Illustrative photo (Source: laodong.vn) Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam are Southeast Asia’s number one team, coming in at 102 on the FIFAWorld Rankings for August.
According to FIFA’s new rankingformula, Vietnam received 1,220 points, up nearly 900 points compared to theprevious method of order, earning the country its 17th place in Asia.
France climbed to thesummit of the ranking with 1,726 points. It was followed by Belgium, Brazil,Croatia, Uruguay, and the UK.
Russia made the mostoutstanding performance, jumping 21 places to the 49th post.
The newformula, which was approved by the FIFA Council in June after a lengthy periodof testing, relies on adding or subtracting points won or lost for a game to orfrom the previous point totals, rather than averaging game points over a giventime period as in the previous version of the ranking.
Thechanges, of which there are several, include the fact that inactive teams nowpreserve their point totals, with no devaluation of older games. Points aredropped, however, from losing or drawing against weaker opposition, with theonly exception to this rule being matches in knockout rounds of majorcompetitions such as the FIFA World Cup, according to the football organisation.–VNA
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