1BSPORTS 1B Sports June 9th In the 9th round of the 18th round, the national football team lost to Indonesia 0-1 away and completely missed the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup. According to reporter Ma Dexing, the Chinese national football team lost 15.05 points after losing to Indonesia, and the ranking has been surpassed by the Thai team for the first time.
Ma Dexing said that according to the latest calculations, the Chinese men’s football national team has been surpassed by the Thai men’s football national team for the first time in terms of the latest FIFA technical points ranking. This is another major blow that Chinese football suffered after the Chinese Super League was overtaken by the Thai league in terms of the AFC technical points ranking last month. Moreover, if Chinese football continues to decline, the Chinese team will have to participate in the 2027 Asian Cup group draw as the third-level, and will face many difficulties in qualifying in the group.
Because of losing to Indonesia, the Chinese team lost 15.05 points on FIFA’s technical points ranking list, and the total technical points have fallen to 1235.90 points. This result has caused the FIFA ranking of the Chinese team to fall from the latest world 94th place announced in early April to the 99th place in the world and the 15th place in Asia as of June 6.
Thailand played a warm-up match with India on June 4 and won 2-0. Although it only won 4.03 technical points, it surpassed the Chinese team with 1238.34 points, temporarily ranking 98th in the world and 14th in Asia. This is the first time in history that FIFA has surpassed the Chinese men’s football national team since launching this technology ranking in 1992.
Ma Dexing pointed out that the 99th ranking of the world after the Indonesian team has fallen below the 96th place in the world announced by FIFA on March 3, 2016. It is the worst ranking in the world in the past 100 years, and is close to the worst ranking of the world set by the Chinese team in March 2013. It can be comparable to the 100th ranking of the world in the second half of 2009.
The final match of the 18th round will be concluded, and the national football team will play against Bahrain in Chongqing. This is a good opportunity for the Chinese team to find ways to stop skating and improve FIFA rankings. That is, when FIFA announced the latest issue of the national team rankings of countries and regions around the world on July 10, it was not overtaken by the Thai team.The situation happens really. Because the current “Thai team ranking has surpassed the Chinese team” is only calculated, not the ranking situation officially announced by FIFA.
If the Chinese team can defeat Bahrain, they can not only get rid of the points and rank at the bottom in the group stage of the top 18, but also get 13.56 points in FIFA’s technical points, with a total score of 1249.46 points. This allows the national football team to surpass the Thai team again. As for how much it can rank in the world, it depends on the game situation of other teams. If you draw with Bahrain, the national football team can only get 1.06 technical points; if you lose, 11.44 technical points will be deducted.
We must be clear that the Thai team will participate in the away game against Turkmenistan in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers group stage on the same day. In FIFA’s technical points system, the “weight” coefficient of the Asian Cup qualifiers is exactly the same as that of the World Cup qualifiers in Asia, and is also “25”. This means that if the Thai team wins Turkmenistan, they will get 8.73 technical points. Only if the Thai team loses or draws against Turkmenistan will the Thai team be deducted. 16.27 points will be deducted for a loss, and 3.77 points will be deducted for a draw.
So, in the latest rankings in July, whether the Chinese team will be truly surpassed by the Thai team is extremely critical.
From another perspective, the Chinese team will also have the East Asian Cup next. They can participate in the international A-level competitions in September, October and November, and strive for more FIFA ranking points and change the status quo. However, the East Asian Cup is not held during the international competition window specified by FIFA. Although it is an A-level match, the “weight” coefficient when calculating technical points is only “5”; when the international warm-up match is held during the international competition window during September, October, November and even 2026, the “weight” is only “10”. The Thai team will participate in the next 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, and the “weight” of these 4 games is “25”. In other words, there is a great possibility that the Thai team will surpass the Chinese team.
This requires the Chinese team to continue to win in the future international A-level matches in order to win more points. Although the outside world believes that finding a few weak teams to warm up can make more technical points, even if the Chinese national team wins, the technical points they get are quite limited even if they win. Only by constantly warming up with strong teams and defeating their opponents can the Chinese national football team get more technical points, ensure the ranking of the Chinese national football team, and strive not to affect the grouping in future competitions.
The latest technical points and rankings of Asian national teams (as of June 6)
Asia/World Rankings (Rising and Declining) Team SkillsTech points (increase and decrease)
01/17(↓2) Japan 1637.81(-14.83)
02/20(↓2) Iran 1620.72(-16.67)
03/22(↑1) South Korea 1583.68(+ 8.75)
04/25(↑1) Australia 1569.38(+14.83)
05/50(↑5) Qatar 1473.25(+16.67)
06/57(—) Uzbekistan 1435.72(- 1.30)
07/58(—) Saudi Arabia 1430.73(+11.77)
08/61(↓2) Iraq 1404.65(- 8.75)
09/62(—) Jordan 1397.87(+ 8.72)
10/64(↑1) UAE 1384.00(+ 1.30)
11/78(↓1) Oman 1316.31(- 7.60)
12/86(↓2) Bahrain 1280.58(- 9.42)
13/92(↑1) Syria 1253.81(- —)
14/98(↓1) Thailand 1238.34(+ 4.03)
15/99(↓5) China 1235.90(-15.05)
16/100(↑1) Palestine 1234.49(+ 9.84)
17/103(↑1) Tajikistan 1205.89(+ 2.47)
18/104(↓1) Kyrgyzstan 1204.43(- 1.25)
19/109(—) Vietnam 1183.83(——)
20/111(↑1) Lebanon 1176.13(- 1.81)
21/116(↑7) Indonesia 1157.97(+15.05)
22/119(↓1) North Korea 1154.63(+1.25)
25/136(↓2) Kuwait 1102.28(- 9.84)
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