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 | |||
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| 37 | 1 | Iran | 715 | 5 |  |
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| 47 | 2 | Japan | 613 | 1 | |
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| 53 | 3 | Uzbekistan | 577 | 2 | |
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| 56 | 4 | Korea Republic | 551 | 4 | |
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| 59 | 5 | Australia | 545 | 4 | |
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| 64 | 6 | Jordan | 510 | 2 | |
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| 67 | 7 | United Arab Emirates | 499 | -6 |  |
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| 75 | 8 | Saudi Arabia | 455 | 0 |  |
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| 81 | 9 | Oman | 418 | 0 | |
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| 95 | 10 | Qatar | 336 | 6 | |
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