In the 10th round of the Round of 12, the national team lost 0-2 to Oman, and FIFA will announce a new national team ranking on March 31, as the basis for the division of the World Cup group draw on April 1, and the teams that have not entered the World Cup will be updated together. The ranking of the national football team will drop to 10th in Asia, while Oman will replace the national football team to rise to 9th in Asia.
In the previous FIFA rankings, the national football team scored 1313.81 points, and the opponent Oman in the final round of the round of 12 was 1301 points, and the two teams ranked 9th and 10th in Asia respectively. Due to the reform of the FIFA points calculation, losing the game will cause the national football team to lose a lot of points, while Oman has won a lot of points, especially Oman's last 2 rounds of total victory.
According to the new points calculation formula, the Asian ranking of the national football team will certainly be surpassed by Oman, at least down to the 10th position in Asia, and Oman's ranking will surpass the national football team.
Of course, in the short term, the decline in FIFA rankings will not affect the national football team, next year's Asian Cup, even if the sub-grouping is carried out according to the FIFA rankings, the national football team is the host team, will definitely enter the ranks of seeded teams, and the draw has also been determined to lock the A1 seat.
However, before the next World Preliminary Round group draw, if the ranking of the national football team is not improved, it will suffer a fatal blow. It should be known that the next World Preliminary Tournament will be expanded, and there will be 8.5 places in the Asian Region, so the Asian World Preliminary Tournament has been implemented twice in the Top 40 + Round of 12 mode, which will be abandoned, and will definitely adopt a new preliminary mode.
In addition, the AFC is decided by The West Asian team, and in the case that the West Asian team cannot calculate South Korea and Japan, the only team in the East Asian region that can calculate West Asia is the national football team. Therefore, the ranking declines, and the national football team is definitely a victim, but this itself is also caused by the national football team itself.