Between the ِAFC Asian Cup 2019 finals that took place in the UAE, and the current combined qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 in China, a significant change of players' market value has occurred despite the Corona pandemic that struck the world.  This change in player's value significantly changed the ranking of the teams of the Asian continent. There are 39 teams participating in the current qualifiers after the withdrawal of North Korea, and they were divided into 8 groups, each of which includes 5 teams. 12 teams have qualified for the third round. These variables that occur in the market value are an indication of the strength or weakness of the teams. In the 2019 Asian Cup, South Korea was at the forefront of the table with a market value of 84 million and 300,000 euros, but it fell to second place, despite its value rising to 126 million and 380 thousand euros, compared to Japan's rise to the top now with 144 million euros. It is noteworthy that the Australian team fell to fourth place after its market value fell from 50 million and 600 thousand euros to 36 million and 500 thousand euros, while Iran climbed to third place from the value of 45 million and 350 thousand euros up to 79 million and 330 thousand euros. The Saudi team leads the market value of the Arab Asian teams participating in the current qualifiers with 25 million 780 thousand, and occupies seventh place in the general ranking of the Asian continent, with an increase of more than 5 million euros from 2019. The UAE team ranked second among the Arabs of Asia With a value of 22 million 380 thousand euros, a double value of 2019, which was 8 million and 580 thousand, to rise from the tenth in 2019 to the eighth continental, then Qatar with 16 million and 430 thousand, and Iraq, which rose from 5 million and 380 thousand to 10 million and 280 thousand.

Asian Players Valuations

#	Player	Age	Nationality	Market value
1	Heung-min Son	28	Korea Rep	€85.00m
	Left Winger
2	Sardar Azmoun	26	Iran	€40.00m
	Centre-Forward
3	Daichi Kamada	24	Japan	€25.00m
	Attacking Midfield
4	Takehiro Tomiyasu	22	Japan	€20.00m
	Centre-Back
5	Mehdi Taremi	28	Iran	€16.00m
	Centre-Forward
6	Takefusa Kubo	20	Japan	€15.00m
	Right Winger
7	Takumi Minamino	26	Japan	€12.00m
	Left Winger
8	Hee-chan Hwang	25	Korea Rep	€11.00m
	Centre-Forward
9	Wataru Endo	28	Japan	€10.00m
	Defensive Midfield
10	Kang-in Lee	20	Korea Rep	€10.00m
	Attacking Midfield
11	Aaron Mooy	30	Australia	€8.50m
	Central Midfield
12	Junya Ito	28	Japan	€8.00m
	Right Winger
13	Ritsu Doan	23	Japan	€7.00m
	Right Winger
14	Eldor Shomurodov	25	Uzbekistan	€7.00m
	Centre-Forward
15	Mathew Ryan	29	Australia	€6.00m
	Goalkeeper
16	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	27	Iran	€5.00m
	Right Winger
17	Ui-jo Hwang	28	Korea Rep	€5.00m
	Centre-Forward
18	Omar Al-Somah	32	Syria	€5.00m
	Centre-Forward
19	Harry Souttar	22	Australia	€4.00m
	Centre-Back
20	Elkeson	31	China	€4.00m
	Centre-Forward
21	Lei Wu	29	China	€4.00m
	Left Winger
22	Hiroki Sakai	31	Japan	€4.00m
	Right-Back
23	Ali Mabkhout	30	UAE	€4.00m
	Centre-Forward
24	Ali Gholizadeh	25	Iran	€3.70m
	Right Winger
25	Shoya Nakajima	26	Japan	€3.50m
	Left Midfield

                  As far as the teams are concerned, Japan is the undisputed top team in Asia. A country that has planned its progress for over four decades ago, is now repeating the benefit of its hard work in every department. Not only they administer and manage their football to perfection in Japan. Unlike some other nations such as Saudi Arabia and China which opted to spend a huge amount of money to gain success, the Japanese program embodied a culture, sense of responsibility, education, strong infrastructure, and emphasis on grass-root football to develop and progress. As such this Japanese model is exemplary and produced quality players that are now working in the best leagues of Europe. Soon, Japan will also produce quality coaches from the generation that has retired. It is only a matter of time.   As a team, Japan is the most expensive in Asia.

AFC National Teams Valuations

RNK	TEAM	Team Value	In US$
1	Japan	€ 144,000,000.00	$  171,086,400.00
2	Korea Republic	€ 126,380,000.00	$  150,152,078.00
3	IR Iran	€ 79,330,000.00	$    94,251,973.00
4	Australia	€ 36,500,000.00	$    43,365,650.00
5	Uzbekistan	€ 27,650,000.00	$    32,850,965.00
6	Saudi Arabia	€ 25,780,000.00	$    30,629,218.00
7	China PR	€ 23,850,000.00	$    28,336,185.00
8	United Arab Emirates	€ 22,380,000.00	$    26,589,678.00
9	Qatar	€ 16,430,000.00	$    19,520,483.00
10	Iraq	€ 10,280,000.00	$    12,213,668.00
11	Jordan	€ 6,700,000.00	$       7,960,270.00
12	Vietnam	€ 5,650,000.00	$       6,712,765.00
13	Syria	€ 5,151,000.00	$       6,119,903.10
14	Oman	€ 3,580,000.00	$       4,253,398.00
15	Palestine	€ 3,380,000.00	$       4,015,778.00
16	Lebanon	€ 2,980,000.00	$       3,540,538.00