On March 31, Beijing time, FIFA announced a new national team ranking, due to the last 2 rounds of the 12 rounds of 1 draw and 1 loss, the points of the national football team shrank by nearly 10 points, the international ranking fell from 75th to 77th, and the Asian region slipped from 9th to 10th, and the original position of the national football team was replaced by Oman. Of course, the most important role of this fifa ranking is to divide the draw for the upcoming World Cup group stage, but this has nothing to do with the national football team.
In the last two rounds of the round of 12, the national football team drew 1-1 with Saudi Arabia and lost 0-2 to Oman, while Oman, which is close to the national football team in the FIFA rankings, in addition to defeating the national football team, previously beat Vietnam 1-0 away. As a result, the points of the national football team shrank by nearly 10 points, the FIFA ranking slipped from 75th to 77th, Oman's world ranking climbed from 79th to 74th, and the Asian side replaced the national football team in 9th and the national football team ranked 10th.
The ranking of the top 4 in Asia has not changed, Iran, although it has lost a lot of points to South Korea, is still the highest ranked Asian team, Japan ranks second in Asia, and South Korea continues to rank 3rd in Asia despite defeating Iran but then losing to the United Arab Emirates. Australia, the team with the most points losses in the top four in Asia, fell to just outside the 40th place in the world rankings.
The Saudi team won 1 win and 1 draw in the last 2 rounds, the points increased by more than 10 points, the world ranking ranked among the top 50, and the Asian side surpassed Qatar to the 5th place, as the host of the World Cup, Qatar fell to 6th in Asia. However, in the world cup group draw, Qatar continues to be the seeded team, and the group will enter the A1 position.
Asia ranks 7th still belongs to the UAE, while Iraq ranks 8th in Asia. In terms of rankings of other continents, there was no major fluctuation, Brazil replaced Belgium as the new world No. 1, Belgium retreated to No. 2, and France, Argentina, England, Italy, Spain, Portugal occupied the top 8, because Italy did not enter the World Cup, Portugal will also become the seeded team in the World Cup draw.