Team Melli drops by one in FIFA ranking

Team Melli has lost one step and dropped to 49 in the world in the FIFA/CocaCola  monthly world ranking for October 2013. Accumulating 613 points , Iran ranked is still second in Asia following Japan and ahead of Uzbekistan and South Korea in fourth position. The drop was in the ranking came despite win against Thailand in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on the 15th of October which was counted in the ranking calculations. The fact that Team Melli was idol and did not play any matches since its qualification to the World Cup in the win against South Korea in Ulsan, was certain to lead to a slide in the ranking which is crucial for the seeding in the World Cup groups draw on December 6th. With this ranking , it is quite probable that Iran will be in the 4th seeding. According to the latest ranking, the picture is clear as far as the top seeds are concerned. 1) Brazil 2) Spain 3) Germany 4) Argentina 5) Columbia 6) Belgium 7) Uruguay 8)Switzerland  will top the group in the FIFA World Cup 2014 If Uruguay fails to beat Jordan in the playoff then Holland will take its place as a top rank team. England, Italy failed to make the top seeds as well as France and Portugal , provided they qualify after the play-offs. Asia top 10 teams
Oct 2013
World Rank  Asia Rank Team Pts +/- Pos  
44 1 Japan 634 -2 Down  
49 2 Iran 613 -1 Down  
55 3 Uzbekistan 582 2 Up  
56 4 Korea Republic 569 2 Up  
57 5 Australia 564 -4 Down  
70 6 Jordan 502 3 Up  
71 7 United Arab Emirates 496 11 Up  
92 8 Oman 381 4 Up  
97 9 China PR 365 2 Up  
101 10 Saudi Arabia 338 8 Up