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Japan retain Asia’s top spot

Japan retain Asia’s top spot

Kuala Lumpur: Japan remained as the highest ranked Asian nation in 17th spot, as the top six remained unchanged in the latest FIFA Rankings released on Thursday.
Leading the way up the rankings on the back of their AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027™ Qualifiers Final Round performances were Malaysia, Hong Kong, China PR, Indonesia and Laos.
Islamic Republic of Iran dropped two spots to 20) while Korea Republic remained unchanged at (23). Australia, Qatar and Uzbekistan jumped two rungs to 24, 53 and 55 respectively.

Iraq improved to occupy seventh at (58), leapfrogging Saudi Arabia, who fell one spot to 59. Jordan fell two positions to 64 with the United Arab Emirates (65) completed the best 10 nations in Asia.
The biggest movers were Malaysia (125) and Hong Kong, China (147) – both moving up six spots. Malaysia turned on the power to stun Vietnam 4-0 with Hong Kong, China edging India 1-0.

 Laos (185) and Indonesia (118) both  jumped five positions. 

Also grabbing the spotlight were Palestine (98), who broke into the top 100 following their run in the AFC Asian Qualifiers.

 

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