Australia FIFA Ranking, Australia is playing in its sixth World Cup, but no one anticipated to see the Socceroos in the Round of 16 in Qatar in 2022
Now, after two big wins over Tunisia and Denmark, they are second in Group D and will move on to the next round.
Australia had a hard time qualifying for the World Cup in Asia after moving from the Oceania Confederation. They almost didn’t make it to the World Cup. The Socceroos were third in Group B after Saudi Arabia and Japan in the third round. They had to work hard to beat the United Arab Emirates 2-1 in a single-elimination game in the fourth round. After that, they went to the inter-confederation playoffs.
Australia Football Team Current FIFA Ranking 2022
They beat Peru in a thrilling penalty shootout in their last chance to make it to Qatar. Now, the Socceroos are back in the Round of 16 for the first time since Germany in 2006, thanks to an amazing World Cup performance. Read on to find out where they are in the FIFA rankings.
How Does Australia FIFA Rank Fare This Reason Till Now?
Australia has 1488 points, which puts them in 38th place in the FIFA World Ranking. So, in Qatar 2022, they really come as a big surprise. Italy, Colombia, Peru, Sweden, Ukraine, Chile, Nigeria, Russia, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, or Algeria are all ahead of the Socceroos on that list, even though they didn’t even qualify for the tournament.
Iran, Japan, and South Korea are all teams from the Asian Confederation that are ahead of Australia in the current FIFA rankings. For example, in the World Cup, France (4), Denmark (10) and Tunisia (11) were all ahead of them (30). The last two teams have been eliminated from the tournament.
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Teams Qualified For Round 16 Till Now
Five countries have already qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which is in its last round of group stage games.
France was the first country to make it to the pre-quarterfinals. They did this by beating Denmark 2-0 in their second group stage game, which broke the “Champion’s Curse.” After beating Denmark on the last match day, Australia became the second team, after France, to move on to the round of 16.
Brazil and Portugal won their games against Switzerland and Uruguay, respectively, to keep up the winning streak. Casemiro stepped on the gas for Brazil and scored the game-winning goal with a right-footed shot in the 83rd minute.
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