Winning SEA Games gold medal, Thailand still ranks behind Vietnam on FIFA rankings

On the afternoon of September 14, the World Football Federation announced the FIFA rankings for September. Vietnam rose 4 places, while Thailand fell 7 places.

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines remains number 1 with 259 points. Compared to last month, the Philippines rose 4 places to 123rd place.

Following the Philippines are Vietnam and Thailand. Vietnam has a score of 241, up 4 places, from 134 to 130. On the other hand, Thailand dropped 7 places, from 130 to 137. The Thai team's score is 219.

The rise and fall of Vietnam and Thailand is not difficult to understand. In the past month, the Thai team lost both matches in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers (losing to Iraq and Australia with the same score of 1-2), while Vietnam beat Cambodia in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Detailed rankings of Southeast Asian teams on FIFA rankings. Graphics: Fox Sports.

In Asia, Iran, Japan, Australia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia still occupy the top 5 as in August. However, Iran dropped 1 place due to the draw with Syria, Australia dropped 5 places (1 win, 1 loss) and South Korea dropped 2 places (2 draws). Four of the five teams in the top 5 in Asia have secured 4 official tickets to the 2018 World Cup.

At the top of the list, Germany moved up one place to dethrone Brazil as the world's number one. In the past month, Die Mannschaft played 2 World Cup qualifiers and won both, while Brazil won 1 and drew 1.

Winning the earliest ticket to the World Cup in Europe helped Belgium rise 4 places to return to the world's top 5. Poor form (drawing both matches) caused Messi and his teammates to drop 1 place in the rankings, while arch-rival Ronaldo helped Portugal rise 3 places to take third place.

Top 10 teams in FIFA rankings.

Surprisingly, England won both their matches during the training camp but dropped two places. Meanwhile, Chile lost both their matches but only dropped two places.

The team from Cape Varde Islands that made the biggest jump in the FIFA rankings last month was the team from Guatemala, which rose 47 places. The team from Guatemala that dropped 31 places was the team from Guatemala./.

According to Zing