Iran gained two places in the FIFA Ranking to climb to 22nd place in the World ahead of Ukraine and Sweden.

Japan’s National football team remained firmly at the top of the FIFA Asian ranking increasing the gap from Iran, which is in second place in the latest ranking published by FIFA today.

three wins for Iran in the CAFA Nations Cup 2023 which was hosted by Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan helped the Team Melly tally, however, Japan has done slightly better with 7.37 points increase to Iran’s 3.36. Australia and South Korea swapped places with the latter going down one place to fourth.

raw on FIFA Day in March, Iran closed the gap very slightly with Japan which solidly occupies the top place despite losing 4.5 points. South Korea, Australia, and Saudi Arabia follow next.

RK		Team	Total Points	Previous Points	+/-	Positions
20		Japan	1595.96	1588.59	7.37
22		Iran	1556.59	1553.23	3.36
27		Australia	1530.45	1532.79	-2.34
28		Korea Rep.	1529.3	1536.01	-6.71
53		Saudi Arabia	1421.46	1421.46	0
58		Qatar	1393.52	1388.61	4.91
70		Iraq	1345.21	1347.84	-2.63
72		United Arab Emirates	1336.28	1336.28	0
73		Oman	1332.45	1333.54	-1.09
74		Uzbekistan	1327.58	1318.36	9.22