Fifa Ranking- February 2016

[Kiarash]

Ideal group for Iran:

1.Iran
2.South Korea
3.North Korea
4.Syria
5.Jordan
6.Iraq / Thailand

[ehsan singapore]

Ideal group for Iran:

1.Iran
2.South Korea
3.North Korea
4.Syria
5.Jordan
6.Iraq / Thailand

yess less arab team the better

[Gucci10]

yess less arab team the better

Half of it is Arab...

[persian_cheetah]

Half of it is Arab...

S. Korea and maybe Jordan will be giving us a hard time if we turn out to be in that group.

[Gucci10]

S. Korea and maybe Jordan will be giving us a hard time if we turn out to be in that group.

Not to mention North Korea...Jordan did quite good in WCQ 2014 although it was quite a weak group.

[Z Joon]

Syria on paper would be tougher than Jordan, but I'm sure Jordan can be more difficult than the likes of Iraq/Thailand etc... However none of these guys have a significant chance of upsetting us, most teams will want to avoid Iran themselves and we will actually be the ones giving a hard time to others, no Asian teams have been able to beat us since Uzbekistan 4 years ago. With the team we are going to have in the upcoming year, I would easily give us a much bigger chance to advance to the WC than we had for the 2014 one

Anything could happen in football tho, but if everything goes as expected we should make it to Russia

[babak_iran]

how is saudi 3rd in asia?

[Sarbaze-Vatan]

The March Fifa ranking is going to be released today. Then you can enter different results for March matches to predict the April Fifa ranking which will be used for final seeding most likely. We will be 100% sure about final seeding after the results of March matches.

Here is the March ranking:

1. Iran 627
2. Japan 575
3. South Korea 566
4. Saudi Arabia 562
5. UAE 517
6. Australia 506
7. Uzbekistan 484 (They have a home friendly against Lebanon. If they win, 484 points. If they draw, 474 points. If they lose, 469 points.)
8. Qatar 441
9. Jordan 414
10. Iraq 371
11. Korea DPR 356
12. China 351
13. Oman 342
14. Kyrgyzstan 324
15. Turkmenistan 298
16. Palestine 290
17. Thailand 288
18. Syria 279

[Sarbaze-Vatan]

* Iran will be in the first seed if we get at least 4 points from next two games.

*If we suppose both Korea and Japan will win their next two games, Korea will be second Asian team in next Fifa ranking which means that we will not see both Iran and South Korea in the same WCQ group after many years.

* Australia can be fourth Asian team in the April Fifa ranking if and only if they win their next two games and Uae does not lose against Saudi Arabia in March.

[04041374]

* Iran will be in the first seed if we get at least 4 points from next two games.

*If we suppose both Korea and Japan will win their next two games, Korea will be second Asian team in next Fifa ranking which means that we will not see both Iran and South Korea in the same WCQ group after many years.

* Australia can be fourth Asian team in the April Fifa ranking if and only if they win their next two games and Uae does not lose against Saudi Arabia in March.

According to the FIFA ranking calculator Australia will have 601 points, if they win both matches and will surely be ahead of Japan (max. 577 points) and Korea (max. 596 points), even if both win their games. Saudi could even become 2nd Asian team with 631 points if they win both games.

We could have three possible scenarios

Saudi-UAE ends in draw. All other teams win.
1. Iran (672 points)
2. Australia (601 points)
3. South Korea (596 points)
4. Japan (577 points)
5. Saudi Arabia (559 points)
6. Uzbekistan (549 points)
7. UAE (510-521 points)
8. Qatar (477 points)

Saudi beats UAE. All other teams win
1. Iran (672 points)
2. Saudi Arabia (631 points)
3. Australia (601 points)
4. South Korea (596 points)
5. Japan (577 points)
6. Uzbekistan (549 points)
7. UAE (486-496 points)

UAE beats Saudi. All other teams win.
1. Iran (672 points)
2. Australia (601 points)
3. South Korea (596 points)
4. Japan (577 points)
5. UAE (560-571 points)
6. Uzbekistan (549 points)
7. Saudi Arabia (523 points)
8. Qatar (471 points)

[Ab-Gosht]

jut like i said before. there is a high possilbity that we will se iran, japan, australia in same group toghether with other teams like qtar or iraq. this should further increase chances of CQ stepping down

[Ab-Gosht]

no matter other results uae should not lose at home to saudi so we can hae a good equal draw

[Kiarash]

jut like i said before. there is a high possilbity that we will se iran, japan, australia in same group toghether with other teams like qtar or iraq. this should further increase chances of CQ stepping down

So CQ will quit his job because TM would get grouped with Japan and Australia?

[Bessos]

Serious question... How good is Saudi Arabia these days? Why are they sitting with the top dogs in ranking now?

Have they seriously improved? All I know is that their coach is van Marwijk, who led Netherlands to the final in 2010.

[Kiarash]

Serious question... How good is Saudi Arabia these days? Why are they sitting with the top dogs in ranking now?

Have they seriously improved? All I know is that their coach is van Marwijk, who led Netherlands to the final in 2010.

Their qualifying group is a joke. Malaysia, Timor-Leste and Palestine are one of the worst teams among this qualifying round.