FIFA Futsal Men’s World Ranking: Morocco Stand in 6th Place

Morocco earned the 6th place in the first FIFA Futsal Men’s World Ranking after completing an unbeaten season with a stunning performance.

According to FIFA, the rise of the North African team has been nothing short of meteoric. They defeated Kuwait 7-1 in the Arab Futsal Cup final, trounced Argentina 7-0 in a friendly, finished the entire year 2023 unbeaten and gained the Futsal AFCON 2024 in scintillating style.

Bilal Bakkali, Soufian Charraoui, Soufiane El-Mesrar and Co are now looking forwarding to making Morocco the first nation outside Europe or South America to lift the sport’s most prestigious trophy.

Brazil sit at the summit of the first FIFA Futsal Men’s World Ranking. Portugal pipped Spain to second spot, while Iran and Argentina complete the top five. Russia ranked 7th followed by Kazakhstan, Thailand and France.

The top five-ranked nations, along with hosts Uzbekistan, will be the Pot 1 seeds in the upcoming draw for this year’s FIFA Futsal World Cup. Pot 2 will comprise Morocco, Kazakhstan, Thailand, France, Ukraine and Paraguay.