Just over a month before the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, FIFA has published the last ranking before the competition begins —the next one will be announced on August 25, once the tournament is over— in which the Spanish team It has climbed one position and is now in sixth position. The good results achieved in the preparation matches for the World Cup have helped the team led by Jorge Vilda to improve their presence and gain a foothold among the great teams.
The latest FIFA Ranking was published almost three months ago and since then 101 matches have been played between friendly matches prior to the World Cup and the Asian qualifiers for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament in Paris 2024. There have been no news in the top five places: the table continues to be headed by the United States, followed by a European quartet made up of Germany (2nd), Sweden (3rd), England (4th) and France (5th). Spain (6th) and Canada (7th) swap positions as do Brazil (8th) and the Netherlands (9th).
Good news for the national team that comes at a time of uncertainty to know if any of the 15 players who asked not to be called up will appear on the shortlist that Jorge Vilda will announce on June 12. A first list of 26 footballers that must be reduced to 23 for the final call on June 30, prior to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand that will begin on July 20.
According to Gol and La Vanguardia was able to confirm, some of these footballers have already sent a letter to the Spanish Federation announcing that they can be summoned again. Although the identity of the footballers who have taken this step has not been disclosed, as La Vanguardia has learned, this group would include a footballer from FC Barcelona who won the Champions League in Eindhoven against Wolfsburg on June 3. Aitana Bonmatí, Patri Guijarro, Sandra Paños, Mariona Caldentey, Claudia Pina and Mapi León were the six blaugrana who sent the letter of resignation.
After months of tension, if any of these players is finally called up and disputes the World Cup, they will enter at least 28,000 euros, as reported by FIFA on Thursday, which increases the economic prizes by 300% compared to the 2019 World Cup in France. An amount that for some players will mean more than what they earn in a whole year in their clubs and that will increase depending on the performance until reaching almost 250,000 euros for the 23 members of the champion team.
However, despite the improvements in this regard, the broadcast of the World Cup, for which 1,032,884 tickets have already been sold, is in danger in some European countries, including Spain, due to casualties bids for television rights.
