{"id":451447,"date":"2026-04-21T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:09:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:09:56","slug":"spain-women-remain-no-1-ahead-of-u-s-in-fifa-rankings","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/fieldlevelmedia.com\/news\/spain-women-remain-no-1-ahead-of-u-s-in-fifa-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain women remain No. 1 ahead of U.S. in FIFA rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain remained No. 1 with the United States still at No. 2 on Tuesday in the first FIFA Women&#8217;s World Ranking published since December.<\/p>\n<p>Making up the rest of the top 10 in the new rankings are England, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 276 relevant international fixtures have been contested since the previous rankings release, highlighted by qualifying action for the 2027 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Spain, which took over the top spot last August, stayed on top despite last week&#8217;s away defeat to England. 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