In the month of January three tournaments were played to a finish: the South-East Asian Championship 2023, the Gulf Cup 2023 in Iraq and the African Nations Championship in Algeria. FIFA will publish the next ranking only after the March window. Contrary to previous years there won't be an official ranking in the first week of February. Reason enough to publish an intermediate preview of the April ranking.
In the international match window in March the following matches are scheduled:
- match days 3 and 4 in qualification for the African Nations Cup 2024;
- match days 1 and 2 in qualification for the EURO 2024;
- the group stage of the CONCACAF Nations League 2023 is played to a conclusion;
- some friendlies.
Here is the probable April 2023 ranking, to be published on Thursday April 6th.