On August 20, Beijing time, the official website of FIFA unveiled the new issue of the world women's national team ranking list. China's women's soccer team suffered a heavy setback, points plummeted 60.79 points, now points for 1814.22 points, ranking down two, ranked 17th, although the Asian rankings still remain in the fourth place, but the gap with the South Korean women's soccer team is less than 4 points. The Canadian women's soccer team, which just won the championship, rose two places to sixth place, while the U.S. women's soccer team stayed at the top of the overall list.
It is worth noting that this is the third time this year that the World Football Federation has released its women's national team rankings, as well as the first ranking update after the Tokyo Olympics. At the Tokyo Olympics, China's women's soccer team, led by Jia Xiuquan, was defeated by Brazil, drew with Zambia, and ultimately lost to the Netherlands 2-8, finishing 10th out of 12 teams.
The loss at the Tokyo Olympics reduced China's women's soccer points by 60.79 points, now at 1,814.22, dropping two places to 17th. On the Asian list, China's women's soccer team is still ranked fourth behind North Korea, Australia and Japan. However, the gap with the South Korean women's soccer team is only 3.33 points.
In the overall standings, the U.S. women's soccer team led the way with 2,110.25 points, despite a decrease in points, thanks to their previous dominance. The Swedish women's soccer team, runners-up at the Tokyo Olympics, added 78.20 points to move up to second place. Germany, the Netherlands and France follow in third to fifth place. It is worth noting that the Zambian women's soccer team moved up 10 places to return to the top 100 and reach their highest ever position of 94th after drawing against our women's soccer team.
Among the top ten teams in the ranking, only one, the DPRK women's soccer team, is from Asia. Unfortunately, however, the DPRK women's soccer team has not participated in a world tournament in the past two years.On December 10, the WFA will release the 2021 year-end rankings for the women's national team.
