Vietnam named in FIFA top 100

The Vietnamese national team will end the year of 2020 at 93rd place in the FIFA rankings, 18 spots higher than Thailand.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese national team will end the year of 2020 at93rd place in the FIFA rankings, 18 spots higher than Thailand.

This ranking also helped Vietnamenter the top 15 Asian teams and is the best ranking for the country in 20years.

Vietnam led Southeast Asia, followed by Thailand, world No 111.

Thailand have a total of1,178 points, while Vietnam have 1,258 points. This gap will be difficult tolevel until March 2021 when the second qualifying round matches for the 2022World Cup takes place.

In Asia, Japan dominatedthe region with 1,502 points, followed by Iran (1,496 points), the Republic of Korea(1,465 points), Australia (1,457 points) and Qatar (1,391 points). 

Belgium won six out ofeight matches played this year and maintained the overall lead with 1,780points, finishing on top for the third consecutive year.

Ranking behind Belgiumare France (1,755 points), Brazil (1,743 points) and England (1,670 points)./.
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