In the latest FIFA Ranking , Iran maintained its position as the Top Asian team ahead of Japan an Korea Rep. , despite dropping one position to 34th in the
world. Romania is in 33rd rank while Cape Verde Islands is only below Iran. Nigeria who is in Group F of the FIFA World Cup 2014 has dropped 4 positions and lies in 41 position below Iran. The other teams in the group Argentina and Bosnia have maintained in their position 2 and 19 respectively.
| Rank | Team | Pts | +/- Pos | |||
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| 31 | Egypt | 748 | 10 |  |
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| 32 | Costa Rica | 743 | -1 |  |
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| 33 | Romania | 734 | -1 | |
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| 34 | Iran | 727 | -1 | |
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| 35 | Cape Verde Islands | 726 | 4 | |
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| 36 | Panama | 722 | 2 | |
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| 37 | Scotland | 717 | -3 | |
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| 38 | Armenia | 716 | -3 | |
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| 39 | Venezuela | 715 | -3 | |
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| 40 | Mali | 703 | 5 | |
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| 41 | Nigeria | 701 | -4 | |
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| 42 | Peru | 698 | -3 | |
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Asian Ranking
Last Updated 16 Jan 2014 m Next Release 13 Feb 2014
Jan 2014
| Rank | Zone Rank | Team | Pts | +/- Pos | |||
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| 34 | 1 | Iran | 727 | -1 | |
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| 48 | 2 | Japan | 641 | -1 | |
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| 53 | 3 | Korea Republic | 581 | 1 | |
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| 56 | 4 | Australia | 571 | 2 | |
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| 63 | 5 | United Arab Emirates | 548 | 8 | |
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| 65 | 6 | Uzbekistan | 546 | 3 | |
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| 72 | 7 | Jordan | 504 | -7 | |
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| 73 | 8 | Saudi Arabia | 487 | 14 | |
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| 79 | 9 | Oman | 440 | 6 | |
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| 92 | 10 | China PR | 376 | 0 |  |
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