Vietnamese women fall two FIFA ranks after the 2023 World Cup
Vietnam was deducted 25.94 points, so it ranked 34th in FIFA, two places lower than the list of the most recent women's teams announced on June 9.
The number of points deducted from Vietnam comes from five defeats including two official friendly matches losing 1-2 Germany and 0-2 New Zealand, three group stage matches of the 2023 Women's World Cup, losing 0-3 to the US, 0-2 to Portugal. Nha and 0-7 Netherlands. These are all higher ranked opponents, so the number of points deducted from Vietnam is not too much, helping the rank to fluctuate by a small margin.
Vietnam is still in the top 5 in Asia, behind Japan (8th FIFA), Australia (11th), China (15th) and South Korea (20th). The Philippines added 27.92 points to increase two places to 44, the top 7 in Asia. The hierarchy of Asian teams will continue to change when the ASIAD 19 women's football tournament takes place at the end of September 2023.
The FIFA women's ranking table fluctuated greatly after the World Cup with many surprises. The US lost its lead after being eliminated from the 1/8 round and dropped to third. American women's football has lost its number one position in FIFA for the first time since it was overtaken by Germany in June 2017. Sweden rose to the top after winning bronze in the 2023 World Cup, while Spain, with the championship, came in second.
Meanwhile, Germany lost 73.89 points – the most and dropped from second to six. The following teams with the most points being deducted are South Korea (66.34 points) down three places to 20, Norway (51.8 points) down one place to 13, Canada (51.5 points) down three places to 10, Costa Rica (50.33 points) dropped seven places to 43 and Brazil (45.89 points) dropped one place to 9. Except for Norway, which was eliminated from the 1/8 round, the remaining teams were highly appreciated but were eliminated. from the group stage.
The strongest promotion teams were Morocco with 104.22 points, up 14 places to 58. Nigeria (94.14 points) rose eight places to 32, Zambia (64.28 points) increased eight places. 69, Jamaica (51.86 points) up six places to 37, Spain (49.56 points) up four places to second, Japan (44.67 points) up three places to eighth and Colombia (41. 16 points) increased three places to 22.
