American Samoa have been the largest mover in the April 2026 replace to the FIFA/Coca Cola Women’s World Rankings, transferring up 17 places to #120 – their highest rating since 2018.
It comes off the again of their unbelievable run to the Semi-finals of the lately accomplished FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 Oceania Qualifiers, which included their first win in a senior worldwide girls’s fixture, and victories over Tonga, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, and Samoa.
Since the August 2025 rankings, American Samoa have risen 33 places general from #153, lifting themselves above Tahiti off the underside of the OFC confederation rankings.
Elsewhere, New Zealand have lifted two places to #33 on the rankings, after punching their ticket to FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 in Brazil earlier this month. The group who they defeated in the Oceania Qualifiers last – Papua New Guinea – have additionally risen three places to #57.
Meanwhile, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu each dropped 12 places after exits throughout Round 2 of the Oceania Qualifiers course of.
FIFA/Coca Cola Women’s World Rankings (OFC Member Associations)
New Zealand #33 | (*17*) 2 places
Papua New Guinea #57 | (*17*) 3 places
Fiji #79 | Dropped 1 place
Samoa #86 | (*17*) 1 place
Solomon Islands #89 | Dropped 12 places
New Caledonia #104 | Dropped 4 places
Vanuatu #111 | Dropped 12 places
Tonga #116 | No change
American Samoa #120 | (*17*) 17 places
Tahiti #122 | (*17*) 1 place
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