IRNA - Iran and other Asian teams have moved down in
the latest rankings issued by the world soccer's governing body FIFA Wednesday.
Standing 41st, Iran has found itself seven places below in comparison with its ranking in the previous month.
Japan and South Korea tied at the 24th slot, winning 643 points.
Japan has come down one step and Korea ranked three places below. Here below comes the list of Asian teams with their points and
rankings:
24. Japan, 643 points, one step down
24. South Korea, 643 points, three steps down
41. Iran, 600 points, 7 steps down
46. Saudi Arabia, 581 points, four steps down
64. Iraq, 531 points, 8 steps down
65. Thailand, 529 points, 6 steps down
70. China, 510 points, two steps down
74. Qatar, 499 points, three steps down
Brazil is still the leader with 834 points followed by France and Spain with 814 and 762 points respectively.
Leading FIFA world soccer rankings are as follows. May's position are in brackets:
1. (1) Brazil 834 points
2. (2=) France 814
3. (2=) Spain 762
4. (5) Argentina 754
5. (6) Netherlands 752
6. (4) Germany 745
7. (8) Turkey 733
8. (7) England 727
9. (10=) United States 717
10. (13) Czech Republic 712
11= (12) Italy 711
11= (9) Mexico 711
13. (10=) Denmark 710
14. (15) Ireland 703
15. (14) Portugal 692
16. (18) Cameroon 691
17. (16) Belgium 672
18= (17) Costa Rica 663
18= (20) Sweden 663
20. (19) Paraguay 657
FIFA's standings are based on a statistical analysis of countries' results over eight years, weighted according to how recently the
matches were played, the strength of the opponents and the importance of each match.
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