Canada's Adriana Leon is challenged by Argentina's Marina Delgado during an international friendly in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain, on Oct. 6.Juan Carlos Toro del Río/The Associated Press
Canada’s women are unchanged at No. 7 in the latest FIFA world rankings.
The United States continues atop the list with Olympic silver-medalist Sweden moving up to No. 2, dropping Germany one place. England stands fourth followed by France with Spain – fresh from a 2-0 win over the U.S. – moving up to No. 6 from No. 8 with the Netherlands dropping below Canada. Brazil and North Korea fill out the top 10.
The new rankings will be used to determine the seedings for the draw for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The draw is scheduled for Oct. 22 in Auckland.
The Canadian women are coming off wins over Argentina (2-0) and Morocco (4-0) in the recent FIFA international window. Despite the loss, Argentina moved up two places to No. 29 while Morocco remained at No. 76.
Canada’s highest ranking to date is No. 4. The women first made it there after winning bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, moving up six spots in the wake of beating host Brazil 2-1 in the third-place match.
The Canadians fell to No. 5 in March, 2017, returning to No. 4 that June. Canada bounced between No. 4 and 5 until it fell to No. 7 in June, 2019, and No. 8 in December, 2019.
The Canadian men are currently ranked 41st in the world.