In 2021, the national football game has all ended, this year's national football team is still unable to get the desired results, this year in the World Preliminary Tournament from 7-0 defeat to Guam, until the 1-1 draw with Australia, there is a state of high and low, the world preliminary Round of the Asian Top 40 Round of the final 4 rounds of full victory, successfully as the second in the group into the World Preliminary Round of 12 In Asia, but to the top 12 directly collapsed, Li Tie did not use good naturalized players, resulting in 6 rounds of the 12 rounds after 6 rounds, the national football team only had 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses of bad results.
Therefore, the national football team has completed the change of coach at the end of the year, Li Tie resigned, Li Xiaopeng took office, the team in the case of basically no chance of group qualification, Li Xiaopeng will be a transitional manager, leading the team to run-in and training, for the national football team in advance to prepare for the Asian Cup and the next World Preliminary Tournament. Not only the 2021 year of the national football team has ended all competitions, but also the 2021 international competitions of other major national teams have basically ended.
Beijing time yesterday, FIFA has officially confirmed the year-end world rankings, the ranking of the national football team rose by one place over the same period last year, ranking 75th in the world in the same period last year, and now ranking 74th in the world, surpassing the former Asian champion Iraq, as well as the bitter lord Uzbekistan, Iraq ranked 75th in the world, and Uzbekistan ranked 84th in the world.
The world's top spot is still Belgium, Brazil is second, France is third, England is fourth, Argentina is fifth, Italy is sixth, Spain is seventh, Portugal is eighth, Denmark is ninth, and the Netherlands is tenth. From the latest world rankings, the national football team can also get some "comfort", because between Italy, the 6th in the world, and Portugal, the 8th, there is a team that cannot participate in next year's World Cup, which is basically the same as the fate of the national football team.
The world's top Asian team ranks highest in the world, ranking 21st in the world and 1st in Asia; Japan is 26th in the world and 2nd in Asia; South Korea is 33rd in the world, 3rd in Asia; Australia is 35th in the world and 4th in Asia; Qatar, the host of the World Cup, ranks 48th in the world, up 3 places from the previous ranking and ranks 5th in Asia; Saudi Arabia, which has an excellent record in the World Preliminary Round of 12, ranks 51st in the world, down 3 places from the previous period, ranking 6th in Asia; the United Arab Emirates ranks 69th in the world and 7th in Asia. Japan and Australia were under-ranked in the same period last year because of their unpopularity in the World Preliminary Tournament, with Japan giving up the throne of Asia's first place and Australia falling from third to fourth in Asia.
The national football team ranks 8th in Asia, which means that if the 2026 World Cup is successfully expanded to 48 teams and Asia obtains 8 places, the national football team will become a popular team among the World Cup matches, but it is still necessary to use naturalized players, otherwise it will be difficult to enter the World Cup.