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On December 15, Beijing time, FIFA announced the latest world rankings, and the Chinese women's football team fell four places to 19th in the world, tying the lowest ranking in history. There is no doubt that after missing the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's football team once again fell to the bottom.
The Spanish women's football team, who won the Women's World Cup for the first time, has risen to the top of the world, which is really mixed. Because just four years ago in the World Cup, the Chinese women's football team drew 0-0 with Spain in the group stage, and even in the face of Germany, it was a small loss of one goal back and forth. As a result, just 4 years have passed, Spain is already the world champion, but the Chinese women's football team has been thrown farther and farther away.
The U.S. women's team, which was eliminated by Sweden in the World Cup and stopped in the round of 16, is ranked second, and their technical and tactical concepts are also a little behind compared to Europe, but the U.S. women's soccer team is very strong individually, which also makes them firmly in the first group. The third to seventh places were all taken over by European teams, namely France, England, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. Compared with these opponents, the Chinese women's football team has a gap of more than 3 goals. Japan, North Korea and Canada ranked eight to tenth, respectively.
In Asia, Japan and North Korea are ranked in the top two, Australia is ranked 12th in the world and 3rd in Asia, China is 19th in the world and 4th in Asia, South Korea is 20th in the world and 5th in Asia. These five teams remain the main competitiveness of Asian women's football at the moment. The 6th to 10th places in Asia are Vietnam 37th in the world, the Philippines 38th in the world, Chinese Taipei 42nd in the world, Uzbekistan 47th in the world, and Thailand 48th in the world. Among them, the Uzbekistan women's football team has become the biggest dark horse by virtue of the second place in the group with the best results in the Olympic preliminary round, and reached the semifinals together with Japan, Australia and North Korea.
In the history of the Chinese women's football team, it fell to 19th in the world in 2012 and 2021. Among them, the fans must be very impressed by 2021, the Chinese women's football team only scored 1 point in 3 games in the Tokyo Olympics, conceded 17 goals and ranked at the bottom, and Jia Xiuquan was disgraced. Although Shui Qingxia once led the Chinese women's football team to regain the Asian Cup championship in 2022, the Chinese women's football team lost all the three major World Cups, Asian Games, and Olympic preliminaries in 2023. Even one day in the future, the Chinese women's football team may fall out of the top 20. Because some European teams outside the 20 and about 30 or 40 African and American teams are not inferior to the Chinese women's football team.
At the same time as FIFA's official announcement of the world rankings, the draw results of the U20 Women's Asian Cup were released, and the Chinese women's football team was in the same group as Japan, North Korea, and Vietnam, which was another group of death. There is no doubt that after abandoning the Asian Cup, Chinese football has been targeted by the AFC in all directions. It is not only reflected in the men's football team, but also spread to the women's football team, not only in the national team being blown by the referee on the field, but also in the draw of national brands at all levels. In the next few years, Chinese football is bound to move forward in headwinds, come on!