women's football rankings.
The reason is, on the one hand, because the process of professionalization of women's football in Europe and the United States in the past has accelerated, the strength of the obvious progress, the past world-class status of Chinese women's football has indeed been impacted and shaken; on the other hand, it is because the Football Association has blindly tossed women's football in the past, such as hiring coaches with poor business standards. You know, after Jia's team was defeated in the Olympics, the ranking of the Chinese women's football team was directly from the world's fifteenth to the nineteenth in the world after only one update.
However, it is believed that with sun Wen's leadership in the management and the guidance of Shui Qingxia taking office, the Chinese women's football team that has returned to professionals to do professional things should come out of the trough. In fact, after the wonderful journey to win the Asian Cup just concluded, the Chinese women's football team will definitely jump in the next world ranking, and even re-launch the impact on the following teams, and the Chinese women's football team will continue to cheer!
Currently the tenth in the world: North Korea
The North Korean women's soccer team, currently the world's highest-ranked Asian women's soccer team, chose not to compete in the just-concluded Asian Cup. On the stage of the World Cup and the Olympic Games, the North Korean women's football team performed more generally, and in 2015 it was disqualified from the competition because of the doping scandal.
However, at the Asian level, they are very strong, known for their mental strength and physical fitness. In the 10 Asian Cups in which it participated, the North Korean women's football team won the championship three times, the runner-up three times, and the third place twice; in the seven Asian Games in which it participated, the North Korean team won the gold medal three times, the silver medal twice, and the bronze medal once. It is precisely because of the strong performance of the intercontinental competition that the North Korean women's football team has long been ranked high in the case of mediocre performance in the world international competition.
Currently ninth in the world: Spain
Spain women's football belongs to the typical development of early but late development, the past long time positioning belongs to the european second-rate team, slowly failed to break through the European quarterfinals, the World Cup group stage. It wasn't until the 2019 World Cup that they reached the round of 16 for the first time. It is worth mentioning that at that time, the Spanish women's football team and the Chinese women's football team also met in the group stage, and the two sides shook hands 0-0.
2018 was the iconic rise of Spanish women's football, when they won the UEFA U-17 Championship, the 2018 UEFA U-20 Championship, the FIFA U-17, and the U-20 World Cup, showing an amazing trend. Now three years later, the Spanish women's football team is a different picture, they have also entered the youth storm period, and the good players of the youth team have entered the national team. Perhaps there is a lack of experience, but the young and strong Spanish women's football team has become a new force in the world women's football team.
Currently eighth in the world: England
Seeing England in this list, I believe that many people will not be surprised. If you pay attention, I believe many Premier League fans will notice that the official information number of the home team has begun to insert some news about their women's football league or players from time to time in the past few years.
Yes, England is also the typical example of the vigorous development of women's professional football leagues in the past few years, and the strength of the representative team has increased accordingly. From the qualifiers, to the consecutive quarterfinals, to the third place & temple army, this is the performance of the English women's football team in the past few times. To some extent, the current European Championship women's football competition is likely to be the same as the European Championship men's football competition, and the overall average level is even higher than the World Cup.
Currently seventh in the world: Brazil
The charm of samba football is far-reaching, samba women's football in the field is not as strong as the men's football team, but it has long been a fixed member of the world's first-class team, in the past Olympic Games and World Cup to reach the top four frequency is very high, the team's famous Marta, Cristiane are historical level of female football stars, has not yet retired.
In the women's football world, the Brazilian women's football team is probably the team that is most in line with the uncrowned king, although they play beautifully and smartly, they have never won the championship in the Olympic Games and the World Cup, and they have won three second places in two major competitions. With the rise of European women's football and the emergence of their own problems, the Brazilian women's football team is currently entering a weak period in the history of the team. Despite this, in the face of the Chinese women's football team led by Jia Xiuquan, the downhill Brazil can still send Jia to coach a 5-0 score to educate him, and the veteran Marta also scored twice in that game, so that Jia Xiuquan could guide and feel whether the football team needed a star or not.
Currently sixth in the world: Canada
The long-term strength of the U.S. women's soccer team has also led to the development of neighboring Canadian women's soccer in North America, because Canadian professional women's soccer players will also be benefited to a large extent by the resources of the American University League and the U.S. Women's Professional League, and participate as participants to enhance their own strength, thus radiating to their own national team strength.
