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