Brazil sit at the summit of the ranking. Portugal pipped Spain to second spot, while Iran and Argentina complete the top five. It means those five nations, along with hosts Uzbekistan, will be the Pot 1 seeds in the upcoming draw for this year’s FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Vahid Shamsaei’s Iran has recently won the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.
Though the FIFA Men’s World Rankings for football have existed since December 1992 and women’s senior national football teams have been officially ranked by FIFA since 2003, that has not previously been the case for futsal.