Iran no longer top of Asia in FIFA ranking
Persianfootball.com – ZURICH, The latest FIFA World ranking released today shows Team Melli at 49 trailing Japan who is now the highest ranked AFC member.
Top 5 are now Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Colombia and Belgium.
In AFC zone, trailing Japan and Iran are Uzbekistan (52), South Korea (56), Jordan (57), UAE (65), Oman (69) and Australia (76).
Latest FIFA Ranking for all 2014 FIFA World Cup participants as below:
Group Stage Exit – Australia (76), South Korea (56), Cameroon (53), Iran (49), Japan (45), Honduras (40), Ghana (38), Ivory Coast (25), Russia (23), Ecuador (21), England (20), Bosnia-Herzegovina (19), Croatia (17), Italy (14), Portugal (11), Spain (8)
Round of 16 – Nigeria (34), Algeria (24), Mexico (18), USA (15), Greece (13), Chile (12), Switzerland (9), Uruguay (6)
Quarter-Finals – Costa Rica (16), France (10), Belgium (5), Colombia (4)
Semi-Finals – Brazil (7), Netherlands (3)
Final – Argentina (2), Germany (1)