On the latest FIFA rankings, the Vietnamese team no longer holds the number one position in Southeast Asia.
The Vietnamese team was relegated after poor performance at the 2023 Asian Cup. Photo: Quynh Anh
Today (February 15), after the end of the 2023 Asian Cup and the 2023 African Championship (AFCON), the latest FIFA rankings were announced.
With unsuccessful results at the 2023 Asian Cup when losing all 3 group stage matches, the Vietnamese team had the most points deducted with 41.06 points, falling 11 places, from 94th to 105th in the world, and at the same time falling to 11th place. 2nd place in Southeast Asia.
Thus, the Vietnamese team has ended nearly 6 years in the top 100 in the world and leads Southeast Asia. “Golden Star Warriors” has had 1,905 consecutive days ranked in the top 100 in the world since November 29, 2018 and 2,248 days ranked No. 1 in Southeast Asia since December 21, 2017.
Meanwhile, the Thai team rose 12 places to rank 101 in the world and usurped the No. 1 position in Southeast Asia from the Vietnamese team. Ranked 3rd in the region is Malaysia (ranked 132 in the world), followed by the Philippines (ranked 139), Indonesia (ranked 144), Singapore (ranked 155), Myanmar (ranked 162), and Cambodia (ranked 179). , Laos (ranked 189), Brunei (ranked 194) and Timor Leste (ranked 200).
In the Asian region, despite being eliminated from the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Cup, the Japanese team only dropped 1 place to 18th and still ranks first on the continent. Following are Iran (ranked 20th), South Korea (ranked 22nd), Australia (ranked 23rd), Qatar (ranked 37th), Saudi Arabia (ranked 53rd), Iraq (ranked 59th), Uzbekistan (ranked 66th), UAE (ranked 69) and Jordan (ranked 70).
Teams with good results at Asian Cup 2023 and AFCON 2023 all advanced strongly on the rankings.
With the 2023 Asian Cup championship, the Qatar team received 92.4 points, the most in the FIFA table, to increase 21 places to 37th. The 2023 Asian Cup runner-up, Jordan, was added 70.32 points to increase 16 places to 71st. .
Meanwhile, the world top 10 remained unchanged, namely Argentina, France, England, Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Croatia.