The Qatar team played extremely impressively in the 2023 Asian Cup. They deserved to win this tournament after winning against Jordan in the final.
The Western team Asia has become the 5th team in history to successfully defend the Asian Cup championship after South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Japan.
This achievement affirms football< /a> Qatar is growing in Asia. They have broken the dominance of the “five giants”, Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Iran on the FIFA rankings.
Accordingly, with the 2023 Asian Cup championship, Coach Marquez’s army Lopez has risen 20 places to 38th in the world. With this position, Qatar has beaten Saudi Arabia (53rd in the world) to reach the top 5 in Asia. At this time, Qatar is still behind Japan (18th), Iran (20th), South Korea (22nd) and Australia (23rd) in Asia (data as of February 12).
It is worth mentioning that position 38 is the highest ranking of Qatari football on the FIFA rankings. Previously, they rose to 42nd place in August 2021.
Meanwhile, runner-up Jordan also had a strong improvement. This team has added 68 66 points and increased 14 places to 73rd in the world.
Vietnam team dropped 12 places to 106th in the world after losing 41 06 points after losing all three matches against Japan Iraq and Indonesia. We have lost the number one position in Southeast Asia to Thailand. “War Elephants” increased 12 places to rank 101 in the world after receiving an additional 29 95 points for good results in the 2023 Asian Cup.
Two other teams in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, increased two places. ranked 144th in the world while Malaysia dropped two places to 132nd in the world.
In Africa, reigning CAN 2023 champion Ivory Coast increased 10 places to 39th in the world. Runner-up Nigeria even jumped 14 places to 28th in the world.
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