With the arrival of the end of the year, FIFA also announced the annual ranking of the national team, compared to the stability of the men's football team around 80, the outside world pays more attention to the changes in women's football, after all, this is a team that once ranked 4th in the world, although the strength has declined, but the Chinese women's football team is still firmly in the top 20 in the world, especially, after winning the Asian Cup championship trophy, the Chinese women's football team has significantly improved, once rose to the 14th place in the world, and the outside world even sees the hope of returning to the top 10 in the world, but the cold results of this year's 4 major competitions have also made the women's football team aware of the gap between the European and American teams, and it is by no means just as simple as showing 5 less in the world rankings。
In the latest rankings, the Chinese women's football team slipped again, dropping directly from 15th to 19th, losing 16.9 points. You know, this is already the limit position of the Chinese women's football team, tying the lowest record in history, the last time it won this ranking was in 2021, it can be seen that the gap between the teams is further widening, and not only European and American teams, but also the AFC, the results of many opponents are improving, The Japanese women's football team not only rushed into the top ten in the world, but also rose to 8th, after the North Korean women's football team resumed the game, the results also recovered, and the strength is still outstanding, only 1 place less than the Japanese women's football team, ranking 9th in the world, and the team level.
In addition to the above two teams, the Australian women's football team is also very stable, ranking 12th in the world, retaining the hope of advancing to the top 10, while the Chinese women's football team is still the 4th in Asia, but the distance from the first three teams has widened, and behind it is the 20th South Korean women's football team, the latter can complete the overtake at any time, it should be said that the lead of the top five is still more obvious.
In the future, the Vietnamese women's football team, the Philippine women's football team, the Chinese Taipei women's football team, the Uzbekistan women's football team, and the Oman women's football team are ranked 6th to 10th in Asia, but they are all ranked outside the 35th in the world, and it is difficult for them to achieve good results in the world competition. It is not difficult to see that the Chinese women's football team has no way out and must go all out, otherwise it will fall out of the top 20.
Of course, the pressure of performance always exists, and the current key factor is the finalization of the coaching staff, although Wang Jun took over, he is still the identity of the interim coach, and from the performance of the warm-up game, he did not let the outside world see the full excellence, so once the decision to change the coach, it is necessary to shorten the process of selecting the coach as much as possible, after all, it will take a period of adaptation time after the arrival of the new coach. Of course, the fact that there is very little competition in the World Series for two years also presents a new challenge for the improvement of the rankings, highlighting the importance of points for the international break.