FIFA Ranking; Iran Still # 1 in Asia

The latest FIFA ranking published by the World Football governing body in April shows Iran is still number 1 team in Asia ahead of Japan , Uzbekistan an South Korea. Iran with 715 points has also jumped 5 places up the world ranking to number 37 in the list. Nigeria, Iran's first opponent in the World Cup has climbed 2 places to # 45 with  620 and 5th in Africa. Argentina with a total of 1174 points dropped 3 places to # 6 in the world and # 3 in the zone ranking. Bosnia & Herzegovina  with a total of 795 dropped 4 places to #25 in the world while placed 17th in Europe.

Asian FIFA Ranking

April 2014
Rnk Zon. Rnk Team Pts +/- Pos
37 1 Iran 715 5 Up
47 2 Japan 613 1 Up
53 3 Uzbekistan 577 2 Up
56 4 Korea Republic 551 4 Up
59 5 Australia 545 4 Up
64 6 Jordan 510 2 Up
67 7 United Arab Emirates 499 -6 Down
75 8 Saudi Arabia 455 0 Equal
81 9 Oman 418 0 Equal
95 10 Qatar 336 6 Up