On the historic occasion of June 29th, FIFA unveiled the latest rankings of the global soccer world. The Chinese men's soccer team made a double jump in the rankings with strong performances against Myanmar and Palestine in warm-up matches, and are now ranked 79th in the world and 11th in the Asian region.
The Asian soccer powerhouses that follow include Japan, ranked 20th in the world; Iran, ranked 22nd in the world; Australia, ranked 27th in the world; South Korea, ranked 28th in the world; Saudi Arabia, ranked 53rd in the world; Qatar, ranked 58th in the world; Iraq, ranked 70th in the world; UAE, ranked 72nd in the world; Oman, ranked 73rd in the world; and Uzbekistan, ranked 74th in the world.
The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, a big event in soccer, will be unveiled on July 27th, 2027 . At the same time, it will also decide the groupings for the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers. The World Football Association is scheduled to make a new round of updates to the world rankings of the teams on July 20th. At the moment, it seems that our national soccer team will have a hard time breaking through the threshold of the top 9 in Asia, and will have to participate in the draw as the second tier at that time.
