The Vietnamese national team rose two places in the FIFA rankings.

The Vietnamese national team has climbed two places to 130th in the world rankings in the latest FIFA rankings.

Accordingly, the Vietnamese national team has 220 points and continues to rank second in Southeast Asia, after the Philippines (ranked 128th), ahead of Thailand (ranked 142nd) and Myanmar (ranked 151st). On an Asian level, the Vietnamese national team is ranked 16th.

At the top of the continent, the familiar names remain: Iran (ranked 42nd), Japan (ranked 53rd), and South Korea (ranked 56th).

In the world's top 10, there was only one shake-up as Italy returned to 10th place, pushing Spain down to 11th. Germany remains in the lead with 1770 points, followed by Argentina (1577) and Colombia (1499).

The Vietnamese national team moved up two places in the FIFA rankings (Photo: Quang Trung)

This March, with numerous friendly matches and World Cup 2018 qualifiers taking place, the rankings of teams in the upcoming FIFA rankings are expected to see many changes.

The next FIFA rankings will be announced on April 9th. This ranking will be particularly important for teams in Asia as it will be used as the basis for seeding in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in the Asian region.

If Vietnam maintains its 16th position in Asia, it will be placed in group two and will likely avoid some strong opponents in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in the Asian region.

According to VOV