Vietnam remains atop Southeast Asia despite FIFA ranking fall

Nhan Dan – The Vietnam men’s national football team maintained its place atop Southeast Asian rankings this month despite dropping seven notches to 123rd with 242 points in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking announced on June 5. 

 The drop narrowed Vietnam’s gap to just 25 points against runners-up, the Philippines, who rocketed 11 places to 128th in the world, scoring 217 points. Myanmar also enjoyed a stunning 14-rung leap to 159th in the world and seventh in the region.

Iran still leads the Asian table with 641 points, despite falling six places to world number 43, followed by Japan, rated 46th and the Republic of Korea in 57th position.

The world top 10 saw little change as defending world champions Spain continued their reign with 1,485 points, 185 points ahead of runners-up Germany. Brazil moved up one place to world number three, pushing Portugal into fourth position.

The Vietnam national team will play Myanmar at Binh Duong Stadium on July 2 in a friendly match – their first game under Japanese coach Toshiya Miura.

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