Qatar won the championship and the FIFA ranking jumped 20 places BZ's latest ranking fell to 87

In the early morning of February 11, Beijing time, the 2023 Asian Cup has ended, and the host Qatar won the championship with a complete victory. This result also brings Qatar to more than 90 technical points in the FIFA technical points rankings, moving up 20 places in the latest FIFA rankings of national and regional teams, and ranking among the top 40 in the world. The Chinese men's national football team failed to score a technical point in three games because it did not qualify for the group, and its ranking has dropped to 87th in the world, and it has also retreated two places in Asia.

In the latest FIFA national and regional national team rankings released on December 21 last year, the Chinese team ranked 79th in the world and 11th in Asia with 1299.49 points. However, from the beginning of preparations for the Asian Cup in December last year to the end of the group stage of the Asian Cup, the Chinese team has participated in four international A-level matches, including three Asian Cup group games. (Note: The warm-up match with Hong Kong and Hong Kong is not considered an international A-level match and is not included in the FIFA technical points ranking system.) The result was no win, although it drew with Tajikistan and Lebanon, but because these two opponents were ranked lower than the Chinese team, the national football team still lost 3.33 technical points and 3.66 technical points; The loss to Qatar resulted in a loss of 13.03 technical points. In this way, the Chinese team has conceded a total of 22.39 technical points in four games. Therefore, by the end of the Asian Cup, the FIFA technical score of the Chinese team also dropped to 1277.10 points. In this way, the Chinese team's latest FIFA technical ranking will also drop from 79th in the world in December last year to 87th in February this year.

In Asia, China's rankings have dropped two places, with Jordan and Bahrain both surpassing China. Among them, Jordan reached the championship and runner-up finals, although it lost to Qatar in the final, but according to the FIFA technical points calculation principle, the winning Qatar can get extra points, while the losing Jordanian team will not be deducted technical points. Therefore, the Jordanian team scored a total of 70.32 technical points in this Asian Cup, and the total technical points reached 1342.95 points. With this technical point, Jordan also moved up 16 places in the rankings, from 87th in the world in December last year to 71st, and regained its top 10 in Asia. With a total of 1,294.57 technical points, Bahrain is ranked 82nd in the world and 12th in Asia, one place ahead of China.

Of course, the Qatar team won all seven matches and gained a lot of technical points in each game, with the 3-2 win over Iran in the semi-finals earning the most technical points at 25.71. In this way, the cumulative number of technical points earned in the seven games is 90.40, and the total technical points are also 1497.70 points, approaching the 1500 point mark. It has also jumped from 58th in the world in December last year to 38th in the world. Within Asia, Qatar has also surpassed Saudi Arabia to rank 6th in Asia.

The top four in Asia are still Japan, Iran, South Korea and Australia, with the exception of Japan, which has fallen in the world rankings, while the other three have all improved their world rankings.

Through this Asian Cup, in the latest ranking to be released by FIFA, it can be found that the gap between the top 10 teams in Asia and the teams after the top 10 is further widening. This may only be said to be that the gap between Asian football teams is further widening, and it is not at all like the outside world that the gap between Asian teams is further narrowing.

According to FIFA's plan, on February 15, FIFA will publish the latest edition of the world rankings of national and regional national teams.

Technical points and rankings of Asian teams after the Asian Cup

Asia/World Rankings (Lifting) Team Latest Technology Points (compared to the previous month)

1/18(↓1) Japan 1615.19(- 5.00)

2/20(↑1)    伊朗    1610.32(+45.24)

3/22(↑1) South Korea 1566.17(+15.52)

4/23 (↑2) Australia 1554.88 (+15.66)

5/38(↑20) Qatar 1497.70(+90.40)

6/53(↑3)    沙特    1442.65(+21.59)

7/58(↑5)    伊拉克    1409.40(+43.42)

8/65(↑3) Uzbekistan 1379.65(+34.39)

9/69(↓5) United Arab Emirates 1355.45(- 9.01)

10/71(↑16)    约旦    1342.95(+70.32)

11/80(↓6) Oman 1307.59(-17.30)

12/82(↑4)    巴林    1294.57(+17.28)

13/87(↓8) China 1277.10(-22.39)

14/89(↑2) Syria 1265.06(+19.79)

15/97 (↑2) Palestine 1226.20 (+8.60)

16/99 (↑7) Tajikistan 1220.55 (+25.48)

17/101(↑12) Thailand 1206.70(+29.95)

18/105(↓7) Kyrgyzstan 1195.38(-28.76)

19/106(↓12) Vietnam 1194.52(-41.06)

20/114(↓7)    黎巴嫩    1169.45(-23.13)

22/116(↓14) India 1165.27(-35.53)

23/132(↓2) Malaysia 1110.59(-12.28)

27/144(↑2)     印尼    1070.18(+ 6.17)

32/158(↓8) Hong Kong, China 1016.97(-25.96)

Source: Sports.com