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VN’s female football team fall in rankings

The Vietnam national women’s football team have dropped one spot to number 32 in FIFA’s latest world rankings.
VN’s female football team fall in rankings ảnh 1Vietnam national women’s football team (Photo vff.org.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam national women’sfootball team have dropped one spot to number 32 in FIFA’s latest worldrankings.

The team, who have 1,652 ranking points, have not played inthe last four months after winning the Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia inAugust.

In the region, Thailand also dropped one place to No 30.

Vietnam remained seventh in Asia, behind rivals Thailand insixth.

The top five teams in Asia are Australia, world No 4; Japan,world No 9; DPRK, world No 11; the Republic of Korea, world No 14; and China,world No 16.

The world’s top three belongs to the US, Germany and England.

Next year, Vietnam will partake in the finals of the AFCWomen’s Championship in Jordan in April.

To prepare for this event, Vietnam under coach Mai Duc Chungwill convene in January and play a friendly in China before a training campabroad.-VNA


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