On the World Cup stage, Canada's performance is always in the heat, except for the 2003 Palace Army, the rest of the previous sessions have stopped in the group stage, and the 2015 Women's World Cup held on home is the quarterfinals, and the most recent World Cup performance is the round of 16. However, on the Olympic stage, the Canadian women's football team has been very strong in the past three times, and after winning the third place twice in a row, it won a championship in Tokyo last year and contributed a very important Olympic gold medal to Canada.
Currently fifth in the world: the Netherlands
In 2009, he participated in the European Championship for the first time and won the third place, in 2015 he participated in the World Cup for the first time to win the round of 16, in 2017 he participated in the European Championship for the third time to win the championship, and in 2019 he participated in the World Cup for the second time to reach the final and win the runner-up.
The Netherlands is a football kingdom, has a very mature star-making football industry and professional football league experience, when the beginning of the development of women's football, women's football began to enjoy the men's team, venue, experience resources soon received the miracle effect of strength enhancement. The speed of the rise of the Dutch women's football team can be described by the rocket, and many of the core players in the team are the main players in the top clubs of European women's football.
In the Group Stage of the Tokyo Olympics, the Dutch women's football team, led by coach Sarina Wigmann, defeated the Chinese women's football team led by Jia Xiuquan by a score of 8-2, and destroyed the Chinese women's football defense line with mercury and mercury again and again. Behind such a dismal event, on the one hand, it is indeed a problem of Coach Jia's level, and on the other hand, it is indeed a manifestation of the incomparable progress of the Dutch women's football team. However, I believe that the next time the Chinese women's football team and the Dutch women's football team play, the Dutch women's football team is not so easy to beat the Chinese women's football team, Sarina Wigman should not face Jia Xiuquan in the bench to cover her face and smile.
Currently fourth in the world: France
The French women's football team is a representative team that has made significant progress in the past two decades, and when they first entered the international competition, they were positioned as only a second-rate team in Europe and often missed the final round of the competition. However, it was not until the new century that the French women's football team began to be promoted to the top team in Europe, and then entered a long period of stability. In recent years, with the development of the Ligue 1 women's league and the introduction of African players by the French women's football team to emulate the men's football team, the strength of the French women's football team has been slightly raised to a higher level, the overall physical fitness is very strong, and the team has begun to truly enter the discussion of the world's first-class women's football team.
Currently third in the world: Germany
Eight times to participate in the Women's World Cup, two championships (2003, 2007), one runner-up, two times the palace army, the rest of the results are eight finals, the strength of German football is quite strong, not only the men's football team is amazing, the women's football team is also a often victorious division. Between 1995 and 2013, they completed six consecutive European Championships.
However, in the past five years or so, the fast people in front of the object of learning, and they will become the object of pursuit and imitation, with the leap forward of other women's football teams in Europe, the German women's football team in Europe began to be the king of the state, in the past 2019 World Cup to play average, only won the quarterfinals. However, after the 2019 World Cup, the German women's football team, which seems to have regrouped, has performed well in all competitions, and the world ranking is stuck in the current third place.
Currently second in the world: Sweden
Since participating in international competitions, the Swedish women's football team has always been a strong representative team of European women's football, and the overall style of the ball is quite tough and defensive in the women's football world. In the past 7 World Cups, Sweden's worst result has been in the quarterfinals, three third places, and one runner-up. From the current situation, in the 2019 Women's World Cup to win the third place, in the 2016 & 2020 Olympic Games are silver medals, The Swedish women's football team has entered the best golden generation in the history of the team, and perhaps the 2023 Women's World Cup is the best opportunity for them to sprint to the championship Gold Cup.
Currently the world's first: the United States
In the history of the Women's World Cup, the U.S. women's soccer team has won four World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019) and four Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012). In the 1999 Women's World Cup final, the U.S. women's soccer team defeated the Chinese women's soccer team at home 5-4 through a penalty shootout, which was watched by 90,185 people, which is still the highest in the history of women's football and an indelible battle for Chinese women's football fans.
After the 1990s, the U.S. women's soccer team began to rise to the top team in the world, and after the new century, it consolidated its first-class position. In the past ten years or so, with the continuous improvement of the domestic women's football league and talent training system, the strength of the American women's football team has continued to improve, and it is currently a super team in the pattern of many superpowers in the women's football world, and has dominated the top position of the world women's football team for seven consecutive years. As a reference to strength, in a friendly match at the end of October last year, the American women's team easily won the South Korean women's soccer team 6-0. In the 2023 Women's World Cup, the U.S. women's soccer team is seen as the favourite to defend the title, while the rest of the great powers are more like challengers.