Thursday 15 March 2018 - 15:24
Story Code : 297899
Irans position remains unchanged in FIFA rankings
Carlos Queirozs team remained the top Asian football nation, followed by Australia at 37th, Japan at 55thand South Korea at 59th.
Germany continued its reign as the best team in the world rankings, followed by Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and Belgium.
Spain and Morocco are sixth and 42nd, respectively in the rankings.
Iran will open the 2018 World Cup with a match against Morocco on June 15 in Group B and play Spain and Portugal on June 20thand 25th.
FIFA calculates every countrys ranking based on match results (a win, a loss or a draw), importance (i.e. a friendly or a World Cup match), and strength of the nations opponent ranking-wise. These points are then accumulated from the countrys past results in the previous four years.
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