
FIFA World Ranking
Nils Nielsen’s side drew twice against Colombia in April and lost twice against Brazil in friendly matches played in June but despite dropping two spots, remained Asia’s highest ranked side at seventh.
DPR Korea are the next highest at ninth while Australia rose one spot to 15th on the back of wins against Argentina and Korea Republic respectively.
China PR stayed in 17th, Korea Republic dropped two spots to 21st with Vietnam (37), Philippines (41), Chinese Taipei (42), Thailand (46) and Uzbekistan (51) completing the top 10 Asian sides.
Bangladesh are the most improved side, climbing up five spots to 128 while the United Arab Emirates fell five spots to 117.
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