Vietnam remain in top 100 of FIFA rankings
VOV.VN - The world’s football governing body FIFA announced the latest world rankings on July 20, with Vietnam ranked among the world’s top 100 sides and in Asia’s top 20, cruising to the second qualifying round of the Asian region for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Most Asian teams saw no change in their world rankings as they played no games over the last month. Accordingly, Thailand maintained their spot at 113rd globally with 1,174 points, while the Vietnamese side retained their 95th position with 1,238 points.
In Asia, Japan continued to lead the continent at 20th in the world, followed by world Iran at 22nd, world the Republic of Korea at 28th, and Saudi Arabia at 54th. Vietnam are at 15th.
Furthermore, Vietnam continue to lead Southeast Asia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines.
Thanks to their firm positions globally and continentally, Vietnam won’t need to take part in the play-off round to progress through to the group stage of qualifiers for both the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.
Vietnam are scheduled to play in World Cup qualifiers from mid-November 2023 to June 2024.
The latest global rankings witnessed many changes following a series of international matches during FIFA Days in June. In addition, there were intercontinental competitions such as 25 matches of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the North, Central American, and Caribbean region, along with 37 matches at the SAFF Cup in South Asia and Consafa Cup in South Africa. Therefore, the latest global rankings saw Mexico, Cameroon, Canada, Panama, Kuwait, and Bangladesh rise on the list.
Globally, Argentina remained in top place, followed by France, Brazil, England, and Belgium.
FIFA is scheuled to announce the next rankings on September 21.