Team Melli continues its ascend in FIFA ranking.

Team Melli jumped 12 places up the ranking table to 33 in the World and number 1 in Asia in the FIFA/CocaCola  monthly world ranking for December 2013. Accumulating 720 points , Iran also overtook Nigeria which is grouped with Iran in the FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil , while at continental level , Iran is leading the ranking ahead of Japan South Korea and Australia. With the qualification to the World Cup and 3 consecutive wins in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Team Melli's points accumulated as others lost ground. According to the latest ranking, Spain still leads the World Ranking , followed by Germany and Argentina. 1) Spain 2) Germany 3) Argentina 4) Columbia 5) Portugal 6) Uruguay 7) Italy 8)Switzerland  9)Netherlands 10) Brazil.

FIFA World Cup Group F Rankings

3    Argentina    1251    0 19    Bosnia and Herzegovina    899    2    Up 33    Iran    720    12    Up 37    Nigeria    710    -1

Asia top 10 team

Dec 2013
Rnk Zone Rank Team Pts +/- Pos
33 1 Iran 720 12 Up
47 2 Japan 638 1 Up
54 3 Korea Republic 577 0 Equal
58 4 Australia 565 1 Up
65 5 Jordan 536 5 Up
68 6 Uzbekistan 526 0 Equal
71 7 United Arab Emirates 507 0 Equal
85 8 Oman 408 2 Up
87 9 Saudi Arabia 391 12 Up
92 10 China PR 376 1 Up