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Japan remain Asia’s top side

Japan remain Asia’s top side

Kuala Lumpur: The latest FIFA World Ranking released on Wednesday saw Japan strengthen their position as the highest-ranked team in Asia.
Their superb 1-0 win against England at Wembley moved Hajime Moriyasu’s side a spot higher to 18th.
Despite a 5-0 win against Costa Rica, Islamic Republic of Iran dropped one place to 21 while Korea Republic also went three rungs lower to 25 following defeats to Ivory Coast and Austria.

Australia were unchanged at 27th spot with Uzbekistan, Qatar and Iraq all climbing up to 50th, 55th and 57th respectively.
Closing out the top 10 sides in Asia were Saudi Arabia (61st), Jordan (63rd) and the United Arab Emirates (68th).

Vietnam were the biggest movers, moving up nine spots to break into the top 100 at 99 with Malaysia dropping 17 places to 138.

Click HERE for complete FIFA World Ranking.

Photo: AFP

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