Vietnam up one place on March FIFA world rankings

Vietnam moved one place to rank 95th globally on the FIFA men’s world rankings for March.
Vietnam up one place on March FIFA world rankings ảnh 1Vietnam stand at the 95th position in the world and 16th in Asia on the March FIFA world rankings. (Photo: Vietnam Football Federation)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam moved one place to rank 95th globally on the FIFA men’s world rankings for March.

In Asia, Vietnam ranked 16th, also up one place fromthe previous month, and maintained the No 1 position in Southeast Asia.

Meanwhile, Thailand, the Southeast Asian runner-up, fellthree places to the 114th globally.

The top five in Asia remained Japan (20th globally), Iran (24th), the Republic of Korea (27th), Australia (29th),and Saudi Arabia (54th).

Argentina topped the March rankings, followed by France andBrazil.

The March FIFA men’s world rankings are particularlyimportant to the teams competing at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup since theirpositions in this list will be the basis for the Asian Football Federation (AFC)to seed them before the tournament draw.

With the 16th place in Asia, Vietnam will be in Pot 3, together with Bahrain,Syria, Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon. Meanwhile, other Southeast Asianteams, namely Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, will be in Pot 4 together withIndia, Tajikistan, and Hong Kong.

Pot 1 comprises host Qatar, Japan, Iran, the Republic ofKorea, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. Pot 2 gathers Iraq, the UAE, Oman,Uzbekistan, China, and Jordan./.

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