In the early morning of August 20, the soccer trend once again made waves as FIFA's official website officially unveiled the new ranking list of the world's women's national football teams for the new season. The points of our women's soccer team fell like a shooting star, plummeting 60.79 points, now accumulating 1,814.22 points, and the total ranking inadvertently slipped two steps to 17th place. Although the ranking within the Asian region is still solid, ranking fourth, but the gap with the South Korean women's soccer team is only remaining a minuscule less than four points. The Canadian women's soccer team, in their Olympic glory, climbed two spots to sixth place, while the U.S. women's soccer team is the leader of the overall standings.
This is the third time this year that the World Football Federation (WFF) has announced new rankings for the women's national soccer team, and also the first time since the Tokyo Olympics. Looking back at the Tokyo Olympics, our women's soccer team, under the leadership of Jia Xiuquan, experienced a 0-5 defeat to Brazil, a 4-4 thrilling draw with Zambia, and a 2-8 rout of the Netherlands, ending up with a 1-2 record, scoring 6 goals and conceding 17, and ranked 10th out of the 12 participating teams.
The dismal results from the Tokyo Olympics have seen China's women's soccer team plummet 60.79 points from the last release to 1,814.22; the overall ranking slipped two places to 17th. In the AFC list, our women's soccer team remains in fourth place behind North Korea, Australia and Japan, but the gap with South Korea's women's soccer team is only 3.33 points.
In the overall standings, the U.S. women's soccer team topped the list with 2,110.25 points, despite a drop in points, thanks to the clear advantage it had previously established. Tokyo Olympics runner-up Sweden's women's soccer team jumped 78.20 points, from fifth place in the previous period to second place. Germany, the Netherlands and France follow in third to fifth place. It is worth mentioning that the Zambian women's soccer team soared 10 places to not only return to the top 100, but also hit a record high of 94th place after drawing against the country's women's soccer team.
The only team from Asia in the top 10 is the DPRK women's soccer team, which sadly has not played in any international tournaments in the past two-plus years.On Dec. 10, the WFA will announce the final 2021 annual rankings for the women's national teams.
