In the late afternoon of December 22, the authoritative list of international soccer was once again unveiled, and the 2022 FIFA year-end ranking of national teams surfaced. In this list, the Chinese team's points are steady as a mountain, still 1305.06 points, stable in the world's 80th, Asia's 11th throne.
Looking back at the last ranking on October 6, China had the same 1305.06 points, ranked 79th in the world and 11th in Asia. however, in the light of a month, the Chinese team did not make an appearance in the international A-grade tournament, so the points stayed the same.
Within Asia, the top ten ranked teams are Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, UAE, Oman, and Uzbekistan in order. Among them, Japan, with its strong strength, not only ranked in the top three in Asia, but also among the world's top 30, specifically ranked 20th, 24th, 25th and 27th.
The teams ranked 11 to 20 in Asia, on the other hand, include China, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria, Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Lebanon, India and Tajikistan.
It is worth mentioning that Hong Kong, China and Macao, China are ranked 146th, 157th and 182nd in the world ranking, and 26th, 32nd and 37th in the Asian ranking.
The end of the World Cup in Qatar has brought an update to FIFA's ranking of its 211 member associations. Despite the fact that the top eight of the World Cup are now settled, Brazil remains the "world leader". Newly crowned World Cup champions Argentina jumped from third to second place, while World Cup runners-up France moved from fourth to third. Belgium, despite failing to qualify for the last eight, fell from second to fourth, while England stayed fifth.
Similarly, the Netherlands, which reached the last eight, moved from eighth to sixth, Croatia from 12th to seventh, and Italy from sixth to eighth. Portugal settled for ninth place, Spain dropped from seventh to tenth, and Morocco jumped from 22nd to 11th, becoming the "Boss of Africa".
The top 20 teams in the world rankings are, in order: Brazil, Argentina, France, Belgium, England, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Spain. They are followed by Morocco, Switzerland, United States, Germany, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, Denmark, Senegal and Japan.
